Species
Discover the incredible quality and diversity of fascinating species that await you in Ilhabela! With a total of 1971 bird species cataloged in Brazil, our archipelago is home to around 400 of these wonders, representing nearly 20% of all the country’s diversity. Get ready to marvel at some examples of these treasures found in our destination:
Surucua Trogon
Photo: Fernando Moraes The Surucua Trogon (Trogon surrucura) is a trogoniform bird of the Trogonidae family. It measures between 26 and 28 centimeters and weighs between 70 and 78 grams. It is a quiet bird that spends long periods resting on a perch, and its song can...
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Photo: Antonio Amaral Also known as scissor bird, treasurer, treasurer bird, and little bird-of-the-field. The scissor bird is a passerine bird of the Tyrannidae family. An unmistakable migrant, it moves in groups of up to hundreds of individuals, in typical...
Red-billed Tropicbird
Photo: Antonio Amaral The Red-billed Tropicbird is a charadriiform bird of the Sternidae family. It is considered vulnerable to extinction by the national list of endangered species of the Ministry of the Environment. The response of the Red-billed Tropicbird to human...
Black-banded Owl
Photo: Antonio Amaral The Black-banded Owl is a strigiform bird of the Strigidae family. Also known as the Black-banded Mocho. It measures between 36 and 40 cm (male) and between 38 and 41 cm (female) and weighs between 330 and 400 g (male) and between 411 and 480 g...
Chestnut Rail
Photo: Fernando Moraes The Chestnut Rail is a bird of the Rallidae family. It measures about 18 cm in length. It has dark brown upperparts and reddish-brown underparts. The sides of the head are more greyish than the upperparts. The crown is a darker reddish-brown...
Uniform Crake
Photo: Fernando Moraes The Uniform Crake is a bird of the Rallidae family.. It is also known as the forest crake. It measures about 24 centimeters. It has a brown plumage in two tones, darker on the back and top of the head, and more reddish on the belly, chest, and...
Blue-throated Piping Guan
Photo: Fernando Moraes The Blue-throated Piping Guan is a bird of the Galliformes order from the Cracidae family. It is monotypic and often included in the genus Pipile. In the past, it has been considered conspecific with the Blue-throated Piping Guan (Aburria...
Black-goggled Tanager
Photo: Antonio Amaral The Black-goggled Tanager is a passerine bird from the Thraupidae family. Also known as the "great tanager," "black-backed tanager," and "beach tanager" (Descourtilz). It measures about 15 cm. The male is one of the most colorful tanagers, with a...
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Photo: Fernando Moraes The Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) is a pelecaniform bird from the Ardeidae family. Also known as the "sleeper," "matrião" (in some regions of the Amazon), "sabacu," "tamatião," and "taquiri" (Pará), and "mangrove heron". This...
Little Blue Heron
Photo: Antonio Amaral The Little Blue Heron is a pelecaniform bird from the Ardeidae family. Also known as the "morena heron" (Pará) or "gray heron" (Recife, Pernambuco). It can reach up to 52 cm in length. When adult, it has a bluish-gray plumage (slate-blue), with...