A Complete List of the Birds of Brazi1  (with some photos):
Part #1:  Tinamous thru Doves     Part #2:  Macaws thru Flycatchers
Part# 3:  Antshrikes thru Woodcreepers     Part #4: Vireos to Grosbeaks

Rare & Threatened Birds of Brazil  (with some photos)

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Brazil  (with some photos)

A list of Mammals during our Brazil tour in August 2011 follows the bird-list below.

Butterflies in Brazil, including those at Iguazu Falls

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil

Bird-List:

1. Undulated Tinamou   _____ ms
   Crypturellus undulatus 
   
   
2. Small-billed Tinamou _____ ms
   Crypturellus parvirostris
   
   
3. Greater Rhea _____ ms
   Rhea americana 
   
   
4. Chaco Chachalaca  _____ ms
   Ortalis canicollis
   
   
5. Common Piping Guan _____ ms
   Pipile cumanensis 
   
   
6. Bare-faced Curassow  _____ ms 
   Crax fasiolata
   
   
7. Southern Screamer _____ ms
   Chauna torquata 
   
   
8. White-faced Whistling Duck  (ph) _____ ms
   Dendrocygna viduata
   
   
9. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph) _____ ms
   Dendrocygna autumnalis
   
   
10. Comb Duck _____  ig,ms
    Sarkidiornis sylvicola
    
    
11. Brazilian Teal  (ph)  _____ ms
    Amazonetta brasiliensis
    
    
12. Jabiru  (ph)  _____ ms
    Jabiru mycteria
    
    
13. Maguari Stork  (ph) _____ ms
    Ciconia maguari  
    
    
14. Buff-necked Ibis  (ph) _____ ms
    Theristicus caudatus
    
    
15. Plumbeous Ibis  (ph) _____ ms
    Theristicus caerulescens
    
    
16. Green Ibis _____ ms
    Mesembrinibis cayennensis
    
    
17. Bare-faced Ibis _____ ms
    Phimosus infuscatus
    
    
18. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph) _____ ms
    Platalea ajaja  
    
    
19. Striated Heron  (ph) _____ ms 
    Butoride striatus
    
    
20. Whistling Heron  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Syrigma sibilatrix
    
    
21. Western Cattle Egret  (ph) _____ ms
    Bubulcus ibis
    
    
22. Snowy Egret  (ph) _____ ms
    Egretta thula
    
    
23. Great Egret  (ph) _____  ig,ms
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba
    
    
24. Cocoi Heron  (ph) _____ ms
    Ardea cocoi
    
    
25. Rufescent Tiger Heron  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Tigrisoma lineatum
    
    
26. Black-crowned Night Heron _____ ms
    Nycticorax nycticorax
    
    
27. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    
    
28. Anhinga  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Anhinga anhinga
    
    
29. Black Vulture  (ph)  _____ ig,ms
    Coragyps atratus
    
    
30. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  _____ ig,ms
    Cathartes aura
    
    
31. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph)  _____ ms
    Cathartes burrovianus 
    
    
32. Southern Crested Caracara  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Caracara plancus
    
    
33. American Kestrel  (ph) _____  ms
    Falco sparverius
    
    
34. Aplomado Falcon  (ph) _____ ms
    Falco femoralis
    
    
35. Hook-billed Kite _____ ms
    Chondrohierax uncinatus
    
    
36. Snail Kite  (ph) _____ ms
    Rostrhamus sociabilis
    
    
37. Crane Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Geranospiza caerulescens
    
    
38. Great Black Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Buteogallus urubitinga
    
    
39. Savanna Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Buteogallus meridionalis
    
    
40. Crowned Solitary Eagle  (ph) _____ ms
    Harpyhaliaetus coronatus
    
    
41. Black-collared Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Busarellus nigricollis
    
    
42. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  (ph) _____ ms
    geranoaetus melanoleucus
    
    
43. Gray-lined Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Buteo nitida 
    
    
44. Roadside Hawk  (ph) _____ ms
    Buteo magnirostris
    
    
45. White-tailed Hawk _____ ms
    Buteo albicaudatus
    
    
46. Red-legged Seriema  (ph)  _____ ms
    Cariama cristata
    
    
47. Common Gallinule  (ph) _____ ig
    Gallinula chloropus
    
    
48. Sungrebe  (ph) _____ ms
    Heliornis fulica
    
    
49. Limpkin  (ph) _____ ms
    Aramus guarauna
    
    
50. White-backed Stilt _____ ms
    Himantopus melanurus 
    
    
51. Wattled Jacana  (ph) _____  ig,ms
    Jacana jacana
    
    
52. Southern Lapwing  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Vanellus chilensis
    
    
53. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph) _____ ms
    Tringa flavipes 
    
