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Birds and 
Other Wildlife
 
during the 
Focus On Nature Tour

in Brazil

in July/August 2008

including adjacent
ARGENTINA 
& PARAGUAY

 

Dates:

July 28 - August 18, 2008


Codes: 

  
in Brazil:
se:   Southeast Brazil (mostly in the areas of Campos do Jordao, Parati, & Ubatuba)
ig:   the vicinity of Iguazu Falls (in Brazil)   
ms:  Mato Grosso do Sul 

in Argentina (in vicinity of Iguazu Falls):  AR
in Paraguay (near Iguazu Falls):  PG 


(BRe):   Brazilian endemic 
(BRqe): Brazilian quasi- (or near-) endemic 
(BRi):    introduced species in Brazil

(t): a threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
  (t1): critical 
  (t2): endangered 
  (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally


UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a JABIRU, feeding on a fish, in Mato Grosso do Sul, 
during the FONT Brazil tour in August 2008       


The following list compiled by Armas Hill
, leader of the tour


Links:

Cumulative List of Birds during our Brazil Tours:
Part 1  (Tinamous thru Flycatchers)
Part 2  (Antshrikes thru Grosbeaks)

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

Rare Birds of Brazil  (with some photos)

Mammals & Other Wildlife during our Brazil Tours
(with some photos)

A list of Mammals during our Brazil tour in July/August 2008 follows the bird-list below. 


Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil



Bird-List:


