Brazil Birds

Vireos to Grosbeaks

Noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
in Brazil with an (*)  

from 1992 thru 2014

(during the months of February, 
March, May, July, August, 
September, October, November)

Part 4 of a List of Brazil Birds with some photos,
compiled by Armas Hill


Upper right photo:  BRASSY-BREASTED TANAGER 
(Photographed by Alan Brady in southeast Brazil) 

Links to Bird Groupings in this part of this list:

Vireos     Jays    Swallows & Martins     Wrens     Gnatcatchers & Gnatwrens     

Mockingbirds & Thrushes    Pipits     Euphonias     Siskins     New World Warblers     

Blackbirds & Orioles     Bananaquit    Finches, Sparrows     Tanagers


Links to Other Parts of this List of Brazil Birds:

Part #1: Tinamous to Doves   Part #2: Macaws to Flycatchers   Part #3: Antshrikes to Woodcreepers

Lists of Brazilian Birds in:

The Amazon Basin (in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela)

Mato Grosso & Mato Grosso do Sul (including the Pantanal)

Minas Gerais, in interior south-central Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul, in southernmost Brazil

Southeast Brazil (the states of Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo)  

and a special list of: 

Rare & Threatened Birds of Brazil  (with some photos)   

 
There have been 50 FONT birding tours in Brazil.
1,065 species of birds have cumulatively been seen during FONT Brazilian tours.  

Generally the taxonomy in this list conforms with that in the Howard & Moore  "Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World", 3rd edition, edited by Edward Dickinson. More recently, some nomenclature here is from "Birds of the World - Recommended English Names" by Frank Gill & Minturn Wright (published in 2006). 
   

Codes:

(BRi):     introduced species in Brazil
(BRe):    endemic to Brazil
(BRqe):  quasi (or nearly) endemic to Brazil
(r/BR):    rare in Brazil

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

In the list that follows, relating to sightings during FONT tours, the Brazilian region or state & the months are noted.

AF:    the Alta Floresta and Rio Cristalino areas (mostly Amazonian)
AM:   Amazonas state, mostly in the area of Manaus
BR:   Brasilia
ES:   Espiritu Santo state
IG:    the area of Iguacu Falls (in Parana state)
MN:  Minas Gerais state
MS:  Mato Grosso do Sul state
MT:  Mato Grosso state (excluding Alta Floresta/Rio Cristalino) 
        (including the Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Serra das Araras,
         and Jardim da Amazonia, in central MT near the Rio Claro)
NE:   Northeast Brazil
SE:   Southeast Brazil (particularly places in the states of Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo, 
         including the areas of Itatiaia Natl Park, Ubatuba,
        Angra dos Reis, and Cubatao along the coast) 
RS:   state of Rio Grande do Sul in far-southern Brazil

 x after the 2-letter code indicates out-of-range (probable escape)

(ph):  SPECIES WITH A PHOTOGRAPH either in this list or elsewhere in the FONT web-site   

Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil     Upcoming FONT Tours Elsewhere

FONT Past Tour Highlights     Photo Galleries & Narratives from Past FONT Tours

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

Butterflies of Brazil & nearby Argentina, including at Iguazu Falls  (with some photos)

Amphibians & Reptiles of Brazil  (with some photos)

Directory of Photographs in this Web-Site

Bird-List:


        CYCLARHIS

1385. Rufous-browed Peppershrike  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,oct  MS:aug   RS:jul,oct  SE:may,jul,aug,oct
      Cyclarhis gujanensis ochrocephala
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-browed Peppershrike has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
      VIREOLANIUS
      
      
1386. Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Vireolanius l. leucotis
      
      
      VIREO
      
      
1387. Red-eyed Vireo (*) ______  AM:feb  br  IG:jul  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,sep  MT:aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,may,aug,oct
      Vireo olivaceus (or chivi) diversus  ("Chivi Vireo") 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-eyed Vireo has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile (where rare), Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1388. Yellow-green Vireo ______  (in northern Brazil)
      Vireo flavoviridis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-green Vireo has been found during FONT tours in Belize, Ecuador. 
      
      
1389. Black-whiskered Vireo ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Vireo altiloquus
      
      
1390. Noronha Vireo  (nt) (BRe) ______  
      Vireo gracilirostris
      
      
      HYLOPHILUS
      
      
1391. Rufous-crowned Greenlet  (*) ______  ES:oct  IG:jul,sep  MN:may  MS:sep  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Hylophilus poicilotis  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-crowned Greenlet has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1392. Gray-eyed Greenlet  (BRe) (*) ______  MN:may,sep
      Hylophilus amaurocephalus
      (until recently, 1990, said to be a subspecies of Rufous-crowned Greenlet) 
      
      
1393. Lemon-chested Greenlet  (*) ______ MN:may,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
      Hylophilus t. thoracicus: the nominate subspecies: the "Rio de Janeiro Greenlet"
      Hylophilus thoracicus griseiventris: in Amazonian Brazil
      
      
1394. Gray-chested Greenlet  (*) ______ mt
      Hylophilus s. semicinereus
      
      
1395. Buff-cheeked Greenlet  (*) ______ am  mt
      Hylophilus muscicapinus griseifrons
      
      Outside Brazil, the Buff-cheeked Greenlet has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1396. Ashy-headed Greenlet  (*) ______  MS:aug,sep  MT:mar,oct
      Hylophilus pectoralis  (monotypic)
      
      
1397. Dusky-capped Greenlet  (*) ______  AF:oct
      Hylophilus hypoxanthus  (3 subspecies in Brazil)
      
      
1398. Brown-headed Greenlet  (*) ______ am  (closely related to the Dusky-capped Greenlet, this species occurs in the blackwater drainage of the Rio Negro)
      Hylophilus brunneiceps  (monotypic)
      
      
1399. Tepui Greenlet ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Hylophilus sclateri
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tepui Greenlet has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1400. Tawny-crowned Greenlet ______
      Hylophilus ochraceiceps
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tawny-crowned Greenlet has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
      
      
      CYANOCORAX
      
      
1401. Purplish Jay  (*) ______  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Cyanocorax cyanomelas
      
      Outside Brazil, the Purplish Jay has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1402. Azure Jay (nt) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
      Cyanocorax caeruleus
      
      
1403. White-naped Jay  (BRe) (*) ______ mn
      Cyanocorax cyanopogon
      
      
1404. Curl-crested Jay  (*) ______ br  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:mar,aug
      Cyanocorax cristatellus
      
      
1405. Plush-crested Jay  (ph) (*) ______  IG:jul.aug,sep  mt  MS:mar,aug,sep    SE:jul,oct
      Cyanocorax c. chrysops
      
      Outside Brazil, the Plush-crested Jay has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
      
      
      
      A Plush-crested Jay photographed during a FONT tour 
      in Brazil in October 2010 
      
      
1406. Violaceous Jay ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Cyanocorax violaceus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Violaceous Jay has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
1407. Azure-naped Jay ______  (in far-northwestern Brazil; a preferred habitat is scattered forest & edge with sandy soil; the species is not well-known)  
      Cyanocorax heilprini
      
      
1408. Cayenne Jay ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Cyanocorax cayanus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Cayenne Jay has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      TACHYCINETA
      
      
1409. White-winged Swallow  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:aug
      Tachycineta albiventer  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-winged Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1410. White-rumped Swallow  (*) ______  AM:aug  IG:jul,aug  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:aug  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Tachycineta leucorrhoa   (monotypic) 
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-rumped Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
1411. Chilean Swallow ______  (in Brazil, mostly in the far-south)
      Tachycineta meyeni
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chilean Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
      
      
      PROGNE
      
      
1412. Brown-chested Martin  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,sep  MT:aug  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Progne (formerly Phaeoprogne) t. tapera  (north BR)
      Progne (formerly Phaeoprogne) tapera fusca  (south BR) 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Brown-chested Martin has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Brown-chested Martins photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
      in Mato Grosso do Sul
      
