Southeast Brazil

Southeast Brazil holds the richest and most accessible Atlantic Forest birding in the country, climbing from the coast to peaks near 2,800 metres.

From the forests of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo to the mountains of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, this is one of the planet's great endemism hotspots, set in a region that is also home to Brazil's largest cities, colonial towns, and much of the country's cultural pulse.

The birding follows an altitudinal gradient: lowland reserves, montane cloud forest, hummingbird feeders, and the campo rupestre of the highlands. Signature birds include the cotingas of the Serra dos Órgãos, the Itatiaia Spinetail in Brazil's first national park, and rarities clinging on like the Cherry-throated Tanager and the Red-billed Curassow.