Campos Amazónicos National Park

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Sprawling across the southwestern Amazon basin in Amazonas state, this 27,263-square-kilometre national park encompasses some of the region's most pristine lowland rainforest, where terra firme forest rises above seasonally inundated várzea and igapó wetlands that transform the landscape into a labyrinth of channels and floating vegetation each rainy season. The park protects a mosaic of primary forest at various successional stages, from dense canopy reaching 40 metres or more to areas of bamboo understory and palm-dominated communities that create distinct ecological niches. Here, the river systems are highways for Amazonian wildlife: troops of primates move through the canopy, wading birds patrol the flooded margins, fish-eating birds dive in the black-water channels, and nocturnal mammals emerge at dusk to hunt small forest fauna. Jaguars and other large cats patrol these territories, while insectivorous birds, mixed-species foraging flocks, and countless amphibians inhabit the thick leaf litter and understory. The sheer biodiversity per hectare rivals any reserve in the Amazon—a reflection of the park's position at a crossroads of different forest types and its protection of intact, undisturbed habitat.

For wildlife photographers and birdwatchers, Campos Amazónicos offers an unparalleled immersion in deep Amazonian wilderness where species diversity reaches almost overwhelming richness. The flooding cycle is essential to timing a visit: the wet season (May to August) concentrates wildlife along rising water margins and canopy level, while the dry season (September to April) draws animals to remaining water sources and makes ground-based observation more productive. The park's remoteness—accessible primarily by river and small aircraft—ensures that encounter rates remain high and disturbance minimal, though the challenging terrain and demanding logistics demand serious commitment from visitors. Early morning light filtering through the canopy reveals the full spectacle of avifauna moving through the understory, while night excursions and boat surveys offer glimpses of nocturnal hunters and aquatic specialists. This is Amazonia as few experience it: a complete ecosystem where predator and prey, flood and drought, diversity and abundance remain locked in their ancient rhythms.

Ramphastos toco

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

Sand-colored Nighthawk

Chordeiles rupestris

Santarem Parakeet

Pyrrhura amazonum

Manicore Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis rondoni

White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Crimson-bellied Parakeet

Pyrrhura perlata

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Black-bellied Gnateater

Conopophaga melanogaster

Lipaugus vociferans

Thick-billed Euphonia

Euphonia laniirostris

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Fulvous-crested Tanager

Tachyphonus surinamus

Hoploxypterus cayanus

Rio Madeira Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla amazonica

White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

Aripuana Antwren

Herpsilochmus stotzi

Rufous-faced Antbird

Myrmelastes rufifacies

Chico's Tyrannulet

Zimmerius chicomendesi

Spotted Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum maculatum

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

Olive Oropendola

Psarocolius bifasciatus

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Paradise Jacamar

Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Golden-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris chrysoptera

Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper

Dendrexetastes rufigula

Long-billed Woodcreeper

Nasica longirostris

Tapajos Scythebill

Campylorhamphus probatus

Black-throated Antbird

Myrmophylax atrothorax

Saturnine Antshrike

Thamnomanes saturninus

Amazonian Antshrike

Thamnophilus amazonicus

Drab Water Tyrant

Ochthornis littoralis

Snow-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix nattereri

Red-headed Manakin

Ceratopipra rubrocapilla

Yellow-bellied Dacnis

Dacnis flaviventer

Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis

Penelope jacquacu

Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx auritus

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

Polytmus theresiae

Black-bellied Thorntail

Discosura langsdorffi

Pavonine Quetzal

Pharomachrus pavoninus

Green-backed Trogon

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Notharchus tectus

Collared Puffbird

Rufous-necked Puffbird

Malacoptila rufa

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Pteroglossus castanotis

Chestnut Woodpecker

Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet

Orange-cheeked Parrot

Pyrilia barrabandi

Kawall's Amazon

Amazona kawalli

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Elegant Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus elegans

Pearly Antshrike

Megastictus margaritatus

Natterer's Slaty Antshrike

Thamnophilus stictocephalus

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

Sciaphylax hemimelaena

Cercomacra cinerascens

Black-chinned Antbird

Hypocnemoides melanopogon

Dusky-chested Flycatcher

Myiozetetes luteiventris

Pompadour Cotinga

Xipholena punicea

Brown-winged Schiffornis

Schiffornis turdina

White-lored Euphonia

Euphonia chrysopasta

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Leistes militaris

Short-billed Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes nitidus

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Myiopagis gaimardii

White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura

Black-collared Swallow

Pygochelidon melanoleuca

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Cairina moschata

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Heliornis fulica

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Flame-crested Tanager

Loriotus cristatus

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Southern Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Deconychura pallida