   1. Undulated Tinamou - ms

   2. Red-winged Tinamou - ms

   3. Greater Rhea (nt) - ms

   4. Chaco Chachalaca - ms

   5. Dusky-legged Guan - ig

   6. Common Piping Guan - ms

   7. Bare-faced Curassow - ms

   8. Southern Screamer - ms

   9. White-faced Whistling Duck - se,ms

 10. Black-bellied Whistling Duck - ms

 11. White-cheeked Pintail - se

 12. Chiloe Wigeon - PG   

 13. Brazilian Teal - se,ms

 14. Muscovy Duck - ms

 15. Comb Duck - ms

 16. Least Grebe - ms  

 17
. Pied-billed Grebe - se

 18. Jabiru - ms

 19. Wood Stork - ms

 20. Maguari Stork - ms

 21. Buff-necked Ibis - ms

 22. Plumbeous Ibis - ms

 23. Bare-faced Ibis - ms

 24. Green Ibis - ms

 25. Scarlet Ibis - se

 26. Roseate Spoonbill - ms

 27. Striated Heron - ms

 28. Cocoi Heron - se,ig,ms

 29. Capped Heron - ms 

 30. Whistling Heron - se,ms

 31. Cattle Egret - se,ig,ms

 32. Little Blue Heron - se,ms

 33. Snowy Egret - se,ms

 34. Great Egret - se,ig,ms

 35. Rufescent Tiger-Heron - ms

 36. Black-crowned Night Heron - ms

 37. Magnificent Frigatebird - se

 38. Neotropic Cormorant - se,ig,ms AR

 39. Anhinga - ms AR

 40. Black Vulture - se,ig,ms AR

 41. Turkey Vulture - se,ig,ms AR,PG

 42. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture - ms

 43. Southern Crested Caracara - se,ig,ms PG 

 44. Yellow-headed Caracara - se,ms PG

 45. American Kestrel - ms PG

 46. Bat Falcon - ms

 47. Aplomado Falcon - ms

 48. Rufous-thighed Kite - ig  

 49. White-tailed Kite - se

 50. Snail Kite - ig,ms

 51. Long-winged Harrier - ms

 52. Crane Hawk - ms  

 53. Great Black Hawk - ms

 54. Savanna Hawk - ms

 55. Black-collared Hawk - ms

 56. Harris's Hawk - ms

 57. Roadside Hawk - se,ms PG

 58. White-tailed Hawk - se,ms

 59. Black Hawk-Eagle - se

 60. Red-legged Seriema - ms

 61. Gray-necked Wood Rail - se,ms PG

 62. Slaty-breasted Wood Rail - se

 63. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) - se

 64. Sungrebe - ms

 65. Limpkin - ig,ms

 66. Wattled Jacana - se,ms

 67. White-backed Stilt - se,ms

 68. Southern Lapwing - se,ig,ms AR,PG

 69. Upland Sandpiper - ms

 70. Greater Yellowlegs - ms

 71. Lesser Yellowlegs - ms  

 72. Solitary Sandpiper - ms

 73. Kelp Gull - se

 74. Royal Tern - se

 75. Picazuro Pigeon - se,ms PG

 76. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (BRi) - se,ig,ms AR,PG

 77. Eared Dove - se,ig,ms AR,PG 

 78. Ruddy Ground-Dove - se,ms PG

 79. Plain-breasted Ground Dove - se PG

 80. Picui Ground-Dove - ms PG

 81. Long-tailed Ground Dove - ms

 82. Scaled Dove - ms

 83. White-tipped Dove - se,ig,ms AR,PG

 84. Ruddy Quail-Dove - se

 85. Violaceous Quail-Dove - ig

 86. Blue-and-yellow Macaw - ms

 87. Golden-collared Macaw - ms

 88. Red-shouldered Macaw - ms

 89. White-eyed Parakeet - ms

 90. Peach-fronted Parakeet - ms

 91. Reddish-bellied Parakeet - se,ig PG

 92. Nanday (or Black-hooded) Parakeet - ms 

 93. Blue-winged Parrotlet - se,ms

 94. Plain Parakeet  (BRe) - se

 95. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet - ms

 96. Scaly-headed Parrot - se,ig

 97. Turquoise-fronted Amazon - ms

 98. Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (t2) - se

 99. Smooth-billed Ani - se,ig,ms PG

100. Squirrel Cuckoo - PG

101. Striped Cuckoo - se,ms 

102. Guira Cuckoo - se,ms PG

103. Tropical Screech Owl - ig,ms

104. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - ms

105. Burrowing Owl - se,ms PG

106. Great Potoo - ms

107. Nacunda Nighthawk - ms

108. Little Nightjar - ms

109. Scissor-tailed Nightjar - ms 

110. Pauraque - ig,ms

111. White-collared Swift - se

112. Great Dusky Swift - ig AR

113. Ashy-tailed Swift - PG

114. Gray-rumped Swift - se 

115. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - se  

116. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird - ms

117. Saw-billed Hermit  (nt) (BRe) - se

118. Black Jacobin - PG 

119. Glittering-bellied Emerald - ms

120. Fork-tailed Woodnymph - ms PG

121. Violet-capped Woodnymph - se,ig AR

122. Gilded Sapphire - ms 

123. Versicolored Emerald - se

124. Glittering-throated Emerald - se PG

125. Sapphire-spangled Emerald - se

126. Sombre Hummingbird (BRe) - se

