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Campos do Jordão - Horto Florestal

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The Horto Florestal is within an area of preserved Araucária forest and is an excellent site to find some of the highland species that occur in the Serra da Mantiqueira. It is best known as the roosting site for the rare and endangered Vinaceous Parrot, a number of which come, in the late afternoon, to find a safe haven to sleep. Araucaria Tit-Spinetail is almost guaranteed here, but can be easier to see along the road where the canopy is not right above you. This is also one of the easiest site I know to see Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, they are often near the bridge over the river to the car parking area. Listen for their call along any stretch of the river. Keep your eyes peeled for raptors too, I once had a juvenile Grey-bellied Goshawk here!

There is a track that runs up the hill to the right just before the Horto Florestal entrance. At a mirador on the right hand side some km from the start of the track park you car at dusk, this is a stake out for Long-trained Nightjars (-22.704862,-45.470935). Follow the track further and you will encounter some other highland specialists such as Black-and-gold Cotinga, Speckle-breasted Antpitta etc.

Campos do Jordão - Pedra do Bau Road

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The Pedra do Baú is a huge rock at the end of a dirt road that is very popular with tourists and climbers. The view from there is truly breathtaking. The dirt road is excellent for birding and many of the highland specialities can be found along it including Plovercrest, Black-capped Piprites and Araucária Tit-Spinetail.

Birds to look for include: Dusky-legged Guan, Grey-necked Woodrail, Pileated Parrot, Vinaceous Parrot, White-collared Swift, Biscutate Swift, Plovercrest, Red-breasted Toucan, Robust Woodpecker, Araucária Tit-Spinetail, Pallid Spinetail, Buff-browed Foliage Gleaner, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Sharp-billed Treehunter, Large-tailed Antshrike, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Dusky-tailed Antbird, Rufous-tailed Antthrush, Serra do Mar Tapaculo, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Black-capped Piprites, Sooty Tyrannulet, White-crested Tyrannulet, Shear-tailed Grey-Tyrant, Hellmayr’s Pipit, Curl-crested Jay, Plush-crested Jay, White-rimmed Warbler, Hepatic Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Bay-chested Warbling Finch, Red-rumped Warbling Finch, Thick-billed Saltator and Golden-winged Cacique.

Ilha Comprida

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One of the areas to see Scarlet Ibis in São Paulo that is easily accessible. It is also good for shorebirds in the summer. The island also has Restinga Tyrannulet and being a coastal strip of scrub will probably turn up rare migrants from time to time, in July 2011 we found a White-banded Mockingbird there well north of its usual range.

The Scarlet Ibises have a colony at the northern end of the island, but they can be seen around the area on any mud near mangroves in the breeding season. Outside this season they are more difficult or even absent but we saw some on the mainland side of the bridge over to the island in Iguape in July 2011. The tyrannulets can be found in the remains of the Restinga towards the south of the island.

Intervales State Park

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This state park is situated on the Serra do Mar, the 1,000m high escarpment that runs along the coast of southeast Brazil. The park is one of a complex of four adjacent reserves with a total area of more than 1,200km2 and is of great significance as it contains pristine forest over an altitudinal gradient from 20m to 1,095m. Only the upper part of the park is open to the public.

To get there take the Rodovia Castello Branco out of São Paulo and exit at Tatuí, continuing to Itapetininga and Capão Bonito. From here follow the signs to Parque Intervales, the last 25 km from Ribeirão Grande being on an all weather unpaved road. Accommodation is available at the park in four scattered buildings in the central area of the former “fazenda” and may be booked by telephone (015-3542-1245) or fax (015-3542-1511) or by e-mail to zarife@fflorestal.sp.gov.br. In October 2009 the cost was R$35.00 per day meals at the restaurant run by an independent cooperative are R$15.00 each for lunch and dinner, breakfast is R$7.00. Breakfast is from 07.00hrs, if you want an early breakfast it can be arranged in advance at a cost of R$30.00 extra per day.

The central area (the “Sede”) is surrounded by forest and has a short trail, the Caminho dos Lagos, through secondary growth. There is plenty of good birding here and the following species are all present: Rusty-barred Owl, Buff-fronted Owl, White-breasted Tapaculo, Giant Antshrike, Large-tailed Antshrike, Red-eyed Thornbird, Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Azure-shouldered Tanager, Golden-chevroned Tanager, Olive-green Tanager and Black-legged Dacnis.

