Birds found during 
FONT Birding & Nature Tour 

in Brazil

in March 2008

 

Dates:

March  6-18


Codes: 

  
se:   Southeast Brazil (in Sao Paulo state)
mn:  Minas Gerais
ms:  Mato Grosso do Sul 




(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

(h): heard only

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a COCK-TAILED TYRANT, one of the birds we saw in Minas Gerais, in March 2008
(photo by Marie Gardner, during the tour)         


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

Mammals & Other Wildlife during our Brazil Tours

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


Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil



Bird-List:


   1. Small-billed Tinamou - ms

   2. Brown Tinamou - se (h)

   3. Undulated Tinamou - ms (h), se

   4. Spotted Nothura - mn (h) 

   5. Greater Rhea (nt) - ms

   6. Chaco Chachalaca - ms

   7. Rusty-margined Guan - ms

   8. Bare-faced Curassow - ms

   9. Southern Screamer - ms

 10. White-faced Whistling Duck - mn,ms

 11. Black-bellied Whistling Duck - mn,ms

 12. Brazilian Teal - mn,ms

 13. Muscovy Duck - mn,ms

 14. BRAZILIAN MERGANSER (t1) (BRqe or BRe) - mn

 15
. Pied-billed Grebe - ms

 16. Jabiru - ms

 17. Wood Stork - ms

 18. Maguari Stork - ms

 19. Buff-necked Ibis - mn,ms

 20. Plumbeous Ibis - ms

 21. Bare-faced Ibis - ms

 22. Scarlet Ibis - se

 23. Roseate Spoonbill - se

 24. Striated Heron - ms

 25. Cocoi Heron - se,mn,ms 

 26. Whistling Heron - ms,se

 27. Cattle Egret - se,mn,ms

 28. Little Blue Heron - se

 29. Snowy Egret - ms,se

 30. Great Egret - se,mn,ms

 31. Rufescent Tiger-Heron - ms

 32. Black-crowned Night Heron - ms,se

 33. Yellow-crowned Night Heron - se

 34. Magnificent Frigatebird - se

 35. Neotropic Cormorant - se,ms

 36. Black Vulture - se,mn,ms

 37. Turkey Vulture - se,mn,ms

 38. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture - ms

 39. Southern Crested Caracara - se,mn,ms 

 40. Yellow-headed Caracara - se,mn,ms

 41. Laughing Falcon - ms

 42. American Kestrel - se,mn,ms

 43. Bat Falcon - ms

 44. Aplomado Falcon - mn,ms

 45. Osprey - mn,ms

 46. Plumbeous Kite - mn  

 47. White-tailed Kite - mn,se

 48. Snail Kite - ms

 49. Great Black Hawk - ms

 50. Savanna Hawk - se,ms

 51. Black-collared Hawk - ms

 52. Roadside Hawk - se,mn,ms

 53. Short-tailed Hawk - se 

 54. White-tailed Hawk - mn,ms

 55. CROWNED SOLITARY EAGLE (t3) - mn  

 56. Red-legged Seriema - mn,se

 57. Gray-necked Wood-Rail - ms,se

 58. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) - se

 59. Purple Gallinule - ms

 60. Limpkin - ms

 61. Wattled Jacana - mn,ms

 62. Southern Lapwing - se,mn,ms

 63. Collared Plover - mn,ms 

 64. Solitary Sandpiper - ms

 65. Spotted Sandpiper - ms,se

 66. Kelp Gull - se

 67. Large-billed Tern - ms

 68. Picazuro Pigeon - se,mn,ms

 69. Pale-vented Pigeon - ms,se

 70. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (BRi) - se,mn,ms

 71. Eared Dove - se,mn,ms 

 72. Ruddy Ground-Dove - se,mn,ms

 73. Picui Ground-Dove - ms,se

 74. Scaled Dove - mn,ms

 75. White-tipped Dove - ms

 76. Hyacinth Macaw (t2) - ms

 77. Blue-and-yellow Macaw - ms

 78. Red-and-green Macaw - ms

 79. Golden-collared Macaw - ms

 80. White-eyed Parakeet - mn

 81. Peach-fronted Parakeet - se,mn,ms

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

 83. Blue-winged Parrotlet - mn

 84. Plain Parakeet  (BRe) - se

 85. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet - mn,ms

 86. Scaly-headed Parrot - se

 87. Orange-winged Amazon - ms

 88. Turquoise-fronted Amazon - ms

 89. Smooth-billed Ani - se,mn,ms

 90. Greater Ani - ms

 91. Little Cuckoo - ms

 92. Ash-colored Cuckoo - ms

 93. Guira Cuckoo - se,mn,ms

 94. Barn Owl - ms

 95. Burrowing Owl - se,mn,ms

 96. Striped Owl - ms