    
54. Picazuro Pigeon _____ ms
    Patagioenas picazura
    
    
55. Pale-vented Pigeon _____ ig
    Patagionas cayennensis
    
    
56. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (BRi) _____ ms
    Columba livia
    
    
57. Eared Dove  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Zenaida auriculata
    
    
58. Ruddy Ground Dove  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Columbina talpacoti
    
    
59. Picui Ground Dove _____ ms
    Columbina picui
     
    
60. Scaled Dove  (ph) _____ ms
    Columbina squammata
    
    
61. Long-tailed Ground Dove  ______ ms
    Uropela campestris
    
    
62. White-tipped Dove _____ ms
    Leptotila verrauxi
    
    
63. Gray-fronted Dove _____ ig
    Leptotila rufaxilla
    
    
64. Blue-and-yellow Macaw  (ph) _____ ms
    Ara ararauna
    
    
65. Red-and-green Macaw  (ph) _____ ms
    Ara chloroptera
    
    
66. Golden-collared Macaw  (ph) _____ ms
    Primolius auricollis
    
    
67. Hyacinth Macaw  (ph) _____ ms
    Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus 
    
    
68. White-eyed Parakeet  (ph)  _____ ig
    Aratinga leucophtalmus
    
    
69. Peach-fronted Parakeet  (ph) _____ ms
    Aratinga aurea
    
    
70. Nanday Parakeet  (ph) _____ ms
    Nandayus nenday
    
    
71. Reddish-bellied Parakeet  (BRqe) _____ ig
    Pyrrhura frontalis
    
    
72. Blaze-winged Parakeet  _____ ms
    Pyrrhura devillei
    
    
73. Monk Parakeet _____ ms
    Myiopsitta monachus
    
    
74. Blue-winged Parrotlet  _____ ms
    Forpus xanthopterygius  
    
    
75. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet _____ ig,ms
    Brotogeris chiriri
    
    
76. Scaly-headed Parrot _____ ig,ms
    Pionus maximiliani
    
    
77. Turquoise-fronted Amazon  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Amazona aestiva
    
    
78. Orange-winged Amazon (t2) _____ ms 
    Amazona amazonica
    
    
79. Smooth-billed Ani  (ph) _____ ms
    Crotophaga ani
    
    
80. Squirrel Cuckoo  (ph) _____  ig,ms 
    Playa cayana
    
    
81. Guira Cuckoo  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Guira guira
    
    
82. Tropical Screech Owl  (ph) _____ ms
    Megascops choliba
    
    
83. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (ph) _____ ms
    Glaucidium brasilianum 
    
    
84. Burrowing Owl  (ph) _____  ms
    Athene cunicuaria
    
    
85. Striped Owl  (ph) _____ ms
    Pseudoscops clamator
    
    
86. Nacunda Nighthawk _____ ms
    Podager nacunda
    
    
87. Pauraque  (ph) _____ ig,ms
    Nyctidromus albicollis
    
    
88. Rufous Nightjar _____ ms
    Caprimulgus rufus
    
    
89. Little Nightjar _____ ms
    Caprimulgus parvulus
    
    
90. Scissor-tailed Nightjar  (ph) _____ ms
    Hydropsalis torquata
    
    
91. Great Dusky Swift _____ ig
    Cypseloides senex 
    
    
92. Fork-tailed Woodnymph _____ ig
    Thalurania furcata
    
    
93. Violet-capped Woodnymph _____ ig
    Thalurania glaucopis
    
    
94. Versicolored Emerald _____ ig
    Amazilia versicolor 
    
    
95. Surucua Trogon  (BRqe) _____ ig
    Trogon surrucura
    
    
96. Blue-crowned Trogon _____ ms
    Trogon curucui
    
    
97. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph) _____ ms
    Megaceryle torquata
    
