BRAZIL - Pantanal - Birding
Pantanal is the world's largest tropical wetland with about 85% of the floodplains submerged during the rainy seasons. Nurturing an astonishing biologically diverse collection of plants and helping support an incredible diverse and dense array of animal species. It's not surprising that Pantanal has become world famous as the planets most spectacular wetland system to observe the phenomenal spectacle of nature!
The Transpantaneira road transects the northern portion of the Pantanal and offers the visitor close encounters with Jabiru storks, Roseate Spoonbills, Southern Screamers, at least four species of ibises, several species of birds of prey, egrets, herons and many other animals that come to the ditches along the road in search of water and food, making every drive a great safari.
BEST TIME to VISIT PANTANAL
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BRAZIL
Pantanal : July to September
Jabirus
Jabiru stork
Jabiru stork fishing
Anhinga, or snakebird, drying its wings
the elegant Roseate spoonbill
Anhinga, or snakebird, here the female
cardinal bird
Ringed kingfisher
jacana
Skimmer
red head bird
Skimmer
Jacana
Ringed kingfisher
bkack fronted nun bird
glittering throated emerald humming bird
the elegant Roseate spoonbills
glittering throated emerald humming bird
Anhinga, or snakebird, drying its wings
jabiru stork
Cormorants on a tree
skimmer
skimmers
Limpkin
chestnut toucan
Amazon Kingfisher
Wood Stork
the elegant Roseate spoonbills
wattled jacana
woodpecker
Kiskadi has a brown back and a yellow belly
Anhinga, or snakebird- here the female
jacana
Cocoi heron
Tiger heron (juvenal)
Black-collared hawk in a tree
Cocoi heron
Roadside hawk
Tiger heron (adult)
green parakeet
green parakeets
Cocoi heron at the top of a tree
Vulture
nandu
Black-collared hawk
cocoi heron
great egret
Black hawk - female
macaw
small heron
Ringed Kingfisher
Black-collared hawk looking for a fish
Dove
black hawk
green kingfisher
Cocoi heron
Southern screamer
Cocoi heron
caracara
Hyacinth macaw
chestnut toucan
Jabiru stork
Snail kite
caracara
tiger heron (juvenal)
small green fisher (female)
Jabiru stork
White neck heron
Roadside hawk
Black-collared hawk
Black-bellied whistling ducks
Black-bellied whistling ducks
Buff-necked ibis
White-Faced whistling Ducks
southern screamers
skimmer
skimmer and its impressive beak
skimmers resting
green kingfisher
Limpkin
small green kingfisher
birds
green kingfisher
nandus
Hyacint macaws
Hyacint macaws
Hyacinth macaws on a tree
Hyacint macaws
Amazon kingfisher
Vulture feeding on a caiman carcasse floating on the river
female curassow
parakeet
ringed kingfisher
rail
bird
swallow
pecker
small owl
male curassow
nandu
roseate spoonbill flying
tiger heron (juvenal)
nuptial dance for the nandus
ibis
nuptial dance for the nandus
anhinga
bird
green kingfisher
ringed kingfisher
red head vulture with open wings
green kingfisher
amazon kingfisher
Tiger heron
red face ibis
jabiru stork
jabiru stork fishing
jabiru stork
jabiru stork
jabiru stork taking off
jabiru stork fishing
female black hawk
white and blue swallow
Turquoise-fronted Amazon in a blue flowers tree
Cocoi heron
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw
Hyacinth macaw
pecker
tiger heron
green parakeet
Hyacinth macaw
Turquoise-fronted Amazon
caracara
Kiskadi
tiny bird
Lineate pecker
female curassow
Amazon kingfisher
male curassow
Anhinga
anhinga
Ringed kingfisher
amazon kinfisher
southern screamer
Roseate spoonbill
Roseate spoonbill
Roseate spoonbill
green kinfisher
green kinfisher
ringed kingfisher
small green kingfisher
ringed kinfisher
amazon kinfisher with a fish
cardinal bird
cardinal bird
cardinal bird
ringed kingfisher
jacana
Buff necked ibis
hyacinth macaws
hyacinth macaw
hyacinth macaws
hyacinth macaws
hyacinth macaws
vultures
cocoi heron flying
cocoi heron flying
cocoi heron flying