Brazil Birds

Tinamous to Doves

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

from 1992 thru 2011

(during the months of February, 
March, May, July, August, 
September, October, 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 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. 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:

       TINAMUS

1. Solitary Tinamou (nt) (BRqe) (*) ______  IG:sep  MN:may,oct  SE:oct
   Tinamus s. solitarius
   
   Outside Brazil, the Solitary Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
   
   
2. Great Tinamou  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug
   Tinamus major olivascens
   
   Outside Brazil, the Great Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
    
   
3. Gray Tinamou  (*) ______  MT:aug,oct
   Tinamus tao kleei
   
   
4. White-throated Tinamou ______
   Tinamus guttatus
   
   
   CRYPTURELLUS
   
   
5. Cinereous Tinamou  (*) ______ AF:oct  AM:aug
   Crypturellus cinereus  (monotypic)
   
   Outside Brazil, the Cinereous Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.  
   
   
6. Little Tinamou  (*) ______ AF:oct  AM:feb  MN:oct  mt
   Crypturellus soui albigularis
   
   Outside Brazil, the Little Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
   
   
7. Undulated Tinamou  (*) ______  AM:feb  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug,oct  SE:mar
   Crypturellus undulatus vermiculatus
   
   Outside Brazil, the Undulated Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
    
   
8. Yellow-legged Tinamou (nt) (BRe) (*) ______  MN:sep,oct
   Crypturellus n. noctivagus
   
   
9. Brown Tinamou  (*) ______ af  MN:may,sep,oct  RS:oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
   Crypturellus o.obsoletus  (mn,rs & se)
   Crypturellus obsoletus griseiventris  (af)
   
   Outside Brazil, the Brown Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
   
   
10. Small-billed Tinamou  (*) ______ MN:may  MS:mar  mt
    Crypturellus parvirostris  (monotypic)
    
    
11. Brazilian Tinamou  (*) ______ AF:oct
    Crypturellus strigulosus  (monotypic)
    
    
12. Tataupa Tinamou  (*) ______ ig  MN:oct  mt
    Crypturellus t. tataupa
    
    
13. Red-legged Tinamou ______ (in far-northern Brazil)
    Crypturellus erythropus
    
    
14. Gray-legged Tinamou ______ (in far-northwestern Brazil)
    Crypturellus duidae
    
    
15. Black-capped Tinamou ______ (in western Amazonian Brazil)
    Crypturellus atrocapillus
    
    
16. Bartlett's Tinamou ______ (in western Amazonian Brazil)
    Crypturellus bartletti
    
    Outside Brazil, the Bartlett's Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
    
    
17. Rusty Tinamou ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
    Crypturellus brevirostris 
    
    
18. Barred Tinamou ______ (in far northwestern Brazil)
    Crypturellus cassiquiare
    
    
19. Variegated Tinamou ______
    Crypturellus variegatus
    
    Outside Brazil, the Variegated Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
    
    
    RHYNCHOTUS
    
    
20. Red-winged Tinamou  (*) ______ br  MN:sep,oct  MS:aug  MT:mar,oct
    Rhynchotus r. rufescens
    
    Outside Brazil, the Red-winged Tinamou has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
    
    
    NOTHURA
    
    
21. Spotted Nothura  (ph) (*) ______ br  MN:mar,sep,oct  MS:mar  mt  RS:jul,oct
    Nothura m. maculosa  (mn,mt,rs)
    Nothura maculosa major  (br)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Spotted Nothura has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
    
    
    
    
    A Spotted Nothura photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour 
    in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009 
    
    
22. White-bellied Nothura  (*) ______ mt
    Nothura boraquira  (monotypic)
    
    
23. Lesser Nothura  (t3) (*)  ______  mn
    Nothura minor
    
    
    TAONISCUS
    
    
24. Dwarf Tinamou  (t3)  ______
    Taoniscus nanus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    RHEA
    
    
25. Greater Rhea (nt) (ph) (*) ______ MN:sep  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct
    Rhea a. americana (mn)  
    Rhea americana araneipes (mt)
    Rhea americana intermedia (rs)
    (the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Greater Rhea has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
    
    
    
    
    A Greater Rhea photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
    
    
    ORTALIS
    
    
26. Little Chachalaca  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  (this species, north of the Amazon, was conspecific with the Speckled, Scaled, & Chestnut-headed Chachalacas; was called Variable Chachalaca when combined) 
    Ortalis motmot ruficeps 
    
    Outside Brazil, the Little Chachalaca has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.  
    
    
27. Chestnut-headed Chachalaca  (*) ______ af  MT:aug,oct   (this species, south of the Amazon, was conspecific with the Speckled, Scaled, & Little Chachalacas; was called Variable Chachalaca when combined)  
    Ortalis guttata  (monotypic)
    
    
28. Scaled Chachalaca  (*) ______ MN:aug
    Ortalis squamata  (monotypic)
    
    
29. Chaco Chachalaca  (ph) (*) ______ MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug
    Ortalis canicollis pantanalensis
    
    Outside Brazil, the Chaco Chachalaca has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
    
    
    
    
    A Chaco Chachalaca photographed during a FONT Brazil
    in the Pantanal
    
    
30. Buff-browed Chachalaca  (nt) (BRe) ______  (in northern Brazil)
    Ortalis superciliaris
    
    
    PENELOPE
    
    
31. Rusty-margined Guan  (*) ______ ig  MN: may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,oct
    Penelope superciliaris jacupemba
    
    Outside Brazil, the Rusty-margined Guan has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
    
    
32. Dusky-legged Guan  (ph) (*) ______  IG:aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
    Penelope o. obscura
    
    Outside Brazil, the Dusky-legged Guan has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
    
    
    
    
    A Dusky-legged Guan photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
    
    
33. Spix's Guan  (*) ______ AF:oct  AM:aug  MT:aug
    Penelope j. jacquacu
    
    Outside Brazil, the Spix's Guan has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
    
    
34. Chestnut-bellied Guan (t2) (BRe) (*) ______  MT:aug
    Penelope ochrogaster  (monotypic)
    
    
35. Marail Guan ______  AM:feb 
    Penelope marial 
    
    
36. White-browed Guan  (nt) (BRe) ______ (in northeast Brazil)
    Penelope jacucaca
    
    
37. White-crested Guan  (nt) (BRe) ______ (in eastern Amazonian Brazil)
    Penelope pileata
    
    
    PIPILE
    
    
38. Common Piping Guan  (*) ______ AF:oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  (includes both "Blue-throated Piping Guan" & "Red-throated Piping Guan")     
    Pipile cumanensis grayi  (ms,mt)
    Pipile cumanensis nattereri  (af)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Common Piping Guan has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela. 
    
