Pará Parrots Tour
The heart of the Amazon Forest and its astonishing bird diversity
Tour Overview
In this tour you will be in the heart of the Amazon Forest — this astonishing biome with an incredible diversity of birds. The state of Pará holds some of the most spectacular parrot gatherings in the world, along with cotingas, manakins, and over 600 recorded species. River islands, floodplain lakes and upland forest make for supremely varied habitats.
Tour Highlights
- Spectacular clay lick parrot gatherings of 20+ species
- Belém endemic zone — one of the most threatened bird areas in the Amazon
- Amazonian river island birding
- Harpy Eagle territory searches
- Cotinga spectacle — Pompadour, Purple-breasted, Banded
- Floodplain lake birding by canoe
- Over 600 species in 16 days potential
- Expert Amazon river logistics
Itinerary at a Glance
- 1Day 1–2: Arrival in Belém — Belém endemics and surrounds
- 2Day 3–5: Eastern Pará reserves — upland terra firme
- 3Day 6–8: Tapajós National Forest — floodplain and várzea
- 4Day 9–11: Clay lick areas — parrot gatherings and mixed-species flocks
- 5Day 12–14: Marajó Island — grassland, shorebird and wetland species
- 6Day 15: Final target species consolidation
- 7Day 16: Departure from Belém
Download the full detailed itinerary with day-by-day birding sites, target species, and lodge information.
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What Our Guests Say
The Pará Parrots tour lived up to its name and then some. The clay lick was breathtaking — dozens of species all at once. BBE's river logistics were impeccable.
Thomas & Lise Eriksen
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