Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)

Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)

A female foraging for food at a feeding station offering various types of fruits. It sounds like this:


Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

A common bird frequenting feeding stations where fruit is found. This is the male of the species. It sounds like this:……


Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

A common bird frequenting feeding stations where fruit is found. This is the female of the species. It sounds like…


Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)

Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)

A spotty plumage reveals this is a male juvenile of the species. It's a common species in its range and is a frequent…


Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

Red-legged honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)

A female foraging for fruit and not easily seen when doing so in the canopy. But here it's out in the open, tempted by…


Scarlet-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)

Scarlet-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)

Opposed to the bland plumage of the female, which might look like a different species altogether, the male is…


Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)

Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)

When people think of tanagers they think of brightly colored birds, but some are drab and inconspicuous and named as…


Scarlet-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)

Scarlet-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)

As with most bird species, the female is inconspicuous and bland compared to the male, and more often than not the…


Golden-hooded tanager (Tangara larvata)

Golden-hooded tanager (Tangara larvata)

Tanagers are beautifully colored bird species, and golden-hooded tanager is no exception. Fortunately many of them will…


Pampa Finch (Embernagra platensis)

Pampa Finch (Embernagra platensis)

An omnivore that knows how to harvest left overs from tourists, and this one was definitely accustomed to people as it…


Diademed Tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus)

Diademed Tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus)

On the way to the Itatiaia park entrance, towards Agulhas Negras, you'll find the only sturdy man-made construction - a…


Brassy-breasted Tanager (Tangara desmaresti)

Brassy-breasted Tanager (Tangara desmaresti)

On the way to the Itatiaia park entrance, towards Agulhas Negras, you'll find the only sturdy man-made construction - a…