      
1413. Purple Martin  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MN:oct  MS:aug  mt
      Progne s. subis
      
      
1414. Gray-breasted Martin  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
      Progne chalybea macrorhamphus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Gray-breasted Martin has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      NOTIOCHELIDON
      
      
1415. Blue-and-white Swallow  (*) ______ br  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Notiochelidon (or Pygochelidon) cyanoleuca patagonica
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-and-white Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      ATTICORA
      
      
1416. White-banded Swallow  (*) ______  AF:oct  mt
      Atticora fasciata  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-banded Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
      NEOCHELIDON
      
      
1417. White-thighed Swallow  (*)  ______  AM:feb
      Neochelidon tibialis  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      ALOPOCHELIDON
      
      
1418. Tawny-headed Swallow  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:oct
      Alopochelidon (formerly Stelgidopteryx) fucata  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tawny-headed Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1419. Black-collared Swallow ______
      Alopochelidon melanoleuca
      
      
      STELGIDOPTERYX
      
      
1420. Southern Rough-winged Swallow  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  ig  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct 
      Stelgidopteryx r. ruficollis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Southern Rough-winged Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
      
      
      RIPARIA
      
      
1421. Bank Swallow  (*) ______  RS:oct  (called Sand Martin in North America)
      Riparia r. riparia
      
      Outside Brazil, the Bank Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador.
      
      
      HIRUNDO
      
1422. Barn Swallow  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:aug  br,ig  MN:oct  MS:mar  MT:oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,oct
      Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
      
      Outside Brazil, the Barn Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Staging Barn Swallows, ready to migrate north,
      during the FONT tour in Mato Grosso do Sul in March 2008
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
      PETROCHELIDON
      
      
1423. American Cliff Swallow  (*) ______  MN:oct  MT:oct
      Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) pyrrhonota minima
      
      Outside Brazil, the American Cliff Swallow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
      
      
      CAMPYLORHYNCHUS
      
      
1424. Thrush-like Wren  (*) ______ af  IG:aug  MS:mar,aug  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Campylorhynchus t. turdinus  (af)
      Campylorhynchus turdinus unicolor  (mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Thrush-like Wren has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Paraguay.
      
      
1425. Bicolored Wren ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Campylorhynchus griseus
      
      
      ODONTORCHILLUS
      
      
1426. Tooth-billed Wren  (nt) (*) ______ af
      Odontorchillus cinereus  (monotypic)
      
      
      THRYOTHORUS 
      
      
1427. Moustached Wren  (*) ______ af  MN:may,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  se
      Thryothorus genibarbis intercedens  (af,mn,se)
      Thryothorus genibarbis juruanus  (mt) 
      
      
1428. Buff-breasted Wren  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Thryothorus leucotis peruanus  (af)
      Thryothorus leucotis rufiventris  (mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Buff-breasted Wren has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1429. Fawn-breasted Wren  (*) ______ MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  (has been considered conspecific with the Buff-breasted Wren)
      Thryothorus guarayanus 
      
      
1430. Long-billed Wren  (BRe) (*) ______  SE:may,aug,oct
      Thryothorus l. longirostris
      
      
1431. Coraya Wren  (*)  ______  AM:feb
      Thryothorus coraya
      
      Outside Brazil, the Coraya Wren has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1432. Gray Wren ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Thryothorus griseus
      
      
      CISTOTHORUS
      
      
1433. Sedge Wren  (ph) (*) ______  MN:oct  (has been called Grass Wren in South America)
      Cistothorus platensis polyglottus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Sedge Wren has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
      
      
      TROGLODYTES
      
      
1434. "Southern" House Wren  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,sep  MT:oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct  (usually merged with the House Wren of North America) 
      Troglodytes aedon musculus
      
      Outside Brazil, the "Southern" House Wren has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A "Southern" House Wren photographed in Brazil
      during a FONT tour
      
      
1435. Tepui Wren ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Troglodytes rufulus
      
      
      HENICORHINA
      
      
1436. White-breasted Wood Wren ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Henicorhina leucosticta
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-breasted Wood Wren has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
       
      
      MICROCERCULUS
      
      
1437. Wing-banded Wren ______  (in Brazil, north of the Amazon)
      Microcerculus bambia
      
      
1438. Flutist Wren ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Microcerculus ustulatus 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Flutist Wren has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      CYPHORHINUS
      
      
1439. Musician Wren  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:aug
      Cyphorhinus arada interpositus
      
      
      MICROCERCULUS
      
      
1440. Scaly-breasted Wren  (*)  ______ mt  (has been called Southern Nightingale-Wren)
      Microcerculus m. marginatus
      
      On its large feet, the Scaly-breasted Wren walks about the Amazonian forest, singing.
      
      Outside Brazil, the Scaly-breasted Wren has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
      DONACOBIUS
      
      
1441. Black-capped Donacobius  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MN:aug,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  SE:mar,aug  (was called "Black-capped Mockingthrush") 
      Donacobius a. atricapillus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-capped Donacobius has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador.
      
      
      
      A Black-capped Donacobius photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      (photo by Andy Smith)
      
      
      POLIOPTILA
      
      
1442. Masked Gnatcatcher  (*) ______ br  MN:may  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:oct
      Polioptila d. dumicola  (rs)
      Polioptila d. dumicola berlepschi  (br,mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Masked Gnatcatcher has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
       
1443. Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher (nt) (*) ______  SE:aug
      Polioptila lactea  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1444. Guianan Gnatcatcher  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Polioptila guianensis facilis
      
      
1445. Tropical Gnatcatcher ______
      Polioptila plumbea
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tropical Gnatcatcher has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1446. Para Gnatcatcher  ______
      Polioptila paraensis
      
      
1447. Rio Negro Gnatcatcher  ______
      Polioptila facilis
      
      
      RAMPHOCAENUS
      
      
1448. Long-billed Gnatwren  (*) ______  AF:oct  mt  SE:aug
      Ramphocaenus m. melanurus  (se)
      Ramphocaenus melanurus austerus  (af)
      Ramphocaenus melanurus sticturus  (mt)
      (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Long-billed Gnatwren has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
      MICROBATES
      
      
1449. Collared Gnatwren ______
      Microbates collaris
      
      
      MIMUS
      
      
1450. Chalk-browed Mockingbird  (ph) (*) ______ br  IG:aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,octs  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct 
      Mimus saturninus modulator
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chalk-browed Mockingbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      A Chalk-browed Mockingbird photographed during a FONT tour
      in Brazil in October 2010 
      
      
1451. Tropical Mockingbird  (ph)  ______
      Mimus gilvus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tropical Mockingbird has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1452. White-banded Mockingbird  (*) ______  RS:oct   (in far-southern Brazil)
      Mimus triurus  
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-banded Mockingbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      TURDUS
      
      
1453. White-necked Thrush  (*) ______ ig  MN:may  MT:aug  SE:aug  (closely related to, was considered conspecific with the White-throated Thrush of Central America and the newly-split Dagua Thrush of northern South America)  
      Turdus a. albicollis (se) 
      Turdus albicollis paraguayensis  (ig)
      Turdus albicollis phaeopygus  (mt)  ("Gray-flanked Thrush")
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-necked Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
1454. Eastern Slaty Thrush  (*) ______ MN:sep  MT:aug  se  (by some still considered conspecific with Andean Slaty Thrush)
      Turdus (nigriceps) subalaris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Eastern Slaty Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1455. Rufous-bellied Thrush  (ph) (*)  ______ br  ES:oct  IG:jul,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Turdus r. rufiventris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-bellied Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      Rufous-bellied Thrush, the national bird of Brazil.
      
      
1456. Pale-breasted Thrush  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Turdus l. leucomelas
      
      Outside Brazil, the Pale-breasted Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
1457. Creamy-bellied Thrush  (*) ______ ig  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Turdus amaurochalinus  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Creamy-bellied Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay. 
      
