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Piaui

Great Xenops Megaxenops parnaguae Š Tomas Sigrist http://www.avisbrasilis.com.br

Piauí is a state in the North East 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.

useful reading

Books, CDs, DVDs etc.

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

reserves

BioBrasil Foundation - Hyacinth Project

http://www.kaytee.com/avian_foundation/foundation_projects/
Currently, thirteen thousand acres have been purchased in the southwest part of the state of Piaui, Brazil. In this cerrado habitat (dry grassland with gallery forests and cliffs) the Hyacinth Macaw finds plenty of palm nuts and perfect nesting cavities in the red, cliff faces. BioBrasil manages the area as a preserve for the endangered macaws and many other avian species, as well as the endangered Maned Wolf...

Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_da_Capivara
O Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara foi criado para proteger uma área na qual se encontra o mais importante patrimônio pré-histórico do Brasil. Trata-se de um parque arqueológico com uma riqueza de vestígios que se conservaram durante milęnios, devido ŕ existęncia de um equilíbrio ecológico, hoje extremamente alterado.

Serra da Capivara National Park

http://www.brazil.org.uk/page.php?cid=298&offset=1
The Serra da Capivara National Park was created to protect an area which contains the most important prehistoric heritage in Brazil...

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 cant find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page give them a try!

2001 [July] - Tom Walls

http://www.afn.org/~afn62971/hyacinthvalley.html
Not a bird trip this but useful none-the-less...

local guides

Kaytee Foundation Eco Tours

http://www.kaytee.com/avian_foundation/eco_tours/
For the past several years Kaytee has sponsored a trip to Brazil to see Hyacinth Macaws in the wild...

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