    
39. Black-fronted Piping Guan (t3) (BRqe) (*) ______ IG:jul  SE:oct
    Pipile jacutinga  (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black-fronted Piping Guan has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
    
    
    CRAX
    
    
40. Bare-faced Curassow  (*) ______ af,br  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug
    Crax f. fasiolata (br,ms,mt)
    Crax fasiolata pinima  (af) (*)  ("Natterer's Bare-faced Curassow")
    
    
41. Black Curassow ______ (in far-northern Brazil) 
    Crax alector
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black Curassow has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
    
    
42. Wattled Curassow  (t3) ______ (in western Amazonian Brazil)
    Crax globulosa
    
    
43. Red-billed Curassow  (t2) ______
    Crax blumenbachi  
    
    
    MITU
    
    
44. Razor-billed Curassow  (*) ______ AF:oct  mt
    Mitu tuberosum  (was considered conspecific with the Alagoas Curassow of eastern Brazil that's now either extinct or nearly so in the wild)
    
    
45. Alogoas Curassow ______
    Mitu mitu
    
    
46. Crestless Curassow ______ (in far-northern Brazil)
    Mitu tomentosum
    
    
    NOTHOCRAX
    
    
47. Nocturnal Curassow ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
    Nothocrax urumutum
    
    Outside Brazil, the Nocturnal Curassow has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
    
    
    ODONTOPHURUS
    
    
48. Marbled Wood Quail  (*) ______  AF:oct  MT:oct
    Odontophorus g. gujanensis
    
    Outside Brazil, the Marbled Wood Quail has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
    
    
49. Spot-winged Wood Quail  (*) ______ MN:may,sep,oct  se
    Odontophorus capueira  (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Spot-winged Wood Quail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
    
50. Starred Wood Quail ______
    Odontophorus stellatus
    
    
    COLINUS
    
    
51. Crested Bobwhite ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
    Colinus cristatus
    
    Outside Brazil, the Crested Bobwhite has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
    
    
    CHAUNA
    
    
52. Southern Screamer  (ph) (*) ______  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct
    Chauna torquata (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Southern Screamer has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
    
    
    
    
    A Southern Screamer photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
    in Rio Grande do Sul  
    
    
    ANHIMA
    
    
53. Horned Screamer  (*) ______  AM:feb
    Anhima cornuta
    
    Outside Brazil, the Horned Screamer has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
    
    
    CYGNUS
    
    
54. Black-necked Swan  (*) ______  RS:oct
    Cygnus melancoryphus (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black-necked Swan has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
    
    
    COSCOROBA
    
    
55. Coscoroba Swan  (ph) (*) ______  RS:oct
    Coscoroba coscoroba (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Coscoroba Swan has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
    
    
    
    
    A Coscoroba Swan with 2 cygnets, photographed during the FONT tour
    in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2010
    (photo by Bob Enever)
    
    
    CAIRINA
    
    
56. Muscovy Duck  (ph) (*) ______ AF:oct  AM:feb  IG:sep  MN:mar,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct
    Cairina moschata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Muscovy Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
    
    
    
    
    Wild Muscovy Ducks photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul
    
    
    DENDROCYGNA
    
    
57. White-faced Whistling Duck  (ph) (*) ______ af  MN:may,mar,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
    Dendrocygna viduata (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the White-faced Whistling Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
    
    
    
    
    White-faced Whistling Ducks photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul   
    
    
58. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:aug  MN:mar  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt
    Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black-bellied Whistling Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
    
    
59. Fulvous Whistling Duck  (*) ______ MS:aug  mt  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
    Dendrocygna bicolor (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Fulvous Whistling Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela.
    
    
    SARKIDIORNIS
    
    
60. Comb Duck  (*) ______ ig  MS:aug  RS:oct  SE:aug  (was conspecific with what's now the Knob-billed Duck of Africa & Asia) 
    Sarkidiornis sylvicola  (monotypic)  
    
    Outside Brazil, the Comb Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.   
    
    
    NEOCHEN
    
    
61. Orinoco Goose  (nt)  ______
    Neochen jubata  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    Outside Brazil, the Orinoco Goose has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
    
    
    ANAS
    
    
62. White-cheeked Pintail  (*) ______  SE:jul,aug,oct
    Anas bahamensis rubriostris
    
    Outside Brazil, the White-cheeked Pintail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela.
    
    
63. Yellow-billed Pintail  (ph) (*) ______ RS:jul,oct  SE:oct
    Anas georgica spinicauda
    
    Outside Brazil, the Yellow-billed Pintail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
    
    
    
    
    Yellow-billed Pintails photographed during the FONT tour 
    in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2010
    (photo by Bob Enever) 
    
    
64. Speckled Teal  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
    Anas f. flavirostris
    
    Outside Brazil, the Speckled Teal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
65. Silver Teal  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
    Anas v. versicolor
    
    Outside Brazil, the Silver Teal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.  
    
    
66. Chiloe Wigeon ______ (in far-southern Brazil)
    Anas sibilatrix
    
    Outside Brazil, the Chiloe Wigeon has been seen during a FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay. 
    In Paraguay (during a Brazil tour), there was a small flock on the Paraguayan side of the river that is the Brazil-Paraguay border, not far from Foz do Iguacu, in August 2008.
     
    
67. Cinnamon Teal  ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
    Anas cyanoptera
    
    Outside Brazil, the Cinnamon Teal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
68. Blue-winged Teal  (ph) ______
    Anas discors
    
    Outside Brazil, the Blue-winged Teal has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
    
    
69. Red Shoveler  (*) ______  RS:oct  
    Anas platalea
    
    Outside Brazil, the Red Shoveler has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
    NETTA
    
    
70. Rosy-billed Pochard  (*)  _____ RS:oct  se  (another name has been "Rosybill")
    Netta peposaca (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Rosy-billed Pochard has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.
    
    
71. Southern Pochard  (*) ______ SE:aug
    Netta e. erythrophthalma
    
    
    CALLONETTA
    
    
72. Ringed Teal  (ph)  (*) ______  RS:oct
    Callonetta leucophrys  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Ringed Teal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
    
    
    
    
    A pair of Ringed Teal photographed during a FONT Brazil tour in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009 
    
    
    AMAZONETTA
    
    
73. Brazilian Teal  (ph) (*)  ______ af  br  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug  MT:oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
    Amazonetta brasiliensis ipecutiri  (the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Brazilian Teal has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
    
    
    
    
    A Brazilian Teal after dark roosting by the side of a road.
    Photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul 
    
    
    MERGUS
    
    
74. Brazilian Merganser (t1) (BRqe) (ph) (*)  ______ MN:mar,aug,sep,oct
    Mergus octosetaceus  (monotypic) 
    
    The very rare BRAZILIAN MERGANSER has been seen during 6 FONT tours in Brazil: 
    in March 1997, October 1998, August 2002, October 2003, September 2006, and March 2008. 
    Each time, our sightings have been in a remote part of western Minas Gerais. 
    
