Birdfinding information and guided tours in Amazonia and beyond
Custom Tours in Amazonia...
Birding Mato Grosso specializes in organizing birding tours in Mato Grosso and neighbouring states within the Brazilian Amazon. We can take you almost anywhere on request; if we don't know the area, we'll indicate someone who does! Some of our popular custom trip destinations include:
- Cristalino Jungle Lodge
- Pousada Rio Roosevelt
- The Pantanal
- Chapada dos Guimarăes
- Pousada Rio Azul
- Carajás
... and throughout Brazil.
Birding Mato Grosso is proud to present a broad range of destinations for custom tours throughout Brazil. While Mato Grosso and the Amazon basin is our focus, we are experienced leading tours to the Atlantic forests of Southeast Brazil, the endemic-packed Northeast, the Araucaria forests and incredible wetlands of the extreme South, and the cerrado of Interior Brazil.
We are happy to design and lead custom tours tailored to your wants and needs to any of the above regions. Tours with a group of 4 or more participants will be run as Tropical Birding custom tours to facilitate group payments and ensure a constant stream of communication with a tour manager if I happen to be in the field.
Fixed departure tours - 2009
These tours are ideal for birders who enjoy the structure and peace of mind of an organized birding tour with a professional guide who lives in the country. Departures are guaranteed with just one participant for tours in Mato Grosso and Pará.
APRIL 2009The Brazilian South: Landscapes, Waterbirds and EndemicsThe
southern states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul are
often forgotten by visiting birders. In this tour we explore the avian
riches of south Brazil, tracking down a wide selection of endemic and
poorly-known species while enjoying a level of development and
infrastructure superior to anywhere else in the country, and nearly
equal any northern nation. We visit the south in the month of April, a
departure from the norm which dictates that all birding in Brazil must
be done between September and November. April is the equivalent of the
austral autumn, and visitors from the north may be struck by the
similarities between the southern highlands and their home countries:
the comfortable afternoon temperatures and slightly chilly mornings,
the leaves of imported maple trees turning colours, or perhaps even the
German and Italian-influenced cuisine in parts of Rio Grande do Sul
will make a visitor wonder if they actually left home in the first
place. Key
species: Solitary Tinamou, White-tufted Grebe, Great Grebe, Maguari
Stork, Southern Screamer, Black-necked Swan, Coscoroba Swan, Ringed and
Silver Teal, Rosy-billed Pochard, Cinereous Harrier, White-necked Hawk,
Giant Wood-Rail, Plumbeous Rail, Gray-headed Gull, Snowy-crowned Tern,
Red-spectacled Amazon, Vinaceous Amazon, Red-tailed Amazon,
Blue-bellied Parrot, Long-tufted Screech-Owl, Sickle-winged Nightjar,
Plovercrest, Mottled Piculet, Long-tailed Cinclodes, Curve-billed and
Straight-billed Reedhaunter, Wren-like Rushbird, Striolated and
Araucaria Tit-Spinetail, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Olive Spinetail,
Freckle-breasted Thornbird, Canebrake Groundcreeper, Sharp-tailed
Streamcreeper, Large-tailed Antshrike, Marsh Antbird, Dusky-tailed
Antbird, Speckle-breasted Antpitta, White-breasted Tapaculo, Wetland
Tapaculo, Spotted Bamboowren, Greenish Tyrannulet, Kaempfer's
Tody-Tyrant, Black-and-white Monjita, Correndera and Ochre-breasted
Pipit, Azure Jay, Green-chinned Euphonia, Brassy-breasted Tanager,
Diademed Tanager, Red-rumped Warbling-Finch, Lesser Grass-Finch,
Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Brown-and-yellow Marshbird, Golden-winged
Cacique.click here for a full itinerary...
MAY 2009Exploring the Blue River10 - 16 May 2009Be
amongst the first birders to visit to this ornithologically-unknown
Amazonian
wonderland, in the land of the recently described and poorly known Bald
Parrot. The first birding
visits to the Rio Azul (or 'Blue River' - so named for its delightfully
transparent waters) were made by us only in 2007; those visits found
the
recently-described Bald Parrot to be common in the area. We have since
recorded this enigmatic species on all our visits; we have also found
the soon-to-be-described Tapajós Hermit feeding daily at flowering
bushes around the lodge buildings. A number of
intriguing range extensions and the abundance of certain species scarce
elsewhere are surely just the tip of the iceberg. While more than 400
species were found in little more than two weeks of surveys in 2007, it
is safe to say the Rio Azul holds many more secrets yet undiscovered. Key
species: Bald Parrot, Hyacinth Macaw, Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle,
White-browed Hawk, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Razor-billed Curassow, Curl-crested Aracari, Pavonine
Quetzal, Crimson Topaz, "Tapajos" Hermit, Green-tailed Goldenthroat,
Brown-banded Puffbird, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Black-girdled Barbet, Bronzy, Great and Paradise
Jacamars, Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner, Yellow-browed Antbird,
Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Pale-bellied Mourner, Flame-crested Manakin,
Black Manakin, Cinnamon Manakin-Tyrant, Tooth-billed Wren, Guianan
Gnatcatcher, Short-billed Honeycreeper and others.
