So we left early doors and drove for a couple of hours to the famous water park where the extremely rare endemic Araripe Manakin resides. Along the way we made one stop where we found a pair of stunning Tawny Piculets before reaching the site.
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| Tawny Piculet - endemic |
A short walk into the forest soon has us watching up to 8 Araripe Manakins including a couple of stunning males feeding around us. Wow! This is possibly the top target of this tour and its such a stunning bird - can it get any better than this....? There was also a brief Black-tailed Myobius, Euler’s Flycatcher, Pectoral Sparrow and Little Woodpecker here but not a lot else.
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| Araripe Manakin - and yes it is endemic... |
From here we set out on the 350kms drive to our next lodge stopping at a couple of pools along the way to piuck up some new trip birds. The first one had Comb Duck, as well as Brazilian Teal, whilst the next one after lunch had our first White-cheeked Pintail, Wood Stork, Pied Lapwing and Collared Plovers.
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| Comb Duck |
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| White-faced Whistling-Ducks and Comb Ducks |
As we neared the lodge we walked along the track through caatinga bush country and found hummers to be more plentiful here with Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Glittering-bellied Emerald, Stripe-breasted Starfrontlet, Ruby Topaz and Broad-tipped Hermit. A superb pair of Spotted Piculets were much appreciated by everyone, and we also saw White-lined Tanager, Caatinga Barred and Silvery-cheeked Antshrikes, Brown-crested Flycatcher and Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet.
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| Spotted Piculet - endemic |
At the end of a long day we arrived at the Lear’s Macaw Lodge with a stunning vista from our rooms. Oh and pizza and beer in the local town was also pretty awesome tonight!
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