Birding in Mato Grosso and Brazil
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:
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.
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
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.
Tours by month:
APRIL - South Brazil: Endemics and Landscapes
MAY - Pousada Rio Azul: Exploring the Blue River
MAY - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
JUNE - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
JULY - Pousada Rio Azul: Exploring the Blue River
NOVEMBER - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
APRIL - South Brazil: Endemics and Landscapes
MAY - Pousada Rio Azul: Exploring the Blue River
MAY - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
JUNE - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
JULY - Pousada Rio Azul: Exploring the Blue River
NOVEMBER - Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
APRIL 2009
The Brazilian South: Landscapes, Waterbirds and Endemics
The 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.
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The Brazilian South: Landscapes, Waterbirds and Endemics
The 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.
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MAY 2009
Exploring the Blue River
10 - 16 May 2009
Be 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)
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Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
18 - 29 May 2009
This 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)
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Exploring the Blue River
10 - 16 May 2009
Be 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.
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Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
18 - 29 May 2009
This 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...
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JUNE 2009
Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
08 - 19 June 2009
This 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...
Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
08 - 19 June 2009
This 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...
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JULY 2009
Exploring the Blue River
12 - 18 July 2009
Be 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...
Exploring the Blue River
12 - 18 July 2009
Be 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 2009
Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
02 - 13 November 2009
This 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...
Southern Amazonia: Cristalino Jungle Lodge and the Rio Azul
02 - 13 November 2009
This 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...
