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Acre

Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus © Tomas Sigrist http://www.avisbrasilis.com.br

Acre is a state in the North region of Brazil.

Below are some of its top attractions and websites to the reserves and many places to stay where birding is an option. We welcome a proper introduction to this page from someone who knows the area well.

top sites

Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá

In 1999 I spent three weeks at the Reserva Extrativista do Alto Juruá, a reserve on the Rio Juruá near the border with Peru. The original inhabitants are allowed to farm and hunt for their own use and the forest and wild life is practically intact. Access is by light aircraft or boat only and one needs to mount an expedition to penetrate the region as there are no roads or shops. Birding is magnificent – we had almost 400 species. Many of these however can be seen more easily in Peru at Manu. Permission to enter the reserve must be obtained from IBAMA and the Rubber Tappers Union in Cruzeiro do Sul. I know there is plenty of forest with good birding accessible by car from Cruzeiro do Sul but I have had no personal experience with this.

contributor

Jeremy Minns
(São Paulo)
jeremyminns@uol.com.br

useful reading

Books, CDs, DVDs etc.

See the main Brazil page for guides etc. covering the whole country...

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!

Geography and Biodiversity of Acre

http://www.amazonlink.org/ACRE/amazonas/rubber-tappers/acre.htm
The whole of Acre lies in the Amazon Basin. 93% of its territory is covered with tropical rain forest. Acre is divided in two geographical regions which are the drainage basins of the rivers Juruá and Purús...

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