Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park

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Where granite plateaus rise abruptly from central Brazil's cerrado savanna, ancient quartzite formations create a landscape of breathtaking geological drama. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park sprawls across 6,665 square kilometres of the Goiás highlands, its weathered peaks and plunging canyons sculpted by millions of years of erosion. This montane archipelago of habitat islands supports a mosaic of distinct ecosystems: dense gallery forests cloak the gorges, grasslands blanket the higher reaches, and scrubland transitions create zones of remarkable biodiversity. At 1,676 metres elevation, the cool mountain climate nurtures species found nowhere else on Earth, making the park a genuine hotspot for endemism and evolutionary intrigue.

For those wielding binoculars and cameras, few destinations rival the choreography of light and wildlife here. White-bearded manakins, giant anteaters, and the resplendent harpy eagle represent just a fraction of the park's avian treasures. The dry season, from May to September, offers crystalline visibility and concentrated wildlife viewing as animals congregate near water sources. Well-maintained trails and strategic vantage points reward early risers with unobstructed photography opportunities, while the park's remote position ensures an authentically wild experience untouched by mass tourism.

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Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Guacamayo Azuliamarillo

Ramphastos toco

Sicalis flaveola

Chirigüe azafranado

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

Mimus saturninus

Sinsonte Calandria

Pale-breasted Thrush

Turdus leucomelas

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Chingolo común

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Eupsittula aurea

Aratinga Frentidorada

Curl-crested Jay

Cyanocorax cristatellus

Rusty-margined Guan

Penelope superciliaris

Red-shouldered Macaw

Diopsittaca nobilis

Guacamayo noble norteño

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Pteroglossus castanotis

Arasarí caripardo

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

carancho meridional

Thraupis sayaca

Furnarius rufus

Pitangus sulphuratus

Bienteveo común

Yellow-headed Caracara

Daptrius chimachima

Caracara Chimachima

Yellow-faced Parrot

Alipiopsitta xanthops

Amazona del Cerrado

Thraupis palmarum

Tangara Palmera

Rupornis magnirostris

busardo caminero

Athene cunicularia

Mochuelo de madriguera

Bare-faced Curassow

Crax fasciolata

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura

Colibrí golondrina

Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Wedge-tailed Grass Finch

Emberizoides herbicola

Coludo colicuña

Hemithraupis guira

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Turdus rufiventris

Zorzal Colorado

Coragyps atratus

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Amazona aestiva

Amazona Frentiazul

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Bienteveo Sociable

Molothrus bonariensis

Tordo Renegrido

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Rufous-capped Motmot

Baryphthengus ruficapillus

Momoto yeruvá oriental

Brachygalba lugubris

Jacamará pardo

Ochre-backed Woodpecker

Celeus ochraceus

Carpintero ocráceo

Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin

Neopelma pallescens

Saltarín ventriblanco

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Chochín Ratón

Passer domesticus

Gorrión común

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Columbina Colorada

Tachybaptus dominicus

Zampullín macacito

Amazonian Motmot

Momoto amazónico

Channel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos vitellinus

Tucán vitelino

White-wedged Piculet

Picumnus albosquamatus

Carpinterito Albiescamoso

Geositta poeciloptera

Minero brasileño

Planalto Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias fasciatus

Mosquerito oliváceo

Bran-colored Flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus

Mosquero Estriado

Ochre-lored Flatbill

Tolmomyias flaviventris

Picoplano Pechiamarillo

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Jacamará colirrufo

Colaptes campestris

Carpintero Campestre

White-naped Jay

Cyanocorax cyanopogon

Chara Nuquiblanca

Coereba flaveola

Columbina squammata

Tortolita Escamosa

White-eared Puffbird

Nystalus chacuru

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

Trepatroncos Chico

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris chiriri

Catita chirirí

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Pepitero Gorjicanelo

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

Autillo chóliba

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

Picamaderos Barbinegro

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Mosquerito silbón

Black-capped Antwren

Herpsilochmus atricapillus

Tiluchí plomizo

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Paloma montaraz común

Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

Cacique Crestado

Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Reinita Coroniestriada

Grey Pileated Finch

Coryphospingus pileatus