      
1458. Lawrence's Thrush  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb
      Turdus lawrencii  (monotypic)
      
      
1459. Cocoa Thrush  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb  MT:oct
      Turdus f. fumigatus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Cocoa Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1460. American Bare-eyed Thrush ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Turdus nudigenis
      
      Outside Brazil, the American Bare-eyed Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1461. Black-hooded Thrush ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Turdus olivater
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-hooded Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1462. Black-billed Thrush ______
      Turdus subalaris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-billed Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
1463. Hauxwell's Thrush  (*) ______  AM:feb  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Turdus hauxwelli 
      
      
      CATHARUS
      
      
1464. Veery  (*) ______ mt
      Catharus f. fuscescens
      
      
1465. Swainson's Thrush ______
      Catharus ustulatus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Swainson's Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1466. Gray-cheeked Thrush ______
      Catharus minimus
      
      
      PLATYCICHIA
      
      
1467. Yellow-legged Thrush  (*) ______  SE:aug,oct
      Platycichia f. flavipes
      
      
1468. Pale-eyed Thrush ______
      Platycichia leucops
      
      Outside Brazil, the Pale-eyed Thrush has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      CICHLOPSIS
      
      
1469. Rufous-brown Solitaire ______
      Cichlopsis leucogenys 
      
      
      PASSER
      
      
1470. House Sparrow  (BRi) (*) ______  AM:feb  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Passer domesticus
      
      Outside Brazil, the House Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay. 
      
      
      ESTRILDA
      
      
1471. Common Waxbill  (BRi) (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  br  MN:oct  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Estrilda astrild
      
      
      
      A Common Waxbill, photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
      
      
      ANTHUS
      
      
1472. Yellowish Pipit  (*) ______  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,aug
      Anthus l. lutescens
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellowish Pipit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
1473. Short-billed Pipit  (*) ______  RS:oct
      Anthus f. furcatus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Short-billed Pipit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
      
      
1474. Hellmayr's Pipit  (*) ______  MN:mar,oct  RS:jul,oct
      Anthus hellmayri brasilianus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Hellmayr's Pipit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1475. Ochre-breasted Pipit (t3) (*) ______  MN:oct
      Anthus nattereri  (monotypic) 
      
      
1476. Correndera Pipit ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Anthus correndera
      
      Outside Brazil, the Correndera Pipit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
      
      
      EUPHONIA
      
      
1477. Purple-throated Euphonia  (*) ______  ES:oct  IG:jul  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  MT:mar  SE:octe
      Euphonia chlorotica serrirostris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Purple-throated Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela. 
      
      
1478. Violaceous Euphonia  (ph) (*) ______ af  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:sep  MT:mar  SE:mar,may,jul,aug
      Euphonia violacea auranticollis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Violaceous Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A male Violaceous Euphonia depicted a few years ago
      on a menu cover on the former Brazilian airline, Varig. 
      
      Below: a photograph of a female Violaceous Euphonia
      (photo by Leroy Tabb) 
      
      
      
      
      
1479. Thick-billed Euphonia  (*) ______  AM:feb  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Euphonia l. lanirostris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Thick-billed Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
1480. White-lored Euphonia  (*) ______ AF:oct  (has also been called Golden-bellied Euphonia)
      Euphonia chrysopasta nitida
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-lored Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1481. Golden-rumped Euphonia  (*) ______ se  (was part of Blue-hooded Euphonia)
      Euphonia c. cyanocephala
      
      Outside Brazil, the Golden-rumped Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
1482. Green-chinned Euphonia  (nt) (*) ______  IG:sep  MN:sep  se
      Euphonia chalyba  (monotypic)
      
      
1483. Plumbeous Euphonia  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Euphonia plumbea (monotypic)
      
      
1484. Golden-sided Euphonia  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Euphonia cayennensis  (monotypic)
      
      
1485. Orange-bellied Euphonia  (ph) (*) ______ af  SE:oct
      Euphonia x. xanthogaster
      
      Outside Brazil, the Orange-bellied Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1486. Rufous-bellied Euphonia  (*) ______  AF:oct  MT:aug
      Euphonia r. rufiventris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-bellied Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1487. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia  (*) ______  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Euphonia pectoralis  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chestnut-bellied Euphonia has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1488. White-vented Euphonia ______  (in northern Brazil)
      Euphonia minuta
      
      
1489. Finsch's Euphonia ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Euphonia finschi
       
      
      CHLOROPHONIA
      
      
1490. Blue-naped Chlorophonia  (ph: w/Green-headed Tanager) (*)  ______  IG:jul,sep  mn  SE:aug,oct
      Chlorophonia c. cyanea
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-naped Chlorophonia has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
      CARDUELIS
      
      
1491. Hooded Siskin  (ph) (*) ______  IG:aug  MN:sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Carduelis magellanica icterica
      
      Outside Brazil, the Hooded Siskin has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
      
      
      
      A male Hooded Siskin photographed during a FONT tour 
      
      
1492. Yellow-faced Siskin (t3)  ______  ne
      Carduelis yarrellii
      
      
      PARULA
      
      
1493. Tropical Parula  (*) ______ br  IG:jul,sep  mn  MS:aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Parula p. pitiyumi
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tropical Parula has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay. 
      
      
      DENDROICA
      
      
1494. Yellow Warbler  (ph)  ______
      Dendroica petechia
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1495. Blackburnian Warbler  (ph)  ______
      Dendroica fusca
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blackburnian Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1496. Blackpoll Warbler  (ph)  ______
      Dendroica striata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blackpoll Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1497. Cerulean Warbler  (t3)  ______  (has been found as far south as southeast Brazil in between October & January)
      Dendroica cerulea
      
      
1498. Black-throated Green Warbler  (ph) ______  (r/BR)  
      Dendroica virens  
      
      From unsubstantiated records, the Black-throated Green Warbler has been found, twice, as far south as southeast Brazil.
      
      
      SETOPHAGA
      
      
1499. American Redstart  (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb(1 female) 
      Setophaga ruticilla
      
      Outside Brazil, the American Redstart has been found during FONT tours in Chile (where rare), Venezuela.
      
      
      SEIURUS
      
      
1500. Northern Waterthrush ______
      Seiurus novaboracensis
      
      
      OPORORNIS
      
      
1501. Connecticut Warbler  (ph)  ______
      Oporornis agilis
       
      
      GEOTHLYPIS
      
      
1502. Southern Yellowthroat  (*) ______ br  MN:may,oct  mt  MS:mar,aug,sep  RS:jul  SE:aug,oct  (was part of the now more-northerly Masked Yellowthroat)
      Geothlypis velata  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Southern Yellowthroat has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      BASILEUTERUS
      
      
1503. Stripe-crowned Warbler  (*) ______ IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct  (has been called Golden-crowned Warbler)
      Basileuterus culicivorus azarae
      
      Outside Brazil, the Stripe-crowned Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
1504. Flavescent Warbler  (*) ______ br  MN:oct  MT:aug
      Basileuterus f. flaveolus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Flavescent Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Paraguay.
      
      
1505. White-bellied Warbler  (*) ______ br  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:sep  MT:mar,oct
      Basileuterus hypoleucus  (monotypic)
      
      
1506. White-rimmed Warbler  (*) ______  RS:jul  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct  (has also been called White-browed Warbler)
      Basileuterus l. leucoblepharus
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-rimmed Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1507. White-striped Warbler (BRe) (*) ______  MN:may,sep,oct  MT:oct
      Basileuterus leucophrys  (monotypic)
      
      
1508. Roraiman Warbler ______
      Basileuterus roraimae
      
      
      PHAEOTHLYPIS
      
      
1509. Riverbank Warbler  (*) ______  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:oct  SE:jul,aug  (was called River Warbler, but there is another species in Eurasia with that name, an Old World Warbler)
      Phaeothlypis (formerly Basileuterus) rivularis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Riverbank Warbler has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.  
      
