Northeastern Brazil is an area of stark contrasts, from dry desert-like scrub to lush remnant Atlantic rainforests. These lands abound with endemic fauna and flora and hold some of the most threatened habitat and birdlife in the Americas.

An increasingly sought after destination is the scenically beautiful and poorly-known habitat in northeastern Brazil called Caatinga. Caatinga consists of many cacti from the towering columnar forms to delicate terrestrial flowering beauties, set amongst low thorny scrub dotted with different colourful terrestrial bromeliads. Caatinga covers much of the arid interior and is home to many endemic bird species. At dawn the Caatinga dawn chorus is spectacular and has been compared to Africa in terms of seeing birds which are abundant and easy to see.

Spectacular granite and sandstone rock outcrops dot the skyline as we search for the spectacular highly threatened Lear's Macaw in this arid landscape. Recent new additions to science in the NE area include the brilliant colourful Araripe Manakin its scarlet helmet contrasting so vividly with its white body and black wings (ranking it as one of South Americas top ten) and the enigmatic Pink-legged Graviteiro with its acrobatic behavior of climbing on the underside of tree limbs.

Alagoas state and Murici Atlantic Forest reserve offer two species known only from this woodlot: the Alagoas Foliage-gleaner and Antwren. Other regional endemics include the Caatinga and Jandaya Parakeet, Long-tailed Woodnymph, White-naped Jay, Great Zenops, Hooded Visobearer, White-winged Cotinga, White-browed Antpitta, Silver-cheeked Antshrike, Slender and Scalloped Antbird, Pectoral, Caatinga and Narrow-billed Antwren, Red-shouldered Spinetail, Bahia Tyrannulet, Caatinga Cacholote, Scarlet-throated Tanager and the amazing Seven-colored Tanager and many more.

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