Pantanal 2008 (from top): Hyacinth Macaws, Long-tailed Ground-Dove, dinner at Pouso Alegre, Plumbeous Ibis, birding the Pantanal forests, Jabiru and Hotel Mato Grosso on the banks of the Pixaim.
The Pantanal though is justifiably the grand finale to this tour and the world’s largest wetland didn’t disappoint. Right from our first stop with Streamer-tailed Tyrant to the boat trip on the Pixaim where we ended our first day, the birding was simply fantastic. Pantanal birds included Jabiru, Hyacinth Macaw, Red-throated Piping-Guan, Chestnut-bellied Guan, Bare-faced Curassow, Southern Screamer, Sungrebe, Sunbittern, Red-legged Seriema, Large-billed Tern, Long-tailed Ground-Dove, Scaled Dove, Hyacinth Macaw, Yellow-collared Macaw, Tropical Screech-Owl, Common Potoo, Band-tailed Nighthawk, Little Nightjar, Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Nacunda Nighthawk, Planalto Hermit, Buff-bellied Hermit, Blue-tufted Starthroat, Green & Rufous Kingfisher, American Pygmy-Kingfisher, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Toco Toucan, White-wedged Piculet, Campo Flicker, Green-barred Woodpecker, White Woodpecker, Golden-green Woodpecker, Pale-crested Woodpecker, Planalto Woodcreeper, Great Rufous Woodcreeper, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Red-billed Scythebill, Chotoy Spinetail, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, White-lored Spinetail, Rusty-backed Spinetail, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Greater Thornbird, Grey-crested Cacholote, Mato Grosso Antbird, Planalto Slaty-Antshrike, Rusty-backed Antwren, Large-billed Antwren, Band-tailed Antbird, Helmeted Manakin, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Rufous Casiornis, Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant, Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Solitary Black Cacique, Rusty-collared Seedeater.
