Amazônia National Park

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Where the Rio Amazonas and its tributaries weave through the heart of Pará state, a vast tapestry of rainforest stretches across 23,611 square kilometers of unbroken wilderness. Amazônia National Park protects one of Earth's most biodiverse lowland forests, where terra firme—upland forest on well-drained soils—dominates the landscape, interspersed with seasonally flooded várzea and igapó forests that surge and recede with the river's annual rhythm. The canopy rises in layered complexity, from the emergent giants that pierce the morning mist to the shadowed understory where leaf litter accumulates meters thick. This is the domain of jaguars and peccaries, tree-dwelling primates and sloths, reptiles of astonishing variety, and avian communities so rich that a single hectare might host more bird species than exist in entire European countries. Amphibians chorus at dusk from pools and streams; insectivores, frugivores, and predators move through the vertical architecture with specialized precision. The park's rivers themselves pulse with fish fauna adapted to every ecological niche, from surface-feeding dolphins to benthic catfish species yet undocumented by science.

For wildlife photographers and naturalists, few destinations on the continent offer such concentrated opportunity to witness tropical forest ecology in near-pristine condition. The park's remote location—accessible primarily by river from the town of Itaituba—means lower tourist pressure and higher chances of encountering large forest mammals and raptors hunting above the canopy. The wet season, from December through May, swells the floodplain forests and concentrates wildlife along river margins and oxbow lakes; the drier months offer better visibility through the understory and easier ground travel along forest trails. The combination of river access and interior trails allows visitors to experience both aquatic and terrestrial habitats within a single expedition. Early mornings deliver the most intense periods of avian activity, while overcast days and evening light reveal the cryptic specialists of the forest floor and mid-story. This is uncompromised Amazonian wilderness where the sheer diversity of large animals, from primates to big cats, remains genuinely wild and largely unhabituated—a genuine frontier for anyone seeking to witness tropical nature at its most intact and complex.

