Birdwatching in Ariaú River, Amazonas (3 days/2 nights)

Dates for 2010: anytime under request.

To go Birdwatching tour in Ariau River region, is an excellent opportunity to watch birds on the flooded forest. The Iranduba region offers opportunity for a unforgettable Biding tour on the Ariau River. Iranduba is a city in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. Up to the present, more that 280 species of birds already have been catalogued in this region. Iranduba is a region that in the months of Novemb

er to March is formed by many lagoons and lakes, attractive habitats for the birds, for their potential as feeding areas. In the extremes of the drought, access to them is extremely difficult by canoe, and not accessible by foot. These environments constitute good areas for birding in Ariau River region. It will be an unforgettable Bird Trip. We will leave from Manaus by road and our percurs will be done combining a transfer by ferry-boat – Manaus to the village of Cacau-Pirera, sailing on the Negro river. From Cacau-Pirera we will follow the paved road until Pousada Amazonia, a comfortable Lodge, beside the Rio Ariau, which will be our base.

We will go birdwatching in Ariau River, early in the morning and afternoon, on the river, lakes and streams sailing by motor canoe. In this region we can to see birds that occur in both the rivers (Negro and Solimões), such as: Zimmer's Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus kienerii), White-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis propingua), Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris), Cream-Colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus), Red and White Spinetail (Certhiaxis mustelina), Amazonian Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus), Mascked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis), Southern Lapwig (Vanellus chilensis). We can perform observation during the night (Nightbirding) just to focus night birds such as Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis), Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca), Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) and alligators at the edges of the river, an exciting experience in bird watching and about wild fauna.

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