 97. Short-eared Owl - mn

 98. Common Potoo - ms

 99. Least Nighthawk - mn

100. Little Nightjar - ms

101. Scissor-tailed Nightjar - ms 

102. Pauraque - mn,ms

103. White-collared Swift - mn,se

104. Sooty Swift - se

105. Ashy-tailed Swift - se

106. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - se  

107. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird - se,mn

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

109. Planalto Hermit - ms

110. Black Jacobin - se 

111. White-vented Violetear - se,mn

112. Glittering-bellied Emerald - ms

113. Fork-tailed Woodnymph - ms

114. Violet-capped Woodnymph - se 

115. Versicolored Emerald - mn

116. Glittering-throated Emerald - mn,se

117. Amazonian White-tailed Trogon - se

118. Surucua Trogon (BRqe) - se (h)  
        
119. Blue-crowned Trogon - ms

120. Ringed Kingfisher - mn,ms

121. Green Kingfisher - mn,ms

122. Amazon Kingfisher - mn,ms

123. Toco Toucan - mn,ms 

124. Channel-billed Toucan - se

125. Campo (or Field) Flicker - se,mn,ms

126. White Woodpecker - mn,ms

127. Pin-tailed Manakin  (BRe) - se

128. White-bearded Manakin - se

129. Helmeted Manakin  (BRqe) - ms

130. Black-crowned Tityra -se

131. BUFF-THROATED PURPLETUFT (t3) (BRe) - se 

132. White-winged Becard - se

133. Sepia-capped Flycatcher - se

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

135. Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant - ms
 
136. Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (BRe) - se

137. Sharp-tailed Grass-Tyrant (nt) - mn

138. Sooty Tyrannulet - mn

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

140. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet - se,mn

141. Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet - se

142. Whiskered Myiobius  (BRe) - se

143. Cliff Flycatcher - ms,se

144. Tropical Pewee - se

145. Gray Monjita - mn

146. White-rumped Monjita - se,mn,ms

147. White Monjita - ms

148. Crested Black Tyrant (BRqe) - mn

149. Masked Water-Tyrant - mn,se

150. White-headed Marsh Tyrant - se,ms

151. COCK-TAILED TYRANT (t3) - mn

152. Streamer-tailed Tyrant - se,mn

153. Yellow-browed Tyrant - se

154. Long-tailed Tyrant - se

155. Cattle Tyrant - mn,ms

156. Dusky-capped Flycatcher - se

157. Brown-crested Flycatcher - mn,ms,se

158. Swainson's Flycatcher - mn

159. Tropical Kingbird - se,mn,ms

160. Fork-tailed Flycatcher - se

161. Streaked Flycatcher - ms,se

162. Variegated Flycatcher - ms

163. Piratic Flycatcher - se

164. Social Flycatcher - mn,ms,se

165. Boat-billed Flycatcher - ms,se

166. Great Kiskadee -  se,mn,ms

167. Lesser Kiskadee - ms

168. Gray-hooded Attila (BRe) - se

169. Variable Antshrike - se

170. Barred Antshrike - ms  

171. Rufous Hornero - se,mn,ms

172. Pale-legged Hornero - ms

173. Pantanal Spinetail  -  ms

174. Yellow-chinned Spinetail - ms

175. Rufous-fronted Thornbird - ms

176. Greater Thornbird - ms

177. Gray-chested Cachalote - ms

178. Olivaceous Woodcreeper - se

179. Narrow-billed Woodcreeper - mn,ms

180. Red-billed Scythebill - ms

181. Red-eyed Vireo - se

182. Lemon-chested Greenlet - se

183. Curl-crested Jay - se

184. Plush-crested Jay - ms  

185. White-winged Swallow - ms

186. White-rumped Swallow - mn

187. Brown-chested Martin - ms

188. Gray-breasted Martin - se,ms

189. Blue-and-white Swallow - mn,se

190. Southern Rough-winged Swallow - se

191. Tawny-headed Swallow - mn

192. Barn Swallow - ms,se

193. Fawn-breasted Wren - ms

194. Thrush-like Wren - ms (h)

195. "Southern" House Wren - se

196. Black-capped Donacobious - se,ms

197. Chalk-browed Mockingbird - se,mn,ms

198. Rufous-bellied Thrush - se

199. Pale-breasted Thrush - ms,se

200. Creamy-bellied Thrush - mn

201. Yellowish Pipit - se (h)

202. Hellmayr's Pipit - mn

203. Violaceous Euphonia - se

204. Tropical Parula - se

