Explore the incredible diversity of the Amazon with bird watching tours from Manaus.
From one-day excursions to multi-day birding trips, discover rich habitats along the Rio Negro, Rio Juma, Presidente Figurando, habitats deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Guided by experienced experts, you will have the chance to spot rare and colorful species in one of the world’s top birding destinations.
The Amazon is home to over 1500 species, a third of all worldwide
1 day Birding tour to Museu da Amazônia (MUSA) and Presidente Figueiredo
Itinerary:
8:00 Pick up at your hotel in Manaus and transfer to Museu da Amazonia
9:00 Bird watching
12:00 Transfer to Presidente Figueiredo
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Bird watching
17:00 Transfer to Manaus and drop off at your hotel
Included:
- Pick up and drop of at your hotel in Manaus
- Air conditioned van
- Lunch, mineral water
- Private English speaking guide
1 day Birding tour to Rio Negro, Rio Solimões and Lake Janauari
Itinerary
8:00 Pick up at your hotel in Manaus and transfer to port Manaus
9:00 Bird watching tour in motorized canoe
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Bird watching in motorized canoe
17:00 Transfer to your hotel in Manaus
Included:
- Pick up and drop of at your hotel in Manaus
- 40 hp motorized canoe
- Lunch, mineral water
- Private English speaking guide
3 – 6 days Birding tour to Rio Juma and Lake Mamori
Itinerary
Day 1
8:00 Pick up at your hotel in Manaus and transfer to port Manaus
9:00 Speed boat to Careiro passing meeting of the waters
10:00 Transfer to Alligator Lodge
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Bird watching
17:00 Transfer to your hotel in Manaus
Day 2
5:30 Bird watching
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Bird watching
13:00 Lunch
15:00 Bird watching
17:00 Transfer to your hotel in Manaus
Day 3
5:30 Bird watching
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Bird watching
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Transfer to Manaus and drop of at your hotel
Included:
- Transfer Manaus – Lodge – Manaus
- Accommodation in apartment with air condition and private bathroom
- Breakfast, lunch, dinner (vegetarian dishes are available)
- Mineral water
- 15hp motorized canoe
- Private English speaking guide
List of birds:
| Tinamous | Tinamidae |
| Great Tinamou | Tinamus major |
| Cinereous Tinamou | Crypturellus cinereus |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui |
| Undulated Tinamou | Crypturellus undulatus |
| Variegated Tinamou | Crypturellus variegatus |
| Rusty Tinamou | Crypturellus brevirostris |
| Grebes | Podicipedidae |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus |
| Cormorants | Phalacrocoracidae |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| Darters & Anhingas | Anhingidae |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Herons, Egrets & Bitterns | Ardeidae |
| Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus |
| Agami Heron | Agamia agami |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum |
| Zigzag Heron | Zebrilus undulatus |
| Storks | Ciconidae |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| Ibises & Spoonbills | Threskiornithidae |
| Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Ajaia ajaja |
| Ducks, Geese & Swans | Anatidae |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis |
| New World Vultures | Cathartidae |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus |
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus |
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