      
1510. Buff-rumped Warbler ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Phaeothypis (formerly Basileuterus) fulvicauda  
      
      
      WILSONIA 
      
      
1511. Canada Warbler  (ph)  ______
      Wilsonia canadensis
      
      
      MYIOBORUS
      
      
1512. Tepui Whitestart ______  (has been called Tepui Redstart) (in far-northern Brazil)
      Myioborus miniatus
      
      
1513. Brown-capped Whitestart ______  (has been called Brown-capped Redstart) (in far-northern Brazil)
      Myioborus castaneocapillus
      
      
      GRANATELLUS
      
      
1514. Rose-breasted Chat  (*) ______ af
      Granatellus pelzelni paraensis  (was in the warblers, now family uncertain)
      
      
      CACICUS
      
      
1515. "Eastern or Amazonian" Yellow-rumped Cacique  (*) ______ AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MT:mar,aug,oct  (conspecific with the "Western" Yellow-rumped Cacique of northern South America & Central America) 
      Cacicus c. cela
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-rumped Cacique has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1516. Red-rumped Cacique  (*) ______  AM:feb  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MT:oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Cacicus haemorrhous affinis  (ig,mn,se)
      Cacicus haemorrhous pachyrhynchus  (mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-rumped Cacique has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
1517. Golden-winged Cacique  (*) ______  MS:mar,sep  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Cacicus chrysopterus  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Golden-winged Cacique has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1518. Solitary Cacique  (*) ______  AF:oct  ig  MS:aug,sep  MT:aug  (has also been called Solitary Black Cacique)
      Cacicus solitarius  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Solitary Cacique has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador.
      
      
      AGELAIOIDES  
      
      
1519. Baywing  (ph) (*)  ______  MN:sep  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  RS:oct  se  (has also been called Bay-winged Cowbird) 
      Agelaioides b. badius 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Baywing has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia.
      
      
      
      A Baywing photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
      
      
      MOLOTHRUS
      
      
1520. Shiny Cowbird  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ES:oct  IG:aug  MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct  (has also been called Glossy Cowbird) 
      Molothrus b. bonariensis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Shiny Cowbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
      
      
1521. Screaming Cowbird  (*) ______  RS:oct
      Molothrus rufoaxillaris  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Screaming Cowbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
1522. Giant Cowbird  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  IG:aug  MN:sep  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  se
      Molothrus o. oryzivora
      
      Outside Brazil, the Giant Cowbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela,
      
      
      PSAROCOLIUS
      
      
1523. Crested Oropendola  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  SE:may,aug
      Psarocolius decumanus maculosus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Crested Oropendola has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A Crested Oropendola photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
      
      
1524. Para Oropendola  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  MT:aug,oct  (has been part of the more-westerly Olive Oropendola, & now said to include the more-northeasterly "Amazonian Oropendola")
      Psarocolius bifasciatus neivae   
      
      
1525. Green Oropendola ______  (in northern Brazil)
      Psarocolius viridis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Green Oropendola has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1526. Russet-backed Oropendola ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Psarocolius angustifrons
      
      Outside Brazil, the Russet-backed Oropendola has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1527. Olive Oropendola ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Psarocolius yuracares
      
      Outside Brazil, the Olive Oropendola has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
      
      
      OCYALUS
      
      
1528. Band-tailed Oropendola ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Ocyalus latirostris
      
      
      CLYPICTURUS
      
      
1529. Casqued Oropendola ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Clypicturus oseryi
      
      
      QUISCALUS
      
      
1530. Carib Grackle  (ph)  ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Quiscalus lugubris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Carib Grackle has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
      LAMPROPSAR
      
      
1531. Velvet-fronted Grackle  (*) ______  AM:feb   (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Lampropsar tanagrinus  (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Velvet-fronted Grackle has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.  
        
      
      MACROAGELAIUS
      
      
1532. Golden-tufted Grackle ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Macroagelaius imthurni
       
      
      AGELAIUS
      
      
1533. Unicolored Blackbird  (ph) (*) ______  MN:oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  se
      Agelaius c. cyanopus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Unicolored Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia.
      
      
      
      A female Unicolored Blackbird
      
      
1534. Yellow-winged Blackbird  (*) ______  RS:oct
      Agelaius thilius petersii
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-winged Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
      
      
      CHRYSOMUS
      
      
1535. Yellow-hooded Blackbird  (ph) (*) ______  AM:aug
      Chrysomus i. icterocephalus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-hooded Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Yellow-hooded Blackbirds, as we've seen them during FONT tours along an Amazonian river
      (photo by Leroy Tabb)
      
      
1536. Chestnut-capped Blackbird  (ph) (*) ______  MN:may,sep,oct  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Chrysomus (formerly Agelaius) r. ruficapillus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chestnut-capped Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      A female Chestnut-capped Blackbird
      photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      (photo by Robert Enever)
      
      
      GNORIMOPSAR
      
      
1537. Chopi Blackbird  (*) ______  IG:sep  MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar.aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:may,aug,oct
      Gnorimopsar c. chopi  (mt)
      Gnorimopsar chopsi sulcirostris  (mn,se)
      (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chopi Blackbird has found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay. 
      
      
      CURAEUS
      
      
1538. Forbes's Blackbird  (t1) (BRe)  (*) ______  MN:may  (locally in eastern Brazil, very rare)
      Curaeus forbesi 
      
      
      ICTERUS
      
      
1539. Moriche Oriole  (*) ______  AM:aug  (has been considered by some to be conspecific with the more-southerly Epaulet Oriole)  
      Icterus c. chrysocephalus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Moriche Oriole has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1540. Epaulet Oriole  (*) ______  AF:oct  IG:jul  MS:mar,aug  mt  RS:oct  SE:aug  (has been considered by some to be conspecific with the Moriche Oriole of northern South America)
      Icterus cayanensis valenciobuenoi  (se)
      Icterus cayanensis periporphyrus  (af,mt)
      Icterus cayanensis pyrrhopterus  (ig,rs)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Epaulet Oriole has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay. 
      
      
1541. Venezuelan Troupial  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  (formerly part of a wide-ranging "Troupial", now considered as 3 species)
      Icterus icterus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Venezuelan Troupial has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
         
      
1542. Orange-backed Troupial  (ph) (*)  ______  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  (formerly part of a wide-ranging "Troupial", now considered as 3 species)
      Icterus croconotus 
      
      
      
      An Orange-backed Troupial photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour 
      in Mato Grosso do Sul
      (photo by Andy Smith)  
      
      
1543. Yellow Oriole ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Icterus nigrogularis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow Oriole has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1544. Campo Troupial  (BRe) (*)  ______  MN:may  ne  (formerly part of a wide-ranging "Troupial", now considered as 3 species) (in northeast Brazil) 
      Icterus jamacaii
      
      
      GYMNOMYSTAX
      
      
1545. Oriole-Blackbird  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Gymnomystax mexicanus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Oriole Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
      AMBLYRAMPHUS
      
      
1546. Scarlet-headed Blackbird  (ph) (*) ______  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct
      Amblyramphus holosericeus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Scarlet-headed Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      
      A Scarlet-headed Blackbird photographed during a FONT tour
      in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2010
      (photo by Robert Enever)
      
      
      PSEUDOLEISTES
      
      
1547. Yellow-rumped Marshbird  (ph) (*)  ______  MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
      Pseudoleistes guirahuro  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-rumped Marshbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      
      A Yellow-rumped Marshbird photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Minas Gerais 
      
      
1548. Brown-and-yellow Marshbird  (ph) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
      Pseudoleistes virescens  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Brown-and-yellow Marshbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      
      A Brown-and-yellow Marshbird photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Rio Grande do Sul  
      
      
      XANTHOPSAR
      
      
1549. Saffron-cowled Blackbird  (t3) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
      Xanthopsar (formerly Agelaius) flavus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Saffron-cowled Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      STURNELLA
      