All visitors leaving the Sede must be accompanied by a park guard at a cost of R$100 per day. When you make your reservation say that you are a birder and ask for Luiz or Agostino brothers or Betinho who know the birds well and where to find them.

Birds to look out for include: Mantled Hawk, Black-fronted Piping-Guan, Spot-winged Woodquail, Red and White Crake, Blue-bellied Parrot, Pavonine Cuckoo, Least Pygmy Owl, Common Potoo, Short-tailed Nighthawk, Dusky-throated Hermit, Plovercrest, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, White-tailed Trogon, Black-throated Trogon, Surucua Trogon, Rufous-capped Motmot, Spot-billed Toucanet, Saffron Toucanet, Ochre-collared Piculet, White-spotted Woodpecker, Yellow-browed Woodpecker, Robust Woodpecker, Helmeted Woodpecker, Grey-bellied Spinetail, Pallis Spinetail, Red-eyed Thornbird, White-browed Foliage-gleaner, Buff-browed Foliage gleaner, White-collared Foliage-gleaner, Pale-browed Treehunter, Rufous-breasted Leaftosser, Sharp-billed Treehunter, Scalloped Woodcreeper, Black-billed Scythebill, Giant Antshrike, Large-tailed Antshrike, Tufted Antshrike, White-bearded Antshrike, Bertoni’s Antbird, Ochre-rumped Antbird, Dusky-tailed Antbird, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Short-tailed Antthrush, Cryptic Antthrush, Variegated Antpitta, Serra do Mar Tapaculo, White-breasted Tapaculo, Slaty Bristlefront, Spotted Bamboowren, Sharpbill, Hooded Berryeater, Cinnamon-vented Piha, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin, Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Wing-barred Piprites, Rough-legged Tyrannulet, Small-billed Elaenia, Highland Elaenia, Bay-ringed Tyrannulet, São Paulo Tyrannulet, Oustalet’s Tyrannulet, Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant, Hangnest Tody-Tyrant, Royal Flycatcher, Three-striped Flycatcher, Sirystes, Swainson’s Flycatcher, Short-crested Flycatcher, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Rufous-tailed Attila, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Green-chinned Euphonia, Golden-rumped Euphonia, White-rimmed Warbler, Brown Tanager, Magpie Tanager, Rufous-headed Tanager, Olive-green Tanager, Golden-chevroned Tanager, Diademed Tanager, Brassy-breasted Tanager, Chestnut-backed Tanager, Black-legged Dacnis, Red-rumped Warbling-Finch, Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Temminck’s seedeater, Lined Seedeater, Uniform Finch, Half-collared Sparrow, Grassland Sparrow, Black-throated Grosbeak, Green-winged Saltator, Golden-winged Cacique and Yellow-rumped Marshbird.

Mogi das Cruzes to Salesópolis - Biritiba Mirim

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This is the site of the discovery in 2004 of what was at first thought to be a new population of Paraná Antwren Formicivora (formerly Stymphalornis) acutirostris. It then transpired that there are significant plumage differences between the two populations and the Biritiba-Mirim birds are being described as a separate species São Paulo Antwren Formicivora sp. nov.

Follow the road from Mogi das Cruzes (see above) for a couple of kms until you reach the antwren site. You will recognize it as it is just after a sharp left hand bend (with a track leading off to the right) and the first house on the left, number 6030 (-23.54178,-46.116339), has a wall and entrance being built (Oct 2011) (if the asphalt turns to dirt you have missed it!). Look for the antbirds in the Typha (cat-tails or bull-rushes) in the marsh opposite the house. This site has been greatly damaged. Access has been restricted by fencing and the Typhus has retreated due to grazing and drainage, but at least one pair holds on tenaciously.

The track from the bend is good birding; sadly this is now been fenced off too. There are Orange-breasted Thornbirds, Dusky-tailed Antbirds, Orange-headed and Cinnamon Tanagers, Rufous-capped and Large-tailed Antshrikes and much more besides.