    
98. Green Kingfisher _____ ms
    Chloroceryle americana
    
    
99. Amazon Kingfisher _____ ms
    Chloroceryle amazona
    
    
100. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher _____ ms
     Chloroceryle inda
     
     
101. Blue-crowned Motmot _____ ms
     Motmotus momota 
     
     
102. Rufous-tailed Jacamar  (ph) _____  ms
     Galbula ruficauda
     
     
103. Green-billed Toucan  (BRqe) (ph) _____ ig
     Ramphastos tucanus
     
     
104. Toco Toucan  (ph) _____  ig,ms
     Ramphastos toco
     
     
105. Chestnut-eared Aracari _____ ig,ms
     Pteroglossus castanotis
     
     
106. Campo (or Field) Flicker  (ph) _____ ms
     Colaptes campestris
     
     
107. Blond-crested Woodpecker _____ ig
     Celeus flavescens
     
     
108. Pale-crested Woodpecker  (ph) _____ ms
     Celeus lugubris
     
     
109. Yellow-fronted Woodpecker  (ph) _____ ig
     Melanerpes flavifrons
     
     
110. White Woodpecker  (ph) _____ ms
     Melanerpes candidus
     
     
111. Lineated Woodpecker  (ph) _____ ig
     Dryocopus lineatus
     
     
112. Crimson-crested Woodpecker (ph) _____ ms 
     Campephilus melanoleucos
     
     
113. Ochre-collared Piculet _____ ig
     Picumnus temminckii
     
     
114. Black-crowned Tityra _____ ms
     Tityra inquisitor 
     
     
115. Green-backed Becard _____ ms
     Pachyramphus viridis
     
     
116. Band-tailed Manakin _____ ig
     Pipra fascilicauda
     
     
117. Common Tody-Flycatcher _____ ms
     Todirostrum cinereum
     
     
118. Greenish Elaenia _____ ms
     Myiopagis viridicata
     
     
119. Yellow-olive Flatbill _____ ig
     Tolmomyias sulphurescens
     
     
120. White-rumped Monjita _____ ms
     Xolmis velatus
     
     
121. White Monjita _____ ms
     Xolmis irupero
     
     
122. White-headed Marsh Tyrant  (ph) _____  ms
     Arundinicola leucocephala
     
     
123. Cattle Tyrant _____  ig,ms
     Machetornis rixosa
     
     
124. Rufous Casiornis _____ ms
     Casiornis rufus
     
     
125. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (ph) _____ ms
     Myiarchus tuberculifer
     
     
126. Short-crested Flycatcher _____  ms
     Myiarchus ferox
     
     
127. Tropical Kingbird  (ph) _____ ms
     Tyrannus melancholicus
     
     
128. Social Flycatcher  (ph) _____ ig,ms 
     Myiozetetes similis
     
     
129. Boat-billed Flycatcher _____ ms
     Megarhynchus pitangua
     
     
130. Lesser Kiskadee _____ ms
     Philohydor lictor
     
     
131. Great Kiskadee  (ph) _____ ig,ms
     Pitangus sulphuratus
     
     
132. Tufted Antshrike  (BRqe) _____ ig
     Mackenziaena severa
     
     
133. Great Antshrike  (ph) _____ ms
     Taraba major
     
     
134. Barred Antshrike  (ph) _____ ms
     Thamnophilus doliatus
     
     
135. Plain Antvireo _____ ig
     Dysithamnus mentalis
     
     
136. Rufous-winged Antwren _____ ig
     Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
     
     
137. Mato Grosso Antbird _____ ms
     Cercomacra melanaria 
     
     
138. White-shouldered Fire-eye  (BRqe) _____ ig
     Pyrigiena leucoptera
     
     
139. Short-tailed Antthrush _____ ig
     Chamaeza campanisona
     
     
140. Speckle-breasted Antpitta _____ ig
     Hylopezus nattereri 
     
     
141. Rufous Hornero _____  ig,ms
     Furnarius rufus
     
     
142. Pale-legged Hornero  _____ ms
     Furnarius leucopus 
     
     
143. Rusty-backed Spinetail _____ ms
     Cranioleuca vulpina
     
     
144. Gray-crested Cachalote _____ ms
     Pseudoseisura unirufa
     
     
145. Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner _____ ig
     Philydor lichtensteini
     