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Athene cunicularia

Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Avocettula recurvirostris

Brown-chested Barbet

Capito brunneipectus

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

Dichrozona cincta

White-crested Guan

Penelope pileata

Black-bellied Gnateater

Conopophaga melanogaster

Rusty-belted Tapaculo

Liosceles thoracicus

Yellow-bellied Dacnis

Dacnis flaviventer

Thraupis palmarum

Sand-colored Nighthawk

Chordeiles rupestris

Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

Hoploxypterus cayanus

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

Rupornis magnirostris

Amazonian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium hardyi

Green-backed Trogon

Rufous-necked Puffbird

Malacoptila rufa

Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Gould's Toucanet

Selenidera gouldii

Bar-breasted Piculet

Picumnus aurifrons

Vulturine Parrot

Pyrilia vulturina

Golden Parakeet

Guaruba guarouba

Harlequin Antbird

Rhegmatorhina berlepschi

Yellow-browed Sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons

Fulvous-crested Tanager

Tachyphonus surinamus

Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis

Coragyps atratus

Paradise Jacamar

White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner

Dendroma erythroptera

White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

Natterer's Slaty Antshrike

Thamnophilus stictocephalus

Black-spotted Bare-eye

Phlegopsis nigromaculata

Drab Water Tyrant

Ochthornis littoralis

Dusky-chested Flycatcher

Myiozetetes luteiventris

Pitangus sulphuratus

Sulphury Flycatcher

Tyrannopsis sulphurea

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

Lipaugus vociferans

White-tailed Cotinga

Xipholena lamellipennis

Buff-cheeked Greenlet

Pachysylvia muscicapina

Passer domesticus

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Olive Oropendola

Psarocolius bifasciatus

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Saturnine Antshrike

Thamnomanes saturninus

Channel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos vitellinus

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

Myiopagis gaimardii

White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Black-collared Swallow

Pygochelidon melanoleuca

Band-rumped Swift

Chaetura spinicaudus

Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

Glittering-throated Emerald

Chionomesa fimbriata

Rufous-throated Sapphire

Hylocharis sapphirina

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus

Ictinia plumbea

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

Tityra semifasciata

Horned Screamer

Razor-billed Curassow

Black-throated Mango

Anthracothorax nigricollis

Opisthocomus hoazin

White-browed Hawk

Leucopternis kuhli

Grey-lined Hawk

Black-tailed Trogon

Trogon melanurus

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Blue-necked Jacamar

Galbula cyanicollis

Jacamerops aureus

Notharchus tectus

Chestnut-capped Puffbird

Bucco macrodactylus

Spotted Puffbird

Collared Puffbird

Lettered Aracari

Pteroglossus inscriptus

Black-necked Aracari

Pteroglossus aracari

Golden-green Woodpecker

Piculus chrysochloros

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Cryptic Forest Falcon

Micrastur mintoni

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon

Micrastur mirandollei

Falco rufigularis

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Long-billed Woodcreeper

Nasica longirostris

Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes certhia

Elegant Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus elegans

Straight-billed Woodcreeper

Dendroplex picus

Dusky-capped Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus

Ruddy Spinetail

Synallaxis rutilans

Ornate Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla ornata

Sclater's Antwren

Myrmotherula sclateri

Long-winged Antwren

Myrmotherula longipennis

Myrmotherula menetriesii

Plain-throated Antwren

Isleria hauxwelli

Cinereous Antshrike

Thamnomanes caesius

Dot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax punctulatus

Alta Floresta Antpitta

Hylopezus whittakeri

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Tyrannulus elatus

Guianan Tyrannulet

McConnell's Flycatcher

Mionectes macconnelli

White-throated Kingbird

Tyrannus albogularis

Rufous-tailed Flatbill

Ramphotrigon ruficauda

Cinnamon Attila

Attila cinnamomeus

Spangled Cotinga

Purple-breasted Cotinga

Cotinga cotinga

Bare-necked Fruitcrow

Gymnoderus foetidus

Snow-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix nattereri

Red-headed Manakin

Ceratopipra rubrocapilla

Cinereous Mourner

Laniocera hypopyrra

White-browed Purpletuft

Iodopleura isabellae

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Pale-breasted Thrush

Turdus leucomelas

Hauxwell's Thrush

Turdus hauxwelli

Icterus cayanensis

Rose-breasted Chat

Granatellus pelzelni

Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Black-faced Dacnis

Flame-crested Tanager

Loriotus cristatus

White-winged Shrike-Tanager

Lanio versicolor

Cissopis leverianus

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

White-throated Tinamou

Tinamus guttatus

Cinereous Tinamou

Crypturellus cinereus

Crypturellus soui

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

Variegated Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus

Tataupa Tinamou

Crypturellus tataupa

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Cairina moschata

Speckled Chachalaca

Ortalis guttata

Rusty-margined Guan

Penelope superciliaris

Penelope jacquacu

Red-throated Piping Guan

Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Band-tailed Nighthawk

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

Blackish Nightjar

Nyctipolus nigrescens

Nyctidromus albicollis

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca

Ocellated Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus ocellatus

Nyctibius grandis

Nyctibius griseus

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Pale-rumped Swift

Chaetura egregia

Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Glaucis hirsutus

Phaethornis ruber

Long-tailed Hermit

Phaethornis superciliosus

Green-tailed Goldenthroat

Polytmus theresiae

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

Blue-tailed Emerald

Chlorostilbon mellisugus

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Eupetomena macroura

Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

Blue-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes notata

Crotophaga major

Smooth-billed Ani

Coccycua minuta

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Black-bellied Cuckoo

Piaya melanogaster

Dark-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus melacoryphus

Patagioenas speciosa

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

Patagioenas subvinacea

Columbina squammata

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

Heliornis fulica

Russet-crowned Crake

Rufirallus viridis

Grey-breasted Crake

Laterallus exilis

Dark-winged Trumpeter

Psophia viridis

Tachybaptus dominicus

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Yellow-billed Tern

Sternula superciliaris

Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

Eurypyga helias

Mycteria americana

Anhinga anhinga

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Pilherodius pileatus

Butorides striata

Sarcoramphus papa

Pandion haliaetus

Grey-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Morphnus guianensis

Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus melanoleucus

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Microspizias superciliosus

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus urubitinga

Pseudastur albicollis

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl

Megascops watsonii

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Lophostrix cristata

Amazonian Trogon

Trogon ramonianus

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

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Green-tailed Jacamar

Galbula galbula

Galbula leucogastra

Brown-banded Puffbird

Notharchus ordii

Eastern Striolated Puffbird

Nystalus striolatus

Red-necked Aracari

Pteroglossus bitorquatus

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus

Yellow-throated Woodpecker

Piculus flavigula

Variable Woodpecker

Chestnut Woodpecker

Cream-colored Woodpecker

Ringed Woodpecker

Celeus torquatus

Red-necked Woodpecker

Campephilus rubricollis

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Red-throated Caracara

Ibycter americanus

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Collared Forest Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet

Touit purpuratus

White-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris versicolurus

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala

Amazona farinosa

Kawall's Amazon

Amazona kawalli

Orange-winged Amazon

Amazona amazonica

Dusky-billed Parrotlet

Forpus modestus

Crimson-bellied Parakeet

Pyrrhura perlata

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw

Ara chloropterus

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophthalmus

Short-billed Leaftosser

Sclerurus rufigularis

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Southern Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Deconychura pallida