Soldadito Capirotado

Small-billed Tinamou

Crypturellus parvirostris

Tinamú piquicorto

White Woodpecker

Melanerpes candidus

Carpintero Blanco

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Bienteveo alicastaño

Masked Gnatcatcher

Polioptila dumicola

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Picamaderos Listado

Trogon surrucura

Trogón surucuá meridional

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Paloma Colorada

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius

Cotorrita Aliazul

Variable Antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens

Batará variable

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

Paloma picazuró

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Fiofío ventriamarillo

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Vireón cejirrufo

Flavescent Warbler

Myiothlypis flaveola

Reinita Amarillenta

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Bienteveo pitanguá

Collared Crescentchest

Melanopareia torquata

Pecholuna brasileño

Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

Cucarachero Pechihabano

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens

Pijuí pechiblanco

Shrike-like Tanager

Neothraupis fasciata

Tangara Bandeada

Elaenia chiriquensis

Fiofío belicoso

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Golondrina Barranquera

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Golondrina Gorjirrufa

Red-legged Seriema

Cariama cristata

Chuña patirroja

Cairina moschata

Chopi Blackbird

Gnorimopsar chopi

Black-throated Saltator

Saltatricula atricollis

Pepitero Gorjinegro

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Cuco ardilla común

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Zafiro Golondrina

Burnished-buff Tanager

Stilpnia cayana

Tangara isabel norteña

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Semillero Volatinero

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila nigricollis

Semillero Ventriamarillo

Helmeted Manakin

Chiroxiphia galeata

Saltarín de yelmo

Glittering-bellied Emerald

Chlorostilbon lucidus

Esmeralda Ventridorada

Rufous-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus torquatus

Batará alirrufo

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Golondrina pechigrís

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Tangara Golondrina

Grey-cowled Wood Rail

Aramides cajaneus

Cotara Chiricote

Buff-necked Ibis

Theristicus caudatus

Bandurria común

White-vented Violetear

Colibri serrirostris

Colibrí orejimorado

Ictinia plumbea

Piranga Bermeja

Sarcoramphus papa

Nyctidromus albicollis

Chotacabras Pauraque

White-rumped Monjita

Plumbeous Seedeater

Sporophila plumbea

Semillero Plomizo

Nengetus cinereus

Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

Eufonia golipúrpura

Rhopospina caerulescens

Buteogallus meridionalis

Busardo Sabanero

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Copetón tiranillo

Grassland Sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis

Chingolo Pajonalero

Green-winged Saltator

Saltator similis

Pepitero Verdoso

Double-collared Seedeater

Sporophila caerulescens

Semillero Corbatita

White-rumped Tanager

Cypsnagra hirundinacea

Tangara Culiblanca

Black-faced Tanager

Schistochlamys melanopis

Tangara Carinegra

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Cernícalo americano

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Tangara Picoplata

Horned Screamer

Heliactin bilophus

Colibrí cornudito

Amethyst Woodstar

Calliphlox amethystina

Colibrí amatista

Fasciated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Avetigre Oscura

Chapada Flycatcher

Guyramemua affine

Fiofío de la Chapada

Crested Black Tyrant

Knipolegus lophotes

Viudita Copetona

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

Tijereta Sabanera

Tawny-headed Swallow

Alopochelidon fucata

Golondrina cabecicastaña

Southern Yellowthroat

Geothlypis velata

Mascarita Sureña

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Mielerito Patirrojo

Planalto Hermit

Phaethornis pretrei

Ermitaño del Planalto

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Batará barrado

Sharp-tailed Grass Tyrant

Culicivora caudacuta

Tachurí coludo

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Titirijí común

Plain-crested Elaenia

Elaenia cristata

Fiofío crestado

Black-tufted-ear Marmoset

Callithrix penicillata

Tití de pincel negro

Bearded Capuchin

Sapajus libidinosus

Capuchino barbado

Tapirus terrestris

Tapir amazónico

Crab-eating Fox

Cerdocyon thous

Brazilian White-eared Opossum

Didelphis albiventris

Comadreja overa

South American Coati

Leopardus pardalis

White-lined Broad-nosed Bat

Platyrrhinus lineatus

Frutero de línea dorsal

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Ozotoceros bezoarticus

Ciervo De Las Pampas

Southern Brown Brocket

Subulo gouazoubira

Cerrado Naked-tailed Armadillo

Cabassous squamicaudis

Cabasú de Orejas Largas del Cerrado

Seven-banded Long-nosed Armadillo

Dasypus septemcinctus

Armadillo de siete bandas

Dasyprocta azarae

Lycalopex vetula

Amazonian Long-tailed Porcupine

Coendou longicaudatus

Puercoespín enano de cola larga

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