Brazil
Birds
during
FONT Birding & Nature Tours
Part 1: Tinamous thru Flycatchers
1992 thru 2008
(during the months of February,
March,
July, August, September,
October, and November)
List compiled by Armas Hill
Links:
Brazil
Birds during FONT Tours List Part #2: Antbirds thru Grosbeaks
Birds
during FONT tours in:
Mato
Grosso
Minas
Gerais
Rio
Grande do Sul
Southeast
Brazil
Rare
& Threatened Birds of Brazil
There have been 42 FONT
birding tours in Brazil.
1,023 species of birds have
cumulatively been seen during FONT Brazilian tours.
Recent taxonomic changes have been
incorporated into the following list. A number of these are from "The Birds of Ecuador - Status, Distribution, and
Taxonomy" by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield. Others are from
the 3rd edition of "The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of
the Birds of the World". In general, the taxonomic order is as it is in
that publication and in "Birds of the World - Recommended English
Names" by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright. Nomenclature is usually as it is
in the Gill & Wright book.
Codes:
(h): heard only
(i): introduced species
(e): endemic to Brazil
(qe): quasi (or near) endemic to Brazil
(t): a globally threatened or
rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical
(t2):
endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened
species globally
af:
the Alta Floresta and Rio Cristalino
areas (mostly Amazonian)
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
mn: Minas Gerais state
mt: Mato Grosso state (excluding Alta Floresta/Rio
Cristalino) & Mato Grosso do Sul state
(including the
Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Serra das Araras, and the
Jardim da
Amazonia in central MT near the
Rio Claro)
se:
Southeast Brazil (particularly places in the states
of Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo,
including the areas of Itatiaia
National Park and Cubatao, Ubatuba, Angra dos Reis, and
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)
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Birds:
- Solitary Tinamou (nt) (qe) ______ mn,se
Tinamus s. solitarius
- Great Tinamou ______ af,am
Tinamus major olivascens
- Gray Tinamou ______ mt
Tinamus tao kleei
- Cinereous Tinamou ______ af,am
Crypturellus cinereus (monotypic)
- Little Tinamou ______ af,mn,mt
Crypturellus soui albigularis
- Undulated Tinamou ______ mt
Crypturellus undulatus vermiculatus
- Yellow-legged Tinamou
(nt) (e) ______ mn
Crypturellus n. noctivagus
- Brown Tinamou ______ af,mn,rs,se
Crypturellus o.obsoletus (mn,rs & se)
Crypturellus obsoletus griseiventris (af)
- Small-billed Tinamou ______ mn,mt
Crypturellus parvirostris (monotypic)
- Brazilian Tinamou ______ af
Crypturellus strigulosus (monotypic)
- Tataupa Tinamou ______ ig,mn,mt
Crypturellus t. tataupa
- Red-winged Tinamou ______ br,mn,mt
Rhynchotus r. rufescens
- Spotted Nothura ______ br,mn,mt,rs
Nothura m. maculosa (mn,mt,rs)
Nothura maculosa major (br)
- White-bellied Nothura ______ mt
Nothura boraquira (monotypic)
- Geater Rhea (nt) ______ mn,mt,rs
Rhea a. americana (mn)
Rhea americana araneipes (mt)
Rhea americana intermedia (rs)
(the single member of its genus)
- Little Chachalaca ______ am
(this species, north of
the Amazon, was conspecific with the Speckled, Scaled, &
Chestnut-headed Chachalacas; was called Variable Chachalaca when combined)
Ortalis motmot ruficeps
- Chestnut-headed Chachalaca ______ af
(this
species, south of the Amazon, was conspecific with the Speckled, Scaled,
& Little Chachalacas;
was called
Variable Chachalaca
when combined)
Ortalis guttata (monotypic)
- Scaled Chachalaca ______ mn
Ortalis squamata (monotypic)
- Chaco Chachalaca ______ mt
Ortalis canicollis pantanalensis
- Rusty-margined Guan ______ ig,mn
Penelope superciliaris jacupemba
- Dusky-legged Guan ______ ig,mn,rs,se
Penelope o. obscura
- Spix's Guan ______ af,am
Penelope j. jacquacu
- Chestnut-bellied Guan (t2) (e) ______ mt
Penelope ochrogaster (monotypic)
- Common
Piping-Guan ______ af,mt (includes both
"Blue-throated Piping Guan" &
