Birds during the FONT 
Birding & Nature Tour 
in Brazil

including adjacent 
URUGUAY

in October 2009

Dates: 

October 11-23



In Brazil, this tour was in the states of Minas Gerais & Rio Grande do Sul.


Codes: 
  
mn: in Minas Gerais 
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


UPPER RIGHT ILLUSTRATION: a FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER,
one of the birds most often seen during our October '09 Brazil tour,
in Minas Gerais and 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.
    

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

Links:

A Complete List of the Birds of Brazil:
Part 1  (Tinamous thru Flycatchers)
Part 2  (Antshrikes thru Grosbeaks)

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

Rare & Threatened Birds of Brazil  (with photos)

Birds during FONT tours in Minas Gerais (with photos)

Birds of Rio Grande do Sul & adjacent Uruguay (with photos)

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Brazil  (with photos)

A list of Mammals during our Brazil tour in October 2009 follows the bird-list below. 

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil

Bird-List:


   1. Spotted Nothura - rs

   2. Lesser Nothura  (t3) - mn 

   3. Greater Rhea (nt) - rs

   4. Rusty-margined Guan - mn

   5. Dusky-legged Guan - mn

   6. Southern Screamer - rs

   7. White-faced Whistling Duck - rs

   8. Black-necked Swan - rs

   9. Coscoroba Swan - rs

 10. Muscovy Duck - mn

 11. Yellow-billed Pintail - rs

 12. Speckled Teal - rs,ug

 13. Silver Teal - rs,ug

 14. Ringed Teal - rs

 15. Brazilian Teal - mn,rs

 16. Red Shoveler - rs  

 17. Magellanic Penguin (nt) - rs

 18. Pied-billed Grebe - mn,rs

 19. White-tufted Grebe - rs

 20. Great Grebe - rs

 21. Maguari Stork - rs

 22. Wood Stork - rs    

 23. Bare-faced Ibis - rs

 24. White-faced Ibis - rs  

 25. Roseate Spoonbill - rs

 26. Striated Heron - mn,rs 

102. White-tipped Dove - mn

103. Ruddy Quail-Dove - mn

104. Blue-winged Macaw (t3) - mn 

105. White-eyed Parakeet - mn

106. Peach-fronted Parakeet - mn

107. Monk Parakeet - rs,ug

108. Scaly-headed Parrot - mn

109. Mealy Amazon - mn

110, Red-spectacled Amazon (t3) - rs

111. Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (t2) - mn 

112. Smooth-billed Ani - mn

113. Dark-billed Cuckoo - mn

114. Squirrel Cuckoo - mn 

115. Striped Cuckoo - mn,rs 

129. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird - mn

130. Rufous-breasted Hermit - mn

131. Planalto Hermit - mn

132. Black Jacobin - mn

133. Fork-tailed Woodnymph - mn

134. Violet-capped Woodnymph - mn

135. Gilded Sapphire - rs 

136. Glittering-throated Emerald - mn

137. Sapphire-spangled Emerald - mn

138. Hyacinth Visorbearer (nt) - mn 

139. Amazonian White-tailed Trogon - mn

140. Black-throated Trogon - mn

141. Ringed Kingfisher - rs

142. Amazon Kingfisher - rs

143. Rufous-capped Motmot - mn

144. Rufous-tailed Jacamar - mn

145. White-eared Puffbird - mn

146. Toco Toucan - mn

147. Channel-billed Toucan - mn

148. Black-necked Aracari - mn

149. Campo (or Field) Flicker - mn,rs

150. Green-barred Woodpecker - mn,rs

151. Yellow-browed Woodpecker - mn

152. Lineated Woodpecker - mn  

163. Gray Elaenia - mn

164. Yellow-bellied Elaenia - mn

165. Small-billed Elaenia - mn,rs

166. Highland Elaenia - mn

167. Plain-crested Elaenia - mn

168. Lesser Elaenia - mn

169. Sooty Tyrannulet - mn,rs

170. Warbling Doradito - rs

171. Yellow-olive Flatbill - mn

172. Bran-colored Flycatcher - rs 

173. Cliff Flycatcher - mn

174. Tropical Pewee - mn

175. Vermilion Flycatcher - rs

176. White-rumped Monjita - mn

177. White Monjita - rs

178. Black-and-white Monjita (t3) - rs 

Mammals & Other Wildlife 
during the FONT Nature Tour 
in Brazil 

in October 2009

List compiled by Armas Hill

Photo at right: 
to be changed 

 


Dates:

October 11-23


Codes:

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