White-chinned Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla merula

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Uniform Woodcreeper

Hylexetastes uniformis

Striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

Zimmer's Woodcreeper

Dendroplex kienerii

Tapajos Scythebill

Campylorhamphus probatus

Slender-billed Xenops

Xenops tenuirostris

Amazonian Plain Xenops

Xenops genibarbis

Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Berlepschia rikeri

Rufous-tailed Xenops

Microxenops milleri

Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner

Philydor pyrrhodes

Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia ruficaudata

Chestnut-winged Hookbill

Ancistrops strigilatus

Eastern Woodhaunter

Automolus subulatus

Para Foliage-gleaner

Automolus paraensis

Speckled Spinetail

Thripophaga gutturata

Plain-crowned Spinetail

Synallaxis gujanensis

Wing-banded Antbird

Myrmornis torquata

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

Black-throated Antbird

Myrmophylax atrothorax

Myrmotherula brachyura

Amazonian Streaked Antwren

Myrmotherula multostriata

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Chestnut-backed Antshrike

Thamnophilus palliatus

Plain-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus schistaceus

Mouse-colored Antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus

Amazonian Antshrike

Thamnophilus amazonicus

Glossy Antshrike

Sakesphorus luctuosus

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Great Antshrike

Common Scale-backed Antbird

Willisornis poecilinotus

Spix's Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis striata

Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

Sciaphylax hemimelaena

Blackish Antbird

Cercomacroides nigrescens

Ferruginous-backed Antbird

Myrmoderus ferrugineus

Black-chinned Antbird

Hypocnemoides melanopogon

Band-tailed Antbird

Hypocnemoides maculicauda

Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevius

Silvered Antbird

Sclateria naevia

Rufous-faced Antbird

Myrmelastes rufifacies

Rufous-capped Antthrush

Formicarius colma

Variegated Antpitta

Grallaria varia

Amazonian Antpitta

Myrmothera berlepschi

Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

White-lored Tyrannulet

Ornithion inerme

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

Nesotriccus murinus

Yellow Tyrannulet

Capsiempis flaveola

Slender-footed Tyrannulet

Zimmerius gracilipes

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher

Sublegatus obscurior

Amazonian Inezia

Inezia subflava

Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus minor

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Myiornis ecaudatus

Helmeted Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus galeatus

Spotted Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum maculatum

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

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

Long-tailed Tyrant

Colonia colonus

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Lesser Kiskadee

Philohydor lictor

Three-striped Flycatcher

Conopias trivirgatus

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Greyish Mourner

Rhytipterna simplex

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Querula purpurata

Blue-backed Manakin

Chiroxiphia pareola

Flame-crested Manakin

Heterocercus linteatus

White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

Band-tailed Manakin

Pipra fasciicauda

Fiery-capped Manakin

Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

Black-tailed Tityra

Brown-winged Schiffornis

Schiffornis turdina

Cinereous Becard

Pachyramphus rufus

Chestnut-crowned Becard

Pachyramphus castaneus

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Black-capped Becard

Pachyramphus marginatus

Pink-throated Becard

Pachyramphus minor

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus

Whiskered Myiobius

Myiobius barbatus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius leucotis

Grey-chested Greenlet

Hylophilus semicinereus

Dusky-capped Greenlet

Pachysylvia hypoxantha

Brown-chested Martin

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

White-thighed Swallow

Atticora tibialis

Thrush-like Wren

Campylorhynchus turdinus

Moustached Wren

Pheugopedius genibarbis

Pheugopedius coraya

Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Southern Nightingale-Wren

Microcerculus marginatus

Rusty-flanked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

Turdus fumigatus

Estrilda astrild

Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

White-lored Euphonia

Euphonia chrysopasta

White-vented Euphonia

Euphonia minuta

Violaceous Euphonia

Euphonia violacea

Rufous-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia rufiventris

Pectoral Sparrow

Arremon taciturnus

Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

Green Oropendola

Psarocolius viridis

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Red-rumped Cacique

Cacicus haemorrhous

Molothrus oryzivorus

Molothrus bonariensis

Masked Yellowthroat

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

Red-billed Pied Tanager

Lamprospiza melanoleuca

Red-crowned Ant Tanager

Amazonian Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia rothschildii

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Short-billed Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes nitidus

Bluish-grey Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Coereba flaveola

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

Lined Seedeater

Sporophila lineola

Wing-barred Seedeater

Sporophila americana

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila nigricollis

Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Sporophila angolensis

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila castaneiventris

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Burnished-buff Tanager

Stilpnia cayana

Bay-headed Tanager

Green-and-gold Tanager

Tangara schrankii

Picazuro Pigeon

Patagioenas picazuro

Ochre-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Amazon Black Howler

Alouatta nigerrima

Red-nosed Bearded Saki

Chiropotes albinasus

Santarém Marmoset

Mico humeralifer

Common Red-rumped Agouti

Dasyprocta leporina

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