Codes:

1:  north of the Amazon River
2:  south of the Amazon River
3:  between the Negro and Solimoes Rivers, near where they form the Amazon 


(e): Brazilian endemic   (qe): quasi-endemic   (i): introduced species
(t): a threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.
(h): heard only

(ph): with a photo in this FONT web-site


Photo at Upper Right:  HOATZIN

Links:

A Cumulative List of Brazil Birds, in 4 parts  (with some photos):
List #1: Tinamous thru Doves     List #2: Macaws thru Flycatchers  
List #3:  Antshrikes to Woodcreepers     List #4: Vireos to Grosbeaks 

In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

Brazil Mammals  (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil

Bird-List:

1. Great Tinamou ______  1
   Tinamus major
   
   
2. Little Tinamou ______  1
   Crypturellus soui
   
   
3. Undulated Tinamou ______  1,2
   Crypturellus undulatus
   
   
4. Little Chachalaca ______  1
   Ortalis motmot
   
   
5. Marail Guan ______  1
   Penelope marial
   
   
6. Horned Screamer ______  2
   Anhima cornuta
   
   
7. Muscovy Duck  (ph)  ______  2
   Cairina moschata
   
   
8. Least Grebe  (ph)  ______  1
   tachybabtus dominicus
   
   
9. Green Ibis ______  2,3
   Mesembrinibis cayennensis
   
   
10. Striated Heron  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Butorides striatus
    
    
11. Rufescent Tiger Heron  (ph)  ______   2
    Tigrisoma lineatum
    
    
12. Agami Heron  (nt) (ph) ______  3
    Agamia agami
    
    
13. Capped Heron  (ph)  ______ 1,2
    Pilherodius pileatus
    
    
14. Snowy Egret  (ph)  ______  2
    Egretta thula
    
    
15. Cocoi Heron  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Ardea cocoi
    
    
16. Great Egret  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Casmeroidius (has been Ardea) albus
    
    
17. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    
    
18. Anhinga  (ph)  ______  1,2
    Anhinga anhinga
    
    
19. Black Vulture  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Coragyps atratus
    
    
20. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Cathartes aura
    
    
21. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Cathartes burrovianus
    
    
22. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture ______ 1,2
    Cathartes melambrotus
    
    
23. Northern Crested Caracara  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Caracara cheriway
    
    
24. Red-throated Caracara ______  1
    Ibycter americanus
    
    
25. Yellow-headed Caracara ______  1,2,3
    Mlvago chimachima
    
    
26. Laughing Falcon  ______  1,2,3
    Herpetotheres cachinnans
    
    
27. Collared Forest Falcon ______  1
    Micrastur semitorquatus
    
    
28. Bat Falcon  (ph)  ______  1,2
    Falco rufigularis
    
    
29. Peregrine Falcon  (ph)  ______  2,3 
    Falco peregrinus
    
    
30. Osprey  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
31. Swallow-tailed Kite ______  1,3 
    Elanoides forficatus 
    
    

32. Gray-headed Kite ______  1
    leptodon cayanensis
    
    

33. Double-toothed Kite ______  1 
    Harpagus bidentatus
    
    

34. Plumbeous Kite ______  2,3
    Ictinia plumbea
    
    

35. Crane Hawk  (ph)  ______  3
    Geranospiza caerulescens
    
    

36. Slate-colored Hawk ______  2
    Leucopternis schistacea
    
    

37. White Hawk  (ph)  ______  1
    Leucopternis albicollis
    
    

38. Black-faced Hawk ______  1
    Leucopternis melanops
    
    

39. Great Black Hawk ______  2
    Buteogallus urubitinga
    
    

40. Savanna Hawk  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Buteogallus meridionalis
    
    

41. Black-collared Hawk  (ph)  ______  2.3
    Busarellus nigricollis
    
    

42. Gray-lined Hawk  (ph)  ______  3
    Buteo nitida pallida
    
    

