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Come to Brazil with Boute Expeditions

10,000 Birds

I have been leading birding trips all over Brazil since 1982. And, with you it will be the same, a wonderful combination of fun and birding by coming to Brazil, once it gets safe to travel again. Here are the reasons: -Brazil is safe to travel. Here are the reasons: -Brazil is safe to travel. The food is fantastic.

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CDC issues warning about spread of cat-transmitted sporotrichosis

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The zoonotic disease cat-transmitted sporotrichosis, first identified in Brazil, has since spread to neighboring countries and, more recently, the United Kingdom. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned it has the potential of spreading to the United States.

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They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Birds in Brazil.

10,000 Birds

Way down among the Brazillians, Coffee beans grow by the billions, So they’ve got to find those extra cups to fill, They’ve got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil.… The Coffee Song lyrics ran like an earworm through my head as I prepared for my September trip to Brazil. Oh my gosh! 1,712 species, 12% of which are endemics.

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Endemic Birds of Brazil

10,000 Birds

My wife and I spent two weeks in Brazil birding the Atlantic Forest and The Pantanal. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and also has the fifth place in the countries with the highest population to feed. Here is more info in wikipedia : [link] So what about the birds? Finally the birds!

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

10,000 Birds

As part of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil giveaway we asked readers of 10,000 Birds to name the bird in Brazil that they would like to see more than any other species. To see this bird in all its glory in the environs of Brazil would be my bird dream. It is a really neat bird that I have not seen before.

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Birding Brazil Blog

10,000 Birds

Now he’s moved to Brazil , which means we get to vicariously explore the avifauna of another bird-rich country. Derek Kverno has already created epic blog travelogues of his stints in Ecuador and Tanzania.

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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.

10,000 Birds

And it looks even better in my hands while I dream about a visit to regions of Brazil I had scarcely heard of before being provided with a review copy of the first volume of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil.* What does a field guide that covers one of the most biologically diverse countries look like?

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