The Cinereous Antshrike is a dapper looking species of the Amazon basin and also of the southeast of Brazil. It has 5 subspecies with the c. caesius subspecies being the one found in southeast Brazil. We had this one in the Itacaré region of Bahia State, Brazil.
The Black-billed Scythebill is a bird of the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil that spills over a bit into Paraguay and Argentina. We had them a few times during my second trip to Brazil in a couple different spots, but both of the below pictures were from Boa Nova National Park in Bahia State.
This Brazilian endemic has a Vulnerable status due to its limited range and dependence on the Atlantic forest that is currently being deforested. It hunts through dense tangles which are typically only present in mature forests. We were lucky enough to see a couple in Boa Nova National Park in Bahia State. There are 5 species in the Softtail genus.
The Bahia Spinetail is a Near Threatened Brazilian endemic species of the southeast Atlantic forest. It sits in a large genus of 37 species. We had these in Boa Nova National Park in Bahia State. It used to be conspecific with the Rufous-capped Spinetail but was split out in the early 2000's after phylogenetic studies showed them to be distinct.
This is an interesting Brazilian endemic of the southeast Atlantic forest that I will need to get reacquainted with because I only saw female or youn birds and the sexual dimorphism is pronounced in this species with the male being stunning. This photo was taken at the top of a large hill/mountain near Poções in Bahia State. However, we had them in several locations on my second trip to Brazil. It is the only species in its genus.
This cute Brazilian endemic used to be lumped with the Striolated or Western Striped Manakin but at the turn of the century phylogenetic studies led to the split. The Kinglet Manakin lives in southeast Brazil whereas the Striolated is way up in the northwest of South America. We had ours in multiple spots but my best shots below were from the area around Itacaré in Bahia State, Brazil.