     
146. Plain-winged Woodcreeper  (BRqe) _____ ms
     Dendrocincla turdina
     
     
147. Olivaceous Woodcreeper _____ ig
     Sittasomus griseicapillus 
     
     
148. Black-banded Woodcreeper  (BRe) _____ ms 
     Dendrocolaptes picumnus
     
     
149. Lesser Woodcreeper _____ ig
     Xiphorhyncus fuscus
     
     
150. Narrow-billed Woodcreeper  (ph) _____ ms
     Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
     
     
151. Red-billed Scythebill  (ph) _____ ms
     Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
      
     
152. Rufous-browed Peppershrike _____ ms
     Cyclarhis gujanensis
     
     
153. Purplish Jay _____ ms
     Cyanocorax cyanomelas
     
     
154. Plush-crested Jay  (ph) _____ ig,ms
     Cyanocorax chrysops
     
     
155. White-winged Swallow _____ ig,ms
     Tachycineta albiventer
     
     
156. Gray-breasted Martin _____ ms
     Progne chalybea
     
     
157. Blue-and-white Swallow _____ ig
     Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
     
     
158. Thrush-like Wren _____ ms
     Campylorhynchus turdinus
     
     
159. Fawn-breasted Wren _____ ms
     Thryothorus guarayanus
     
     
160. "Southern" House Wren  (ph) _____ ig
     Troglodytes aedon musculus
     
     
161. Black-capped Donacobius  (ph) _____ ms
     Donacobius atricapillus
     
     
162. Chalk-browed Mockingbird  (ph) _____ ig,ms
     Mimus saturninus
     
     
163. Rufous-bellied Thrush  (ph) _____ ig,ms  
     Turdus rufiventris
     
     
164. Pale-breasted Thrush _____ ig,ms
     Turdus leucomelas
     
     
165. Creamy-bellied Thrush _____ ms
     Turdus amaurochalinus 
     
     
166. Purple-throated Euphonia _____ ig
     Euphonia chlorotica
     
     
167. Violaceous Euphonia _____ ig
     Euphonia violacea
     
     
168. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia _____ ig
     Euphonia pectoralis
     
     
169. Blue-naped Chlorophonia  (ph) _____ ig
     Chlorophonia cyanea
     
     
170. Tropical Parula _____ ig
     Parula pitiyumi
     
     
171. Southern Yellowthroat _____ ms  
     Geothlypis velata
     
     
172. Stripe-crowned Warbler _____ ig  (formerly Golden-crowned Warbler) 
     Basileuterus culcivorus 
     
     
173. Flavescent Warbler _____ ms
     Basileuterus flaveolus
     
     
174. Crested Oropendola  (ph) _____ ms
     Psarocolius decumanus
     
     
175. Red-rumped Cacique _____ ig,ms
     Cacicus haemorrhous
     
     
176. Solitary Cacique _____ ms
     Cacicus solitarius
     
     
177. Baywing  (ph) _____ ms
     Agelaiodes badius
     
     
178. Shiny Cowbird _____ ms
     Molothrus bonariensis
     
     
179. Giant Cowbird _____ ms
     Molothrus oryzivora  
     
     
180. Unicolored Blackbird  (ph) _____  ms
     Agelaius ruficapillus
     
     
181. Chopi Blackbird _____ ig,ms
     Gnorimopsar chopi
     
     
182. Epaulet Oriole _____ ig,ms
     Icterus cayanensis
     
     
183. Orange-backed Troupial  (ph) _____ ms
     Icterus croconutus
     
     
184. Grassland Sparrow _____  ms
     Myospiza humeralis
     
     
185. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (ph) _____ ig
     Zonotrichia capensis
     
