Birds
and
Other Wildlife
during
the Focus On Nature Tour
in Brazil
including adjacent
URUGUAY
in October
2010
Dates:
October 17-31, 2010
In Brazil, this tour was in the states of Rio Grande do Sul & Mato Grosso do
Sul.
Codes:
ms: in Mato Grosso do Sul
rs: in Rio Grande do Sul
ug: in Uruguay, adjacent to Rio Grande 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
(ph): species with a photo in this website
Directory
of Photos in this Website
UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER,
one of the birds most often seen during our October 2010 Brazil tour,
especially in Rio Grande do Sul.
The species had just arrived there a few weeks earlier,
having migrated from its wintering range in northern South America.
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)
Birds of Rio Grande do Sul & adjacent Uruguay
Mammals & Other Wildlife in Brazil
(with
some photos)
A list of Mammals during our Brazil tour in
October 2010
follows the bird-list below.
Upcoming
FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil
The following bird-list compiled by
Armas Hill, leader of the October 2010 Brazil Tour
Bird-List:
- Spotted Nothura _____ rs ug
Nothura m. maculosa
- Greater Rhea (nt) (ph) _____ rs
Rhea americana
- Chaco Chachalaca _____ ms
- Rusty-margined Guan _____ ms
Penelope superciliaris
- Common Piping Guan _____ ms
- Bare-faced Curassow _____ ms
- Southern Screamer (ph) _____ rs
ms ug
Chauna torquata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck _____ rs ug
- White-faced Whistling Duck (ph) _____ rs
ug
Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck (ph)
_____ ms
- Black-necked Swan _____ rs
Cygnus melancoryphus
- Coscoroba Swan _____ rs
Coscoroba coscoroba
- Muscovy Duck (ph) _____ ms
Cairina moschata
- Yellow-billed Pintail _____ rs ug
Anas georgica
- Speckled Teal _____ rs ug
Anas flavirostris
- Silver Teal _____ rs ug
Anas versicolor
- Ringed Teal (ph) _____ rs
Callonetta leucophrys
- Brazilian Teal (ph) _____ rs
ms ug
Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Rosy-billed Pochard _____ rs ug
- Least Grebe _____ ms
Tachybabtus dominicus
- Great Grebe _____ rs
Podiceps major
- Jabiru _____ ms
- Maguari Stork (ph) _____ rs
ug
Ciconia maguari
- Wood Stork (ph) _____ rs ug
Mycteria americana
- Bare-faced Ibis _____ rs ug ms
Phimosus infuscatus
- White-faced Ibis _____ rs
Plegadis chihi
- Plumbeous Ibis _____ rs ms
- Buff-necked Ibis _____ rs ms
- Green Ibis _____ ms
- Roseate Spoonbill _____ rs ug
Platalea ajaja
- Striated Heron _____ ms
Butoride striatus
- Cocoi Heron _____ rs ug ms
Ardea cocoi
- Capped Heron _____ ms
- Whistling Heron _____ rs ms
Syrigma sibilatrix
- Western Cattle Egret _____ rs ug
ms
Bubulcus ibis
- Snowy Egret _____ rs ug ms
Egretta thula
- Great Egret _____ rs ug ms
Casmerodius
(has been Ardea) alba
- Rufescent Tiger Heron _____ ug
ms
Tigrisoma lineatum
- Black-crowned Night Heron _____ rs
ug ms
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Neotropic Cormorant _____ rs ug
ms
Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Anhinga (ph) _____ ms
Anhinga anhinga
- Black Vulture (ph) _____ rs
ms
Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture (ph) _____
rs ug ms
Cathartes aura
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (phg)
_____ rs ms
Cathartes burrovianus
- Southern Crested Caracara _____ rs
ug ms
Caracara plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara _____ rs
ms
Milvago chimachima
- Chimango Caracara (ph) _____ rs
ug
Milvago chimango
- American Kestrel _____ rs
ms
Falco sparverius
- Osprey _____ ms
- Swallow-tailed Kite _____ rs
- White-tailed Kite _____ ug
- Snail Kite _____ rs ug
ms
Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Plumbeous Kite _____ ms
Ictinia plumbea
- Long-winged Harrier _____ rs ug
Circus buffoni
- Cinereous Harrier _____ rs ug
- Rufous-thighed Hawk _____ rs ug
Accipiter erythronemius
- Great Black Hawk _____ ms
Buteogallus urubitinga
- Savanna Hawk _____ rs ms
Buteogallus meridionalis
- Black-collared Hawk _____ ms
- Roadside Hawk _____ rs
Buteo magnirostris
- Short-tailed Hawk _____ ms
- White-tailed Hawk _____ rs
ms
Buteo albicaudatus
