Among the new identifications is this gorgeous tanager species, the Green-chinned Euphonia (male above, female left), Euphonia chalybea, which Bruno spotted from the balcony of the house and subsequently photographed near the banana feeder. It is a Near-Threatened species endemic to the Atlantic Forest which I have probably confused previously with other euphonias - but it is larger and with more of a finch-like bill.

Another significant find is this Grey-capped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias griseocapilla) which Bruno also spotted from the balcony. Also Near-Threatened and endemic, it is on Birdlife International's list of "restricted range" species, ie those birds whose global breeding range is less than 50,000 sq km and therefore of particular conservation importance. This one is actually associated with mountain rather than lowland habitats, so I don't know what it is doing here. Once Bruno identified its distinctive high whistle I realised that I have heard it quite a lot before, so it is not a fluke visit. It takes the count of tyrant flycatcher species to 36.

Even more exciting for Bruno was to record the song of a Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus), a member of the ovenbird family which although not threatened is very rare in the Atlantic Forest, where it is separated from other populations in the Amazon and Central America. The nearest previous record of this species was in Ubatuba, about 300km to the North-East of here near the border with Rio de Janeiro state. So this is a genuine discovery, pushing the known range of the species significantly to the SW.  Here is Bruno's recording, doctored a bit using Adobe Soundbooth, and including a Yellow-legged Tinamou which nicely confirms the scene as lowland Atlantic Forest.

I also got a recording of an additional tinamou species, the Tataupa Tinamou (Crypturellus tataupa), bringing the confirmed number of tinamous here to 3 (with Brown Tinamou and Yellow-legged Tinamou), with the Solitary Tinamou still just a possible after discovery of an egg some time back. Here's the Tataupa, quite a spooky sound from inside the forest.

Another landmark was the first photo from Sítio do Cervo of the Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus) which I hear all the time in the forest but never comes into the open unlike its bolder cousin the White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis). We spent about half an hour trying to get this one into view as it called insistently from high branches near the main forest trail. It is very similar to the other trogon but smaller, the breast is a deeper yellow, the male has a green back and the tail markings are more stripey rather than spotty. My recording of the same individual is below, interspersed with the call of a Rufous-capped Ant-thrush and three squirts from a Black-cheeked Gnateater.

Another first was this Spot-breasted Antvireo (Dysithamnus  stictothorax), heard all the time from the canopy but fiendishly difficult to photograph. This one came down to a low-ish branch after playback, and the photo nicely shows its spotty breast.

I will finish off with some gratuitously pretty pictures taken during Bruno's visit - call it porn for twitchers. First, the ubiquitous Rufous-capped Ant-thrush (Formicarius Colma), which wanders along the forest floor like a tiny chicken.

The spectacular Scaled Antbird (Drymophila squamata), another understorey species of the forest.

Grey-hooded Attila (Attila rufus), an endemic flycatcher very common in the mid-storey of the forest, sometimes venturing out into the open areas.

Long-billed Wren (Canthorquilus longirostris), forest species always singing sonorously from the undergrowth, emerges excitedly on playback.

Red-crowned Ant-tanager (Habia rubica),  flits around head-height in the dark forest alerting everyone else to army ant swarms, now being called a cardinal by the Brazilian bird supremos.

Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis), one of the most common hummingbirds here, whose feathers shimmer between deep green and violet depending on light.

And finally - one I took with Bruno's camera, a Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons) taking a bath in a bromelia just next to feeding area, and the hollow tree where they nest.