      
1550. White-browed Blackbird  (ph) (*)  ______ br  ig  MN:may,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
      Sturnella supercillaris  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-browed Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      A White-browed Blackbird photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1551. Red-breasted Blackbird  (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Sturnella militaris  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-breasted Blackbird has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A Red-breasted Blackbird photographed during a FONT tour
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1552. Eastern Meadowlark  (ph) ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Sturnella magna
      
      Outside Brazil, the Eastern Meadowlark has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1553. Pampas Meadowlark  (t3) ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Sturnella defilippii
      
      
      DOLICHONYX
      
      
1554. Bobolink  (ph) (*)  ______   MS:mar
      Dolichonyx oryzivorus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
      
      
      
      A female Bobolink
      (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
      
      COEREBA
      
      
1555. Bananaquit  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  br  ig  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Coereba flaveola chloropyga  (rs,ig)
      Coereba flaveola alleni  (af,am,br,mn,mt,se)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Bananaquit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      PORPHYROSPIZA
      
      
1556. Blue Finch (nt) (BRqe) (*) ______  MN:sep,oct  MT:oct  (another name is Yellow-billed Blue Finch)
      Porphyrospiza caerulescens  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      ARREMONOPS
      
      
1557. Black-striped Sparrow ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Arremonops conirostris
      
      
      ARREMON
      
      
1558. Pectoral Sparrow  (*) ______ MT:oct  
      Arremon taciturnus semitorquatus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Pectoral Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1559. Saffron-billed Sparrow  (*) ______ br  MS:aug  MT:oct
      Arremon flavirostris devillii
      
      Outside Brazil, the Saffron-billed Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1560. Half-collared Sparrow  (BRe) (*) ______  se  (in southeast Brazil)
      Arremon semitorquatus
      
      
1561. San Francisco Sparrow  (nt) (BRe) ______  (in northeast Brazil)
      Arremon frasnciscanus 
      
      
      ATLAPETES
      
      
1562. Tepui Brush Finch ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Atlapetes personatus
      
      
      MYOSPIZA
      
      
1563. Grassland Sparrow  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Myospiza (formerly Ammodramus) humeralis xanthornis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Grassland Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
      
      
1564. Yellow-browed Sparrow  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Myospiza (formerly Ammodramus) a. aurifrons
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-browed Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
      ZONOTRICHIA
      
      
1565. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (ph) (*)  ______ br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:aug  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Zonotrichia capensis matutina (mt)
      Zonotrichia capensis subtorquata (br,rs,ig,mn,se)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-collared Sparrow has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
      
      
      GUBERNATRIX 
      
      
1566. Yellow Cardinal  (t2) ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Gubeernatrix cristata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow Cardinal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      PAROARIA
      
      
1567. Red-crested Cardinal  (ph) (*) ______  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  RS:oct
      Paroaria coronata  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-crested Cardinal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      A Red-crested Cardinal, also known as the Brazilian Cardinal,
      photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
      
      
1568. Red-capped Cardinal  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug
      Paroaria g. gularis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-capped Cardinal has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.  
      
      
1569. Red-cowled Cardinal (e) (*) ______ brx
      Paroaria dominicana  (monotypic)
      
      
1570. Yellow-billed Cardinal  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug
      Paroaria c. capitata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-billed Cardinal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      
      A Yellow-billed Cardinal photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1571. Crimson-fronted Cardinal  (BRe) ______
      Paroaria baeri
      
      
      THRAUPIS
      
      
1572. Blue-gray Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug
      Thraupis episcopus coelestis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-gray Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1573. Sayaca Tanager  (ph) (*) ______ af  br  IG:jul,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug.oct
      Thraupis s. sayaca
      
      Outside Brazil, the Sayaca Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      Sayaca Tanager
      
      
1574. Azure-shouldered Tanager (nt) (BRe) (*) ______ ES:oct  MN:oct  RS:jul  SE:mar,aug
      Thraupis cyanoptera  (monotypic)
      
      
1575. Golden-chevroned Tanager (BRe) (ph) (*)  ______ ES:oct  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:mar,may,aug,oct
      Thraupis ornata  (monotypic)
      
      
      
      Golden-chevroned Tanagers
      
      
1576. Palm Tanager  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Thraupis p. palmarum
      
      Outside Brazil, the Palm Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1577. Blue-and-yellow Tanager  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
      Thraupis b. bonariensis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-and-yellow Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.
      
      
      CYANICTERUS
      
      
1578. Blue-backed Tanager ______  (in northern Brazil)
      Cyanicterus cyanicterus  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      RAMPHOCELUS
      
      
1579. Brazilian Tanager  (BRqe) (ph) (*)  ______  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis
      
      
      
      A Brazilian Tanager photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1580. Silver-beaked Tanager  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Ramphocelus carbo centralis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Silver-beaked Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.  
      
      
      
      A Silver-beaked Tanager photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1581. Masked Crimson Tanager ______  (in Amazonian Brazil)
      Ramphocelus nigrogularis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Masked Crimson Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
      TANGARA
      
      
1582. Opal-rumped Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug
      Tangara v. velia
      
      
1583. Paradise Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MT:aug,oct
      Tangara c. chilensis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Paradise Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1584. Green-headed Tanager  (ph) (*)  ______  IG;jul,sep  MN:oct  MT:oct(unusual)  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Tangara seledon  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Green-headed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      
      Green-headed Tanagers & Blue-naped Chlorophonias at a feeder in southeast Brazil
      The name of the tanager notwithstanding, both of the species here have green heads.
      The bird with the blue on the shoulder is the Green-headed Tanager,
      The bird with the light blue on the neck is the Blue-naped Chlorophonia.
      (photo by Dan Coleman during the August 2007 FONT tour in Brazil) 
      
      
1585. Red-necked Tanager  (ph) (*) ______  RS:oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Tangara c. cyanocephala
      
      
      
      A colorful depiction of a Red-necked Tanager
      that was on a menu cover 
      on Varig, the former Brazilian airline. 
      
      
1586. Gilt-edged Tanager  (BRe) (ph) (*) ______  MN;may,sep.oct  SE:may,aug,oct
      Tangara cyanoventris  (monotypic)
      
      
      
      A Gilt-edged Tanager photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
      in Minas Gerais in October 2009  
      
      
1587. Brassy-breasted Tanager  (BRe) (ph) (*)  ______  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:may,aug,oct
      Tangara desmaresti  (monotypic)
      
      
      
      Brassy-breasted Tanager
      (photo by Alan Brady)
      
      
1588. Green-and-gold Tanager  (*) ______  AF:oct
      Tangara s. schrankii
      
      Outside Brazil, the Green-and-gold Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1589. Spotted Tanager  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Tangara p. punctata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Spotted Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1590. Blue-necked Tanager  (*) ______ af  MT:oct
      Tangara cyanicollis melanogaster
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-necked Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1591. Masked Tanager  (*) ______ af  mt
      Tangara nigrocincta (monotypic)
      
      
1592. Turquoise Tanager  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MT:oct
      Tangara mexicana boliviana
      
      Outside Brazil, the Turquoise Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1593. Bay-headed Tanager (ph)  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  mt
      Tangara gyrola albertinae 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Bay-headed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1594. Burnished-buff Tanager  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  SE:may,aug,oct
      Tangara cayana chloroptera  (mn,se)
      Tangara cayana sincipitalis  (br)
      Tangara cayana margaritae  (mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Burnished-buff Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
       
      
1595. Chestnut-backed Tanager  (*) ______  RS:oct
      Tangara preciosa  (monotypic) 
      
      
1596. Seven-colored Tanager  (t2) (BRe) ______  (in eastern Brazil)
      Tangara fastuosa
      
      
1597. Opal-crowned Tanager ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Tangara callophrys
      
      Outside Brazil, the Opal-crowned Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1598. Black-headed Tanager ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Tangara cyanoptera
      
      
1599. Black-backed Tanager  (t3) (BRe)  ______
      Tangara peruviana
      
      
1600. Yellow-billed Tanager ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Tangara xanthogastra
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-billed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1601. Speckled Tanager  (ph) ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Tangara guttata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Speckled Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Speckled Tanager
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1602. Dotted Tanager ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Tangara varia 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Dotted Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.  
      
