One of those sites is the Carmo area in the north of the State. The drive is quite long, but passes through the spectacular Serra dos Orgaos National Park. The park is a fantastic example of well preserved Atlantic Rainforest, and rises to a high altitude where the finger of God mountain can be seen dominating the landscape.
Finger of God
The area around Carmo itself is quite different and the habitat is much dryer with patches of savannah and Atlantic forest amongst farmland and scrub. The star bird species of this region is the endemic three-toed jacamar which can easily be found around one of the hills that Leonardo (A REGUA guide) takes the guests to. The jacamar has undergone a serious decline in population due to the loss of its habitat (dry forest) for farming and eucalyptus plantations and is now thought to only exist is small isolated populations.
Three-toed jacamar
Some of the other species we found included hangnest tody-tyrant, grey-eyed greenlet, serra antwren, glittering-bellied emerald, sapphire-spangled emerald, golden-crowned warbler, magpie tanager, pileated finch, yellow-browed tyrant, long-tailed tyrant, streamer-tailed tyrant, double-collarded seedeater, white-eared puffbird, southern-beardless tyrannulet, white-rumped monjta, firewood gatherer and rufous-fronted thornbird.
Golden-crowned warbler
Streamer-tailed tyrant
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