If you fail here, follow the road which becomes dirt road for a while and turn right at a junction just after a bar and a shop. Follow this to the main road and turn left. Go through Biritiba Mirim on the main road until you reach a large roundabout with a tree in it, signposted to the right to Casa grande. Turn right here and after about I km a marsh becomes visible on the left (-23.569652,-46.016346). park here and descend to the marsh. This site too is being destroyed sadly. It used to be possible to enter the gates off the roundabout to bird the marsh along the road, but that stopped when the weighbridge was installed with a guard. You could try asking there, but we had little success.

Mogi das Cruzes to Salesópolis - Mogi das Cruzes

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The site is about an hour’s drive from São Paulo’s Guarulhos International airport. Take the Rodovia Ayrton Senna from the airport towards Rio and exit to Mogi das Cruzes. Follow the signs to Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis. As you leave Mogi das Cruzes you will come to a set of lights at a fork in the road, Biritiba-Mirim and Salesópolis to the right, to the left César de Souza. Take the fork to the left. You will pass a set of lights, some rail tracks and then arrive at a roundabout. Turn right here. About I km from the roundabout along this road, you will see some gravel piles and workings on your right. Opposite there is a good marsh, which has Rufous-sided Crake, occasional American Purple Gallinule, Yellow-browed Tyrant, and Chestnut-capped Blackbird among other common marsh birds. It is also good for shorebirds in summer. Silver Teal is also often seen here. A little further along the road after a left hand bend there is a long straight. To the right is a scrubby marshy area. Capped Seedeaters are sometimes seen here as are Streamer-tailed Tyrants.

Mogi das Cruzes to Salesópolis - Salesópolis Reservoir

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From the Biritiba Mirim site follow the SP88 toward Paraibuna. After a few km you will come across a large reservoir on your left just before reaching Salesópolis, the far end of the reservoir is usually best, although a turn off just before the reservoir comes into view is also good.

Birds to look for include: Least Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Neotropic Cormorant, Anhinga, Whistling Heron, Cocoi Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Striated Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Roseate Spoonbill, White-faced Whistling Duck, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Comb Duck (rare), Brazilian Teal, Silver Teal (rare), Southern Pochard, Osprey, Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Turkey Vulture, White-tailed Kite, Savannah Hawk, Southern Caracara, Yellow-headed Caracara, Ash-throated Crake, American Purple Gallinule, White-backed Stilt, Eared Dove, Green Kingfisher, Amazon Kingfisher, Ringed Kingfisher, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Tawny-headed Swallow (rare), White-rumped Swallow, Yellowish Pipit, Chestnut-capped Blackbird, Yellow-rumped Marshbird and Chopi Blackbird.

Ubatuba - Corcovado

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For Corcovado follow the road left at the fork and continue and after about 3km the road drops down a hill and there is a longish straight. Half way along the straight (3,8km from the BR101), turn right onto a dirt road. Continue to the bridge and park. Cross the bridge on foot, bear left then first right along a track, crossing a chain and a football pitch to the right just after. The track bends to the right after the last house. Another track continues straight up past a small boggy area. The track to the right crosses a stream (difficult at high rainfall periods) and then to an open area, the bamboos on the right are good for Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant. The track continues into the forest at the end of the clearing. Expect the same birds here as at Folha Seca.

Ubatuba - Fazenda Angelim

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From the roundabout with a large statue of a man with an oar at the junction with the Taubaté road (Rod. Oswaldo Cruz) take the BR 101 towards Parati. After 4.1 km you will see a blue bus stop shelter on the left and a turn off just past it. Be very careful when turning left here on the bend, if in doubt continue to the next roundabout some 200m later and do a 'U-turn', facilitating a right turn into the road. After 200m there is a fork in the road, turn right to Fazenda Angelim along a dirt track (school to the right and new tower blocks to the left). Cross a bridge and continue between some houses until you reach the gates. Park here and enter on foot. It is not necessary to get prior permission, but do go to the last house on the left in the clearing along the track and pay the 'voluntary contribution' of R$10.00 per person.

This is among the best birding sites in the region. There is a mixture of good forest, forest edge and open areas.

The owners of the property maintain the area as a private reserve. It was formerly a plantation where cacao was grown, but this has long since ceased.