- Red-legged Seriema (ph) _____
rs
Cariama cristata
- Plumbeous Rail _____ rs ug
Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Giant Wood Rail _____ rs ug
Aramides ypecaha
- Gray-necked Wood Rail (ph) _____
ms
Aramides cajanea
- Rufous-sided Crake _____ ug
Laterallus melanophalus
- Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) _____
rs ug
Gallinula chloropus
- Spot-flanked Gallinule _____ rs
ug
Gallinula melanops
- Red-gartered Coot _____ ug
Fulica armilata
- White-winged Coot _____ rs
Fulica leucoptera
- Limpkin _____ rs ug ms
Aramus guarauna
- Sungrebe (ph) _____ ms
- American Oystercatcher _____ rs
Haematopus palliatus
- White-backed Stilt _____ rs ug
Himantopus melanurus
- Wattled Jacana _____ rs ms
Jacana jacana
- Southern Lapwing _____ rs ug
ms
Vanellus chilensis
- Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover _____ rs
Pluvialis squatarola
- American Golden Plover _____ rs
Pluvialis dominica
- Semipalmated Plover _____ rs
- Collared Plover _____ rs ug
- Upland Sandpiper _____ rs
- Whimbrel _____ rs
- Greater Yellowlegs _____ rs
Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellowlegs _____ rs
Tringa flavipes
- Solitary Sandpiper _____ ms
- Red Knot _____ rs
Calidris canutus rufa
- Sanderling _____ rs
- Baird's Sandpiper _____ ug
Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral Sandpiper _____ rs ug
Calidris melanotos
- Stilt Sandpiper _____ rs
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper (nt) (ph) _____ rs
Tryngites subruficollis
- South American Snipe _____ rs
Gallinago paraguaiae
- Wilson's Phalarope _____ rs
- Kelp Gull _____ rs
Larus dominicanus
- Gray-hooded Gull _____ rs
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Brown-hooded Gull _____ rs ug
Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Gull-billed Tern _____ rs
- Snowy-crowned Tern _____ rs
Sterna trudeaui
- South American Tern _____ rs
Sterna hirundinacea
- Common Tern _____ rs
Sterna hirundo
- Cayenne Tern _____ rs
Thalasseus eurygnatha
- Royal Tern _____ rs
Thalasseus maxima
- Large-billed Tern _____ rs
Phaetusa simplex
- Yellow-billed Tern _____ rs
Sternula superciliaris
- Picazuro Pigeon _____ ms
Patagioenas picazura
- Spot-winged Pigeon _____ rs ug
Patagionas maculosa
- Pale-vented Pigeon _____ rs
Patagionas cayennensis
- Common (or Feral) Pigeon (BRi) _____
rs ms
Columba livia
- Eared Dove _____ rs ug
Zenaida auriculata
- Ruddy Ground Dove _____ ms
Columbina talpacoti
- Picui Ground Dove _____ rs ms
Columbina picui
- Long-tailed Ground Dove _____ ms
- Blue Ground Dove _____ ms
- Scaled Dove _____ ms
- White-tipped Dove _____ rs ms
Leptotila verrauxi
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (ph)
_____ ms
- Golden-collared Macaw _____ ms
- Red-shouldered Macaw _____ ms
- Peach-fronted Parakeet _____ ms
Aratinga aurea
- Reddish-bellied Parakeet _____ rs
- Nanday Parakeet _____ ms
- Monk Parakeet _____ rs ug
ms
Myiopsitta monachus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet _____ ms
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon _____ ms
Amazona
- Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (t2) _____
rs
Amazona vinacea
- Smooth-billed Ani _____ ms
Crotophaga ani
- Greater Ani _____ ms
- Squirrel Cuckoo _____ ms
Playa cayana
- Striped Cuckoo _____ rs ms
Tapera naevia
- Guira Cuckoo _____ rs ms
ug
Guira guira
- Barn Owl _____ ms
Tyto alba
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl _____ ms
Glaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing Owl _____ rs ug
ms
Athene cunicuaria
- Striped Owl (ph) _____ ms
- Common Potoo _____ rs
- Pauraque _____ ms
Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous Nightjar _____ ms
Caprimulgus rufus
- Little Nightjar _____ ms
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar _____ ug ms
- White-collared Swift _____ rs
Streptoprocne zonaris
- Sooty Swift _____ rs
Cypseloides fumigatus
- Glittering-bellied Emerald _____ ms
- Gilded Sapphire _____ rs
Hylocharis chrysura
- White-throated Hummingbird _____ rs
- Versicolored Emerald _____ rs
- Surucua Trogon _____ rs
- Blue-crowned Trogon _____ ms
- Ringed Kingfisher _____ rs ug
ms
Megaceryle torquata