205. Stripe-crowned Warbler - se

206. White-rimmed Warbler - se

207. Crested Oropendola - mn,ms

208. Golden-winged Cacique - ms

209. Shiny Cowbird - se,mn,ms

210. Baywing - ms

211. Giant Cowbird - ms

212. Unicolored Blackbird - ms

213. Chopi Blackbird - mn,ms

214. Epaulet Oriole - ms

215. Orange-backed Troupial - ms

216. Yellow-rumped Marshbird - se,mn,ms

217. White-browed Blackbird - ms

218. Bobolink - ms

219. Bananaquit - se,mn,ms

220. Grassland Sparrow - mn,ms

221. Rufous-collared Sparrow - mn,se

222. Red-crested Cardinal - ms

223. Yellow-billed Cardinal - ms 

224. Sayaca Tanager - se,mn,ms

225. Azure-shouldered Taanger (nt) (BRe) - se

226. Golden-chevroned Tanager (BRe) - se

227. Palm Tanager - mn,se

228. Silver-beaked Tanager - ms

229. Brazilian Tanager (BRqe) - se

230. Green-headed Tanager (BRqe) - se

231. Red-necked Tanager (BRqe) - se

232. Burnished-buff Tanager - mn

233. Ruby-crowned Tanager (BRqe) - se

234. Hooded Tanager - ms

235. White-rumped Tanager - mn

236. Swallow-Tanager - se

237. Blue Dacnis - se

238. Blue-black Grassquit - se,mn

239. Plumbeous Seedeater - mn

240. Double-collared Seedeater - se

241. Rusty-collared Seedeater - ms

242. Yellow-bellied Seedeater - se,mn
        (inc. "Dubois' Seedeater")

243. Lined Seedeater - mn

244. Capped Seedeater - mn

245. Saffron Finch - se,mn,ms

246. Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch - mn

247. Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch - mn,ms

248. "Southern" Grayish Saltator - ms

249. Black-throated Saltator - mn,ms

250. House Sparrow (BRi) - se,mn,ms


Mammals & Other Wildlife 
during the FONT Nature Tour 
in
Brazil 

in March 2008


List compiled by Armas Hill

Photo at right: 
A BUFFY-HEADED MARMOSET
in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
(photographed during 
 our March '08 tour by Marie Gardner)
 


Dates:

March 6-18


Codes:


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

(h): heard only


  1. Six-banded Armadillo - ms
    Euphractus sexcinctus

  2. MANED THREE-TOED SLOTH (e) - se 
    Bradypus torquatus




    A rarity, the Maned Three-toed Sloth
    found & photographed during the FONT March 2008 Brazil Tour,
    in the Atlantic Forest in southeast Brazil.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
       

  3. Forest Rabbit (or Tapiti) (v) - ms 
    Sylvilagus brasiliensis

  4. Paca - mn
    Cuniculus paca

  5. Capybara - ms
    Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

  6. Jaguarundi - mn,ms  (2 animals seen)
    Felis yagouaroundi

  7. OCELOT (v) - ms  (4 animals seen)
    Felis pardalis




    Ocelot

    As noted, 4 of these beautiful animals were seen during the March 2008 FONT tour in Brazil. 
    One night we saw1. The next night we saw 3.
    (photo by Marie Gardner)

  8. Crab-eating Fox - ms
    Cerdocyon thous

  9. Hoary Fox - ms
    Lycalppex vetulus

  10. Neotropical River Otter - se
    Lutra longicaudus

  11. Crab-eating Raccoon - ms
    Procyon cancrivorous

  12. Lesser Fishing (or Bulldog) Bat - ms
    Noctilio albiventris

  13. other bats (smaller) - mn,ms,se

  14. Buffy-headed Marmoset (e) - mn
    Callithrix flaviceps

  15. Marsh Deer (v) - ms
    Blastocerus dichotomus




    A Marsh Deer photographed during the FONT Brazil tour in March 2008
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
  16. Gray (or Brown) Brocket Deer - ms
    Mazama gouazoubira

  17. Red Brocket Deer - ms
    Mazama americana




    A Red Brocket Deer photographed during the FONT Brazil tour in March 2008
    (photo by Marie Gardner)


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  18. Spectacled Caiman - ms
    Caiman crocodilus yacare

  19. Black Tegu - ms
    Tupinambus teguixin

  20. water snake - se
    Liophis miliaris