Cinereous Antshrike

Thamnomanes caesius

Southern Nightingale-Wren

Microcerculus marginatus

White-winged Shrike-Tanager

Lanio versicolor

Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes certhia

White-throated Tinamou

Tinamus guttatus

Cinereous Tinamou

Crypturellus cinereus

Crypturellus soui

Crypturellus obsoletus

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

Variegated Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus

Speckled Chachalaca

Ortalis guttata

Red-throated Piping Guan

Razor-billed Curassow

Starred Wood Quail

Odontophorus stellatus

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Band-tailed Nighthawk

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Blackish Nightjar

Nyctipolus nigrescens

Nyctidromus albicollis

Ocellated Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus ocellatus

Nyctibius grandis

Nyctibius griseus

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Pale-rumped Swift

Chaetura egregia

Phaethornis ruber

Long-tailed Hermit

Phaethornis superciliosus

Black-throated Mango

Anthracothorax nigricollis

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis

Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

Glittering-throated Emerald

Chionomesa fimbriata

Rufous-throated Sapphire

Hylocharis sapphirina

White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

Crotophaga major

Smooth-billed Ani

Pavonine Cuckoo

Dromococcyx pavoninus

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Black-bellied Cuckoo

Piaya melanogaster

Patagioenas speciosa

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

Patagioenas subvinacea

Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Columbina minuta

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Russet-crowned Crake

Rufirallus viridis

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Yellow-billed Tern

Sternula superciliaris

Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

Mycteria americana

Anhinga anhinga

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Rufescent Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Zebrilus undulatus

Pilherodius pileatus

Butorides striata

Opisthocomus hoazin

Sarcoramphus papa

Coragyps atratus

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

Pandion haliaetus

Gampsonyx swainsonii

Grey-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Ictinia plumbea

Geranospiza caerulescens

Black-collared Hawk

Busarellus nigricollis

Slender-billed Kite

Helicolestes hamatus

Slate-colored Hawk

Buteogallus schistaceus

Buteogallus meridionalis

Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus urubitinga

Rupornis magnirostris

White-tailed Hawk

Geranoaetus albicaudatus

White-browed Hawk

Leucopternis kuhli

Grey-lined Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Athene cunicularia

