Serra do Divisor National Park

National Park · Brazil

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Where the Ucayali River carves its ancient path through northwestern Brazil, rainforest canopy rises in unbroken waves across nearly 27,000 square kilometers of pristine wilderness. This vast expanse straddles the Peruvian border in Acre state, creating a landscape of remarkable topographic diversity—from river valleys and oxbow lakes to terra firme forest and seasonal floodplains that pulse with water during the wet season. The park protects one of the Amazon's most intact ecosystems, where biodiversity reaches extraordinary density: jaguars patrol riverside trails, river dolphins navigate dark channels, and the canopy teems with hundreds of bird species rarely glimpsed elsewhere.

For serious wildlife photographers and ornithologists, Serra do Divisor remains one of the continent's great frontiers. Giant otters, harpy eagles, and undocumented species still await discovery in its depths. Access demands commitment—charter flights and riverboat expeditions are standard—but rewards those willing to venture beyond easy reach. The wet season, from November to May, transforms the park into a photographer's dreamscape, when water levels rise and wildlife concentrates along banks and clearings, offering unparalleled opportunities for intimate wildlife encounters in golden, diffuse light.

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Cacique Lomiamarillo

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Tangara Azuleja

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila castaneiventris

Semillero ventricastaño

Amazonian Antshrike

Thamnophilus amazonicus

Batará amazónico

Butorides striata

Garcilla Azulada

Coragyps atratus

Rupornis magnirostris

busardo caminero

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

Tangara del paraíso

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Columbina Colorada

Athene cunicularia

Mochuelo de madriguera

White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

Golondrina Fajiblanca

Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Buco Golondrina

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Pteroglossus castanotis

Arasarí caripardo

White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

Saltarín barbiblanco

Wire-tailed Manakin

Pipra filicauda

Saltarín Uirapuru

Black-billed Thrush

Turdus ignobilis

Zorzal piquinegro andino

Thraupis palmarum

Tangara Palmera

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

Martín pescador amazónico

Lemon-throated Barbet

Eubucco richardsoni

Cabezón pechiamarillo

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Bienteveo Sociable

Green-backed Trogon

Trogón dorsiverde

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Martín gigante neotropical

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

Tucán pechiblanco

Cobalt-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris cyanoptera

Dusky-headed Parakeet

Aratinga weddellii

Aratinga Cabecifusca

Pitangus sulphuratus

Bienteveo común

Red-headed Manakin

Ceratopipra rubrocapilla

Saltarín cabecirrojo sureño

Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis

Cardenilla Capirroja

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

Tangara Turquesa

Plumbeous Antbird

Myrmelastes hyperythrus

Hormiguero Plomizo

Drab Water Tyrant

Ochthornis littoralis

Mosquerito guardarríos

Masked Crimson Tanager

Ramphocelus nigrogularis

Tangara Enmascarada

Hoploxypterus cayanus

Avefría de Cayena

Pilherodius pileatus

Garza Capirotada

Opisthocomus hoazin

Red-bellied Macaw

Orthopsittaca manilatus

Guacamayo Ventrirrojo

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Trepatroncos picocuña

White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

Hormiguerito Flanquialbo

Saturnine Antshrike

Thamnomanes saturninus

Batará saturnino

Striolated Manakin

Machaeropterus striolatus

Saltarín rayado occidental

Cyanocorax violaceus

Chara violácea

Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Mielerito cerúleo

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

Paloma perdiz común

Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Calamoncillo Americano

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

milano bidentado

Slate-colored Hawk

Buteogallus schistaceus

busardo pizarroso

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Lechuzón de anteojos

Bluish-fronted Jacamar

Galbula cyanescens

Jacamará coroniazul

Falco rufigularis

Halcón murcielaguero

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Mosquero Pirata

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

Bare-necked Fruitcrow

Gymnoderus foetidus

Blue-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix coronata

Saltarín coroniazul

Yellow-browed Sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons

Chingolo Cejigualdo

Lesson's Seedeater

Sporophila bouvronides

Semillero de Lesson

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata

Vencejillo Tijereta

Colibrí ígneo

Black-bellied Cuckoo

Piaya melanogaster

Cuco ardilla ventrinegro

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

Aura selvática

Grey-lined Hawk

Busardo gris meridional

Black-banded Owl

Black-tailed Trogon

Trogon melanurus

Trogón colinegro común

Paradise Jacamar

Jacamará colilargo

Golden-green Woodpecker

Piculus chrysochloros

Carpintero Verdiamarillo

