Birds
and Other Wildlife
during the Focus On Nature Tour
in Brazil
in May 2011
Dates:
May 14-29, 2011
In Brazil, this tour was in the states of Rio de Janeiro & Minas Gerais.
Codes:
mn: in Minas Gerais
se: in Rio de Janeiro, in Southeast Brazil
(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
(ph): species with a photo in this website
Directory
of Photos in this Website
UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: the RED-LEGGED SERIEMA,
one of the species seen in Minas Gerais,
PHOTO BELOW: a CHANNEL-BILLED TOUCAN, a species seen in Rio de Janeiro,
and one of the colorful birds seen during our May 2011 Brazil tour.
Links:
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
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 May 2011
follows the bird-list below.
Upcoming
FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil
The following bird-list compiled by
Armas Hill, leader of the May 2011 Brazil Tour
Bird-List:
- Solitary Tinamou (nt) (BRqe) _____ mn
Tinamus solitaqrius
- Small-billed Tinamou _____ mn
Crypturellus parvirostris
- Brown Tinamou _____ mn
Crypturellus obsoletus
- Dusky-legged Guan (ph) _____ mn
Penelope obscura
- Rusty-margined Guan _____ mn
Penelope superciliaris
- Spot-winged Wood-Quail _____ mn
Odontophorus capueira
- White-faced Whistling Duck (ph) _____
mn
Dendrocygna viduata
- Brazilian Teal (ph) _____ mn
Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Pied-billed Grebe _____ mn
Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Grebe (ph) _____ mn
Tachybabtus dominicus
- Striated Heron (ph) _____ se mn
Butoride striatus
- Capped Heron (ph) _____ mn
Pilherodius pileatus
- Whistling Heron (ph) _____ mn
Syrigma sibilatrix
- Western Cattle Egret (ph) _____ se mn
Bubulcus ibis
- Snowy Egret (ph) _____ mn
Egretta thula
- Great Egret (ph) _____ se mn
Casmerodius
(has been Ardea) alba
- Rufescent Tiger Heron (ph) _____ mn
Tigrisoma lineatum
- Magnificent Frigatebird (ph) _____ se
Fregata magnificens
- Brown Booby _____ se
Sula leucogaster
- Neotropic Cormorant (ph) _____ se
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Black Vulture (ph) _____
se mn
Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture (ph) _____
se mn
Cathartes aura
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (ph)
_____ mn
Cathartes burrovianus
- Southern Crested Caracara (ph) _____
se mn
Caracara plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara _____ se
mn
Milvago chimachima
- Collared Forest Falcon _____ mn
Micrastur semitorquatus
- Barred Forest Falcon _____ se
Micrastur ruficollis
- Bat Falcon (ph) _____ mn
Falco rufigularis
- American Kestrel (ph) _____ mn
Falco sparverius
- Savanna Hawk (ph) _____ se mn
Buteogallus meridionalis
- Roadside Hawk (ph) _____ se mn
Buteo magnirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk (ph) _____ se
Buteo albonotatus
- White-tailed Hawk _____ mn
Buteo albicaudatus
- Black Hawk-Eagle _____ se
Spizaetus tyrannus
- Red-legged Seriema (ph) _____
mn
Cariama cristata
- Gray-necked Wood Rail (ph) _____
se mn
Aramides cajanea
- Slaty-breasted Wood Rail _____ se
Aramides saracura
- Blackish Rail _____ mn
Pardirallus nigricans
- Rufous-sided Crake _____ mn
Laterallus melanophalus
- Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) (ph) _____
se mn
Gallinula chloropus
- Wattled Jacana (ph) _____ se mn
Jacana jacana
- Southern Lapwing (ph) _____ se mn
Vanellus chilensis
- Kelp Gull (ph) _____ se
Larus dominicanus
- South American Tern (ph) _____ se
Sterna hirundinacea
- Picazuro Pigeon _____ se mn
Patagioenas picazura
- Pale-vented Pigeon _____ mn
Patagionas cayennensis
- Plumbeous Pigeon _____ se mn
Patagioenas plumbea
- Common (or Feral) Pigeon (BRi) _____
se mn
Columba livia
- Eared Dove (ph) _____ se
Zenaida auriculata
- Ruddy Ground Dove (ph) _____ se mn
Columbina talpacoti
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove _____ mn
Columbina minuta
- Blue Ground Dove _____ mn
