Cerrado

Brazil’s tropical savanna, with open grasslands, forests, rivers and waterfalls. One of the world’s most biodiverse savannas, home to a remarkable variety of species and habitats.

Red macaws flying past a rocky cliff and waterfall in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Howler monkey resting among dense tree branches and foliage in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Toucanet perched against the textured trunk of a mature tree in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Red macaw perched at a natural tree cavity in the Brazilian Cerrado, showing the close relationship between wildlife and mature native trees.
Two Streamer-tailed Tyrants (Gubernetes yetapa) displaying with their wings spread on a branch in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Red-legged Seriema photographed in the Brazilian Cerrado, a characteristic bird of the open savannas and grasslands of central Brazil.
Two motmots perched together on a branch in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris) perched on a large termite mound in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Helmeted Manakin (Antilophia galeata) perched among branches and native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Fiery-capped Manakin (Machaeropterus pyrocephalus) perched among dense vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado.

Behind the scenes

In Behind the Scenes, I tell the stories behind the photographs: how these encounters happened, the experience I had in the field, and the context of some of the images that are part of my work.