Another cracking morning in the Pantanal walking the trail through the gallery along the Pixaim and then driving south along the Transpantaneira.
White-lored Spinetail, Mato Grosso Antbird, Helmeted Manakin, Large-billed Antwren, Red-throated Piping-Guan, Chestnut-bellied Guan, Red-billed Scythebill and
Buff-breasted Wren all seen within five minutes walk of the hotel this morning. Further afield we found
Rusty-backed Antwren and even better, a
Blue-tufted Starthroat in the grassland scrub before meeting our bus. Back on the Transpantaneira we found our first
Southern Screamers of the trip.
Solitary Sandpiper in pea soup.
Making our way back to Cuiaba we stopped for
Cinereous-breasted Spinetail and these
Bare-faced Curassows right next to the road.
Male Bare-faced Curassow, Pantanal August 2008.
Nacunda Nighthawks appeared at dusk as we left the Pantanal and continued our drive into Cuiaba.
Solitary Sandpiper in pea soup.
