This week a group of seedeaters was seen among which one was an adult male Yellow-bellied Seedeater. This appears to constitute the first record of the species for the municipality.
Yellow-bellied Seedeater © Elis Simpson
On the same day Elis photographed this Ruddy Quail-Dove at there; it has not been previously recorded there, but it may easily have been overlooked being very discreet.
Ruddy Quail-Dove © Elis Simpson
18/10/2011 Av. Castelo Branco, Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo. Bank Swallow – andorinha-do-barranco – Riparia riparia. One bird seen hawking for insects with Blue and White Swallow – andorinha-pequena-de-casa – Pygochelidon cyanoleuca and White-rumped Swallow – andorinha-de-sobre-branco – Tachycineta leucorrhoa, photographed. Observed by Rick and Elis Simpson and UK birders Mick and Jayne Watts.
21/10/2011 Ubatumirim, Ubatuba, São Paulo. Yellow-bellied Seedeater – baiano – Sporophila nigricollis. A small group of female seedeaters was being accompanied by a male Yellow-bellied Seedeater. This appears to be the first record for Ubatuba. Seen by Rick and Elis Simpson and Mick and Jayne Watts. Photographed by Elis Simpson: Rod. Oswaldo Cruz, KM 12 Taubaté, São Paulo. Crowned Eagle – aguiá-cinzenta – Harpyhaliaetus coronatus. A pair seen soaring above the road and nearby hills by Rick and Elis Simpson and Mick and Jayne Watts; Photographed by Elis Simpson.
27/10/2011 Saltmarsh, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro. Hudsonian Godwit - maçarico-de-bico-virado – Limosa haemastica. A single bird in the company of a Pectoral Sandpiper - maçarico-de-colete - Calidris melanotus, 3 American Golden Plovers - batuiruçu – Pluvialis dominica, 7 Spotted Sandpipers – maçarico-pintado – Actitis macularius and 21 Semipalmated Plovers - batuira-de-bando – Charadrius semipalmatus.
30/10/2011 Saltmarsh, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro. Hudsonian Godwit - maçarico-de-bico-virado – Limosa haemastica still present as wee the 3 American Golden Plovers - batuiruçu – Pluvialis dominica, 7 Spotted Sandpipers – maçarico-pintado – Actitis macularius and 15 Semipalmated Plovers - batuira-de-bando – Charadrius semipalmatus. In addition there were 5 Ruddy Turnstone – vira-pedras – Arenaria interpres. There was also a small group of Whistling-Ducks comprising 3 species; 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks – asa-branca – Denrocygna autumnalis, 2 White-faced Whistling-Ducks – irerê – Dendrocygna viduata and 3 Fulvous Whistling-Ducks – marreca-caneleira – Dendrocygna bicolor. All were unrecorded for the municipality on WikiAves and the latter in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Also BR101 Ubatuba, São Paulo. Mantled Hawk – gavião-pombo-grande – Leucopternis polionotus all the above seen and photographed by Rick and Elis Simpson and Frank van der Kallen.
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