127. Blue-tufted Starthroat - ms

128. Surucua Trogon (BRqe) - se,ig PG  
        
129. Blue-crowned Trogon - ms

130. Black-throated Trogon - ig 

131. Ringed Kingfisher - se,ms

132. Green Kingfisher - ms

133. Amazon Kingfisher - ms

134. Rufous-capped Motmot - ig

135. Crescent-chested Puffbird (BRe) - se

136. Chestnut-eared Aracari - ig,ms PG 

137. Toco Toucan - ig,ms AR

138. Pale-crested Woodpecker - ms

139. Blond-crested Woodpecker - se

140. Channel-billed Toucan - se

141. Campo (or Field) Flicker - se,ms PG

142. Green-barred Woodpecker - ms PG

143. White Woodpecker - ms

144. Yellow-fronted Woodpecker - se

145. Yellow-throated Woodpecker - se

146. Lineated Woodpecker - ig

147. Robust Woodpecker - se

148. White-wedged Piculet - ms

149. White-barred Piculet - se

150. White-bearded Manakin - ig PG

151. Helmeted Manakin  (BRqe) - ms

152. Blue Manakin - se,ig PG

153. Black-capped Piprites (t3) - se 

154. Greenish Schiffornis - se

155. White-naped Xenopsaris - ms

156. Chestnut-crowned Becard - se

157. Bare-throated Bellbird - se

158. Sepia-capped Flycatcher - ig AR

159. Southern Bristle-Tyrant  (nt) (BRqe) - se

160. Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant - PG
 
161. Common Tody-Flycatcher - ms

162. Greenish Tyrannulet (BRqe) - se

163. Rough-legged Tyrannulet - se

164. Gray-capped Tyrannulet (nt) (BRe) - se

165. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet - PG

166. Mouse-colored Tyrannulet - PG

167. Yellow Tyrannulet - PG

168. Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet - se

169. Yellow-bellied Elaenia - ms

170. Yellow-olive Flatbill - ms

171. Bran-colored Flycatcher - ms

172. Cliff Flycatcher - se

173. Tropical Pewee - se,ms

174. Vermilion Flycatcher - ms

175. Gray Monjita - ms PG

176. White Monjita - ms

177. Blue-billed Black Tyrant - se

178. Masked Water Tyrant - se

179. Black-backed Water Tyrant - ms

180. Long-tailed Tyrant - se

181. Cattle Tyrant - se,ig,ms AR,PG

182. Dusky-capped Flycatcher - ms

183. Swainson's Flycatcher - ms

184. Tropical Kingbird - se,ms

185. Fork-tailed Flycatcher - ms

186. Piratic Flycatcher - se

187. Social Flycatcher - se,ig,ms AR,PG 

188. Boat-billed Flycatcher - ig,ms

189. Great Kiskadee -  se,ig,ms AR,PG

190. Lesser Kiskadee - ms

191. Great Antshrike - ms

192. Variable Antshrike - ig PG

193. Barred Antshrike - ms  

194. Spot-breasted Antvireo (nt) (BRqe) - se,ig

195. Plain Antvireo - se,ig

196. Unicolored Antwren (t3) (BRe) - se

197. Salvadori's Antwren (t3) (BRe) - se

198. Large-billed Antwren - ms

199. Ferruginous Antbird - se

200. Streak-capped Antwren (BRqe) - se

201. Mato Grosso Antbird - ms

202. White-shouldered Fire-eye (BRqe) - se,ig AR,PG 

203. Speckle-breasted Antpitta (BRqe) - ig 

204. Rufous Hornero - se,ig,ms AR,PG

205. Pale-legged Hornero - ms

206. Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (nt) - se

207. Pale-breasted Spinetail - ms

208. Rufous-capped Spinetail - se

209. Pantanal Spinetail  -  ms

210. Yellow-chinned Spinetail - ms

211. Greater Thornbird - ms

212. Gray-chested Cachalote - ms

213. Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner - se

214. Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner (BRqe) - ig AR

215. White-eyed Foliage-gleaner (BRqe) - ig

216. Sharp-billed Treehunter (BRqe) - se

217. Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper - se

218. Olivaceous Woodcreeper - ig

219. Planalto Woodcreeper (BRqe) - ms

220. Great Rufous Woodcreeper - ms

221. Narrow-billed Woodcreeper - ms

222. Red-billed Scythebill - ms

223. Rufous-browed Peppershrike - se,ms

224. Lemon-chested Greenlet - se

225. Plush-crested Jay - se,ig,ms AR,PG 

226. Purplish Jay - ms

227. White-winged Swallow - ms

228. White-rumped Swallow - ig

229. Gray-breasted Martin - se,ig,ms PG

230. Purple Martin - ms

231. Blue-and-white Swallow - se,ig AR

232. Southern Rough-winged Swallow - se

233. Fawn-breasted Wren - ms

234. Thrush-like Wren - ig,ms PG

235. "Southern" House Wren - se,ig PG

236. Black-capped Donacobious - ms

237. Chalk-browed Mockingbird - se,ig,ms AR,PG

238. Rufous-bellied Thrush - se,ms