     
186. Red-crested Cardinal  (ph) _____ ms
     Paroaria coronata
     
     
187. Yellow-billed Cardinal  (ph) _____ ms
     Paroaria capitata
     
     
188. Sayaca Tanager  (ph) _____ ig,ms
     Thraupis sayaca
     
     
189. Silver-beaked Tanager  (ph) _____ ms
     Ramphocelus carbo
     
     
190. Green-headed Tanager  (ph) _____ ig
     Tangara seledon
     
     
191. Fawn-breasted Tanager _____ ig 
     Pipraeidea melanonota
     
     
192. White-lined Tanager _____ ms
     Tachyphonus rufus 
     
     
193. Black-goggled Tanager _____ ig
     Trichothraupis melanops
     
     
194. Guira Tanager  _____ ig
     Hemithraupis guira
     
     
195. Swallow-Tanager  (ph) _____  ms
     Tesina viridis
     
     
196. Blue Dacnis  (ph) _____ ig
     Dacnis cayana
     
     
197. Chestnut-vented Conebill _____ ms
     Conirostrum speciosum
     
     
198. Blue-black Grassquit _____  ms
     Volatina jacarina
     
     
199. Double-collared Seedeater _____ ms
     Sporophila caerulescens
     
     
200. Saffron Finch  (ph) _____ ig,ms
     Sicalis flaveola
     
     
201. "Southern" Grayish Saltator _____ ms
     Saltator coerulescens
     
     
202. House Sparrow (BRi) _____ ig,ms
     Passer domesticus

MAMMALS
& Other Wildlife
during the
Focus On Nature Tour
in BRAZIL

in August 2011

Dates:

August 6-16


Photo at upper right: a SIX-BANDED (or YELLOW) ARMADILLO seen (and heard) in Mato Grosso do Sul 
Photos below:  SOUTH AMERICAN COATI seen at both Iguazu Falls and in Mato Grosso do Sul     

Codes:

ig:     in the area of Iguazu Falls
ms:    in Mato Grosso do Sul

1. Six-banded (or Yellow) Armadillo - ms
   Euphractus sexcinctus
   
   
2. Giant Anteater - ms
   Mymecophaga tridactyla
   
   
3. Brazilian Rabbit (or Tapeti) - ms
   Sylvilagus brasiliensis
   
   
4. Azara's Agouti - ms
   Dasyprocta leporina
   
   
5. Capybara - ms
   Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
   
   
6. Pantanal Cat - ms
   Leopardus braccata
   
   
7. Ocelot - ms
   Leopardus pardalis
   
   
8. Jaguar - ms
   Panthera onca
   
   
9. Maned Wolf - ms (heard only)
   Chrysocyon brachyurus
   
   
10. Crab-eating Fox - ms
    Cerdocyon thous
    
    
11. Giant Otter - ms
    Pteronura brasiliensis
    
    
12. South American Coati - ig,ms
    Nasua nasua   
    
    
13. Black Howler Monkey - ms
    Alouatta caraya 
    
    
14. Tufted Capuchin - ms  (has been called Brown Tufted Capuchin)
    Cebus apella
    
    
15. Black-striped Capuchin - ig
    Cebus libidinosus
    
    
16. Marsh Deer - ms
    Blastocerus dichotomus
    
    
17. Pampas Deer - ms
    Ozotoceros bezoarticus
    
    
18. Red Brocket Deer - ms
    Mazama americana 
    
    
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    OTHER WILDLIFE:
    
    
19. Cane (or Marine) Toad - ms
    Rhinella (formerly Bufo) marina
    
    
20. Yacare Caiman - ms
    Caiman yacare
    
    
21. Giant Racerunner - ms
    Ameiva ameiva
    
    
    BUTTERFLIES
    
    
22. Parides agavus - ms
    Agavus Cattleheart
    
    
23. Papilio (or Heraclides) astyalus - ig
    Broad-banded Swallowtail
    
    
24. Enantia lina
    
    
25. Colias lesbia
    
    
26. Anteos clorinde
    
    
27. Phoebis argante
    
    
28. Cryptaenota latreillii - ig
    
    
29. Synargis calyce - ig
    
    
30. Zaretis itys
    
    
31. (Memphis) moruus - ig
    
    
32. Doxocopa linda
    
    
33. Adelpha syma - ig
    
    
34. Hamadryas februa - ig
    
    
35. Biblis hyperia - ig
    
    
36. Diaethria clymena - ig,ms
    
    
37. Diaethria eluina - ig
    
    
38. Callicore hydaspes - ig,ms
    
    
39. White Peacock
    
    
40. Siproeta stelenes - ms
    Malachite
    
    
41. Tegosa claudina
    
    
42. Dryas iulia -
    Julia
    
    
43. Heliconius erato - ig,ms
    
    
44. Heliconius ethilla - ig,ms
    
    
45. Morpho achilles - ig
    
    
46. Danaus plexippus
    Monarch
    
    
47. Danaus gilippus
    Queen
    
    
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