"Red-throated Piping
Guan")
Pipile cumanensis grayi (mt)
Pipile cumanensis nattereri (af)
- Black-fronted Piping-Guan (t3) (qe) ______ ig,se
Pipile jacutinga (monotypic)
- Bare-faced Curassow ______ af,br,mt
Crax f. fasiolata (br,mt)
Crax fasiolata pinima (af) ("Natterer's Bare-faced
Curassow")
- Razor-billed Curassow ______ af,mt
Mitu tuberosum (was considered conspecific
with the Alagoas
Curassow of eastern Brazil that's now either extinct or nearly so in the wild)
- Marbled Wood-Quail ______ af,mt
Odontophorus g. gujanensis
- Spot-winged Wood-Quail ______ mn,se
Odontophorus capueira (monotypic)
- Southern Screamer ______ mt,rs
Chauna torquata
(monotypic)
- Black-necked Swan ______ rs
Cygnus melancoryphus (monotypic)
- Coscoroba Swan ______ rs
Coscoroba coscoroba (monotypic, and the single member of its
genus)
- Muscovy Duck ______ af,mn,mt
Cairina moschata (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
- White-faced Whistling Duck ______ af,mn,mt,rs,se
Dendrocygna viduata
(monotypic)
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck ______ af,am,mn,mt
Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor
- Fulvous Whistling Duck ______ mt,rs,se
Dendrocygna bicolor
(monotypic)
- Comb Duck ______ ig,mt,rs,se (was conspecific with what's now the
Knob-billed Duck of Africa & Asia)
Sarkidiornis sylvicola (monotypic)
- White-cheeked Pintail ______ se
Anas bahamensis rubriostris
- Yellow-billed Pintail ______ rs,se
Anas georgica spinicauda
- Speckled Teal ______ rs
Anas f. flavirostris
- Silver Teal ______ rs
Anas v. versicolor
- Rosy-billed Pochard ______ rs,se (another name has been "Rosybill")
Netta peposaca (monotypic)
- Southern Pochard ______ se
Netta e. erythrophthalma
- Ringed Teal ______ rs
Callonetta leucophrys (monotypic,
and the single member of its genus)
- Brazilian Teal ______ af,br,mn,mt,rs,se
Amazonetta brasiliensis ipecutiri (the single member of its genus)
- Brazilian Merganser (t1) (qe) (see rare &
threatened bird of Brazil file) ______ mn
Mergus octosetaceus (monotypic)
- Black-headed Duck ______ rs
(the only brood-parasitic duck in the world)
Heteronetta atricapilla (monotypic, and the single member of
its genus)
- Masked Duck ______ se
Nononyx (formerly Oxyura)
dominica (monotypic, and the single member of its
genus)
- Magellanic Penguin (nt) ______ se
Spheniscus mendiculus (monotypic)
- Black-browed Albatross (nt) ______ rs
Thalassarche (has been
Diomedea)
melanophrys
- White-chinned Petrel ______ rs
Procellaria a. aequinoctialis
- Manx Shearwater ______ rs,se
Puffinus puffinus
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel ______ rs
Oceanites oceanicus
- Pied-billed Grebe ______ mn,rs,se
Podilymbus podiceps anarcticus
- Least Grebe ______ mn,mt,se
Tachybabtus
(formerly Podiceps) dominicus speciesus
- White-tufted Grebe ______ rs
Rollandia
(formerly Podiceps) rolland chilensis
- Great Grebe ______ rs
Podiceps m. major
- Jabiru ______ af,mt
Jabiru mycteria (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
- Maguari Stork ______ mt,rs
Ciconia maguari
(monotypic)
- Wood Stork ______ af,mt,rs
Mycteria americana
(monotypic)
- Scarlet Ibis ______ se
Eudocimus ruber
(monotypic)
- Buff-necked Ibis ______ br,mn,mt,rs
Theristicus caudatus hyperorius
- Plumbeous Ibis ______ mt,rs
Theristicus caerulescens (monotypic)
- Green Ibis ______ af,am,br,mn,mt
Mesembrinibis cayennensis (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
- Bare-faced Ibis ______
mt,rs
Phimosus infuscatus nudifrons (the single member of its
genus)
- White-faced Ibis ______ mt,rs
Plegadis chihi
(monotypic)
- Roseate Spoonbill ______ mt,rs,se
Ajaia (formerly Platalea) ajaja
(monotypic)
- Magnificent Frigatebird ______ rs,se
Fregata magnificens (now considered monotypic)
- Striated Heron ______ af,am,br,mt,rs,se (at one time considered
conspecific with the Green Heron of North America and most of Central
America, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
Butorides s. striatus
- Least Bittern ______ mt
Ixobrychus exilis erythromelas
- Stripe-backed Bittern ______ se
Ixobrychus involucris (monotypic)