    Regarding the BRAZILIAN MERGANSER, go to:  RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL
    
    
    
    
    The very rare Brazilian Merganser  
    
    
    HETERONETTA
    
    
75. Black-headed Duck  (*) ______ RS:oct   (the only brood-parasitic duck in the world)
    Heteronetta atricapilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black-headed Duck has been seen during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
    OXYURA 
    
    
76. Lake Duck ______ (in far-southern Brazil)
    Oxyura vittata
    
    Outside Brazil, the Lake Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
    
    
    NONONYX
    
    
77. Masked Duck  (*) ______  SE:aug
    Nononyx (formerly Oxyura) dominica  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Masked Duck has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
    
    
    SPHENISCUS
    
    
78. Magellanic Penguin (nt) (ph) (*)  ______ RS:oct  SE:aug
    Spheniscus mendiculus  (monotypic)
    
    Outside Brazil, the Magellanic Penguin has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
    
    
    
    
    A Magellanic Penguin on a beach in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil,
    photographed during the October 2009 FONT tour.
    
    
    APTENODYTES
    
    
79. King Penguin (ph) ______  (r/BR)
    Aptenodytes patagonicus 
    
    The King Penguin has been found, very rarely, along the southern Brazilian seacoast 
    
    
    EUDYPTES
    
    
80. Rockhopper Penguin (t3) ______  (r/BR)  
    Eudyptes chrysocome
    
    The Rockhopper Penguin has been found, very rarely, along the far-southern Brazilian seacoast. In Rio Grande do Sul at Mostardes, one was found dead in August 1980.
     
    
81. Macaroni Penguin  (t3) ______  (r/BR)
    Eudyptes chrysolophus   
    
    The Marconi Penguin has occurred as a vagrant along the seacoast of far-southern Rio Grande do Sul.
    
    
    DIOMEDEA
    
    
82. Wandering Albatross  (t3) ______  (offshore)
    Diomedea exulans
    
    
83. Northern Royal Albatross  (t2) ______  (offshore)
    Diomedea sanfordii
    
    Outside Brazil, the Northern Royal Albatross has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile.  
    
    
84. Southern Royal Albatross  (t3) (ph) ______  (offshore)
    Diomedea epomophora 
    
    Outside Brazil, the Southern Royal Albatross has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile. 
    
    
    THALASSARCHE
    
    
85. Black-browed Albatross (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  RS:jul,oct (seen from shore) 
    Thalassarche (has been Diomedea) melanophrys
    
    Outside Brazil, the Black-browed Albatross has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
86. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross  (nt) ______  (offshore)
    Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    
    
87. Shy Albatross  (nt) (ph)  ______   (offshore)
    Thalassarches cauta
    
    Outside Brazil, the Shy Albatross has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile.
    
    
88. Gray-headed Albatross  (t3) ______  (offshore)
    Thalassarches chrysostoma
    
    Outside Brazil, the Gray-headed Albatross has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile. 
    
    
    PHOEBETRIA
    
    
89. Sooty Albatross  (t3) ______  (offshore)
    Phoebetria fusca
    
    
90. Light-mantled Albatross  (nt) ______ (offshore)
    Phoebetria palpebrata
    
    
    MACRONECTES 
    
    
91. Southern Giant Petrel  (ph) ______
    Macronectes giganteus
    
    Outside Brazil, the Southern Giant Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
92. Northern Giant Petrel  (nt) (ph) ______
    Macronectes halli
    
    Outside Brazil, the Northern Giant Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
    
    
    FULMARUS
    
    
93. Southern Fulmar  (ph) ______
    Fulmarus glacialoides 
    
    Outside Brazil, the Southern Fulmar has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
    
    
    HALOBAENA
    
    
94. Blue Petrel ______  (r/BR)
    Halobaena caerulea  (the single member of its genus)
     
    There is a Brazilian record for the Blue Petrel from the Rio de Janiero seacoast. 
    
    
    PACHYPTILA
    
    
95. Broad-billed Prion ______  (r/BR)  (in far-southern Brazil, coastally & offshore) 
    Pachyptila vittata
    
    The closely-related Antarctic Prion has been considered conspecific with the Broad-billed Prion.
    
    
96. Slender-billed Prion ______  (in far-southern Brazil, coastally & offshore; the most common prion in Brazilian waters)
    Pachyptila belcheri
    
    Outside Brazil, the Slender-billed Prion has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
    
    
    DAPTION
    
    
97. Cape Petrel  (ph) ______  (also called Pintado)
    Daption capense
    
    Outside Brazil, the Cape Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
    
    
    APHRODROMA
    
    
98. Kerguelen Petrel ______
    Aphrodroma (or Lugensa) brevirostris  (the single member of its genus) 
     
    
    PTERODROMA 
    
    
99. Trindade Petrel (t3) ______
    Pterodroma arminjoniana
    
    Outside Brazil, the Trindade Petrel has been found during FONT tours in the US offshore from North Carolina.
    
    
100. Soft-plumaged Petrel ______
     Pterodroma mollis
     
     
101. Great-winged Petrel ______
     Pterodroma macroptera
     
     
102. Kermadec Petrel ______  
     Pterodroma neglecta
     
     The Kermadec Petrel has recently been found in Brazilian offshore waters. This species is not common in the South Atlantic Ocean.
     
     
103. White-headed Petrel ______
     Pterodroma lessonii
     
     
104. Atlantic Petrel  (t3) ______
     Pterodroma incerta
     
     
105. Black-capped Petrel  (t2) (ph) ______
     Pterodroma hasitata
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-capped Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Puerto Rico and in the US offshore from North Carolina.  
     
     
     PROCELLARIA
     
     
106. White-chinned Petrel  (t3) (*) ______  RS:oct (seen from shore)
     Procellaria a. aequinoctialis
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-chinned Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
107. Spectacled Petrel  (t1) ______  (has been split from the White-chinned Petrel)
     Procellaria conspicillata
     
     
108. Gray Petrel  (nt) ______  (also called Pediunker)
     Procellaria cinerea
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray Petrel has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile.
     
     
     CALONECTRIS
     
     
109. Cory's Shearwater  (ph) ______  
     Calonectris diomedea
     
     Outside Brazil, the Cory's Shearwater has been found during FONT tours in the Canary Islands, and in the US offshore from New Jersey, North Carolina.
     
     
110. Cape Verde Shearwater ______
     Calonectris edwardsii  
     
     
     PUFFINUS
     
     
111. Manx Shearwater  (*) ______ RS:oct  se
     Puffinus puffinus 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Manx Shearwater has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Iceland. 
     
     
112. Greater Shearwater (ph) ______  (seasonally offshore)
     Puffinus gravis
     
     
113. Sooty Shearwater (ph) ______  (offshore, from May to November can be common)
     Puffinus griseus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sooty Shearwater has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
     
     
114. Audubon's Shearwater (ph) ______  (breeds, in apparently small numbers, off the eastern Brazilian seacoast)
     Puffinus iherminieri
     
     A bird once captured on the Fernando da Noronha islands, offshore from northeast Brazil, and said at the time to be the Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis boydi, has since become, due to a taxonomic change, Puffinus iherminieri boydi, a race of the Audubon's Shearwater. P. h. boydii breeds on the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of Africa.  
     
