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Brazil
Birds
Tinamous to Doves
Noting those found during
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*).
from 1992 thru 2010
(during the months of February,
March,
July, August, September,
October, and November)
Part 1 of a List of
Brazil Birds compiled by Armas Hill
UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: A JABIRU IN FLIGHT
Links:
Part #2 of this List of Brazil Birds: Macaws to Flycatchers
Part #3 of this List of Brazil Birds: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks
Lists of 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 (in states of Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo)
and
a special list of:
The Rare
& Threatened Birds of Brazil (with
some photos)
There have been 47 FONT
birding tours in Brazil.
1,040 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. Also some taxonomy has been
incorporated from "The Birds of Ecuador - Status, Distribution, and
Taxonomy" by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield, published in
2001. More recently, both taxonomic order & nomenclature here are 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 near) endemic to Brazil
(r/BR): a rarity, or vagrant, 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 habitat)
AM: Amazonas state, mostly in the area of Manaus
BR: the area of Brasilia - the federal capital
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, &
the Jardim da Amazonia in central MT near
the Rio Claro)
NE:
Northeast Brazil (in the states of
Ceara & Piaui)
SE:
Southeast Brazil (in the states
of Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo, including areas of Itatiaia
National Park, Cubatao,
Ubatuba, Angra dos Reis,
& Cabo Frio along the coast)
RS:
Rio Grande do Sul - the southernmost state in 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
Mammals & Other Wildlife during FONT Brazil Tours (with some photos)
Mammals during FONT Tours in South America (with some photos)
Directory of Photographs in this Web-Site
Birds:
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