BIRDS
Birding in São Paulo City
Some Public Parks in São Paulo City and observing
State Parks:
Parque Estadual da Cantareira
Parque Estadual da Cantareira, with about 8.000 hectares is the in north area of the city, in the border with Mairiporã County and there is a big variety of birds as Solitary Tinamou (Tinamus solitarius;), Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus,) and Red-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus).
There is a relation of the birds that were observed there in the page of birds byParque Estadual do Jaraguá
Parque Estadual do Jaraguá is also in São Paulo County, in morro do Jaraguá and it has 488 hectares. Medium altitude 900 meters.County Parks
There are 31 county parks in São Paulo, and Parque do Ibirapuera, for being the central one, having a good structure for the visitor and having some natural vegetation with lakes, offers to the birdwatcher and excellent place for birding.
Parque Municipal do Ibirapuera
Address: Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, s/nº (portão 10) CEP 04094-050
Av. República do Líbano, n º, 1.151 (portão 8) CEP 04501-000 and Av. IV Centenário, s/n º (portão 6) CEP 04030-000 - V. Mariana Phone/Fax: 574-5177,574-0705, 573-4180
Area: 1.584.000 m²
Vegetation: a lot of eucalyptus, native and exotic species
Fauna: a lot of birds' species.
There are some lakes where groups of Neotropic Cormorant that live in the place and lots of Tree-Duck. In the lakes there are also Great Egret.
For this reason that we have decided to prepare a list of the species that are mostly found in the park area, for helping the birdwatcher, especially the ones who come from different cities, states and also countries.
The official organ says that there are 112 listed birds in this park.
In our observing in the last years we have seen 62 species, which list follows bellow.
Birds that are more commonly found in Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo City -Brazil.Pied-billed Grebe; Mergulhão; Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant; Biguá; Phalacrocorax brasilianus
White-necked Heron; Socoí; Ardea cocoi
Great Egret; Garça-branca-grande; Casmerodius albus
Snowy Egret; Garcinha-branca; Egretta thula
Striated Heron; Socozinho; Butorides striatus
Black Vulture; Urubu; Coragyps atratus
Irerê; Dendrocygna viduata
Roadside Hawk; Gavião-carijó; Rupornis magnirostris
Crested Caracará; Caracara; Polyborus plancus
Common Gallinule; Frango-dágua-comum; Gallinula chloropus
Wattled Jacana; Jaçanã; Jacana jacana
Southern Lapwing; Quero-quero; Vanellus chilensis
Pomba-doméstica;Columba lívia
Ruddy Ground-dove; Rolinha; Columbina talpacoti
White-Tipped Dove; Juriti; Leptotila verreauxi
Maracanã;Ara nobilis
Plain Parakeet; Periquito-verde; Brotogeris tirica
Blue-winged Parrotlet; Tuim; Forpus xanthopterygius
Squirrel Cuco; Alma-de-gato; Piaya cayana
Smooth-billed Ani; Anu-preto; Crotophaga ani
White-collared Swift; Andorinhão-coleira-branca;Streptoprocne zonaris
Ashy-tailed Swift; Andorinhão-do-temporal; Chaetura andrei
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird; Tesourão; Eupetomena macroura
Ringed Kingfisher; Matraca; Ceryle torquata
Amazon Kingfisher; Martim-pescador-verde;Chloroceryle amazona
Green Kingfisher; Martim-pescador-pequeno; Chloroceryle americana
Ochre-collared Piculet; Picapauzinho; Picumnus cirratus temminckii
White-spotted Woodpecker; Pica-pau-carijó; Veniliornis spilogaster
Rufous Hornero; João-de-barro; Furnarius rufus
Chicli Spinetail; João-teneném; Synalllaxis spixi
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper; Capitão-da-porcaria; Lochmias nematura
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet; Risadinha; Camptostoma obsoletum
White-crested Tyrannulet; Alegrinho; Serpophaga subcristata
Yellow-bellied Elaenia; Guaracava-de-barriga-amarela; Elaenia flavogaster
Common Tody-flycatcher; Sebinho-relógio; Todirostrum cinereum
Lavadeira-mascarada;Fluvicola nengeta
Euler's Flycatcher; Enferrujado; Empidonax euleri
Cattle Tyrant; Suiriri-cavaleiro; Machetornis rixosus
Great Kiskadee; Bentevi; Pitangus sulphuratus
Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher; Bentevizinho; Myiozetetes similis
Streaked Flycatcher; Bentevi-rajado; Myiodynastes maculatus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher; Tesoura; Tyrannus savana
Tropical Kingbird; Suiriri; Tyrannus melancholicus
Blue-and-white Swallow; Andorinha-comum; Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
House Wren; Corruira; Troglodytes aedon
Rufous-bellied Thrush; Sabiá-laranjeira; Turdus rufiventris
Pale-breasted Thrush; Sabiá-branco; Turdus leucomelas
Creamy-bellied Thrush; Sabiá-poca; Turdus amaurochalinus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird; Sabiá-do-campo;Mimus saturninus
Rufous-browed Peppershrike; Pitiguari; Cyclarhis gujanensis
Tropical Parula; Mariquita; Parula pitiayumi
Bananaquit; Cambacica; Coereba flaveola
Ruby-crowned Tanager; Tie-preto; Tachyphonus coronatus
Sayaca Tanager; Sanhaço; Thraupis sayaca
Palm Tanager; Sanhaço-do-coqueiro; Thraupis palmarum
Purple-throated Euphonia; Vivi; Euphonia chlorotica
Cardeal; Paroaria coronata
Rufous-collared Sparrow; Tico-tico; Zonotrichia capensis
Saffron Finch; Canário-da-terra; Sicalis flaveola
Green-winged Saltator; Saltator similis; Trinca-ferro
Shiny Cowbird; Chopim; Molothrus bonariensis
House Sparrow; Pardal; Passer domesticus
Parque Municipal Burle Max
Address: Av. D. Helena Pereira Morais, 200 CEP 01228--200 – Morumbi Phone: 3746-7631
Area: 130.279 m²
Vegetation: native species of Atlantic wood and a reforestment of eucalyptus
Fauna: 77 birds species (DEPAVE- Secretaria do Verde e do Meio Ambiente).
This Park is also an excellent place for birding, because there is also a good structure for the visitor, besides having some Atlantic wood vegetation.
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