     
     BULWERIA 
     
115. Bulwer's Petrel  (ph) ______
     Bulweria bulwerii    
     
     Outside Brazil, the Bulwer's Petrel has been seen during FONT tours in the Canary Islands, Japan, and in the US offshore from North Carolina.   
     
     
     OCEANITES
     
     
116. Wilson's Storm Petrel  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:oct (seen by the end of a long jetty 3km out at sea)  
     Oceanites oceanicus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Wilson's Storm Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
     
     
     
     
     Wilson's Storm-Petrel
     
     
     OCEANODROMA 
     
     
117. Leach's Storm Petrel ______
     Oceanodroma leucorhoa
     
     
     FREGETTA
     
     
118. White-bellied Storm Petrel ______
     Fregetta grallaria
     
     
119. Black-bellied Storm Petrel ______
     Fregetta tropica
     
     
     PELAGODROMA
     
     
120. White-faced Storm Petrel  (ph) ______
     Pelagodroma marina  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     PELECANOIDES
     
     
121. Magellanic Diving Petrel  ______  (one was found, on the beach, at Cassino in Rio Grande do Sul in August 1984)
     Pelecanoides magellani 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Magellanic Diving Petrel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.  
     
     
     PODILYMBUS
     
     
122. Pied-billed Grebe  (*) ______ MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
     Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pied-billed Grebe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela. 
     
     
     TACHYBABTUS
     
     
123. Least Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:aug,oct  mt  SE:aug,oct
     Tachybabtus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus speciesus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Least Grebe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
     ROLLANDIA
     
     
124. White-tufted Grebe  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Rollandia (formerly Podiceps) rolland chilensis
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-tufted Grebe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.  
     
     
     PODICEPS
     
     
125. Great Grebe (*) ______  RS:oct
     Podiceps m. major 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Great Grebe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
126. Silvery Grebe ______  (recently reported in far-southern Brazil from mid-October to early November)
     Podiceps occipitalis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Silvery Grebe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     PHOENICOPTERUS
     
     
127. American Flamingo (ph)  ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Phoenicopterus ruber
     
     Outside Brazil, the American Flamingo has been found during FONT torus in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Venezuela.
     
     
128. Chilean Flamingo  (nt)  ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Phoenicopterus chilensis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Chilean Flamingo has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     PHOENICOPARRUS
     
     
129. Andean Flamingo  ______  (r/BR)  
     Phoenicoparrus andinus 
     
     The Andean Flamingo has occurred as a rarity, in far-southern Brazil.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Andean Flamingo has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
      
     
     JABIRU
     
     
130. Jabiru  (ph) (*) ______ af  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug
     Jabiru mycteria  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Jabiru has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Jabiru photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil in the Panatnal    
     
     
     CICONIA
     
     
131. Maguari Stork  (ph) (*) ______  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct
     Ciconia maguari  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Maguari Stork has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Maguari Stork photographed during a FONT tour in Rio Grande do Sul 
     
     
     MYCTERIA
     
     
132. Wood Stork  (ph) (*)  ______ af  MN:aug  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:oct
     Mycteria americana  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Wood Stork has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     EUDOCIMUS
     
     
133. Scarlet Ibis  (ph) (*) ______  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Eudocimus ruber  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Scarlet Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Scarlet Ibis photographed during a FONT tour 
     in southeast Brazil, where the species is local
     
     
     THERISTICUS
     
     
134. Buff-necked Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______ MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct
     Theristicus caudatus hyperorius
     
     Outside Brazil, the Buff-necked Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Buff-necked Ibis photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
     
     
135. Plumbeous Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:oct
     Theristicus caerulescens  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Plumbeous Ibis photographed
     during a FONT Brazil Tour 
     
     
     CERCIBIS
     
     
136. Sharp-tailed Ibis  ______  (in northern Brazil & western Amazonian Brazil)
     Cercibis oxycerca  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sharp-tailed Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
     
     
     MESEMBRINIBIS
     
     
137. Green Ibis  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  mn  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct
     Mesembrinibis cayennensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Green Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
     
     
     PHIMOSUS
     
     
138. Bare-faced Ibis  (*) ______ MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct
     Phimosus infuscatus nudifrons  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Bare-faced Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     PLEGADIS
     
     
139. White-faced Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct
     Plegadis chihi  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-faced Ibis has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.  
     
     
     PLATALEA
     
     
140. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph) (*) ______ MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug  RS:oct,jul  SE:mar,aug,oct
     Platalea ajaja  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Roseate Spoonbill has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Roseate Spoonbills
     
     
     BUTORIDES
     
     
141. Striated Heron  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct  (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
     
     Outside Brazil, the Striated Heron has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Striated Heron photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
     
     
     IXOBRYCHUS
     
     
142. Least Bittern  (ph) (*)  ______  MT:oct
     Ixobrychus exilis erythromelas
     
     Outside Brazil, the Least Bittern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
143. Stripe-backed Bittern  (*) ______ se
     Ixobrychus involucris  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Stripe-backed Bittern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     BOTAURUS
     
     
144. Pinnated Bittern  (ph) (*)  ______  SE:oct
     Botaurus p. pinnatus 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pinnated Bittern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Guatemala, Mexico.
     
     
     
     
     Pinnated Bittern, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     TIGRISOMA
     
     
145. Rufescent Tiger Heron  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb  MN:may,sep  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum
     
     Outside Brazil, the Rufescent Tiger Heron has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     An adult Rufescent Tiger Heron photographed 
     during a FONT Brazil Tour in the Pantanal 
     
     
146. Fasciated Tiger Heron  ______
     Tigrosoma fasciatum
     
     Outside Brazil, the Fasciated Tiger Heron has been found during FONT tours in Costa Rica. 
     
     
     ZEBRILUS
     
     
147. Zigzag Heron (nt)  (*) ______  AF:oct  mt
     Zebrilus undulatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Zigzag Heron has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Zigzag Heron
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
     NYCTANASSA
     
     
148. Yellow-crowned Night Heron  (ph) (*)  ______ SE:mar,aug,oct
     Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Yellow-crowned Night Heron has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.
     In Brazil, this species occurs in mangroves & similar habitats,
     only along the seacoast.
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
     NYCTICORAX
     
     
149. Black-crowned Night Heron  (*) ______ br  ig  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
     Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-crowned Night Heron has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
     COCHLEARIUS
     
     
150. Boat-billed Heron  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  MS:sep  MT:aug
     Cochlearius c. cochlearius  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Boat-billed Heron has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     AGAMIA
     
     
151. Agami Heron (nt) (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb  mt  (has also been called Chestnut-bellied Heron) 
     Agamia agami (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Agami Heron has been found during FONT tours in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Agami Heron
     
     
     PILHERODIUS
     
     
152. Capped Heron  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MN:may  MS:aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  SE:aug
     Pilherodius pileatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Capped Heron has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     
     Capped Heron, photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
     
     
     SYRIGMA
     
     
153. Whistling Heron  (ph) (*)  ______ br  MN:may,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Syrigma s. sibilatrix  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Whistling Heron has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Whistling Heron
     
     
     ARDEOLA
     
     
154. Squacco Heron ______  (r/BR)
     Ardeola ralloides
     
     The Squacco Heron has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant, from Africa, on the Fernando de Noronha Islands offshore from northeast Brazil, in June 1986.   
     
