Finally found time to edit part of the many images I took during my trip to Brazil. In this batch I will post the better photos I took in the Pantanal. I did try to document as many species as possible, but many of these photos aren't worthy of blogging. All photos are on my eBird checklists and linked Macaulay Library account.
Most birds we encountered in the Pantanal were on Pantanal Nature boats searching for Jaguars. Bird photography conditions out of a boat are never ideal, but I did my best to produce some worthy photographs. Most species photographed off the boat are aquatic, or species that favour open or riparian forest. Additionally, we did a couple of drives through the campos around Porto Jofre and along the Transpantaneira road, and added a few species at the Panthera Brazil compound where we stayed.
Kingfishers were abundant along the Cuiaba river and its tributaries. We had five species, I got photos of four:
Three tern species were seen along the river, mainly sat on sandbars:
Plenty of herons, egrets and allies too:
Chestnut-eared Aracari
Smooth-billed Ani in golden light
Most birds we encountered in the Pantanal were on Pantanal Nature boats searching for Jaguars. Bird photography conditions out of a boat are never ideal, but I did my best to produce some worthy photographs. Most species photographed off the boat are aquatic, or species that favour open or riparian forest. Additionally, we did a couple of drives through the campos around Porto Jofre and along the Transpantaneira road, and added a few species at the Panthera Brazil compound where we stayed.
Kingfishers were abundant along the Cuiaba river and its tributaries. We had five species, I got photos of four:
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Little-tern-like Yellow-billed Tern
The magnificent and vocal Large-billed Tern
Black Skimmer
Plenty of herons, egrets and allies too:
The bizarre-looking Capped Heron
Cocoi Heron
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Striated Heron - oddly this is the same taxon as in the Old World
Jabiru - punk youngsters
Big daddy
Limpkin
Surprisingly few true shorebirds:
Capped Lapwing
Southern Lapwing
Very few ducks on the fast-flowing rivers. Good to see this without the eBird insult '(Feral)':
Muscovy Duck (Wild)
Quite many raptors along the river and tracks:
Southern Caracara feeding on grubs - que super-predator!
Great Black Hawk - parent and infant
Infant - similar to the one cruising around North America at the mo
Black-collared Hawk
One of my most-wanted - Swallow-tailed Kite
Some exotic-looking South American stuff:
Bare-face Currasow - crazy hair day
Blue-crowned Trogon (female)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Chestnut-eared Aracari
Smooth-billed Ani in golden light
Great Ani
Guira Cuckoo
Stunning White Woodpeckers
Yellow-rumped Cacique - common and noisy
Yellow-billed Cardinal - very common
Grayish Saltator
White-headed Water Tyrant
Grayish Baywing feeding on mango fruit at the camp
The large Brown-chested Martin
And the small White-winged Swallow
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Common Pauraque - common on the Transpantaneira after dusk
Silver-beaked Tanager
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Great photos as usual. Two comments
ReplyDeleteYou are correct in saying your heron is striated. It is not the same species as the Green Heron in Wales. The species pair have odd distribution. I always thought as Green being new world. However it is only in North and Central America through to northern part of South America. In Pantanal, it is the same species as the old world.
You have labelled the Caraca as Crested. Again, with splits this should be Southern Caraca. Crested is the northern of the two species
Thanks Martin! Will correct
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