
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