43. Roadside Hawk  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Buteo magnirostris
    
    

44. Broad-winged Hawk ______  1
    Buteo platypteus
    
    

45. Sunbittern  (ph)  ______  1
    Eurypyga helias
    
    

46. Gray-necked Wood Rail  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Aramides cajanea
    
    

47. Rufous-sided Crake ______  2.3
    Lateallus melanophaius
    
    

48. Gray-winged Trumpeter ______  3
    Psophia crepitans
    
    

49. Limpkin  (ph)  ______  2
    Aramus guarauna
    
    

50. Wattled Jacana  (ph)  ______ 1,2,3
    Jacana jacana 
    
    

51. Southern Lapwing  (ph)  ______  2
    Vanellus chilensis
    
    

52. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  3
    Actitis macularia
    
    

53. Least Sandpiper  (ph)  ______  3
    Calidris minutilla
    
    

54. Yellow-billed Tern ______  2
    Sternula superciliaris 
    
    

55. Large-billed Tern  (ph)  ______  2,3
    Phaetusa simplex
    
    

56. Black Skimmer  (ph)  ______  3
    Rynchops nigra
    
    

57. Pale-vented Pigeon ______  1,2,3
    Patagioenas cayennensis
    
    

58. Plumbeous Pigeon ______  1
    Patagioenas plumbea
    
    

59. Ruddy Pigeon ______  1,2
    Patagioenas subvinacea
    
    

60. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______  1
    Columba livia
    
    

61. Ruddy Ground-Dove ______  1,2,3
    Columbina talpacoti
    
    

62. Common Ground-Dove  (ph)  ______  1
    Columbina passerina
    
    

63. White-tipped Dove ______  1,2,3
    Leptotila verrreauxi
    
    

64. Ruddy Quail-Dove ______  1
    Geotrygon montana
    
    

65. Blue-and-yellow Macaw  (ph)  ______  1
    Ara ararauna
    
    

66. Red-and-green Macaw  (ph)  ______  1,2
    Ara chloroptera
    
    

67. White-eyed Parakeet  (ph)   ______ 1,2,3
    Aratinga leucophtalmus
    
    

68. Santarem (or Hellmayr's) Parakeet ______  2  (has been part of Painted Parakeet) 
    Pyrrhura amazonum 
    
    

69. Golden-winged Parakeet ______  2  (this form with orange on wings)
    Brotogeris chrysopterus
    
    

70. Tui Parakeet ______  2,3
    Brotogeris sanctithomae
    
    

71. Blue-headed Parrot ______  1
    Pionus menstruus 
    
    

72. Dusky Parrot ______  1
    Pionus fuscus
    
    

73. Diademed (formerly Red-lored) Amazon ______  1,2
    Amazona diadema
    
    

74. Orange-winged Amazon  ______  2
    Amazona amazonica
    
    

75. Yellow-crowned Amazon  ______  2 
    Amazona ochrocephala
    
    

76. Mealy Amazon  ______  1
    Amazona farinosa
    
    

77. Red-fan (or Hawk-headed) Parrot  (ph)   ______  1
    Deroptyus accipitrinus
    
    

78. Smooth-billed Ani  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Crotophaga ani
    
    

79. Greater Ani ______  2,3
    Crotophaga major
    
    

80. Squirrel Cuckoo  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
    Piaya cayana
    
    

81. Striped Cuckoo ______  2
    Tapera naevia
    
    

82. Hoatzin  (ph)  ______  2
    Opisthocomus hoazin
    
    

83. Barn Owl  (ph)  ______  1
    Tyto alba
    
    

84. Mottled Owl ______  1
    Strix virgata
    
    

85. Common Nighthawk ______ 1
    Chordeiles minor
    
    

86. Band-tailed Nighthawk ______  2
    Nyctiprogne leucopyga
    
    

87. Blackish Nightjar ______  2
    Caprimulgus nigrescens
    
    

