Birding Brazil 2010 — Caracaras, Rails, Shorebirds, Pigeons

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus 11 Oct 2010, Agulhas Negras Road

Southern Caracara

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus 23 Oct 2010, Agulhas Negras Road. Yes, these photos were taken 12 days apart. I didn't realize until looking at the photos later that it's the same perch.

Southern Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 14 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

Yellow-headed Caracara

Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans 19 Oct 2010, Caraça. A juvenile; later we saw an adult in the same spot, but I somehow failed to photograph it.

Blackish Rail Blackish Rail

Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 14 Oct 2010 Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

Purple Gallinule Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica with two chicks 14 Oct 2010 Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

Purple Gallinule

Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 24 Oct 2010, Resende

Southern Lapwing

Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana 14 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

Wattled Jacana Wattled Jacana

Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro 8 Oct 2010, Ubatuba

Picazuro Pigeon

Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 16 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge

Ruddy Ground-Dove

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