Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda)

Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda)

Brazilian ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda) is one of many species of hummingbird visiting the feeders at Hotel do Ype.


Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)

Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)

Planalto woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris) is one of several species of woodcreepers seen in the garden of…


Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura)

Dusky-legged Guan (Penelope obscura)

Several birds roam the garden of Hotel do Ype, and I also found a dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) with chicks. In…


Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)

Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)

I noticed this picazuro pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro) sitting on the cecropia branch, but it was just the first of a…


Slaty-breasted Wood Rail (Aramides saracura)

Slaty-breasted Wood Rail (Aramides saracura)

This slaty-breasted wood rail (Aramides saracura) had a rather peculiar behavior. It was seemingly oblivious to my…


Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis)

Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis)

A brief and only encounter with maroon-bellied parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis) species during my stay at Hotel do…


Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum)

Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum)

This tiny yellow-lored tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum poliocephalum) is easier to hear than see, but in the garden of…


Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Green-billed Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus)

Just minutes after my arrival at Hotel do Ype in Itatiaia I found this beautiful green-billed toucan (Ramphastos…


Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle…


Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

Short-billed Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle…


Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

Headlight Beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus)

The glowing larvas of the headlight beetle (Pyrophorus nyctophanus) is such a little known annual display in Oct/Nov in…


White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

My room was in what could best compare with a cul-de-sac - at the very end of the new complex of Cristalino Jungle…