     Outside Brazil the Squacco Heron has been found during FONT tours in Spain. 
     
     
     BUBULCUS
     
     
155. Western Cattle Egret  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  IG:aug  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Bubulcus ibis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Western Cattle Egret has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.  
     The Eastern Cattle Egret has been found during FONT tours in Japan.
     
     
     EGRETTA
     
     
156. Little Blue Heron  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:mar,aug  MT:aug  RS:oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Little Blue Heron has been found during FONT tours in Chile (in the far-north), Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     An adult Little Blue Heron in mangroves in Southeast Brazil
     (photographed during the March 2008 tour by Marie Gardner)  
     
     
157. Snowy Egret  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  IG:jul,sep  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar.jul,aug,oct
     Egretta thula brewsteri
     
     Outside Brazil, the Snowy Egret has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
158. Tricolored Heron  (ph) ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Egretta tricolor
     
     Outside Brazil, the Tricolored Heron has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
159. Little Egret  (ph)   ______  (r/BR)  
     Egretta garzetta 
     
     The Little Egret has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant, from Africa, in the area of the Fernando de Noronha Islands, offshore from northeast Brazil.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Little Egret has been found during FONT tours in Japan, Spain. 
      
     
     ARDEA
     
     
160. Cocoi Heron  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:mar,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct   (has also been called White-necked Heron, but there's a species so-named in Australia)
     Ardea cocoi  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Cocoi Heron has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Panama,
       Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
161. Great Egret  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
     
     Outside Brazil, the Great Egret has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
162. Grey Heron  (ph)  ______  (r/BR)   
     Ardea cinerea 
     
     The Grey Heron, of the Old World, has occurred as a vagrant in Brazil. It was in Para in December 1973. The bird had been banded in France in may of that year.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Grey Heron has been found during FONT tours in Iceland, Japan.   
     
     
163. Purple Heron ______  (r/BR)  
     Ardea purpurea 
     
     The Purple Heron has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant, from Africa, on the Fernando de Noronha Islands off northeast Brazil, in 1986.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Purple Heron has been seen during FONT tours in Japan, Spain.
      
     
     PHAETHON
     
     
164. Red-billed Tropicbird  (ph) ______  (nests on Fernando de Noronha & other islands offshore from Brazil, and occasionally occurs along the Brazilian seacoast)  
     Phaethon aethereus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red-billed Tropicbird has been found during FONT tours in Barbuda and Saint Lucia in the Caribbean.   
     
     
165. Red-tailed Tropicbird  ______  (r/BR)  
     Phaethon rubricauda
     
     Although the Red-tailed Tropicbird is more a bird of the Pacific Ocean, it does, on occasion, occur in the South Atlantic.
      
     
166. White-tailed Tropicbird  (ph) ______  (occurs at the Fernando de Noronha islands offshore from northeast Brazil)
     Phaethon lepturus   
     
     
     FREGATA
     
     
167. Magnificent Frigatebird  (ph)  ______  RS:jul  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Fregata magnificens  (now considered monotypic)
     
     
168. Great Frigatebird ______  (nests on the island of Trindade, offshore from northeast Brazil)
     Fregata minor
     
     
169. Lesser Frigatebird ______  (nests on the islands of Trindade & Martim Vaz, offshore from northeast Brazil)
     Fregata ariel trinitatis  (subspecies endemic to Trindade & Martim Vaz islands)   
     
     
     PELECANUS 
     
     
170. Brown Pelican  (ph) ______  (in northern Brazil)
     Pelecanus occidentalis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Brown Pelican has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     SULA
     
     
171. Brown Booby  (*) ______ SE:may,aug,oct
     Sula l. leucogaster
     
     Outside Brazil, the Brown Booby has been found during FONT tours in Chile (in the far-north).
     
     
172. Masked Booby ______
     Sula dactylatra
     
     
173. Red-footed Booby  (ph)  ______
     Sula sula
     
     
     MORUS
     
     
174. Cape Gannet  (t3) ______  (occurs offshore from Brazil on the Continental Platform between the latitudes of 33 and 34 degrees south)
     Morus capensis
     
     
175. Australasian Gannet ______  (r/BR)  
     Morus serrator  
     
     The Australasian Gannet has occurred as a vagrant in Brazil along the coast, in the southern part of the country, in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, on the islands Moleques do Sul.    
     
     
     PHALACROCORAX
     
     
176. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct  (has also been called Olivaceous Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax b. brasilianus  (formerly P. olivacous)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Neotropic Cormorant has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.  
     
     
177. Antarctic Shag ______  (r/BR)  
     Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis
     
     An single Antarctic Shag was found dead on the northern coast of Bahia in 1996, A band on the specimen indicated that it came from the South Shetland Islands in the far-southern Atlantic Ocean.  
      
     
     ANHINGA
     
     
178. Anhinga  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MN:aug  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:oct
     Anhinga a. anhinga
     
     Outside Brazil, the Anhinga has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     SACORAMPHUS
     
     
179. King Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______ af  br  ig  MN:oct  MT:aug,oct
     Sarcoramphus papa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the King Vulture has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela.  
     
     
     
     
     An adult King Vulture
     
     
     CORAGYPS
     
     
180. Black Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug.sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Coragyps atratus (brasiliensis) (now said to be monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black Vulture has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Black Vulture photographed during a FONT tour 
     
     
     CATHARTES
     
     
181. Turkey Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Cathartes aura ruficollis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Turkey Vulture has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Turkey Vulture, of the local race in Mato Grosso do Sul, 
     with its distinctive white forehead and bill.
     (Photographed during the FONT Brazil Tour in March 2008)
     
     
182. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug  MN:may  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:oct
     Cathartes burrovianus urubitinga  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture 
     (Photographed during the FONT Brazil tour in Mato Grosso do Sul in March 2006.)
     
     
183. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  MT:mar,oct
     Cathartes melambrotus  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.  
     