239. Pale-breasted Thrush - se,ig,ms AR,PG

240. Creamy-bellied Thrush - ms

241. Yellowish Pipit - ms

242. Violaceous Euphonia - se,ig

243. Purple-throated Euphonia - ms PG

244. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia - se,ig

245. Hooded Siskin - ig 

246. Tropical Parula - se

247. Stripe-crowned Warbler - se,ig PG

248. Flavescent Warbler - PG

249. White-rimmed Warbler - se

250. Riverbank Warbler - se,ig 

251. Crested Oropendola - ms

252. Red-rumped Cacique - se,ig AR,PG

253. Golden-winged Cacique - se

254. Shiny Cowbird - se,ig,ms PG

255. Baywing - ms

256. Giant Cowbird - ig,ms PG

257. Unicolored Blackbird - ms

258. Chopi Blackbird - ms AR,PG

259. Epaulet Oriole - PG

260. Orange-backed Troupial - ms

261. Bananaquit - se,ms PG

262. Grassland Sparrow - ms PG

263. Rufous-collared Sparrow - se,ig PG

264. Red-crested Cardinal - ms

265. Yellow-billed Cardinal - ms 

266. Red-crowned Ant Tanager - se

267. Sayaca Tanager - se,ms PG

268. Palm Tanager - se,ms

269. Silver-beaked Tanager - ms

270. Brazilian Tanager (BRqe) - se

271. Green-headed Tanager (BRqe) - se AR

272. Red-necked Tanager (BRqe) - se

273. Burnished-buff Tanager - ms

274. Fawn-breasted Tanager - ig

275. Diademed Tanager -se 

276. Ruby-crowned Tanager (BRqe) - se,ig

277. Flame-crested Tanager - se

278. Black-goggled Tanager - se,ig AR

279. Guira Tanager - ig PG 

280. Magpie-Tanager - PG

281. Swallow-Tanager - ms

282. Blue Dacnis - se,ig,ms PG

283. Chestnut-vented Conebill - ig PG

284. Uniform Finch - ig 

285. Blue-black Grassquit - ms

286. Double-collared Seedeater - se,ig,ms  AR

287. Rusty-collared Seedeater - ms

288. Temminck's Seedeater (t3) - ig

289. Red-rumped Warbling Finch - se

290. Bay-chested Warbling Finch - se

291. Saffron Finch - ms  AR,PG

292. Red Pileated Finch - ms PG

293. "Southern" Grayish Saltator - ms

294. House Sparrow (BRi) - se,mn,ms AR,PG


Mammals & Other Wildlife 
during the FONT Nature Tour 
in
Brazil 

in July/August 2008


List compiled by Armas Hill

Illustration at right: 
A GIANT OTTER
 


Dates:

July 28 - August 18


Codes:


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

(h): heard only


  1. GIANT ANTEATER - ms  
    Myrmecophaga tridactyla
    (during 1 day & evening, 7 were seen, including a mother with a young animal riding on its back)   

  2. Nine-banded Armadillo - ms
    Euphractus sexcinctus 

       

  3. Guianan (or Brazilian) Squirrel - ig
    Sciurus aestuans

  4. Azara's Agouti - ig,ms
    Cuniculus paca

  5. Capybara - se,ms
    Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

  6. Brazilian Guinea-Pig - ms AR
    Cavia aperea

  7. water rat - ms

  8. OCELOT (v) - ms  (seen 2 evenings; 1 sighting particularly good) 
    Felis pardalis  


  9. Crab-eating Fox - ms
    Cerdocyon thous

  10. Hoary Fox - ms
    Lycalppex vetulus

  11. Neotropical River Otter - se
    Lutra longicaudus

  12. Crab-eating Raccoon - ms
    Procyon cancrivorous

  13. GIANT OTTER - ms  (2 were nicely seen)
    Pteronura brasiliensis

  14. South American Coati - ig,ms AR  
    Nasua nasua

  15. Black Howler Monkey - ms
    Alouatta caraya

  16. Brown Tufted Capuchin - ms
    Cebus apella

  17. Black-striped Tufted Capuchin - ig
    Cebus libidinosus

  18. BRAZILIAN TAPIR - ms  (1 seen very well)
    Tapirus terrestris

  19. Marsh Deer (v) - ms
    Blastocerus dichotomus




    A Marsh Deer photographed during a FONT Brazil tour
     
  20. Gray (or Brown) Brocket Deer - ms
    Mazama gouazoubira 




    A Gray Brocket Deer photographed during a FONT Brazil tour


    Also during the tour:

    road-kill: Southern Tamandua

    tracks:  Maned Wolf, Crab-eating Raccoon, Brazilian Tapir   


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    OTHER WILDLIFE:

  21. Spectacled Caiman - ms  (including "baby caimans")
    Caiman crocodilus yacare

  22. Black Tegu - ms
    Tupinambus teguixin

  23. large snake: "Cobra d' Agua" - ms
    Hydrodynastes gryas

  24. small snake (at night on termite mound & during the day on a roadside branch):
    "Cobra Cipo"
    Philodryas nattereri

  25. "Pufferfish" (at Parati, along the seacoast)