The target birds here are really the Spotted Bamboowrens and it is a reliable site for them, there are a number of territories one of which comes right up to the track. However this is a very good general birding spot too. Squamate Antbird is frequently heard and often seen here and Spot-backed Antshrikes, Rufous-winged and Streak-capped Antwrens, Plain and Spot-breasted Antvireo and Ferruginous and Scaled Antbirds are all common and relatively easy to see. It also holds the delectable Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant. I saw my first ever Buff-throated Purpletuft here, and they are still regularly seen, in 2008 I had the pleasure of watching a pair building a nest above the track, but sadly a storm washed out the nest. It is also a good place to try for São Paulo Tyrannulet. The tracks deeper in the forest hold Reddish Hermit, Rufous-breasted Leaftosser and Large-headed Flatbill. Rufous-capped Antthrush is quite easy here at some of the less densely under-storied areas.

Ubatuba - Folha Seca

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Turn inland off the BR101 at Praia Dura along the road that passes to the left of the small supermarket. At a fork in the road after a small chapel on the left, turn right along the dirt road. (Left along the asphalt road leads to Cordovado). Cross a bridge, pass the camping site, cross another bridge and fork left just after. Continue straight ahead, passing a number of houses and one cross road and then some open fields to the left with power lines. From here it is all forest to the end of the track. Along the track you will come across Jonas D'Abronzo's house to the left.

The site is of course best known for the hummingbird feeders at Jonas’ house in the forest. The list of hummer species there is now at 22 and there are usually at least 9 available at any one time. Those normally encountered are; Saw-billed Hermit, an Atlantic forest and Brazilian endemic; Swallow-tailed Hummingbird; Brazilian Ruby, another endemic; Sombre hummingbird, also endemic; Versicoloured and Glittering-throated Emeralds; White-chinned Sapphire; Festive Coquette; Violet-capped Woodnymph; in summer Black Jacobin and Black-throated Mango join the throng.

Please be mindful of the fact that this is Jonas’ home and not a birdwatching centre. The number of visitors has increased over the years and the burden is beginning to be too much for Jonas.

Try to keep your visit as short as possible, he is too polite to leave visitors alone and has often missed meals as a result. Always take a bag of sugar and/or some bananas when you visit, he will not accept money.

Birding along the track is recommended and unrestricted, stop on the way in where the power lines cross the road by a disused guard hut, there are often Neoptropical River Wablers there plus Long-billed Wren, Slaty Bristlefront and even Spotted Bamboowren.

Birds to be found include: Brown Tinamou, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Maroon-bellied and Plain Parakeets, White-tailed Trogon, Blonde-crested Woodpecker, Plain-winged, Planalto, Olivaceous and Lesser Woodcreepers, White-eyed Foliage-gleaner, Rufous-breasted and Tawny-throated Leaftosser, Tufted Antshrike, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Ferruginous and Scaled Antbird, Unicoloured and Star-throated Antwren, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Slaty Bristlefront, Bare-throated Bellbird, White-bearded and Blue Manakin, Greenish Schiffornis, Greyish Mourner, Euler’s Flycatcher, Eared Pygmy-Tyrant, White-throated Spadebill, Large-headed Flatbill, White-thighed Swallow, White-necked Thrush, Green Honeycreeper, Green-headed and Red-necked Tanager, Chestnut-bellied Euphonia, Azure-shouldered, Golden-chevroned, Ruby-crowned, Flame-crested and Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Green-winged Saltator, Neotropical River Warbler; when the bamboo is seeding we have invasions of Uniform Finch and Buffy-fronted Seedeater.

Ubatuba - Ranário/Palmito na Brasa

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Continuing along the main BR101 towards Parati instead of turning towards Rancho Pica Pau at the roundabout after a few km you will pass the Pousada Falcão on your left. At the next bend you need to turn left where there is a restaurant. Be very careful here this turn can be dangerous. It is sometimes better to pass the turn along a straight bit of road and do a 'U-turn' when safe to do so. Follow the track past the restaurant and continue until you reach an entrance with a high wall, park here, this is the entrance to the Ranário or frog farm, which is no longer in use, it is also where the Palmito na Brasa restaurant used to be, but this is no longer open. Walk along the track in front, passing the disused buildings on your right. The area to the left is often interesting and often has Sooty Grassquits.

A surprisingly high number of species can be seen along the track. The pick of the bunch being Buff-throated Purpletuft, Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant, Yellow Tyrannulet, Slaty Bristlefront, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Long-billed Wren and Blue Manakin. It is also a good place to look for Bare-throated Bellbirds as there are good views of the wooded hillsides from the track. A small reedy area on the left just before the forest sometimes has White-bellied Seedeater. A pair of Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers has recently been nesting in the last telegraph pole on the left before the reedy area (2011).