      
      HEMITHRAUPIS  
      
      
1603. Yellow-backed Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:aug  MN:sep,oct  MT:oct
      Hemithraupis flavicollis centralis  (af,am,mt)
      Hemithraupis flavicollis insignis  (mn)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-backed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
      STEPHANOPHURUS
      
      
1604. Diademed Tanager (*) ______  MN:may,sep  RS:oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Stephanophurus diadematus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Diademed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Uruguay. 
      
      
      PIPRAEIDEA
      
      
1605. Fawn-breasted Tanager  (*) ______  IG:aug  MN:sep  mt  RS:oct,jul  SE:may,aug,oct
      Pipraeidea m. melanonota  (rs,ig,se)
      Pipraeidea melanonota venezuelensis  (mt)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Fawn-breasted Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
      
      
      PIRANGA
      
1606. Red Tanager  (*) ______ br  IG:sep  MN:may,sep  MS:mar  MT:oct  SE:aug  (formerly conspecific with the Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava)
      Piranga saira  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1607. Summer Tanager  (ph)  ______
      Piranga rubra
      
      Outside Brazil, the Summer Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1608. Scarlet Tanager  (ph)  ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Piranga olivacea
      
      Outside Brazil, the Scarlet Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1609. White-winged Tanager ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Piranga leucoptera
      
      
      HABIA
      
      
1610. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager  (*) ______ af  IG:jul  SE:jul,oct
      Habia r. rubica (se)
      Habia rubica hesterna (af)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-crowned Ant-Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      LANIO
      
1611. White-winged Shrike-Tanager  (*) ______  AF:oct
      Lanio versicolor parvus
      
      
1612. Fulvous Shrike-Tanager ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Lanio fulvus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Fulvous Shrike-Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
      MITROSPINGUS
      
      
1613. Olive-backed Tanager ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Mitrospingus oleagineus  (the single member of its genus)
         
      
      ORTHGONYS
      
      
1614. Olive-green Tanager  (BRe) (*) ______  MN:sep  SE:aug
      Orthgonys chloricterus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      TACHYPHONUS
      
      
1615. White-lined Tanager  (*) ______ br  MN:sep  MS:mar  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:aug
      Tachyphonus rufus  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-lined Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1616. Ruby-crowned Tanager  (*) ______  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Tachyphonus coronatus  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Ruby-crowned Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
      
      
1617. Flame-crested Tanager  (*) ______   AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MN:oct  MT:aug,oct  SE:may,jul,aug,oct
      Tachyphonus cristatus nattereri (mt)
      Tachyphonus cristatus brunneus  (mn,se)
      Tachyphonus cristatus madeirae (af,am)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Flame-crested Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1618. White-shouldered Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:feb  MS:aug  mt
      Tachyphonus l. luctuosus
      
      Outside Brazil, the White-shouldered Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1619. Red-shouldered Tanager  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Tachyphonus phoenicius  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-shouldered Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1620. Natterer's Tanager  ______  (locally in Mato Grosso)
      Tachyphonus nattereri
      
      
1621. Fulvous-crested Tanager ______  (in northern Brazil)
      Tachyphonus surinamus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Fulvous-crested Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1622. Yellow-crested Tanager ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Tachyphonus rufiventer
       
      
      EUCOMETIS
      
      
1623. Gray-headed Tanager  (*) ______ af  MS:sep  mt
      Eucometis penicillata albicollis  (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Gray-headed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      TRICHOTHRAUPIS
      
      
1624. Black-goggled Tanager  (*) ______ IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:may,jul,aug,oct
      Trichothraupis melanops  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-goggled Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      HEMITHRAUPIS
      
      
1625. Guira Tanager  (*) ______ af  AM:aug  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:oct  MT:oct  SE:aug
      Hemithraupis g. guira  (br,mn)
      Hemithraupis guira fosteri  (ig,se)
      Hemithraupis guira amazonica  (af,am)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Guira Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
1626. Rufous-headed Tanager  (BRe) (*) ______  ES:oct  MN:may,sep  SE:aug,oct
      Hemithraupis r. ruficapilla
      
      
      PYRRHOCOMA
      
      
1627. Chestnut-headed Tanager  (*) ______ se
      Pyrrhocoma ruficeps  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      CYPSNAGRA
      
      
1628. White-rumped Tanager (nt) (ph) (*)  ______ br  MN:mar,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Cypsnagra h. hirundinacea  (mn,mt)
      Cypsnagra hirundinacea pallidigula  (br) 
      (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      
      A White-rumped Tanager photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
      in Minas Gerais 
      
      
      NEOTHRAUPIS
      
      
1629. Shrike-like Tanager (nt) (*) ______ br  MT:mar,aug,oct  (was called White-banded Tanager)
      Neothraupis fasciata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      THLYPOPSIS
      
      
1630. Orange-headed Tanager  (*) ______  MN:sep  MS:mar  SE:aug,oct
      Thlypopsis s. sordida
      
      Outside Brazil, the Orange-headed Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia.
      
      
      NEMOSIA
      
      
1631. Hooded Tanager  (*) ______  AM:aug  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar  MT:aug
      Nemosia pileata caerula
      
      Outside Brazil, the Hooded Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
1632. Cherry-throated Tanager (t1) (BRe) (ph) (*) ______   ES:oct  
      Nemosia rourei  (monotypic)
      
      The Cherry-throated Tanager is one of the rarest birds ever seen during FONT tours, along with the Puerto Rican Amazon. 
      
      Regarding the Cherry-throated Tanager, go to:  RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL  
      
      
      
      
      
      ORCHESTICUS
      
      
1633. Brown Tanager  (nt) (BRe) (*) ______  ES:oct  MN:may,sep  SE:aug,oct
      Orchesticus abeillei  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      SCHISTOCHLAMYS
      
      
1634. Cinnamon Tanager  (BRe) (*) ______  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  se
      Schistochlamys r. ruficapillus
      
      
1635. Black-faced Tanager  (*) ______ br  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Schistochlamys melanopis olivina
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-faced Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      CISSOPIS
      
      
1636. Magpie Tanager  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  ES:oct  IG:jul,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Cissopis leveriana major  (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Magpie Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay.
      
      
      
      A Magpie Tanager photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
      
      
      LAMPROSPIZA
      
      
1637. Red-billed Pied Tanager  (*) ______  af
      Lamprospiza melanoleuca  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      COMPSOTHRAUPIS 
      
      
1638. Scarlet-throated Tanager  (BRe) ______  (in northeast Brazil)
      Compsothraupis loricata  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      CONOTHRAUPIS
      
      
1639. Black-and-white Tanager ______  (in far-western Brazil)
      Conothraupis speculigera
      
      
1640. Cone-billed Tanager (t1) (BRe) ______  (very rare, in Mato Grosso)
      Conothraupis mesoleuca
      
      
      DACNIS
      
      
1641. Blue Dacnis  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:aug  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Dacnis c. cayana  (af,am)
      Dacnis cayana paraguayensis  (br,ig,mn,mt,se)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue Dacnis has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Blue Dacnis
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1642. Black-faced Dacnis  (*) ______  AF:oct  MT:aug,oct
      Dacnis l. lineata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-faced Dacnis has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1643. Yellow-bellied Dacnis  (*) ______ af,mt
      Dacnis flaviventer  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-bellied Dacnis has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
      
