Bird Watching in Santa Catarina

 

The State of Santa Catarina has a great variety of birds combined with a fantastic scenery.

Florianópolis city with its environmental diversity of beaches, dunes, forests, wetland, lakes and swamps, keeps over 300 species that were already reported here. The inland and the mountains keep rare birds that can only be found here, like the Cinclodes pabsti, the Stymphalornis acutirostris and the Hemitriccus kaempferi.

The tours are guided by a bird specialist. He has been working with birds in the south of Brazil for more than ten years.

We offer birding tours in easy and medium level hikes:

Pontal da Daniela

Difficulty level: easy 

Meeting time and place: at 3.30 pm on the beach of Daniela. Exact place will be confirmed at the time of reservation.  

Pontal da Daniela ia a sandbank where the white sand beach protects the Ratone´s mangrove entrance.

At the other side of the beach it is possible to see many marine birds like the Calidris Alba, Thalassesus eurygnatha, Rynchops niger, herons, Haematopus palliatus, Himantopus melanurus, Vanellus chilensis, Hawks, Rupornis magnirostris, Milvago chimachima and other species.

You will be on the best places of the island to enjoy the sunset!

• It will be a light walk on the beach, of total approximately 4 km. This tour will take about 3  hours.
• It is an easy level hike;
• We suggest you wear light clothes of neutral or nature colors. You should take sun screen, insect repellent and a water bottle;
• We offer the options for you to hire a binocular (Mormaii basic) at an extra price;
• Although the birding guide speaks average English, 98% of our birding clients are foreigners, and they give us great testimonials: http://braziltrails.com/florianoopolis/testimonials 

Promontório das Aranhas (Santinho coast)

This tour starts with pleasant walk on the Santinho beach to reach the rocks at the end of the beach. During this walk, it is possible to already see some marine birds that migrate like the  Arde alba, Ardea Cocoi, Nyticorax nictycorax, Egretta thula, Egretta caerula, Thalasseus s. eurygnatha, Brown boobies and others.

Once you reach the rocks, there is a light hike that leads to the lawn where it is possible to see some Troglodites musculos, hummingbirds , Tachyphonus coronatus, Pitangus Sulfuratus and others.

Arriving to Atlantic Forest area, it will be possible to hear several kinds of birds singing, like the hummingbirds, Tanangers and Saíras. This is an easy 230 meters uphill hike.

At the top of this hill  there is a good chance of seeing birds that prefer higher altitudes, like the Catartes aura and the Fregata Magnificiens  and also some of the birds we describe above that we could have seen in the way up. The view from the top of this hill is spectacular! 

The way downhill is another chance to see the hummingbirds, Tanangers and Saíras. 

Once at the bottom of the hill, it might be possible to see marine birds again, like the Phalacrocorix brasilianus, Haematopus paliatus. Another option is to hike back another way through the beach (Prais do Santinho)where there is a chnce to see flycatchers and shore birds.

• The trekking is total 4 km;
• It is an easy level hike;
• We suggest you wear light clothes of neutral or nature colors. You should take sun screen, insect repellent and a water bottle;
• We offer the options for you to hire a binocular (Mormaii basic) at an extra price;
• Although the birding guide speaks average English, 98% of our birding clients are foreigners, and they give us great testimonials: http://braziltrails.com/florianopolis/testimonials/

For more information please contact us at renata@braziltrails.com.

To confirm this tour, please fill in the registration form: http://braziltrails.com/registration/ 

Obs. All activities are subject to weather conditions.