As this is a relatively newly discovered and small site the list is as yet fairly conservative.

Birds to look for include: Black and White Hawk-Eagle, Southern Lapwing, Pileated Parrot, Reddish Hermit, Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Festive Coquette, Violet-capped woodnymph, White-chinned Sapphire, White-tailed Trogon, Channel-billed Toucan, Yellow-fronted, Yellow-throated, Blond-crested and Lineated Woodpeckers, Rufous-capped and Spix’s Spinetails, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Ochre-breasted and White-eyed Foliage-gleaners, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Spot-backed and Tufted Antshrikes, Plain and Spot-breasted Antvireo, Rufous-winged and Streak-headed Antwrens, Ferruginous and Scaled Antbirds, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Slaty Bristlefront, Spotted Bamboowren, Bare-throated Bellbird, Black-crowned Tityra, Buff-throated Purpletuft, Fork-tailed Tody-tyrant, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Long-billed Wren, Lemon-chested Greenlet, Hooded Siskin, Flame-crested, Brazilian, Green-headed and Red-necked Tanagers, Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, White-bellied Seedeater and Black-throated Grosbeak.

Ubatuba - Rancho Pica Pau

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At the eastern end of the town of Ubatuba there is a roundabout along the BR101. Coming from the statue roundabout at the end of the Taubaté road it is the next roundabout after the Fazenda Angelim turn off (see above). Turn left here along a dirt track, across a bridge following the track to the left along the river, along a long straight with banana plantations to the left there is a turn off with a signpost to Rancho Pica Pau. At this junction it can be worth having a stop as it is often very 'birdy' with Orange-eyed Thornbirds, Yellow Tyrannulets, Long-billed Wren all likely and sometimes Sooty Grassquit can be found here. Take the track to the Rancho.

This recently discovered gem is essentially a camping site. During the Christmas and New Year period it is full of happy holidaymakers. However, it is probably the best place to find Buff-throated Purpletuft in the world. There is a large open area set aside for camping and around its edge excellent forest. These forest edge trees are suitable look-out points and song posts for the purpletufts. Just listen for their distinctive, if quiet, call. There are also other good birds to be seen here. Being a fairly open area, at the foot of some well forested hills, it is an excellent place to look for raptors, especially the Black Hawk-Eagle. At the forest edge there are a couple of Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant territories and with a bit of patience and playback you should get them.

Along the approach road to the rancho there is good birding and the list below includes birds seen along it. As this is a recently discovered site and few birders have visited it, the list is still quite small, but it is set to grow as the place gets more visitors.

There is no restriction on birders visiting the site, but out of courtesy please make yourself known to the owners when you arrive and there is a nominal fee of R$10.00 per person.

Birds to look out for include: Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Striated heron, Whistling Heron, Rufous-thighed Kite, Roadside and Short-tailed Hawks, Black-and-White and Black Hawk-Eagles, Southern and Yellow-headed Caracaras, Aplomado Falcon, Slaty-breasted Woodrail, Pale-vented and Plumbeous Pigeons, Maroon-bellied and Plain Parakeet, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Scaly-headed Parrot, Squirrel, Dark-billed and Striped Cuckoos, Pauraque, White-collared, Sick’s and Grey-rumped Swifts, Saw-billed, Scale-throated and Rddish Hermits, Sombre and Swallow-tailed Hummingbirds, Black Jacobin, Black-throated Mango, Festive Coquette, Glittering-bellied, Glittering-throated and Versicoloured Emeralds, Violet-capped Wodnymph, White-chinned Sapphire, White-tailed Trogon, Rufous-capped Motmot, Saffron Toucanet, Red-breasted and Channel-billed Toucans, White-barred Piculet, Yellow-fronted, Blond-crested and Robust Woodpeckers, Rufous-capped and Spix’s Spinetails, Orange-eyed Thornbird, Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner, Plain Xenops, Spot-breasted and tufted Antshrikes, Plain and Spot-breasted Antvireos, Star-throated, Rufous-winged and streak-capped Antwrens, Ferruginous, Scaled and Squamate Antbirds, White-shouldered Fire-eye, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Rufous and Black-cheeked Gnateaters, Spotted Bamboowren, Bare-throated Bellbird, Blue and White-bearded Manakins, Black-crowned Tityra, Greenish Mourner, Buff-throated Purpletuft, Chestnut-crowned, White-winged, Black-capped and Crested Becards, Planalto, Grey-capped and Yellow Tyrannulets, Grey Elaenia, Sepia-capped and Grey-hooded flycatchers, Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant, Yellow-browed, Long-tailed and Cattle tyrants, Masked Water-Tyrant, Piratic, Boat-billed, Variegated and Fork-tailed Flycacthers, White-thighed Swallow, Long-billed Wren, Lemon-chested Greenlet, Purple-throated, Violaceous and Chestnut-bellied Euphonias, Flame-crested, Ruby-crowned, Brazilian, Sayaca, Azure-shouldered, Golden-chevroned, Palm, Green-headed, and Red-necked Tanager, Green Honeycreeper, Swallow Tanager, White-bellied Seedeater, Sooty Grassquit, Saffron Finch, Black-throated Grosbeak, Red-rumped Cacique and Crested Oropendola.

