Just back from leading a birding tour to Brazil for Ornitholidays. Great trip, marvellous birds plus a few other surprises. We started at Iguacu. The falls are indeed spectacular but to be honest it's not my favourite birding site. Nevertheless I always seem to see something decent there and this year was no exception with Rusty-breasted Nunlet my personal favourite. We also saw an Ornate Hawk-Eagle, apparently only the 4th record for the National Park.
Iguacu is a great place for butterflies though and I managed to take only a small selection of photos. You could spend all your time looking at butterflies I reckon, leaving no time for birding!
One of the highlights at Iguacu is watching the Great Dusky Swifts going to roost under the falls. If you enlarge the pic above you can see some against the water swooping towards the falls.
Careful searching reveals a few of the swifts huddled together on the rocks. 
Iguacu Falls from the Brazilian side.
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