Amazonian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium hardyi

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl

Megascops watsonii

Black-tailed Trogon

Trogon melanurus

Amazonian Trogon

Trogon ramonianus

Blue-crowned Trogon

Amazonian Black-throated Trogon

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

Chloroceryle inda

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Amazonian Motmot

Baryphthengus martii

Broad-billed Motmot

Electron platyrhynchum

Brachygalba lugubris

Blue-necked Jacamar

Galbula cyanicollis

Galbula leucogastra

Jacamerops aureus

White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

Spotted Puffbird

Eastern Striolated Puffbird

Nystalus striolatus

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Black-girdled Barbet

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

Channel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos vitellinus

Lettered Aracari

Pteroglossus inscriptus

Red-necked Aracari

Pteroglossus bitorquatus

Gould's Toucanet

Selenidera gouldii

Bar-breasted Piculet

Picumnus aurifrons

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus

Yellow-throated Woodpecker

Piculus flavigula

Golden-green Woodpecker

Piculus chrysochloros

Variable Woodpecker

Cream-colored Woodpecker

Ringed Woodpecker

Celeus torquatus

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Red-necked Woodpecker

Campephilus rubricollis

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Red-throated Caracara

Ibycter americanus

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Cryptic Forest Falcon

Micrastur mintoni

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Falco rufigularis

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala

Amazona farinosa

Deroptyus accipitrinus

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Eupsittula aurea

Dusky-headed Parakeet

Aratinga weddellii

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

Ara chloropterus

Red-shouldered Macaw

Diopsittaca nobilis

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophthalmus

Short-billed Leaftosser

Sclerurus rufigularis

White-chinned Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla merula

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Uniform Woodcreeper

Hylexetastes uniformis

Strong-billed Woodcreeper

Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus

Striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

Straight-billed Woodcreeper

Dendroplex picus

Dusky-capped Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus

Slender-billed Xenops

Xenops tenuirostris

Amazonian Plain Xenops

Xenops genibarbis

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilans

Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Berlepschia rikeri

Rufous-tailed Xenops

Microxenops milleri

Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia ruficaudata

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Ancistrops strigilatus

Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner

Dendroma erythroptera

Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

Eastern Woodhaunter

Automolus subulatus

Para Foliage-gleaner

Automolus paraensis

Yellow-chinned Spinetail

Certhiaxis cinnamomeus

Ruddy Spinetail

Synallaxis rutilans

Chestnut-shouldered Antwren

Euchrepomis humeralis

Spot-winged Antshrike

Pygiptila stellaris

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

Ornate Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla ornata

White-eyed Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma

Myrmotherula brachyura

Amazonian Streaked Antwren

Myrmotherula multostriata

Sclater's Antwren

Myrmotherula sclateri

Long-winged Antwren

Myrmotherula longipennis

Myrmotherula menetriesii

Dichrozona cincta

Plain-throated Antwren

Isleria hauxwelli

Rusty-winged Antwren

Herpsilochmus frater

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Chestnut-backed Antshrike

Thamnophilus palliatus

White-shouldered Antshrike

Thamnophilus aethiops

Plain-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus schistaceus

Mouse-colored Antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus

Glossy Antshrike

Sakesphorus luctuosus

Great Antshrike

White-breasted Antbird

Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi

Black-spotted Bare-eye

Phlegopsis nigromaculata

Common Scale-backed Antbird

Willisornis poecilinotus

Rondonia Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis ochrogyna

Yellow-browed Antbird

Hypocnemis hypoxantha

Blackish Antbird

Cercomacroides nigrescens

Ferruginous-backed Antbird

Myrmoderus ferrugineus

Band-tailed Antbird

Hypocnemoides maculicauda

Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevius

Dot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax punctulatus

Silvered Antbird

Sclateria naevia

Black-faced Antbird

Myrmoborus myotherinus

White-browed Antbird

Myrmoborus leucophrys

Rufous-capped Antthrush

Formicarius colma

Black-faced Antthrush

Formicarius analis

Variegated Antpitta

Grallaria varia

Rusty-belted Tapaculo

Liosceles thoracicus

Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Tyrannulus elatus

Amazonian Elaenia

Myiopagis cinerea

Grey-headed Elaenia

Myiopagis caniceps

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

White-lored Tyrannulet

Ornithion inerme

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Ringed Antpipit

Corythopis torquatus

Slender-footed Tyrannulet

Zimmerius gracilipes

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus minor

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Myiornis ecaudatus

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus latirostris

Eastern Olivaceous Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus olivaceus

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Yellow-margined Flatbill

Tolmomyias assimilis

Grey-crowned Flatbill

Tolmomyias poliocephalus

Ochre-lored Flatbill

Tolmomyias flaviventris

Golden-crowned Spadebill

Platyrinchus coronatus

White-crested Spadebill

Platyrinchus platyrhynchos

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Fuscous Flycatcher

Cnemotriccus fuscatus

Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

Little Ground Tyrant

Syrtidicola fluviatilis

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Pitangus sulphuratus

Lesser Kiskadee

Philohydor lictor

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Sulphury Flycatcher

Tyrannopsis sulphurea

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Greyish Mourner

Rhytipterna simplex

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

Rufous-tailed Flatbill

Ramphotrigon ruficauda

Cinnamon Attila

Attila cinnamomeus

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Crimson Fruitcrow

Haematoderus militaris

Amazonian Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus ornatus

Spangled Cotinga

Bare-necked Fruitcrow

Gymnoderus foetidus

Blue-backed Manakin

Chiroxiphia pareola

Flame-crested Manakin

Heterocercus linteatus

Band-tailed Manakin

Pipra fasciicauda

Fiery-capped Manakin

Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

Tityra semifasciata

Varzea Schiffornis

Schiffornis major

Cinereous Mourner

Laniocera hypopyrra

White-browed Purpletuft

Iodopleura isabellae

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Black-capped Becard

Pachyramphus marginatus

Pink-throated Becard

Pachyramphus minor

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus

Whiskered Myiobius

Myiobius barbatus

Black-tailed Myiobius

Myiobius atricaudus

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius leucotis

Ashy-headed Greenlet

Hylophilus pectoralis

Grey-chested Greenlet

Hylophilus semicinereus

Dusky-capped Greenlet

Pachysylvia hypoxantha

Buff-cheeked Greenlet

Pachysylvia muscicapina

Plush-crested Jay

Cyanocorax chrysops

Brown-chested Martin

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Thrush-like Wren

Campylorhynchus turdinus

Moustached Wren

Pheugopedius genibarbis

Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Trilling Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus amaurochalinus

Rusty-flanked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

Hauxwell's Thrush

Turdus hauxwelli

Passer domesticus

Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

Rufous-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia rufiventris

Yellow-browed Sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons

Pectoral Sparrow

Arremon taciturnus

Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

Green Oropendola

Psarocolius viridis

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Molothrus oryzivorus

Red-billed Pied Tanager

Lamprospiza melanoleuca

Red-crowned Ant Tanager

Rose-breasted Chat

Granatellus pelzelni

Amazonian Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia rothschildii

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Black-faced Dacnis

Bluish-grey Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Coereba flaveola

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Lined Seedeater

Sporophila lineola

Wing-barred Seedeater

Sporophila americana

Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Sporophila angolensis

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila castaneiventris

Chestnut-vented Conebill

Conirostrum speciosum

Ixothraupis varia

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Thraupis palmarum

Bay-headed Tanager

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

Phyllaemulor bracteatus

Rusty-breasted Nunlet

Nonnula rubecula

Speckled Spinetail

Thripophaga gutturata

Spix's Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis striata

Ochre-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Black Spider Monkey

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Tapirus terrestris

Northwestern Red Brocket

Mazama americana

Greater Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Myrmecophaga tridactyla

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