Ubatuba - Ubatumirim

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This site is sadly under threat of development as a luxury condominiums, at the time of writing (Oct 2011) there is little progress on the development which has been stopped many times before. The cleared areas seem to be re-growing but for how long is hard to tell.

Situated along the BR101 to Rio this site is accessed at km 20 where there is a 'trevo' road junction that has been put there for the proposed condominium. It is usually visited on the return journey from Perequê but is well worth a visit particularly in the morning or evening. Ubatumirim is a large marshy area between the road and the beach which is accessed along a dirt road.

Marshy areas are in short supply on this part of the coast so birds like Rufous-sided and Ash-throated Crake, Rufous-capped Antshrike, Black-capped Donacobius, Unicoloured Blackbird and White-bellied Seedeater make welcome additions to the Ubatuba list. The beach sometimes has shorebirds on it particularly at the river estuary, where Semipalmated Plovers and Spotted Sandpipers spend the summer.

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Ao atravessar os portões do Best Western Grínberg's Village Hotel, imediatamente nos sentimos envolvidos por um maravilhoso astral. Não é necessário ser sensitivo, metafísico ou esotérico para senti-lo. Muitas tem sido as explicações para origem dessa incrível energia positiva: forças telúricas, astrais, ou irradiadas pelas correntes subterrâneas de água mineral. Venha sentir pessoalmente esta extraordinária sensação...

Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

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Part of the Tropical Birding chain, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge is developed in the same fashion as its sister lodge in Ecuador, the famous Tandayapa Bird Lodge. The reserve's birdlist stands at 407 bird species, and additional species can be seen by taking day-trips to various nearby sites...

Hospedaria Águas Claras - Itapira

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Poder vivenciar a experiência de desfrutar de uma Fazenda Ambiental®, com serviços de lazer integrados ao meio-ambiente e hospedagem em um casarão histórico do século XIX. Assim é conhecer e viver a vida da Fazenda Águas Claras, um patrimônio histórico, situado a 1.100 metros de altitude na Serra da Mantiqueira, que através da Hospedaria Águas Claras acolhem todos os hóspedes como grandes amigos...

Hotel & Resort Canto da Floresta - Amparo

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O GRUPO MESQUITA, empenhado em ações sociais e já com êxito em sua parceria com a Prefeitura Municipal de Santos, visando a integração à sociedade do adolescente em situação de risco pessoal e social, amplia ainda mais a sua atuação, na região de Amparo e Monte Alegre do Sul - SP, com a implantação do projeto LIBERTAÇÃO ECOLÓGICA, composto pelos programas: Vozes da Floresta, Viveiro das Essências e Recriando a Educação. Com recursos próprios, foram abertas associações exclusivamente com a finalidade de desenvolver e implantar estes programas regionais, para resgatar a Natureza e a qualidade de Vida.