- Amazon Kingfisher _____ rs ms
Chloroceryle americana
- Green Kingfisher _____ rs ms
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher _____ ms
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar _____ ms
Galbula ruficauda
- Toco Toucan _____ ms
Ramphastos toco
- Chestnut-eared Aracari _____ ms
- Campo (or Field) Flicker _____ rs
ms
Colaptes campestris
- Pale-crested Woodpecker _____
ms
- Green-barred Woodpecker _____ ms
Chrysoptilus melanochloros
- White Woodpecker _____ ms
- White-spotted Woodpecker _____ rs
- White-wedged Piculet _____ ms
- Blue Manakin _____ rs
Chiroxiphia caudata
- Black-crowned Tityra _____ ms
- Bare-throated Bellbird _____ rs
- Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher _____ rs
- Common Tody-Flycatcher _____ ms
- Sooty Tyrannulet _____ rs
Serpophaga nigricans
- White-crested Tyrannulet _____ rs
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia _____ ms
Elaenia flavogaster
- Small-billed Elaenia _____ rs
Elaenia parvirostris
- Fuscous Flycatcher _____ rs ms
- Vermilion Flycatcher _____ rs
Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Gray Monjita _____ ms
- White Monjita _____ rs ms
Xolmis irupero
- Black-and-white Monjita (t3) _____ rs
Heteroxolmis dominicana
- Blue-billed Black Tuyant _____ rs
- Crested Black Tyrant _____ rs
Knipolegus lophotes
- Spectacled Tyrant (ph) _____ rs
Hymenops perspicillatus
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant _____ ms
Arundinicola leucocephala
- Black-backed Water Tyrant _____ ms
- Yellow-browed Tyrant _____ rs
Satrapa icterophrys
- Cattle Tyrant _____ rs ms
Machetornis rixosa
- Brown-crested Flycatcher _____ ms
- Short-crested Flycatcher _____ ms
Myiarchus ferox
- Tropical Kingbird _____ rs ms
Tyrannus melancholicus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher _____ rs
ms
Tyrannus savana
- Variegated Flycatcher _____ rs
Empidonomus varius
- Streaked Flycatcher _____ ms
Mylodynastes maculatus
- Piratic Flycatcher _____ ms
Legatus leucophalus
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher _____ ms
Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Social Flycatcher _____ ms
Myiozetetes similis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher _____ ms
Megarhynchus pitangua
- Great Kiskadee _____ rs ms
Pitangus sulphuratus
- Lesser Kiskadee _____ ms
- Variable Antshrike _____ rs
Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Barred Antshrike _____ ms
- Mato Grosso Antbird _____ ms
- Mouse-colored Tapaculo _____ rs
- Common Miner _____ rs
Geositta cunicularia
- Long-tailed Cinclodes (nt) (BRe) _____ rs
- Rufous Hornero _____ mn,rs,ug
Furnarius rufus
- Pale-legged Hornero _____ ms
- Araucaria Tit-Spinetail (nt)
_____ rs
- Striolated Tit-Spinetail _____
rs
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail _____ ms
Certhiaxis cinnamomea
- Rusty-backed Spinetail _____ ms
- Greater Thornbird _____ ms
- Firewood-gatherer _____ rs
Anumbius annumbi
- Wren-like Rushbird _____ rs
Phleocryptes melanops
- Plain-winged Woodcreeper _____ ms
- Great Rufous Woodcreepr _____
ms
- Scalloped Woodcreeper _____ rs
- Red-billed Scythebill _____ ms
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike _____ rs
ms
Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Plush-crested Jay _____ ms
- Purplish Jay _____ ms
- Brown-chested Martin _____ rs
ms
Progne tapera
- Gray-breasted Martin _____ rs
ms
Progne chalybea
- White-rumped Swallow _____ rs
ms
Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Blue-and-white Swallow _____ rs
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow _____
ms
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Bank Swallow _____ rs
- Barn Swallow _____ rs
Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
- Thrush-like Wren _____ ms
- "Southern" House Wren _____
rs
Troglodytes aedon musculus
- Black-capped Donacobius _____ ms
- Masked Gnatcatcher _____ rs
Polioptila dumicola
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird _____ rs
ms
Mimus saturninus
- Rufous-bellied Thrush _____ rs
ms
Turdus rufiventris
- Pale-breasted Thrush _____ mn
Turdus leucomelas
- Creamy-bellied Thrush _____ ms
Turdus amaurochalinus