88. Ladder-tailed Nightjar ______  2
    Hydropsalis climacocerca
    
    

89. Pauraque  (ph)  ______  2
    Nyctidromus albicollis
    
    

90. White-collared Swift ______  3
    Streptoprocne zonaris
    
    

91. Chapman's Swift ______  2,3
    Chaetura chapmani
    
    

92. Chimney Swift ______  1
    Chaetura pelagica
    
    

93. Short-tailed Swift ______  1
    Chaetura brachyura
    
    

94. Neotropical Palm Swift ______ 1
    Tachornis squamata
    
    

95. Eastern Long-tailed Hermit ______  1
    Phaethornis superciliosus
    
    

96. Black-throated Mango  (ph)  ______  1,2
    Anthracothorax nigricollis
    
    

97. Blue-tailed Emerald ______  1
    Chlorostilbon mellisugus 
    
    

98. Fork-tailed Woodnymph ______  1
    Thalurania furcata
    
    

99. Blue-chinned Sapphire ______  1
    Chlorestes notata
    
    

100. Glittering-throated Emerald ______  1
     Amazilia fimbriata
     
     

101. Amazonian White-tailed Trogon  (ph)  ______  1
     Trogon viridis
     
     

102. Black-tailed Trogon ______  2
     Trogon melanurus
     
     

103. Blue-crowned Trogon ______  2
     Trogon curucui
     
     

104. Violaceous Trogon ______  2
     Trogon violaceus
     
     

105. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  2,3
     Megaceryle torquata
     
     

106. Green Kingfisher  (ph)  ______  1,2
     Chloroceryle americana
     
     

107. Amazon Kingfisher ______  2,3
     Chloroceryle amazona
     
     

108. Blue-crowned Motmot  (ph)  ______  1
     Motmotus momota
     
     

109. Broad-billed Motmot ______  1  
     Electron platyrhychum
     
     

110. Paradise Jacamar ______  1
     Galbula dea
     
     

111. Swallow-winged Puffbird ______  1,3
     Chelidoptera tenebrosa
     
     

112. White-necked Puffbird ______  2
     Notharchus macrohynchos
     
     

113. Pied Puffbird ______  1
     Notharchus tectus
     
     

114. Spotted Puffbird ______  1
     Bucco tamatia
     
     

115. Black Nunbird ______  1 
     Monasa atra
     
     

116. Black-fronted Nunbird ______  2
     Monasa nigifrons
     
     

117. Black-spotted Barbet ______  1
     Capito niger
     
     

118. Channel-billed Toucan  (ph)  ______  1 ("Yellow-ridged Toucan")
     Ramphastos vitellinus
     
     

119. White-throated (formerly Cuvier's) Toucan ______  1,2,3
     Rampphastos tucanus cuvieri
     
     

120. Black-necked Aracari ______  2,3
     Pteroglossus aracari
     
     

121. Green Aracari ______  1
     Pteroglossus viridis
     
     

122. Chestnut Woodpecker ______  1
     Celeus elegans
     
     

123. Spot-breasted Woodpecker ______  2
     Chrysoptilus punctigula
     
     

124. Yellow-throated Woodpecker ______  1
     Piculus flavigula
     
     

125. Yellow-tufted Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  1
     Melanerpes cruentatus
     
     

126. Lineated Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  1,2
     Dryocopus lineatus
     
     

127. Crimson-crested Woodpecker  (ph)  ______  1
     Campephilus melanoleucos
     
     

128. Bar-breasted Piculet ______  1
     Picumnus aurifrons
     
     

129. Red-headed Manakin ______  2
     Pipra rubrocapilla
     
     

130. White-crowned Manakin ______  1
     Pipra (or Dixiphia) pipra
     
     

131. Black-tailed Tityra ______  2
     Tityra cayana
     
     

132. Masked Tityra ______  1,2,3
     Tityra semifasciata
     
     