Hotel Auto Tour - Serra Negra

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Um panorama sobre os vales cobertos de verde da Serra da Mantiqueira num magnífico Parque com 60.000 m2 Em uma das ramificações da Serra da Mantiqueira, encravado no alto do morro, circundado de montanhas e muito verde, você vai encontrar o Hotel Auto Tour; consagrado como uma opção de hospedagem e lazer para crianças e adultos que exigem qualidade de vida. Com uma avançada infra-estrutura hoteleira e de serviços, está preparado para receber famílias, esportistas, convenções, escolas, festas de confraternizações e familiares, encontros comemorativos, cursos, simpósios, lua de mel, eventos, etc.

Hotel Fazenda Campo dos Sonhos - Socorro

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Extensive resort rather than just a Lodge...

Hotel Fazenda Recanto da Paz - Atibaia

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Hotel fazenda localizado a 75 Km de São Paulo, com muito ar puro a 1.000 metros de altitude nas montanhas de Atibaia, visite nossas galerias de fotos e descubra as delícias da vida no campo...

Hotel Fazenda São João - São Pedro

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Contato direto com a natureza, ar puro, clima agradável, paisagem serrana, completa infra-estrutura para lazer e eventos com muito conforto e descontração.

Hotel Fazenda Village Montana - Socorro

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Tudo isso aliado ao clima ameno do campo e a magnífica paisagem das montanhas, para fazer de seu passeio uma experiência sem igual...

Hotel Sant'Anna - Amparo, SP

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O Hotel Sant'Anna se preocupa com todos os detalhes, para oferecer o que há de melhor com o requinte necessário. Tudo dentro de um estilo próprio e harmônico.

Itamambuca Pousada & Camping - Ubatuba, SP

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Uma autêntica Reserva Ecológica - O cotidiano do Itamabuca Eco Resort sempre esteve integrado a Natureza. Além da vegetação típica da Mata Atlântica que cerca toda sua volta, animais nativos e plantas exóticas completam esse cenário maravilhoso e inesquecível. É praticamente impossível ficar alheio aos sinais que a natureza irradia com tanta naturalidade...

Jureia Park Hotel

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Após 20 Km do trevo de Peruíbe, encontra-se o Juréia Park Hotel, ao lado esquerdo da Rodovia Padre Manoel da Nóbrega, que desemboca na BR 116 (Rod. Régis Bittencourt). Distante 2 Km do centro de Itariri.

Pousada Alto da Serra - Paraibuna

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Breathing fresh air, being in contact with the native fauna and flora of the Atlantic Rain Forest, resting with comfort, living it up with relatives, friends, or even doing business. Staying at the Pousada Alto da Serra is being part of all this. It`s being amidst one of the most beautiful places in the country with plenty of peace and satisfaction.

Pousada da Cachoeira - Monte Alegre do Sul

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Sister to the Lodge in Pirrasununga...

Pousada da Cachoeira - Pirrasununga

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Localizada aos pés da Serra da Mantiqueira, na Estância Hidromineral da Cidade de Monte Alegra do Sul, a POUSADA DA CACHOEIRA se resume em um presente que a natureza entrega a você.

Pousada da Fazenda - Monte Alegre do Sul

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Construída a mais de 100 anos, a Fazenda Santa Isabel, onde fica a Pousada da Fazenda, preserva ainda a casa principal, que hoje abriga o restaurante, o terreiro usado para secagem dos grãos de café, algumas casas de colonos e um pombal inclinado como a Torre de Pisa. Em 50 alqueires de mata nativa, além de toda riqueza histórica, a fazenda oferece o verdadeiro turismo rural...

Pousada das Hortências - Atibaia

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very bare site...

Pousada do Lago - São Roque

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Situada em São Roque, uma área mundial de preservação ambiental, com seu clima serrano e envolvida por montanhas, a Pousada do Lago é hoje a melhor opção de hospedagem na região. Com 45 confortáveis chalés para locação, conta com uma completa infra-estrutura para que você e sua família tenham momentos de puro prazer, com toda a liberdade de estar em sua própria casa.

Pousada do Quirim - Petar - Iporanga

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A contiguidade de outras Unidades de Conservação vizinhas, como o Parque Estadual Intervales – PEI, Parque Estadual Carlos Botelho – PECB e Estação Ecológica de Xitué – EEX, aliado à existência de uma área de entorno ainda conservada, assegura à região um contínuo de mata íntegra (>200.000 ha) que permite a existência de espécies faunísticas de amplo território, como a onça-pintada (Panthera onca); o mono-carvoeiro ou muriqui (Brachyteles arachnoides) e gavião-real ou harpia (Harpia harpya). Cerca de 30 outras espécies de vertebrados encontram-se na lista de ameaçados de extinção, como a rara ave marialeque (Onychorhyncus coronatus); a ágil lontra (Lutra longicaudis) e curioso cágado (Hydromedusa maximiliani); entre outros.