Claravis preiosa
- Scaled Dove (ph) _____ mn
Columbina squammata
- White-tipped Dove _____ mn
Leptotila verrauxi
- Violaceous Quail-Dove _____ mn
Geotrygon violacea
- Blue-winged Macaw (t3) _____ mn
Primolius maracana
- White-eyed Parakeet (ph) _____ se mn
Aratinga leucophtalmus
- Peach-fronted Parakeet (ph) _____ mn
Aratinga aurea
- Reddish-bellied Parakeet (BRqe) _____ se
Pyrrhura frontalis
- Plain Parakeet (BRe) _____ se
Brotogeris tirica
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet _____ mn
Brotogeris chiriri
- Pileated Parrot _____ mn
Pionopsitta pileata
- Scaly-headed Parrot _____ se mn
Pionus maximiliani
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon (ph) _____ mn
Amazona aestiva
- Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (t2) _____
mn
Amazona vinacea
- Smooth-billed Ani (ph) _____ se mn
Crotophaga ani
- Squirrel Cuckoo (ph) _____ se mn
Playa cayana
- Striped Cuckoo _____ se
Tapera naevia
- Guira Cuckoo (ph) _____ se mn
Guira guira
- Black-capped Screech Owl _____ se
Megascops atricapilla
- Burrowing Owl (ph) _____ mn
Athene cunicuaria
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar (ph) _____ se
Hydropsalis torquata
- White-collared Swift _____ se
Streptoprocne zonaris
- Biscutate Swift _____ mn
Streptoprocne biscutata
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (ph) _____ se
mn
Eupetomena macroura
- Scale-throated Hermit _____ se
Phaethornis eurynome
- Dusky-throated Hermit _____ mn
Phaethornis squalidus
- Planalto Hermit (ph) _____ mn
Phaethornis preteri
- Reddish Hermit _____ mn
Phaethornis ruber
- Rufous-breasted Hermit _____ mn
Glaucis hirsutus
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing _____ se
Campylopterus largipennis
- White-vented Violetear (ph) _____ se mn
Colibri serrirostris
- Black Jacobin (ph) _____ mn
Florisuga fuscus
- Black-bellied Thorntail _____ mn
Popelairia langsdorffi
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph _____ se mn
Thalurania furcata
- Violet-capped Woodnymph _____ se
Thalurania glaucopis
- Rufous-throated Sapphire _____ mn
Hylochlaris sapphirina
- Glittering-bellied Emerald (ph) _____ mn
Chlorostilbon aureoventris
- Glittering-throated Emerald _____ mn
Amazilia fimbriata
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald _____ mn
Amazilia lactea
- White-tailed Goldenthroat _____ mn
Polytmus guainumbi
- White-throated Hummingbird _____ mn
Leucochloris albicollis
- Sombre Hummingbird (BRe) _____ mn
Aphantochroa cirrhochloris
- Brazilian Ruby (BRe) _____ se
Clytolaema rubricauda
- Hyacinth Visorbearer (nt) (BRe) (ph) _____ mn
Augastes scutatus
- Amethyst Woodstar _____ mn
Calliphlox amethystina
- Surucua Trogon (BRqe) _____ se
Trogon surrucura
- Ringed Kingfisher (ph) _____ se mn
Megaceryle torquata
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (ph) _____ mn
Galbula ruficauda
- Three-toed Jacamar (t2) (BRe) _____ se
Jacamaralcyon tridactyla
- Channel-billed Toucan (ph) _____ se
Ramphastos dicolorus
- Green-billed Toucan (BRqe) (ph) _____ mn
Ramphastos tucanus
- Toco Toucan (ph) _____ mn
Ramphastos toco
- Campo (or Field) Flicker (ph) _____
se mn
Colaptes campestris
- White Woodpecker (ph) _____ mn
Melanerpes candidus
- Yellow-browed Woodpecker (nt) (BRqe) _____ se
Piculus aurilentus
- Yellow-eared Woodpecker (BRe) _____ mn
Veniliornis maculifrons
- Little Woodpecker _____ mn
Veniliornis passerinus
- Lineated Woodpecker (ph) _____ mn
Dryocopus lineatus
- Robust Woodpecker (BRqe) (ph) _____ mn
Campephilus robustus
- White-barred Piculet _____ mn
Picumnus cirratus
- White-wedged Piculet _____ mn
Picumnus albosquamatus
- Greenish Sciffornis _____ se
Schiffornis virescens
- Green-backed Becard _____ se
Pachyramphus viridis
- Chestnut-crowned Becard _____ se
Pachyramphus castaneus
- Black-capped Becard _____ mn
Pachyramphus marginatus
- Sharpbill _____ se
Oxyruncus cristatus
- Swallow-tailed Cotinga (nt) (BRqe)
(ph) _____ mn