     
184. Andean Condor (nt) (ph) ______  (r/BR) 
     Vultur gryphus
     
     The Andean Condor has occurred in western Brazil, at about 5,000 feet above sea level, in the area of the Jauru River, in Mato Grosso, in company with King Vultures and Black Vultures.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Andean Condor has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
     CARACARA
     
     
185. Northern Crested Caracara  (ph) (*)  ______ AM:feb,aug   (was considered conspecific with the now Southern Crested Caracara that's generally south of the Amazon) 
     Caracara cheriway  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Northern Crested Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
186. Southern Crested Caracara  (ph) (*) ______ af,br  IG:aug,sep  MN:mar.may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct  (was considered conspecific with Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway, of north of the Amazon & further north in Central America & parts of North America) 
     Caracara plancus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Southern Crested Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay. 
     
     
     
     
     A Southern Crested Caracara photographed during
     a FONT Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul
     
     
     DAPTRIUS
     
     
187. Black Caracara  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  MT:aug
     Daptrius ater (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
     
     
     IBYCTER
     
     
188. Red-throated Caracara  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb
     Ibycter americanus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red-throated Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela. 
     
     
     MILVAGO
     
189. Yellow-headed Caracara  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  IG:jul,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Milvago c. chimachima
     
     Outside Brazil, the Yellow-headed Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
190. Chimango Caracara  (ph) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:oct
     Milvago c. chimago
     
     Outside Brazil, the Chimango Caracara has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.  
     
     
     
     
     A Chimango Caracara photographed on a beach
     during a FONT Brazil Tour in Rio Grande do Sul
     
     
     HERPETOTHERES
     
     
191. Laughing Falcon  (*) ______ af  AM;feb  IG:sep  MN:aug,sep,oct  MS:mar  MT:aug,oct  SE:aug
     Herpetotheres cachinnans queribundus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Laughing Falcon has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     MICRASTUR
     
     
192. Barred Forest Falcon  (*) ______ MN:oct  MT:mar  SE:may,aug
     Micrastur r. ruficollis
     
     
193. Collared Forest Falcon  (*) ______  AM:feb  MN:may,oct  mt,se
     Micrastur s. semitorquatus
     
     
194. Crytic Forest Falcon  (*) ______  AF:oct  (was conspecific with the Lined Forest Falcon) 
     Micrastur mintoni  (species recently described)
     
     
195. Lined Forest Falcon ______  (in northern Brazil)
     Micrastur gilvicollis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Lined Forest Falcon has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
     
     
196. Slaty-backed Forest Falcon ______
     Micrastur mirandollei
     
     
197. Buckley's Forest Falcon ______
     Micrastur buckleyi
     
     
     FALCO
     
     
198. American Kestrel  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  br,ig  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
     Falco sparverius caerae
     
     Outside Brazil, the American Kestrel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela.  
     
     
     
     
     An American Kestrel photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
     
     
199. Bat Falcon  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  IG:sep  MN:may,oct  MS:mar,aug  MT:oct  SE:aug
     Falco r. rufigularis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Bat Falcon has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
200. Orange-breasted Falcon  (ph) (*)  ______ MT:oct
     Falco deiroleucos  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Orange-breasted Falcon has been found during FONT tours in Guatemala, Mexico. 
     
     
201. Aplomado Falcon  (ph) (*) ______ br   MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul  SE:aug
     Falco f. femoralis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Aplomado Falcon has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela
     
     
     
     
     An Aplomado Falcon photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
     
     
202. Peregrine Falcon  (ph) (*)  ______ ig  AM:feb  se
     Falco peregrinus tundrius
     
     Outside Brazil, the Peregrine Falcon has been found during FONT tours during Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
203. Merlin  (ph)  ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Falco columbarius 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Merlin has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
     
     
     PANDION
     
     
204. Osprey  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug  br  MN:mar  MS:mar,oct  MT:mar,aug  SE:aug,oct
     Pandion haliaetus carolinensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Osprey has been found during FONT tours in Bolivia, Ecuador, Japan, Venezuela. 
     
     
     ELANOIDES
     
     
205. Swallow-tailed Kite  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb  ES:oct  MN:oct  MT:mar,oct  RS:oct  SE:oct
     Elanoides forficatus yetapa  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Swallow-tailed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Swallow-tailed Kite
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
     GAMPSONYX
     
     
206. Pearl Kite  (*) ______  MT:mar
     Gampsonyx s. swainsonii  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pearl Kite has been found during FONT tours in Costa Rica. 
     
     
     ELANUS
     
     
207. White-tailed Kite  (ph) (*) ______ af,br  MN:mar,sep,oct  MS:sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Elanus l. leucurus
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-tailed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     White-tailed Kite
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
     
     LEPTODON
     
     
208. Gray-headed Kite  (*) ______   AM:feb  MS:aug  MT:aug,oct
     Leptodon cayanensis monachus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-headed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.  
     
     
209. White-collared Kite  (t1) ______  (in northeast Brazil)
     Leptodon forbesi
     
     
     CHONDROHIERAX
     
     
210. Hook-billed Kite  (*) ______  IG:jul  MT:oct
     Chondrohierax u. uncinatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Hook-billed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador.
     
     
     ROSTRHAMUS
     
     
211. Snail Kite  (ph)  (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  IG:aug,sep  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:oct
     Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Snail Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Snail Kite photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
212. Slender-billed Kite ______  (occurs mostly in Amazonian Brazil)
     Rostrhamus hamatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Slender-billed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
     
     
     HARPAGUS
     
     
213. Double-toothed Kite  (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb
     Harpagus b. bidentatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Double-toothed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
214. Rufous-thighed Kite  (*) ______ IG:aug  MN:oct  MS:sep  mt  SE:aug.oct
     Harpagus diodon (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Rufous-thighed Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
     
     
     ICTINIA
     
     
215. Plumbeous Kite  (*) _______  AF:oct  AM:feb  ig  MN:mar,sep,oct  MS:sep,oct  MT:aug,oct
     Ictinia plumbea  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Plumbeous Kite has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
216. Mississippi Kite ______
     Ictinia mississippiensis
     
     
     CIRCUS
     
     
217. Long-winged Harrier  (ph) (*) ______ MS:mar,aug  mt  RS:jul,oct  
     Circus buffoni (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Long-winged Harrier has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
     
     
     
     
     
     Long-winged Harriers, photographed during the FONT Brazil Tour in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009.
     The upper photo shows the bird to be aptly named.    
     (photos by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     
     
     
     
218. Cinereous Harrier  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Circus cinereus (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Cinereous Harrier has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
     GERANOSPIZA
     
     
219. Crane Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  MN:oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:aug
     Geranospiza caerulescens flexipes  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Crane Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Crane Hawk photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in the Pantanal 
     
     
     ACCIPITER
     
     
220. Rufous-thighed Hawk  (*)  ______  MN:oct  mt  RS:oct  se  (was considered conspecific with the Sharp-shinned Hawk)  
     Accipiter erythronemius
     
     Outside Brazil, the Rufous-thighed Hawk has been during a FONT tour in Uruguay. 
     