- Eastern Slaty Thrush _____ rs
- Yellowish Pipit _____ rs
Anthus lutescens
- Correndera Pipit _____ ug
- Golden-rumped Euphonia _____ rs
- Hooded Siskin _____ rs
Carduelis magellanica
- Tropical Parula _____ rs ms
- Southern Yellowthroat _____ rs
- Stripe-crowned Warbler _____ rs
(formerly Golden-crowned Warbler)
Basileuterus culcivorus
- White-rimmed Warbler _____ rs
- Crested Oropendola _____ ms
Psarocolius decumanus
- Red-rumped Cacique _____ ms
Cacius haemorrhous
- Solitary Cacique _____ ms
- Baywing _____ rs ms
Agelaiodes badius
- Shiny Cowbird _____ rs ms
Molothrus bonariensis
- Screaming Cowbird _____ ug
Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Giant Cowbird _____ ms
- Yellow-winged Blackbird _____ rs
Agelaius thilius
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird _____ rs
Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Chopi Blackbird _____ rs ms
Gnorimopsar chopi
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird _____ rs
Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Saffron-cowled Blackbird _____ rs
- Epaulet Oriole _____ ms
- Orange-backed Troupial _____ ms
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird _____ rs
Pseudoleistes virescens
- Yellow-rumped Marshbird _____ rs
- White-browed Blackbird _____ rs
ms
Sturnella supercillaris
- Bobolink _____ ms
- Bananaquit _____ ms
Coereba flaveola
- Grassland Sparrow _____ rs ms
Myospiza humeralis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow _____ rs
Zonotrichia capensis
- Red-crested Cardinal _____ rs
ms
Paroaria coronata
- Yellow-billed Cardinal _____ ms
- Sayaca Tanager _____ rs ms
Thraupis sayaca
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager _____ ug
- Golden-chevroned Tanager (BRe) _____ mn
Thraupis ornata
- Palm Tanager _____ ms
Thraupis palmarum
- Silver-beaked Tanager _____ ms
- Burnished-buff Tanager _____ ms
Tangara cayana
- Diademed Tanager _____ rs
Stephanophurus diadematus
- Chestnut-backed Tanager _____ rs
- Gray-headed Tanager _____ ms
- Swallow-Tanager _____ mn
Tesina viridis
- Blue-black Grassquit _____ ms
Volatina jacarina
- Double-collared Seedeater _____ ms
Sporophila caerulescens
- Rusty-collared Seedeater _____ rs
ms
- White-bellied Seedeater _____ ms
- Black-bellied Seedeater (nt)
_____ ms
- Lesser Seed Finch _____ ms
- Red-rumped Warbling Finch _____ rs
- Saffron Finch _____ rs ms
Sicalis flaveola
- Grassland Yellow Finch _____ rs
Sicalis luteola
- Pampa Finch _____ rs
Embernagra platensis
- "Southen"Grayish Saltator
_____ ms
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak _____ rs
Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Common Waxbill (BRi) _____ rs
Estrilda astrild
- House Sparrow (BRi) _____ rs ms
Passer domesticus
MAMMALS
& Other Wildlife
during the
Focus On Nature Tour
in Brazil
& URUGUAY
in October 2010
List compiled by Armas Hill
Photo at upper right: a
male BLACK HOWLER MONKEY in Mato Grosso do Sul
(photograph by Andy Smith during a FONT Tour)
Dates:
October 17-31
Codes:
(i): introduced
ms: Mato Grosso do Sul
rs: Rio Grande do Sul
ug: Uruguay
- White-eared Opossum - ug
Didelphis albiventris
- Giant Anteater - ms
- Nine-banded Armadillo - ms
- Forest Rabbit (or Tapiti) - ms
- European Hare - ug
- Azara's Agouti - ms
- Capybara - ms, rs
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
- Coypu (or Nutria) - rs, ug
Myocastor copyus
- Greater Guinea-Pig - rs, ug
Cavia magnia
- water rat - ms
- Ocelot - ms
- Crab-eating Fox - ms
- Hoary Fox - ms
- Pampas Fox - rs
- Neotropical River Otter - rs
- South American Coati - ms
- Black Howler Monkey - ms
- Brown Tufted Capuchin - ms
- Marsh Deer - ms
Also during the tour:
only as a road-kill: Striped Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus semistriatus - rs
dead on the beach: Southern Sea Lion - rs
__________________________________________________________________________
OTHER WILDLIFE:
- Spectacled Caiman - ms
- Tegu lizard - ms, rs
- other lizards - rs -
- turtles - rs
- treefrog - ms
Treefrog at Serra do Cipo
(photo by Marie Gardner)
- Common Anaconda - ms
- various butterflies - ms, rs
- various dragonflies - ms
- leaf-cutter ants - rs, ug
- piranha - ms