133. Cinereous Becard ______  1,3
     Pachyramphus rufus
     
     

134. Screaming Piha ______  1,2
     Lipaugus vociferans
     
     

135. Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock ______  1  (3 males & a female on nest)
     Rupicola rupicola
     
     

136. Dwarf Tyranneutes ______  2   (has been called Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin)
     Tyranneutes stolzmanni
     
     

137. Spotted Tody-Flycatcher ______  1,2
     Todirostrum maculatum
     
     

138. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet ______  3 
     Camptostoms obsoletum
     
     

139. Eastern Wood Pewee ______  1
     Contopus virens
     
     

140. Olive-sided Flycatcher ______  1
     Contopus cooperi 
     
     

141. White-headed Marsh Tyrant  (ph)  ______  2
     Arundinicola leucocephala
     
     

142. Black-backed Water Tyrant ______  2,3
     Fluvicola albiventer
     
     

143. Bright-rumped Attila  (ph)  ______  2  (rufous form)
     Attila phoenicurus
     
     

144. Tropical Kingbird  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
     Tyrannus melancholicus
     
     

145. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
     Tyrannus savana
     
     

146. Variegated Flycatcher ______  1
     Empidonomus varius
     
     

147. Sulphury Flycatcher ______  1,3
     Tyrannopsis sulphurea
     
     

148. Piratic Flycatcher ______  1,2
     Legatus leucophalus
     
     

149. Social Flycatcher  (ph)  ______  1,2,3
     Myiozetetes similis
     
     

150. Yellow-throated Flycatcher ______  1
     Conopias parva
     
     

151. Rusty-margined Flycatcher ______  1
     Myiozetetes cayanensis
     
     

152. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______  1
     Megarhynchus pitangua
     
     

153. Great Kiskadee  (ph)  ______  1,2,3 
     Pitangus sulphuratus
     
     

154. Lesser Kiskadee ______  1,2
     Philohydor lictor
     
     

155. Glossy Antshrike ______  2
     Sakesphorus luctuosus
     
     

156. Barred Antshrike  (ph)  ______  2
     Thamnophilus doliatus
     
     

157. Cinereous Antshrike ______  1
     Thamnomanes caesius
     
     

158. Red-and-white Spinetail ______  2
     Certhiaxis mustelinus
     
     

159. Curve-billed Scythebill ______  1
     Campylorhamphus procurvoides
     
     

160. Long-tailed Woodcreeper ______  1
     Denconychura longicauda
     
     

161. Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______  1,2
     Sittasomus griseicapillus
     
     

162. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper ______  1
     Glyphorhyncus spirurus
     
     

163. Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper ______  1
     Dendrocolaptes certhia
     
     

164. Black-banded Woodcreeper ______  1
     Dendrocolaptes picumnus
     
     

165. Buff-throated Woodcreeper ______  1
     Xiphorhyncus guttaus
     
     

166. Ocellated Woodcreeper ______  2
     Xiphorhyncus ocellatus
     
     

167. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______  1,2
     Cyclarhis gujnensis
     
     

168. Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo ______  1
     Vireolanius leucotis
     
     

169. Red-eyed Vireo ______  1,3
     Vireo olivaceus
     
     

170. Gray-chested Greenlet ______  2
     Hylophilus semicinereus
     
     

171. Buff-cheeked Greenlet ______  1
     Hylophilus muscicapinus
     
     

172. White-winged Swallow ______  1,2,3
     Tachycineta albiventer
     
     

173. Brown-chested Martin  (ph)  ______  2,3
     Progne tapera
     
     

174. Gray-breasted Martin ______  1,3
     Progne chalybea
     
     

175. Purple Martin  (ph)  ______  2
     Progne subis
     
     

176. White-thighed Swallow ______  1
     Neochelidon tibialis
     
     

177. Southern Rough-winged Swallow ______  1,2,3 
     Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
     
     

