Brazil Day 20 - Porto Seguro - the Grande Finale (22-23Feb2026)

Our last full day in Brazil was spent in a National Park near Porto Seguro to look for some endemics.  We got a little unlucky with the weather (rain then heat) so it was a little less active than other days on the trip but we still got some quality birds.

Rufous-throated Sapphire

Bahia Antwren - our best looks yet at this endemic.

Brown-winged Schiffornis - not endemic but a new genus for me.

Hook-billed Hermit

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Black-headed Berryeater!  A Near Threatened (IUCN criteria) Brazilian endemic.

Red-stained Woodpecker

Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill!

Flame-crested Tanager

Racket-tipped Thorntail

Great Pondhawk

Violet-capped Woodnymph

Bem-Te-Vi (Kiskadee)

Reddish Hermit

White-chinned Sapphire

Blue-chinned Sapphire

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

White-chinned Sapphire or Versicolored Emerald?

Rufous-throated Sapphire

White-crowned Manakin

That evening we tried for some owls but dipped due to rain.

Common Pauraque

In the morning before our flights out, I birded around the hotel grounds.

Peach-fronted Parakeet - literally thousands of these streamed by in the morning.

East Brazilian Chachalaca

Masked Water-Tyrant

Plain-bellied Emerald

Wow what a trip!  Brazil is a magical place with so much potential.  We tallied 492 species in 22 days, covered over 3000 miles, saw some amazing places and I picked up 236 lifers!  And to think I still have the Amazon and most of the south of Brazil to explore.