     
221. Bicolored Hawk  (*) ______  MN:sep,oct  SE:aug,oct
     Accipiter bicolor pileatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Bicolored Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     What has been the Bicolored Hawk in Chile is now the Chilean Hawk, Accipiter chilensis. 
     
     
222. Tiny Hawk  (*) ______ af  mt
     Accipiter s. superciliosus
     
     
223. Gray-bellied Hawk (nt) (*) ______ MN:oct  se
     Accipiter poliogaster  (monotypic)
     
     
     LEUCOPTERNIS
     
     
224. Slate-colored Hawk  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug
     Leucopternis schistacea  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Slate-colored Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
     
     
225. White-browed Hawk  (*) ______  AF:oct  mt
     Leucopternis kuhli  (monotypic)
     
     
226. White Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb  MT:aug
     Leucopternis a. albicollis
     
     Outside Brazil, the White Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     White Hawk
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
227. White-necked Hawk (t3) (*) ______ SE:aug
     Leucopternis lacernulata  (monotypic)
     
     
228. Mantled Hawk (nt) (BRqe) (*) ______  MN:sep  SE:aug,oct
     Leucopternis polionotus  (monotypic)
     
     
229. Black-faced Hawk  (*)  ______  AM:feb  
     Leucopternis melanops
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-faced Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
     
     
     BUTEOGALLUS
     
     
230. Great Black Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb  ig  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Buteogallus u. urubitinga 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Great Black Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Great Black Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
     in Mato Grosso do Sul in October 2010
     (photo by Bob Enever) 
     
     
231. Savanna Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb  br,ig  MN:may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,aug,oct
     Buteogallus meridionalis  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Savanna Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Savanna Hawk, photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
     
     
232. Rufous Crab Hawk ______
     Buteogallus aequinoctialis
     
     
     HARPYHALIAETUS
     
     
233. Crowned Solitary Eagle (t3) (ph) (*)  ______ MN:mar,sep  mt
     Harpyhaliaetus coronatus  (monotypic) 
     
     Regarding the CROWNED SOLITARY EAGLE, go to:   RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Crowned Solitary Eagle has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
      
     
     
     
     A Crowned Solitary Eagle, photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour 
     in Minas Gerais in March 2008 
     
     
     BUSARELLUS
     
     
234. Black-collared Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug.oct
     Busarellus nigricollis leucocephalus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-collared Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Black-collared Hawk, photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
     
     
     GERANOAETUS
     
     
235. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  (ph) (*)  ______ MN:sep,oct  MS:aug  RS:oct
     Geranoaetus m. melanoleucus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela.
     
     
      
     
     An adult Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle photographed during a FONT tour 
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
     BUTEO
     
     
236. Gray-lined Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MT:aug  SE:aug  (includes "Gray Hawk" of mostly Central America)
     Buteo nitida pallida
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-lined Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
237. Roadside Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:jul,sep  MN:may,mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Buteo magnirostris magniplumis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Roadside Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     An immature Roadside Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
     in Rio Grande do Sul
     
     
238. Short-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______ MN:oct  MS:oct  mt  SE:mar,aug,oct
     Buteo b. brachyurus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Short-tailed Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
     
     
239. Zone-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______ SE:may,aug,oct
     Buteo albonotatus  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Zone-tailed Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
240. White-tailed Hawk  (*) ______  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,oct
     Buteo a. albicaudatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-tailed Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
     
     
241. Swainson's Hawk  (ph)  ______
     Buteo swainsoni 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Swainson's Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.  
     
     
242. Broad-winged Hawk (*) ______  AM:feb  
     Buteo platypterus 
     
     
     PARABUTEO
     
     
243. Bay-winged Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:aug,sep  mt  SE:oct  (called Harris' Hawk in North America)
     Parabuteo u. unicinctus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Bay-winged Hawk has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     PERCNOHIERAX
     
     
244. White-rumped Hawk ______
     Percnohierax leucorrhous
     
     
     HARPIA
     
     
245. Harpy Eagle (nt) (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb  MT:mar,aug,oct
     Harpia harpyja  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Harpy Eagle has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
     
     Regarding the HARPY EAGLE, go to:  RARE BIRDS of BRAZIL 
     
     
     
     
     An immature Harpy Eagle
     
     
     MORPHNUS 
     
     
246. Crested Eagle  (nt) ______
     Morphnus guianensis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Crested Eagle has been found during a FONT tour in Guatemala. 
     
     
     SPIZAETUS
     
     
247. Ornate Hawk-Eagle  (ph) (*)  ______ af  MN:sep  MS:aug  mt  se
     Spizaetus o. ornatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ornate Hawk-Eagle has been found during FONT tours in Guatemala, Ecuador. 
     
     
     
     
     An immature Ornate Hawk-Eagle
     
     
248. Black Hawk-Eagle  (*) ______ af  ES:oct  MT:oct  SE:may,jul,aug
     Spizaetus t. tyrannus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black Hawk-Eagle has been found during FONT tours in Guatemala, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
     SPIZASTUR
     
     
249. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle  (*) ______ mt,se
     Spizastur melanoleucus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CARIAMA  
     
     
250. Red-legged Seriema  (ph) (*)  ______ MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
     Cariama cristata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Above: Red-legged Seriema, photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in Minas Gerais
     Below: Portrait of a Seriema
     
     
     
     
     
     
     EURYPYGA  
     
     
251. Sunbittern  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb  MT:aug,oct
     Eurypyga h. helias  (the single member of its genus & family)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sunbittern has been found during FONT tours in Costa Rica, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Sunbittern photographed in Brazil
     
     
     RALLUS
     
     
252. Clapper Rail  (ph) ______
     Rallus longirostris
     
     
     PARDIRALLUS
     
     
253. Plumbeous Rail ______  RS:oct
     Pardirallus sanguinolentus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Plumbeous Rail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
254. Blackish Rail  (*) ______  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:aug.oct
     Pardirallus n. nigricans 
     
     
255. Spotted Rail ______
     Pardirallus maculatus 
     
     
     ARAMIDES
     
     
256. Giant Wood Rail ______  RS:oct
     Aramides ypecaha  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Giant Wood Rail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
     
     
257. Gray-necked Wood Rail  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb  ig  MN:mar,may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Aramides c. cajanea
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-necked Wood Rail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay.
     
     
     
     
     Gray-necked Wood Rail photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
258. Red-winged Wood Rail  (*) ______ AM:aug
     Aramides calopterus  (monotypic)
     
     
259. Slaty-breasted Wood Rail  (BRqe) (*) ______ ig  MN:sep,oct  SE:may,jul,aug,oct
     Aramides saracura  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Slaty-breasted Wood Rail has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.   
     
     
260. Little Wood Rail ______
     Aramides mangle|
     
     
     NEOCREX
     
     
261. Paint-billed Crake ______
     Neocrex erythrops
     
     
     PORZANA
     
     
262. Ash-throated Crake (*) ______ mn,se
     Porzana a. albicollis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ash-throated Crake has been found during FONT tours in Argentina. 
     