Minimum 01 participant(s)
click here for a full itinerary...Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul18 - 29 May 2009This
set departure tour offers a complete immersion into the Southern
Amazonian avifauna. We dedicate the better part of two weeks to
'cleaning up' on the large number of target species endemic to this
part of the Amazon basin. Our destinations are two peaceful,
comfortable lodges situated on small black and clear-water rivers
within large tracts of incredible bird-rich forest.Key
species: Zigzag Heron, Bald Parrot, 6 species of macaw including
Hyacinth, Kawall's Amazon, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Red-fan Parrot,
Harpy Eagle, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Razor-billed Curassow, Red-throated
Piping-Guan, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Crested Owl, Red-necked Aracari,
Pavonine Quetzal, Crimson Topaz, "Tapajos Hermit", Rufous-necked and
Brown-banded Puffbirds, Black-girdled Barbet, Chestnut-throated
Spinetail, Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Yellow-browed, Bare-eyed and
Banded Antbirds, Black-spotted Bare-eye, "Snethlage's" Gnateater,
Flame-crested, Snow-capped, Fiery-capped and Black Manakins, Cinnamon
Manakin-Tyrant, "Campinarana Flycatcher", Pale-bellied Mourner, Amazonian Royal Flycatcher,
Tooth-billed Wren, Guianan Gnatcatcher, Fulvous-crested Tanager,
Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak and much, much more...
Minimum 01 participant(s)
click here for a full itinerary...
JUNE 2009Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul08 - 19 June 2009This
set departure tour offers a complete immersion into the Southern
Amazonian avifauna. We dedicate the better part of two weeks to
'cleaning up' on the large number of target species endemic to this
part of the Amazon basin. Our destinations are two peaceful,
comfortable lodges situated on small black and clear-water rivers
within large tracts of incredible bird-rich forest.Key
species: Zigzag Heron, Bald Parrot, 6 species of macaw including
Hyacinth, Kawall's Amazon, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Red-fan Parrot,
Harpy Eagle, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Razor-billed Curassow, Red-throated
Piping-Guan, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Crested Owl, Red-necked Aracari,
Pavonine Quetzal, Crimson Topaz, "Tapajos Hermit", Rufous-necked and
Brown-banded Puffbirds, Black-girdled Barbet, Chestnut-throated
Spinetail, Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Yellow-browed, Bare-eyed and
Banded Antbirds, Black-spotted Bare-eye, "Snethlage's" Gnateater,
Flame-crested, Snow-capped, Fiery-capped and Black Manakins, Cinnamon
Manakin-Tyrant, "Campinarana Flycatcher", Pale-bellied Mourner, Amazonian Royal Flycatcher,
Tooth-billed Wren, Guianan Gnatcatcher, Fulvous-crested Tanager,
Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak and much, much more...
Minimum 01 participant(s)
click here for a full itinerary...
JULY 2009Exploring the Blue River12 - 18 July 2009Be
amongst the first birders to visit to this ornithologically-unknown
Amazonian
wonderland, in the land of the recently described and poorly known Bald
Parrot. The first birding
visits to the Rio Azul (or 'Blue River' - so named for its delightfully
transparent waters) were made by us only in 2007; those visits found
the
recently-described Bald Parrot to be common in the area. We have since
recorded this enigmatic species on all our visits; we have also found
the soon-to-be-described Tapajós Hermit feeding daily at flowering
bushes around the lodge buildings. A number of
intriguing range extensions and the abundance of certain species scarce
elsewhere are surely just the tip of the iceberg. While more than 400
species were found in little more than two weeks of surveys in 2007, it
is safe to say the Rio Azul holds many more secrets yet undiscovered. Key
species: Bald Parrot, Hyacinth Macaw, Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle,
White-browed Hawk, Razor-billed Curassow, Curl-crested Aracari, Pavonine
Quetzal, Crimson Topaz, "Tapajos" Hermit, Green-tailed Goldenthroat,
Brown-banded Puffbird, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Black-girdled Barbet, Bronzy, Great and Paradise
Jacamars, Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner, Yellow-browed Antbird,
Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Pale-bellied Mourner, Flame-crested Manakin,
Black Manakin, Cinnamon Manakin-Tyrant, Tooth-billed Wren, Guianan
Gnatcatcher, Short-billed Honeycreeper and others.
Minimum 01 participant(s)
click here for a full itinerary...
NOVEMBER 2009Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul02 - 13 November 2009This
set departure tour offers a complete immersion into the Southern
Amazonian avifauna. We dedicate the better part of two weeks to
'cleaning up' on the large number of target species endemic to this
part of the Amazon basin. Our destinations are two peaceful,
comfortable lodges situated on small black and clear-water rivers
within large tracts of incredible bird-rich forest.Key
species: Zigzag Heron, Bald Parrot, 6 species of macaw including
Hyacinth, Kawall's Amazon, Crimson-bellied Parakeet, Red-fan Parrot,
Harpy Eagle, Cryptic Forest-Falcon, Razor-billed Curassow, Red-throated
Piping-Guan, Dark-winged Trumpeter, Crested Owl, Red-necked Aracari,
Pavonine Quetzal, Crimson Topaz, "Tapajos Hermit", Rufous-necked and
Brown-banded Puffbirds, Black-girdled Barbet, Chestnut-throated
Spinetail, Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Yellow-browed, Bare-eyed and
Banded Antbirds, Black-spotted Bare-eye, "Snethlage's" Gnateater,
Flame-crested, Snow-capped, Fiery-capped and Black Manakins, Cinnamon
Manakin-Tyrant, "Campinarana Flycatcher", Pale-bellied Mourner, Amazonian Royal Flycatcher,
Tooth-billed Wren, Guianan Gnatcatcher, Fulvous-crested Tanager,
Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak and much, much more...
Minimum 01 participant(s)
click here for a full itinerary...