Serra Bonita ended with a little bit of an anticlimax because we spent a good time back at the bottom of the hill (Fazenda Paris) in the morning waiting for a Banded Cotinga that never showed. If you check eBird you will see that overall this is a very difficult species to see.
Saying goodbye to Serra Bonita. I think Sherry actually took this pic the day before.
At Fazenda Paris we were hyper focused on the Acai berries which is a preferred food item for Banded Cotingas.
Piratic Flycatcher
Opal-rumped Tanager - this species has two disjunct populations with the southeastern sub-species having a pale breast.
Maroon-faced Parakeet! Brazilian endemic and a good consolation prize to dipping on the Banded Cotinga.
Red-footed Tortoise
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Gray-rumped Swift
Least Pygmy-Owl!! We had heard these several times but finally got our eyes and lenses on this one.
Zone-tailed Hawk
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Red-rumped Cacique
Black-crowned Tityra
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Sick's Swift
We said our goodbyes to Serra Bonita and took about a 3 hour drive to the coast in the idyllic surfing town of Itacare.
This Golden-capped Parakeet greeted us upon arrival.
As did this White-bellied Tanager, a Brazilian endemic of the southeast coast.
Blue-backed Manakin female.
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet
Peach-fronted Parakeet
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Pale-breasted Thrush
Even the slow days were good days. I would go back to Itacare to go surfing and relax. Its a great little town.
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