Eduardo Patrial is an expert birding guide in Brazil and has seen over 1000 species within Brazil to date. He has an excellent knowledge of the birding locales in southern and central Brazil. Eduardo's skill at finding and identifying bird species by field marks and vocalizations has made him one of the most requested guides to lead tours to the SE Atlantic Forest region, southern and central Brazil, and eastern Amazon for the best birding tours companies in Brazil. He speaks nearly perfect English and his outgoing personality makes every tour he leads enjoyable for all. Eduardo lives in the town of Londrina, Paran State, in southern Brazil. He started his ornithological and birding career while earning a university biology degree. He studied at the Capao da Imbuia Natural History Museum for two years, working with the most representative avian collection in the State and one of the biggest in southern Brazil. At first his field efforts were concentrated on banding birds and inventorying bird populations mainly in the SE Atlantic Forest region of Brazil. His skill and dedication have increased by participating on several research projects with expert ornithologists through different biomes, such as Cerrado, Pantanal, Arauc ria Forest and southern Natural Grasslands, as well as several localities in the SE Atlantic Forest region. In 2005 he worked as resident ornithologist for Vale do Rio Doce mining company at Serra dos Caraj s in the eastern Amazon. There he reported several important new bird records for that region. He began his career as a professional guide by working as a volunteer at Cristalino Jungle Lodge in the southeastern Amazon. Since then he has been guiding numerous tours for several birding tour companies in southeastern and central Brazil as well as the eastern Amazon.