Philalura flavirostris
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow _____ mn
Pyroderus scutatus
- Pin-tailed Manakin (BRe) _____ se
Ilicura militaris
- White-bearded Manakin (ph) _____ mn
Manacus manacus
- Blue Manakin _____ se mn
Chiroxiphia caudata
- Gray-hooded Flycatcher (BRqe) _____
mn
Mionectes rufiventris
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (ph) _____ mn
Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Hangnest Tody-Tyrant (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Hemireuccus nidipendulus
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant _____ mn
Hemireuccus margaritaceiventer
- Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher _____ mn
Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
- Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher (BRe) _____ mn
Todirostrum poliocephalum
- Common Tody-Flycatcher _____ mn
Todirostrum cinereum
- Sooty Tyrannulet _____ se
Serpophaga nigricans
- Planalto Tyrannulet (BRqe) _____ se
Phyllomyias fasciatus
- Greenish Tyrannulet (BRqe) _____ se
Phyllomyias virescens
- Gray-capped Tyrannulet (nt) (BRqe) _____ se mn
Phyllomyias griseocapilla
- White-crested Tyrannulet _____ se mn
Serpophaga subcristata
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet _____ mn
Camptostoma obsoletum
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet _____ se
Phaeomylas murina
- Yellow Tyrannulet _____ mn
Capsiempis flaveola
- Southern Scrub Flycatcher _____ mn
Sublegatus modestus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (ph) _____ mn
Elaenia flavogaster
- Highland Elaenia _____ mn
Elaenia obscura
- Plain-crested Elaenia _____ mn
Elaenia cristata
- Gray-backed Tachuri (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Polystictus superciliaris
- White-throated Spadebill _____ se
Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Ochre-lored (or Yellow-breasted Flatbill
_____ se
Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Tropical Pewee (ph) _____ mn
Contopus cinereus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher _____ se
Myiophobus fasiatus
- Cliff Flycatcher (ph) _____ se mn
Hirundinea ferruginea
- Gray Monjita _____ mn
Xolmis cinerea
- White-rumped Monjita _____ mn
Xolmis velatus
- Long-tailed Tyrant (ph) _____ mn
Colonia colonus
- Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant (nt) _____ mn
Muscipipra vetula
- Blue-billed Black Tyrant _____ mn
Knipolegus cyanirostris
- Velvety Black Tyrant (BRe) (ph) _____ se mn
Knipolegus nigerrimus
- Crested Black Tyrant (ph) _____ se
Knipolegus lophotes
- Masked Water Tyrant _____ se mn
Fluvicola nengeta
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant (ph) _____ ms
Arundinicola leucocephala
- Streamer-tailed Tyrant _____ mn
Gubrenetes yetapa
- Yellow-browed Tyrant _____ mn
Satrapa icterophrys
- Cattle Tyrant _____ se mn
Machetornis rixosa
- Eastern Sirsytes _____ mn
Sirystes sibilator
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (ph) _____ se mn
Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Brown-crested Flycatcher _____ mn
Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Short-crested Flycatcher _____ mn
Myiarchus ferox
- Tropical Kingbird (ph) _____ se mn
Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-throated Kingbird (ph) _____ mn
Tyrannus albogularis
- Piratic Flycatcher _____ se
Legatus leucophalus
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher _____ se
Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Social Flycatcher (ph) _____ se mn
Myiozetetes similis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher _____ se
mn
Megarhynchus pitangua
- Great Kiskadee (ph) _____ se mn
Pitangus sulphuratus
- Gray-hooded Attila (BRe) _____ mn
Attila rufus
- Tufted Antshrike (BRqe) _____ mn
Mackenziaena severa
- Large-tailed Antshrike (BRqe) _____ mn
Mackenziaena leachi
- Giant Antshrike _____ mn
Batara cinera
- Variable Antshrike _____ se
Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Chestnut-backed Antshrike _____ mn
Thamnophilus palliatus
- Sooretama Slaty Antshrike (BRqe) ______mn
Thamnophilus ambiguus
- Plain Antvireo _____ se
Dysithamnus mentalis
- Silvery-fronted Antwren (BRe) _____ se
Myrmotherula luctuosa
- Rusty-backed Antwren _____ mn
Formicivora rufa
- Serra Antwren (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Formicivora serrana
- Dusky-tailed Antwren (BRqe) _____ mn
Drymophila matura
- Unicolored Antwren (t3) (BRe) _____ se
Myrmotherula unicolor
- White-shouldered Fire-eye (BRqe) _____ mn
Pyrigiena leucoptera
- Rufous Gnateater _____ mn
Conopophaga lineata
- Black-cheeked Gnateater (BRe) _____ se
Conopophaga melanops
- Slaty Bristlefront (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Merulaxis ater
- White-breasted Tapaculo (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Scytalopus indigoticus
- Rufous Hornero _____ se mn
Furnarius rufus
- Band-tailed Hornero (BRe) _____ se mn
Furnarius figulus
- Cipo Canastero (t2) (BRe) _____ mn
Asthenes luizae
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail _____ se mn
Synallaxis albescens
- Spix's Spinetail _____ mn
Synallaxis spixi
- Rufous-capped Spinetail (BRqe) _____ mn
Synallaxis ruficapilla
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail _____ mn
Certhiaxis cinnamomea
- Pallid Spinetail (BRe) _____ se
Cranioleuca pallida
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird _____ se
Phacellodomus rufifrons
- White-browed Foliage-gleaner (nt) (BRqe)
_____ mn
Anabacerthia amaurotis
- Black-capped Foliage-gleaner _____ se
Philydor atricapillus
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner _____ mn
Philydor rufum
- White-eyed Foliage-gleaner (BRqe) _____ mn
Automolus leucophthalmus
- Streaked Xenops _____ se mn
Xenops rutilans
- Plain Xenops (ph) _____ mn
Xenops minutus
- Plain-winged Woodcreeper (BRqe) _____ mn
Dendrocincla turdina
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper _____ se mn
Sittasomus griseicapillus
- White-throated Woodcreeper (BRqe) _____ se
Xiphocolaptes albicollis
- Scaled Woodcreeper (BRe) _____ se mn
Lepidocolaptes squamatus
- Black-billed Scythebill (BRqe) _____ mn
Campylorhamphus falcularius
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike _____
se mn
Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Red-eyed Vireo _____ se
Vireo olivaceus (or chivi) diversus
- Lemon-chested Greenlet _____ mn
Hylophilus t. thoracicus (this subspecies the "Rio de Janeiro
Greenlet")
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet _____ mn
Hylophilus poecilotis
- Gray-eyed Greenlet (BRe) _____ mn
Hylophilus amaurocephalus
- Curl-crested Jay _____ mn
Cyanocorax cristatellus
- Brown-chested Martin (ph) _____ mn
Progne tapera
- White-winged Swallow _____ mn
Tachycineta albiventer
- White-rumped Swallow _____ mn
Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Blue-and-white Swallow _____ se mn
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow _____ se
mn
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Tawny-headed Swallow _____ mn
Alopochelidon fucata
- Moustached Wren _____ mn
Thryothorus genibarbis
- Long-billed Wren (BRe) _____ se
Thryothorus longirostris
- "Southern" House Wren (ph) _____
se mn
Troglodytes aedon musculus
- Masked Gnatcatcher _____ mn
Polioptila dumicola
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird (ph) _____ mn
Mimus saturninus
- Rufous-bellied Thrush (ph) _____ se
mn
Turdus rufiventris
- Pale-breasted Thrush _____ se mn
Turdus leucomelas
- Creamy-bellied Thrush _____ mn
Turdus amaurochalinus
- White-necked Thrush _____ mn
Turdus albicollis
- Purple-throated Euphonia _____ mn
Euphonia chlorotica
- Violaceous Euphonia _____ se
Euphonia violacea
- Tropical Parula _____ se
Parula pitiyumi
- Southern Yellowthroat _____ mn
Geothlypis velata
- Stripe-crowned Warbler _____ se
mn (formerly Golden-crowned Warbler)
