If you are lucky you might hear the persistent courting melodies of a Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) or the distant “Chi-ca-go!” of a California Quail (Callipepla californica).

The Atlantic Forest has one of the richest avifaunas in the world, with endemic, migratory and endangered taxa. However, some of the ornithological knowledge produced there has yet to be organized and ...