In Search of the Itatiaia Spinetail | Birdwatching in Brazil’s Oldest National Park 2025 (Part 2/3)

The Itatiaia National Park was founded in 1937 as Brazil's first National Park. The Atlantic Rainforest stretches along the entire east coast of Brazil and it once was the second largest rainforest on earth, only behind the Amazon, before 85% has been deforested. The Atlantic Rainforest is one of the best studied tropical ecosystems with over 800 species of birds. During our stay in Itatiaia National Park, we have visited the folling bird watching hotspots: Hotel do Ypê Mirante do Último Adeus Hotel Donati Agulhas Negras Road Itatiaia parte alta (Posto Marcão, Abrigo Rebouças) Vale do Narcejão (Snipe Valley) Hotel Simon Trilha dos Puris (Puris-Trail) Trilha dos Três Picos (Three-Peaks-Trail) RJ-139 Pirai a Passa Três (Transfer to REGUA) Welcome to our two week journey in July 2025 to the Atlantic Rainforest. In Part 2 we stayed 4 nights at the amazing Hotel do Ypê in the Itatiaia National Park. We would like to thank our amazing guide Ricardo Barbosa for this unforgettable experience. In this three part series we visited the following locations: Birdwatching in Ubatuba:    • 115+ Birds in 3 Days! | Birdwatching in Br...   Birdwatching in Itatiaia (this video):    • In Search of the Itatiaia Spinetail | Bird...   Birdwatching in REGUA:    • Where Rainforest Returns | Golden Lion Tam...   All animal species names can be found in the video subtitles [CC] or in the description below. With best regards, Sandra and Markus ~~~~~ Species list: 01:27 Green-billed toucan 01:54 Dusky-legged guan 02:07 Red-rumped cacique 02:11 Picazuro pigeon 02:24 Maroon-bellied parakeet 02:46 White-eyed parakeet 03:21 Blue-and-white swallow 03:39 Planalto woodcreeper 03:43 White-browed foliage-gleaner 03:47 Black-billed scythebill 03:58 Scaled woodcreeper 04:09 Star-throated antwren 04:13 Streaked xenops 04:18 Green-barred woodpecker 04:31 Long-tailed tyrant 04:35 Turkey vulture 04:57 Green-headed tanager 05:14 Blue dacnis 05:32 Ruby-crowned tanager 05:50 Golden-chevroned tanager 05:54 Chestnut-bellied euphonia 05:58 Black-goggled tanager 06:03 Ruby-crowned tanager 06:07 Squirrel cuckoo 06:20 Large-tailed antshrike 06:33 Black-goggled tanager 06:42 Diademed tanager 06:59 Brown capuchin 07:17 Southern house wren 07:30 Velvety black tyrant 07:43 Saffron finch 07:56 Southern beardless tyrannulet 08:00 Brazilian ruby 08:05 Cliff flycatcher 08:13 Rufous-bellied thrush 08:18 Masked water tyrant 09:04 Yellow-lored tody-flycatcher 09:15 Swallow tanager 09:37 Surucua trogon 10:03 Rufous-headed tanager 10:35 Olivaceous woodcreeper 10:40 Red-ruffed fruitcrow 10:51 Olive-green tanager 11:07 Slaty-breasted wood rail 11:12 Rufous-capped motmot 11:23 Tawny-browed owl 11:46 Rufous-browed peppershrike 11:59 Variable antshrike 12:27 Fawn-breasted tanager 12:40 Thick-billed saltator 13:01 White-rimmed warbler 13:08 Green-crowned plovercrest 13:15 Rufous-crowned greenlet 13:25 Pallid spinetail 13:28 Buff-throated warbling finch 13:49 Rufous-tailed antbird 14:03 Grey-hooded flycatcher 14:11 Brassy-breasted tanager 14:16 Shear-tailed grey tyrant 14:27 Long-tailed tyrant 14:30 Southern tropical pewee 14:44 White-spotted woodpecker 14:58 Rufous-capped antshrike 15:02 Sharp-billed treehunter 15:07 Scaled woodcreeper 15:32 Bay-chested warbling finch 15:59 Green-crowned plovercrest 17:40 Great pampa finch 18:23 Red-legged seriema 18:49 Diademed tanager 19:24 Velvety black tyrant 19:44 Itatiaia spinetail 20:39 White-eared puffbird 20:49 Firewood-gatherer 20:58 Rufous hornero 21:03 Saffron finch 21:08 Wedge-tailed grass finch 21:17 Yellow-chinned spinetail 21:37 Sooty tyrannulet 21:46 Pale-breasted spinetail 21:51 Double-collared seedeater 21:56 Masked yellowthroat 22:05 White-bellied seedeater 22:15 Streamer-tailed tyrant 23:10 Blue-winged macaw 23:43 Velvety black tyrant 23:53 Rufous-capped spinetail 24:03 Brassy-breasted tanager 24:12 Sharpbill 24:37 White-spotted woodpecker 24:55 Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner 25:05 Blue manakin 25:15 Golden-crowned warbler 25:25 Burnished-buff tanager 25:48 Brown capuchin 26:08 White-barred piculet 26:22 Streaked xenops 26:32 White-shouldered fire-eye 26:45 Rufous gnateater 26:56 White-bibbed antbird 27:05 Plain-winged woodcreeper 27:10 Yellow-olive flycatcher 27:29 Pin-tailed manakin 27:48 Magpie tanager 28:31 Whistling heron 28:50 Southern monarch 28:54 Striated heron 29:10 Streamer-tailed tyrant 29:41 Savanna hawk 29:53 Laughing falcon 30:07 Gilt-edged tanager 30:42 Saffron toucanet 31:25 Black hawk-eagle 31:34 Cobalt-rumped parrotlet 31:46 Robust woodpecker 32:00 Chestnut-crowned becard 32:18 Yellow-eared woodpecker 32:26 Lineated woodpecker 32:31 Boat-billed flycatcher 32:35 Squirrel cuckoo ~~~~ Chapters in this video: 00:00 Hotel do Ypê 08:32 Mirante do Último Adeus and Hotel Donatti 11:39 Agulhas Negras Road 16:51 Itatiaia parte alta (Posto Marcão, Abrigo Rebouças) 20:29 Vale do Narcejão (Snipe Valley) 23:00 Hotel Simon/Trilha dos Puris/Trilha dos Três Picos 28:14 Pirai (RJ-139 Pirai a Passa Três) ~~~~ #brazil #atlanticforest #itatiaia #hoteldoype #birdwatching