Basileuterus culcivorus
- White-bellied Warbler _____ mn
Basileuterus hypoleucus
- White-striped Warbler (BRe) _____ mn
Basileuterus leucophrys
- Crested Oropendola (ph) _____ se mn
Psarocolius decumanus
- Red-rumped Cacique _____ mn
Cacius haemorrhous
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird (ph) _____ mn
Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Chopi Blackbird _____ se
Gnorimopsar chopi
- White-browed Blackbird (ph) _____ mn
Sturnella supercillaris
- Forbes's Blackbird (t1) (BRe) _____ mn
Curaeus forbesi
- Campo Troupial (BRe) _____ mn
Icterus jamacaii
- Bananaquit (ph) _____ se mn
Coereba flaveola
- Grassland Sparrow _____ mn
Myospiza humeralis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (ph) _____
se mn
Zonotrichia capensis
- Sayaca Tanager (ph) _____ se mn
Thraupis sayaca
- Golden-chevroned Tanager (BRe) (ph) _____
se mn
Thraupis ornata
- Palm Tanager _____ se mn
Thraupis palmarum
- Brazilian Tanager (ph) _____ se
Ramphocelus bresilius
- Red Tanager _____ mn
Piranga saira
- Brassy-breasted Tanager (BRe) (ph) _____ se mn
Tangara desmaresti
- Gilt-edged Tanager (BRe) (ph) _____ se mn
Tangara cyanoventris
- Green-headed Tanager (ph) _____ se
Tangara seledon
- Red-necked Tanager _____ se
Tangara cyanocephala
- Flame-crested Tanager _____ se
Tachyphonus cristatus
- Ruby-crowned Tanager _____ se
Tachyphonus coronatus
- Burnished-buff Tanager _____ se
mn
Tangara cayana
- Fawn-breasted Tanager _____ se
Pipraeidea melanonota
- Diademed Tanager _____ mn
Stephanophurus diadematus
- Black-goggled Tanager _____ se mn
Trichothraupis melanops
- Rufous-headed Tanager (BRe) _____ mn
Hemithraupis ruficapilla
- Cinnamon Tanager (BRe) _____ mn
Schistochlamys ruficapillus
- Brown Tanager (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Orchesticus abeillei
- Magpie-Tanager (ph) _____ mn
Cissopis leveriana
- Swallow-Tanager (ph) _____ mn
Tesina viridis
- Blue Dacnis (ph) _____ se mn
Dacnis cayana
- Chestnut-vented Conebill _____ mn
Conirostrum speciosum
- Blue-black Grassquit _____ mn
Volatina jacarina
- Plumbeous Seedeater _____ mn
Sporophila plumbea
- Double-collared Seedeater _____
se mn
Sporophila caerulescens
- DuBois's Seedeater (BRe) _____ mn
Sporophila ardesiaca
- Red-rumped Warbling Finch _____ mn
Poospiza lateralis
- Cinereous Warbling Finch (t3) (BRe) _____ mn
Poospiza cinera
- Saffron Finch (ph) _____ se mn
Sicalis flaveola
- Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch _____ mn
Sicalis citrina
- Wedge-tailed Grass Finch (ph) _____ mn
Emberizoides herbicola
- Gray Pileated Finch _____ mn
Coryphospingus pileatus
- Black-masked Finch (t3) _____ mn
Coryphaspiza melanotis
- Serra Finch (nt) (BRe) _____ mn
Embernagra longicauda
- Green-winged Saltator _____ mn
Saltator similis
- Black-throated Saltator _____ mn
Saltator atricollis
- House Sparrow (BRi) _____ se mn
Passer domesticus
MAMMALS
& Other Wildlife
during the
Focus On Nature Tour
in BRAZIL
in May 2011
Dates:
May 14-29
Photo at upper right: a BUFFY-HEADED MARMOSET in Minas Gerais
Photos below: BROWN HOWLER MONKEYS and MASKED TITI,
among the six species of monkeys during the May 2011 Brazil Tour
Codes:
mn: Minas Gerais
se: Rio de Janeiro state in Southeast Brazil
- Brazilian (or Guianan) Squirrel - mn,se
- Hairy Spiny Rat - mn
- Maned Wolf - mn
- Tayra - mn
- South American Coati - se
- Buffy-tufted Marmoset - se
- Buffy-headed Marmoset - mn
- Masked Titi - mn
- Brown Howler Monkey - mn
- Black-tufted Capuchin - mn
- Northern Muriqui - mn
various bats including:
- Bokermann's Nectar Bat - mn
(endemic in the area of Serra do
Cipo)
Lonchophylla bokermanni
- Black Myotis - se
(at Rio Botanical Garden)
Myotis nigricans
- Riparian Myotis - se
(near a river)
Myotis riparius
- Ipanema Bat - se
(in trees along Copacabana Beach)
Pygodrma bilablatum
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OTHER WILDLIFE:
- frogs - se
- lizards - mn
- butterflies - se mn