      
1644. Black-legged Dacnis  (nt) (BRe) ______
      Dacnis nigripes
      
      
1645. White-bellied Dacnis ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
      Dacnis albiventris
      
      
      TERSINA
      
      
1646. Swallow-Tanager  (ph) (*) ______ af  IG:jul  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:aug  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
      Tersina v. viridis  (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Swallow-Tanager has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A Swallow-Tanager photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour 
      in Minas Gerais in October 2009
      
      
      CYANERPES
      
      
1647. Red-legged Honeycreeper  (ph) (*) ______  AM:aug  MT:oct
      Cyanerpes cyaneus violaceus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red-legged Honeycreeper has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1648. Purple Honeycreeper  (*) ______ af  MT:aug
      Cyanerpes caeruleus microrhynchus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Purple Honeycreeper has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
      
      An immature male Purple Honeycreeper 
      (photo by Leroy Tabb)
      
      
1649. Short-billed Honeycreeper ______
      Cyanerpes nitidus
      
      
      CHLOROPHANES
      
      
1650. Green Honeycreeper  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug  mt  SE:aug,oct
      Chlorophanes spiza axillaris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Green Honeycreeper has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A male Green Honeycreeper
      (photo by Doris Potter)
      
      
      CONIROSTRUM
      
      
1651. Bicolored Conebill  (nt) (*) ______  SE:aug,oct
      Conirostrum b. bicolor
      
      
1652. Pearly-breasted Conebill  (t3) (*) ______  AM:aug
      Conirostrum margaritae  (monotypic)
      
      
1653. Chestnut-vented Conebill  (*) ______  IG:jul,aug  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  mt  SE:aug,oct
      Conirostrum s. speciosum
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chestnut-vented Conebill has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
      
      
      DIGLOSSA
      
      
1654. Greater Flowerpiercer ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Diglossa major
      
      
1655. Scaled Flowerpiercer ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Diglossa duidae 
      
      
      VOLATINIA
      
      
1656. Blue-black Grassquit  (*) ______  AF:oct   AM:feb,aug  br,ig  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
      Volatinia j. jacarina  (the single member of its genus)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-black Grassquit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      TIARIS
      
      
1657. Sooty Grassquit  (*) ______  SE:aug
      Tiaris f. fuliginosus
      
      
      CATAMENIA
      
      
1658. Paramo Seedeater ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Catamenia homochroa
      
      
      SPOROPHILA
      
      
1659. Temminck's Seedeater (t3) (*) ______  IG:aug  SE:aug
      Sporophila falcirostris  (monotypic)
      
      
1660. Plumbeous Seedeater  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:aug
      Sporophila p. plumbea
      
      Outside Brazil, the Plumbeous Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1661. Lined Seedeater  (*) ______  MN:mar  MS:mar  MT:oct  SE:aug
      Sporophila lineola  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Lined Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1662. Yellow-bellied Seedeater  (*) ______ br,ig  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  SE:mar
      Sporophila n. nigricollis
      Sporophila nigricollis ardesiaca  ("Dubois' Seedeater" (BRe))
      
      
1663. Rusty-collared Seedeater  (*) ______  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar
      Sporophila collaris melanocephala
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rusty-collared Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1664. Double-collared Seedeater  (*) ______ af,br  IG:aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
      Sporophila c. caerulescens
      
      Outside Brazil, the Double-collared Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia.
      
      
1665. Wing-barred Seedeater  (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug  (closely related to, and was considered conspecific with the more northerly and westerly Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina) 
      Sporophila a. americana
      
      
1666. Tawny-bellied Seedeater  (*)  ______  MT:aug,oct   (closely related to, formerly considered conspecific with the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater of Central America & northern South America)  
      Sporophila hypoxantha  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Tawny-bellied Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1667. Dark-throated Seedeater  (nt) (*) ______  SE:aug
      Sporophila ruficollis  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Dark-throated Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1668. Chestnut-bellied Seedeater  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Sporophila castaneiventris  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chestnut-bellied Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
      
      
1669. White-bellied Seedeater  (ph) (*)  ______  MS:aug,sep  MT:aug  SE:aug,oct
      Sporophila l. leucoptea (mt)
      Sporophila leucoptera cinereola (se)
      
      
      
      A White-bellied Seedeater photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1670. Capped Seedeater  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,oct  MT:mar,oct
      Sporophila bouvreuil pileata
      
      Outside Brazil, the Capped Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
      
      
1671. Buffy-fronted Seedeater (t3) (*) ______  MS:aug  SE:aug,oct
      Sporophila frontalis  (monotypic)
      
      
1672. Black-bellied Seedeater (nt) (BRe) (*)  ______  MS:aug  mt
      Sporophila melanogaster  (monotypic)
      
      
1673. White-throated Seedeater (BRe) (*) ______  ne
      Sporophila albogularis
      
      
1674. Marsh Seedeater  (t2) (*) ______  ig  MS:mar
      Sporophila palustris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Marsh Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
      
      
1675. Rufous-rumped Seedeater  (nt)  ______  (also called Gray-and-chestnut Seedeater) 
      Sporophila hypochroma
      
      Outside Brazil, the Rufous-rumped Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1676. Chestnut Seedeater  (t3) ______
      Sporophila cinnamomea 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Chestnut Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
1677. Lesson's Seedeater  (*) ______  AM:feb  (in northern Brazil)
      Sporophila bouvronides
      
      Outside Brazil, the Lesson's Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1678. Slate-colored Seedeater ______  
      Sporophila schistacea
      
      
1679. Gray Seedeater ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Sporophila intermedia
      
      Outside Brazil, the Gray Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1680. Black-and-tawny Seedeater  (t3) ______
      Sporophila nigrorufa
      
      
1681. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (ph) ______
      Sporophila minuta
      
      Outside Brazil, the Ruddy-breasted Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
1682. Hooded Seedeater  (t1) (BRe) ______   (r/BR) 
      Sporophila melanops
      
      The Hooded Seedeater is known from a single male specimen collected in 1823. 
      
      
1683. Black-and-white Seedeater ______  (r/BR)  
      Sporophila luctuosa  
      
      The Black-and-white Seedeater in Brazil has only been known in the state of Acre in 1992.
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-and-white Seedeater has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
      The "Narosky's Seedeater" which may occur in Brazil near Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina is said to be a hybrid of the Marsh and the Chestnut Seedeaters.    
      
      
      DOLOSPINGUS
      
      
1684. White-naped Seedeater  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Dolospingus fringilloides  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      AMAUROSPIZA
      
      
1685. Blackish-blue Seedeater  (nt) ______
      Amaurospiza moesta
      
      
      ORYZOBORUS
      
      
1686. Great-billed Seed Finch (nt) (*) ______  SE:oct
      Oryzoborus m. maximiliani
      
      
1687. Lesser Seed Finch  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  ig  MS:mar,sep  MT:mar,aug  SE:aug  (considered conspecific with the "Thick-billed Seed-Finch" of Central America)  
      Oryzoborus a. angolensis  ("Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch")
      
      Outside Brazil, the Lesser Seed Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
      
      
1688. Large-billed Seed Finch  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Oryzoborus crassirostris  (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Large-billed Seed Finch has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      SICALIS
      
      
1689. Saffron Finch  (ph)  (*) ______ ES:oct  IG:sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,aug,oct  (or Saffron Yellow Finch)
      Sicalis flaveola pelzelni
      
      Outside Brazil, the Saffron Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile (where introduced), Uruguay, Venezuela.
      
      
      
      A Saffron Finch photographed during the FONT tour in Brazil in October 2009.
      