178. Buff-breasted Wren ______  2,3
     Thryothorus leucotis
     
     

179. Coraya Wren ______  1
     Thryothorus coraya
     
     

180. "Southern" House Wren  (ph)  ______ 1,2,3
     Troglodytes aedon
     
     

181. Black-capped Donacobius  (ph)  ______  2
     Donacobius atricapillus
     
     

182. Guianan Gnatcatcher ______  1
     Polioptila guianensis
     
     

183. Pale-breasted Thrush ______  1
     Turdus leucomelas 
     
     

184. Lawrence's Thrush ______  1
     Turdus lawrencii 
     
     

185. Cocoa Thrush ______  1
     Turdus fumigatus
     
     

186. Hauxwell's Thrush ______  2
     Turdus hauxwelli
     
     

187. House Sparrow ______  1
     Passer domesticus
     
     

188. Common Waxbill  (ph)  ______  1,3
     Estrilda astrild
     
     

189. Thick-billed Euphonia ______  1
     Euphonia lanirostris
     
     

190. American Redstart  (ph)  ______  1  (one female)
     Setophaga ruticilla
     
     

191. Yellow-rumped Cacique ______  1,2,3
     Cacicus cela
     
     

192. Red-rumped Cacique ______  1
     Cacicus haemorrhous
     
     

193. Shiny Cowbird ______  1,3
     Molothrus bonariensis
     
     

194. Crested Oropendola  (ph)  ______  2,3
     Psarocolius decumanus
     
     

195. Velvet-fronted Grackle ______  1,2
     Lampropsar tanagrinus
     
     

196. Venezuelan Troupial ______  2,3
     Icterus icterus
     
     

197. Red-breasted Blackbird ______  2,3
     Sturnella militaris
     
     

198. Bananaquit  (ph)  ______  1
     Coereba flaveola
     
     

199. Yellow-browed Sparrow ______  1,3
     Myospiza (formerly Ammodramus) aurifrons 
     
     

200. Blue-gray Tanager ______  1,3
     Thraupis episcopus
     
     

201. Palm Tanager ______  1,3
     Thraupis palmarum
     
     

202. Silver-beaked Tanager  (ph)  ______  1,3
     Ramphocelus carbo
     
     

203. Bay-headed Tanager ______  1
     Tangara gyrola
     
     

204. Turquoise Tanager ______  1
     Tangara mexicana  
     
     

205. Opal-rumped Tanager ______  1
     Tangara velia
     
     

206. Paradise Tanager ______  1
     Tangara chilensis
     
     

207. Flame-crested Tanager ______  1
     Tachyphonus cristatus
     
     

208. White-shouldered Tanager ______  1
     Tachyphonus luctuosus
     
     

209. Blue Dacnis  (ph)  ______  1
     Dacnis cayana
     
     

210. Green Honeycreeper  (ph)  ______  1
     Chlorophanes spiza
     
     

211. Blue-black Grassquit ______  1,3
     Volatinia jacarina
     
     

212. Wing-barred Seedeater ______  1  (was part of Variable Seedeater)
     Sporophila americana
     
     

213. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater ______  1
     Sporophila castaneiventris
     
     

214. Lesson's Seedeater ______  3
     Sporophila bouvronides
     
     

215. Lesser Seed Finch ______  1,3  ("Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch")
     Oryzoborus angolensis
     
     

216. Orange-fronted Yellow Finch ______  1,3
     Sicalis columbiana
     
     

217. "Southern" Grayish Saltator ______ 2,3
     Saltator coerulescens 
     
     

218. Slate-colored Grosbeak ______  1
     Saltator (formerly Pitylus) grossus 
     

Mammals during FONT Tours in Brazil 
in February 2010


Codes:

(e): endangered
(v): classified as vulnerable

1:  north of the Amazon River
2:  south of the Amazon River
3:  between the Negro and Solimoes, near where they form the Amazon