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla haematonota

Hormiguerito dorsirrojo occidental

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Batará lineado

Peruvian Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis peruviana

Hormiguero Peruano

Cinnamon Attila

Attila cinnamomeus

Lipaugus vociferans

Guardabosques gritón

Passer domesticus

Gorrión común

Yellow-hooded Blackbird

Chrysomus icterocephalus

Varillero Capuchino

Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca

Chotacabras de Escalera

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Colibrí nuquiblanco

Needle-billed Hermit

Phaethornis philippii

Ermitaño picoaguja

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus

Carpintero Azulado

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

Autillo chóliba

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Paloma Colorada

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl

Megascops watsonii

Autillo del Amazonas

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Mosquero de Euler

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Mochuelo caburé

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Picamaderos Listado

Cinereous Tinamou

Crypturellus cinereus

Tinamú sombrío

Painted Parakeet

Pyrrhura picta eisenmanni

Grey-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Bienteveo cabecigrís

Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

Saltarín enano

Rusty-flanked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

Zorzal cuelliblanco sureño

Channel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos vitellinus

Tucán vitelino

Plain-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus schistaceus

Batará alillano

Golden-collared Toucanet

Selenidera reinwardtii

Tucanete de Reinwardt

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Loro Cabeciazul

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Querula purpurata

Cotinga quérula

Black-faced Antbird

Myrmoborus myotherinus

Hormiguero Carinegro

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Tirano melancólico

White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

Golondrina Aliblanca

Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Golondrina Gorjirrufa

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Tirano Oriental

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Vencejo Ceniciento

Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

Mosquero Cardenal

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Tangara Picoplata

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Semillero Volatinero

Smooth-billed Ani

Garrapatero aní

Sapphire-spangled Emerald

Chionomesa lactea

Amazilia Zafirina

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

Tijereta Sabanera

Xenopipo atronitens

Saltarín negro

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Trepatroncos pegón

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

Martín pescador enano

Grey-headed Tanager

Eucometis penicillata

Tangara cabecigrís

Cairina moschata

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Horned Screamer

Crotophaga major

Garrapatero Mayor

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Tangara Golondrina

Nyctidromus albicollis

Chotacabras Pauraque

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Zafiro Golondrina

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Cuco ardilla común

Straight-billed Woodcreeper

Dendroplex picus

Trepatroncos Piquirrecto

Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

Nesotriccus murinus

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Bienteveo rayado septentrional

Nyctibius griseus

Nictibio urutaú

Phaethornis ruber

Ermitaño rojizo

White-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes cyanus

Zafiro Gorjiblanco

Heliornis fulica

Avesol Americano

Spix's Mustached Tamarin

Saguinus mystax

Spix's Saddle-back Tamarin

Saguinus fuscicollis

Plecturocebus cupreus

Ecuadorian Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri macrodon

Mono Ardilla Ecuatoriano

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

Perezoso de tres dedos

Ucayali Bald Uacari

Cacajao ucayalii

Cacajao ucayalii

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Perezoso de dos dedos

Southern Pygmy Marmoset

Cebuella niveiventris

Tití pigmeo suroccidental

Brown-eared Woolly Opossum

Caluromys lanatus

Chucha Real Roja o Colorada

Black-capped Squirrel Monkey

Saimiri boliviensis

Northern Black-eared Opossum

Didelphis marsupialis

Tlacuache sureño

Long-tailed Armored Tree-rat

Makalata macrura

Makalata macrura

Eastern Lowland Olingo

Bassaricyon alleni

Olingo de Allen

Common Four-eyed Opossum

Philander canus

Comadreja de anteojos

Colombian Red Howler

Alouatta seniculus

Mono Aullador rojo

Common Woolly Monkey

Lagothrix lagothricha

Bearded Emperor Tamarin

Saguinus subgrisescens

Saguinus subgrisescens

Greater Capybara

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Galictis vittata

Ma's Night Monkey

Macaco Da Noite

Black Spider Monkey

Mono Araña Peruano

Dasyprocta fuliginosa

Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat

Isothrix bistriata

Conocono Crestiamarillo

Southern Long-nosed Armadillo

Dasypus novemcinctus

Armadillo de nueve bandas

Southern Tamandua

Tamandua tetradactyla

Amazonian Long-tailed Porcupine

Coendou longicaudatus

Puercoespín enano de cola larga

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