Pousada dos Anjos - Estância Climática de Cunha

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Pousada a 1300 metros de altitude com amoroso café da manhã e jantar vegetariano opcional, em casa histórica de pau a pique, muito aconchegante, com fogão a lenha, forno caipira, geladeira, capacidade para até 8 pessoas, ou em chalés para casal. Lago com pequena cachoeira, piscina de pedra, sauna a lenha à beira do rio e de um pequeno bosque. Televisão e lareira na sede, onde são servidas as refeições. Fácil acesso pela rodovia asfaltada de Cunha–Parati.

Pousada Ecológica Recanto da Cachoeira - Ilhabela

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The Eco-Hotel Retreat of the Waterfall is located to the margins of the Ilhabela State Park, it provides the necessary comfort for the beginning of a great adventure. The Hotel offers his guests the opportunity to explore the largest island of Brazil. With a total area of 320km², it has 86% of it`s surface transformed in State Park and is one of the largest areas of ecological preservation of Brazil.

Pousada Floresta Negra - Campos do Jordão

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Confortáveis apartamentos com tv e aquecimento. Delicioso café da manhã - Região com muita paz e verde...

Pousada Horizonte

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A Pousada Horizonte está localizada em uma vila rural chamada de São José do Barreiro, uma região que encanta por suas belezas naturais, diversidade biológica e grande procura turística, município pertencente à cidade de São Roque de Minas...

Pousada Kolibri

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...a small hotel (chalés and apartments with a total capacity for 32 guests), 6 km distant from the village and surrounded by the most beautiful nature. Our place is ideal for birdwatching... Pousada KolibriEstrada de Santa Cruz, São Francisco Xavier - SP Tel. 012 - 39261351 e-mail: info@pousadakolibri.com

Pousada Mombytá - Peruíbe

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City seafront hotel

Pousada Muriqui - São Francisco Xavier

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In Portugues only....

Pousada Quatro Luas - Atibaia

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Flashy site...

Pousada Recanto Alegre - Monte Alegre do Sul

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Localizada na Região Serrana do Circuito das ÁguasPaulista, a Pousada Recanto Alegre está situadana Estância Hidromineral de Monte Alegre do Sul... ...venha se integrar à natureza...

Pousada Riacho da Mata

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A 14 km de Campos do Jordão, e 1,2 km de Santo Antonio do Pinhal. Numa área de 50.000 m2, rodeado de muito verde e muita tranquilidade...

Pousada Salve Floresta - SE São Paulo

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Somente a implantação de medidas de educação ambiental, junto com um trabalho rigido de controle é que poderiamos preservar o que restou dessa fauna brasileira.

Pousada São Francisco - São Francisco Xavier

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Amplo restaurante aberto ao público com deliciosa comida caseira e vegetariana...

Pousada Serra do Luar - São Francisco Xavier

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Nossa pousada situa-se num dos locais mais aconchegantes da Serra da Mantiqueira. De dia temos as mais belas paisagens da região. À noite seu céu estrelado é magnífico, seu luar nas montanhas é esplendoroso, motivo que inspirou o nome da pousada...

Riacho Verde Hotel - Monte Alegre do Sul

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Você acaba de encontrar o local ideal para começar a desfrutar de um ambiente aconchegante e familiar, com uma saudável Cozinha Artesanal. Uma verdadeira casa de campo para você, sua família e seus amigos...

Sítio do Cervo - Nr Miracatú

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Sítio do Cervo offers birdwatchers the chance to see a wide range of lowland Atlantic Forest species within a small area, in comfortable and beautiful surroundings. Because of the variety of landscapes within the farm grounds -- open grassland, well-preserved canopy forest, river bank, marshy areas, forest streams and fishing lake -- species favouring each of these habitats are represented, as the list below shows. Because of its proximity to São Paulo, approximately two hours from the international airport, it is a convenient destination for birdwatchers planning a wider tour of Brazil or South America...

Ubatuba

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Virtual guide including hotels etc...