      
1690. Orange-fronted Yellow Finch  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug
      Sicalis columbiana leopoldinae
      
      Outside Brazil, the Orange-fronted Yellow Finch has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1691. Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,oct
      Sicalis c. citrina
      
      Outside Brazil, the Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
1692. Grassland Yellow Finch  (*) ______  MS:aug  mt  RS:oct
      Sicalis luteola luteiventris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Grassland Yellow Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
      
      
      HAPLOSPIZA
      
      
1693. Uniform Finch  (*) ______  IG:jul,aug  MN:sep  SE:aug
      Haplospiza unicolor  (monotypic)
      
      
      CHARITOSPIZA
      
      
1694. Coal-crested Finch  (nt) (*) ______  br  mn  MT:aug
      Charitospiza eucosma  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      CORYPHOSPINGUS
      
      
1695. Red Pileated Finch  (ph) (*)  ______  IG:sep  MS:aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:oct  (was called Red-crested Finch)
      Coryphospingus cucullatus rubescens
      
      Outside Brazil, the Red Pileated Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay. 
      
      
      
      A Red Pileated Finch photographed during 
      a FONT Brazil Tour in Rio Grande do Sul 
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1696. Gray Pileated Finch  (*) ______  MN:may,sep,oct  MT:aug
      Coryphospingus p. pileatus
      
      
      EMBERNAGRA
      
      
1697. Pampa Finch  (ph) (*) ______  brx  MN:sep,oct  RS:jul,octs  SE:oct  (has been called the Great Pampa Finch)
      Embernagra p. platensis  
      
      Outside Brazil, the Pampa Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
      
      
      
      A Pampa Finch photographed during the FONT Brazil Tour
      in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009  
      
      
1698. Serra Finch (nt) (BRe) (*) ______  MN:may,oct   (has also been called Pale-throated Serra-Finch, or Pale-throated, or Buff-throated Pampa Finch, the latter in the book, "All the Birds of Brazil")  
      Embernagra longicauda  (monotypic)
      
      
      EMBERIZOIDES
      
      
1699. Wedge-tailed Grass Finch  (ph) (*)  ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar  MT:aug  SE:aug
      Emberizoides h. herbicola
      
      Outside Brazil, the Wedge-tailed Grass Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
      
      
      
      A Wedge-tailed Grass Finch photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
      
      
1700. Lesser Grass Finch  ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Emberizoides ypiranganus  
      
      Outside Brazil, the Lesser Grass Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      DONACOSPIZA
      
      
1701. Long-tailed Reed Finch  (*) ______  RS:oct   (in far-southern Brazil)
      Donacospiza albifrons
      
      Outside Brazil, the Long-tailed Reed Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      CORYPHASPIZA
      
      
1702. Black-masked Finch (t3) (*) ______  MN:may,sep,oct
      Coryphaspiza m. melanotis  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      DIUCA
      
      
1703. Common Diuca Finch ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Diuca diuca
      
      Outside Brazil, the Common Diuca Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
      
      
      PHRYGILUS
      
      
1704. Mourning Sierra Finch ______  (r/BR) 
      Phrygilus fruticeti 
      
      The Mourning Sierra Finch has occurred as a vagrant in far-southern Brazil.
      
      Outside Brazil, the Mourning Sierra Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
       
      
      POOSPIZA
      
      
1705. Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
      Poospiza n. nigrorufa
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
      
      
1706. Bay-chested Warbling Finch  (BRe) (*) ______  MN:sep  RS:oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Poospiza thoracica  (monotypic)
      
      
1707. Red-rumped Warbling Finch  (*) ______  MN:may,sep  RS:oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
      Poospiza lateralis cabanisi
      
      
1708. Cinereous Warbling Finch (t3) (BRe) (*) ______  MN:may,oct  (formerly said to be conspecific with the Black-capped Warbling-Finch, Poospiza melanoleuca)
      Poospiza cinera  (monotypic)
      
      
1709. Black-capped Warbling Finch ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
      Poospiza melanoleuca
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-capped Warbling Finch has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      SPIZA
      
      
1710. Dickcissel  (ph)  ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Spiza americana
      
      Outside Brazil, the Dickcissel has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      PERIPORPHYRUS
      
      
1711. Red-and-black Grosbeak  (nt)  ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
      Periporphyrus erythromelas  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      SALTATOR
      
      
1712. Buff-throated Saltator  (ph) (*) ______  MN:oct  MS:mar,aug  MT:aug  se
      Saltator m. maximus
      
      Outside Brazil, the Buff-throated Saltator has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      
      Buff-throated Saltator
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1713. Green-winged Saltator  (*) ______  IG:jul,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MT:mar,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Saltator s. similis  (mt)
      Saltator similis ochraceiventris  (mn,se)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Green-winged Saltator has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
      
      
1714. "Southern" Grayish Saltator  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt
      Saltator c. coerulescens
      
      Outside Brazil, the Grayish Saltator has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela.
      
      
1715. Thick-billed Saltator  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
      Saltator maxillosus (monotypic)
      
      Outside Brazil, the Thick-billed Saltator has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
      
      
1716. Black-throated Saltator  (*) ______ br  MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar  MT:mar,aug,oct
      Saltator atricollis  (monotypic)
      
      
1717. Black-throated Grosbeak  (BRqe) (*)  ______ mn  SE:aug,oct  (closely related to, formerly considered conspecific with Slate-colored Grosbeak) 
      Saltator (formerly Pitylus) fuliginosus  (monotypic)
      
      
1718. Slate-colored Grosbeak  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb
      Saltator (formerly Pitylus) g. grossus
      
      The Slate-colored Grosbeak lives in the mid-story of the Amazonian Forest. although now in the same genus as the saltators, its song is not as rich.
      
      Outside Brazil, the Slate-colored Grosbeak has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
      
      
1719. Golden-billed Saltator ______  
      Saltator aurantiirostris
      
      Nests of the Golden-billed Saltator have been described in southern Rio Grande do Sul. 
      
      Outside Brazil, the Golden-billed Saltator has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
      
      
      PARKERTHRAUPIS
      
      
1720. Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak  (*) ______  AF:oct
      Parkerthraupis (formerly Caryothraustes) humeralis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
      CARYOTHRAUSTES
      
      
1721. Yellow-green Grosbeak  (*) ______  AM:aug
      Caryothraustes c. canadensis
      
      Outside Brazil, the Yellow-green Grosbeak has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      PHEUCTICUS
      
      
1722. Black-backed Grosbeak  (*) ______  MT:aug
      Pheucticus a. aureoventris
      
      Outside Brazil, the Black-backed Grosbeak has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
      
      CYANOLOXIA
      
      
1723. Glaucous-blue Grosbeak  (ph) (*) ______  RS:oct   (in far-southern Brazil)
      Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
      
      
      
      A Glaucous-blue Grosbeak photographed during the FONT Brazil Tour
      in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009
      
      
      CYANOCOMPSA
      
      
1724. Ultramarine Grosbeak  (*) ______  MN:sep  mt
      Cyanocompsa brissonii sterea
      
      Outside Brazil, the Ultramarine Grosbeak has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
      
      
1725. Blue-black Grosbeak  (*) ______ mt
      Cyanocompsa cyanoides
      
      Outside Brazil, the Blue-black Grosbeak has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
      
      
      
      
      
      

Places visited during FONT Brazil tours have included:

In the southern portion of Mato Grosso state, the areas of: the Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Serra das Araras.

In the central portion of Mato Grosso state, the Jardim da Amazonia by the Rio Claro.

In northern Mato Grosso state, Amazonian Rainforest in the areas of Alta Floresta and the Rio Cristalino.

In southeastern Brazil, the Atlantic Rainforest in the areas of Itatiaia, Serra do Mar, Intervales, Campos do Jordao, Ubatuba, Angra dos Reis, and Nova Friburgo in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Also, in the vicinity of the city of Rio de Janeiro, including the Tijuca Forest. Along the coast near Sao Paulo, Cubatao.

In the state of Minas Gerais, FONT birding tours have been to: Serra do Cipo, Serra da Canastra, Rio Doce, Caraca and Caparao. Also, an adjacent area in the state of Espiritu Santu (where the ultra-rare Cherry-throated Tanager has been seen).

Other locations where FONT has been in Brazil include Iguacu Falls (with fine forest in the national park) and Brasilia (with good cerrado habitat).

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