     
263. Yellow-breasted Crake ______
     Porzana flaviventer
     
     Outside Brazil, the Yellow-breasted Crake has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Jamaica, Venezuela. 
     
     
264. Dot-winged Crake ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Porzana spiloptera
     
     
265. Sora ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Porzana carolina 
     
     
     MICROPYGIA 
     
     
266. Ocellated Crake ______
     Micropygia schomburgkii 
     
     
     LATERALLUS
     
     
267. Rufous-sided Crake (*) ______ af  AM:feb  MN:may  MS:mar,sep  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
     Laterallus m. melanophaius
     
     Outside Brazil, the Rufous-sided Crake has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.  
     
     
268. Rufous-faced Crake  (t3)  ______
     Laterallus xenopterus
     
     
269. Red-and-white Crake ______
     Laterallus leucopyrrhus
     
     
270. Gray-breasted Crake ______
     Laterallus exilis
     
     
271. Black-banded Crake ______  (in western Amazonian Brazil)
     Laterallus fasciatus
     
     
272. Russet-crowned Crake ______
     Laterallus viridis
     
     
273. Black Rail  (nt) ______
     Laterallus jamaicensis
     
     
     AMAUROLIMNAS
     
     
274. Uniform Crake ______
     Amaurolimnas concolor
     
     
     COTURNICOPS
     
     
275. Speckled Crake (*) ______  RS:jul  (also called Speckled Rail)
     Coturnicops notatus (monotypic)
     
     
     GALLINULA
     
276. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) (ph) (*)______ af  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:aug,sep  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Gallinula chloropus galeata
     
     Outside Brazil, the Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Japan, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
277. Spot-flanked Gallinule  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
     Gallinula m. melanops
     
     Outside Brazil, the Spot-flanked Gallinule has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
278. Lesser Moorhen ______  (r/BR)  
     Gallinula angulata 
     
     The Lesser Moorhen, an African bird, has occurred as a vagrant, once, in the area of the Fernando de Noronha Islands offshore from northeastern Brazil.  
     
     
     PORHYRULA
     
     
279. Purple Gallinule  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:aug  mn  MS:mar  mt  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Porphyrula martinicus (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Purple Gallinule has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Purple Galinule
     
     
280. Azure Gallinule  (*) ______ mt
     Porphyrula flavirostris (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Azure Gallinule has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     FULICA
     
     
281. Red-gartered Coot  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
     Fulica armilata  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red-gartered Coot has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
282. White-winged Coot  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Fulica leucoptera  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-winged Coot has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
283. Red-fronted Coot  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Fulica rufifrons  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red-fronted Coot has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
     HELIORNIS
     
     
284. Sungrebe  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:aug   MS:aug,oct  mt  (has been called "American Finfoot")
     Heliornis fulica  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sungrebe has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Sungrebe photographed during a FONT tour 
     
     
     PSOPHIA 
     
     
285. Gray-winged Trumpeter  (*) ______ AM:feb,aug
     Psophia c. crepitans
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-winged Trumpeter has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador. 
     
     
286. Dark-winged Trumpeter  (BRe) (*) ______ af
     Psophia v. viridis 
     
     
287. Pale-winged Trumpeter ______ (in western Amazonian Brazil)
     Psophia leucoptera
     
     
     ARAMUS
       
     
288. Limpkin  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:aug  RS:jul,oct  se
     Aramus g. guarauna  (the single member of its genus & family)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Limpkin has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Limpkin photographed during a FONT tour  
     
     
     BURHINUS
     
     
289. Double-striped Thick-knee  (ph)  ______ (in far-northern Brazil)
     Burhinus bistriatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Double-striped Thick-knee has been found during FONT tours in Costa Rica, Venezuela.
     
     
     CHIONIS
     
     
290. Snowy Sheathbill  ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Chionis albus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Snowy Sheathbill has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     HAEMATOPUS  
     
291. American Oystercatcher  (ph) (*)  ______ RS:jul,oct  SE:aug
     Haematopus p. palliatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the American Oystercatcher has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     HIMANTOPUS
     
     
292. White-backed Stilt  (*)  ______ MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,sep  (was said to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus, including also the Black-necked Stilt of North America) 
     Himantopus melanurus 
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-backed Stilt has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
293. Black-necked Stilt  (ph) ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Himantopus mexicanus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black-necked Stilt has been found during FONT tours in Argentina (northwest), Chile (far-north), Venezuela.  
     
     
     VANELLUS
     
294. Southern Lapwing  (ph) (*) ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  br  IG:aug.sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug,oct  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Vanellus chilensis lampronotus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Southern Lapwing has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Belize (where rare), Chile, Costa Rica (where spreading), Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A Southern Lapwing (above) photographed during a
     FONT Brazil Tour in Mato Grosso do Sul, with its eggs (below)    
     
     
     
     
     HOPLOXYPTERUS
     
     
295. Pied Plover  (*) ______ af  (has been called Pied Lapwing)
     Hoploxypterus cayanus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pied Plover has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     PLUVIALIS
     
     
296. Grey Plover  (ph) (*)  ______ RS:oct  SE:aug   (has been called Black-bellied Plover in the Americas) 
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
     
     Outside Brazil, the Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.  
     
     
297. American Golden Plover  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:aug,sep  RS:oct
     Pluvialis dominica  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the American Golden Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
     CHARADRIUS
     
     
298. Collared Plover  (*) ______  AM:aug  MN:mar  MS:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug
     Charadrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Collared Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
299. Semipalmated Plover  (ph) (*)  ______  MN:oct  RS:oct  SE:aug,oct
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Semipalmated Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela. 
     
     
300. Two-banded Plover  (ph) ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Charadrius falklandicus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Two-banded Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
301. Wilson's Plover  (ph) ______
     Charadrius wilsonia
     
     Outside Brazil, the Wilson's Plover has been found during FONT tours in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and in the US in North Carolina.  
     
     
302. Rufous-chested Plover ______  (has been called Rufous-chested Dotterel) (in far-southern Brazil)
     Charadrius modestus 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Rufous-chested Plover has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     OREOPHOLUS
     
     
303. Tawny-throated Dotterel ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Oreopholus ruficollis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Tawny-throated Dotterel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.  
     
     
     NYCTICRYPHES
     
     
304. South American Painted Snipe ______  (in far-southern Brazil)
     Nyctiryphes semicollaris
     
     Outside Brazil, the South American Painted Snipe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
     JACANA  
     
     
305. Wattled Jacana  (ph) (*)  ______  AF:oct  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar,aug  RS:jul,oct  SE:may,jul,aug,oct
     Jacana j. jacana
     
     Outside Brazil, the Wattled Jacana has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     A juvenile Wattled Jacana photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil
     
     
     THINOCORUS
     
     
306. Least Seedsnipe ______  (r/BR)  
     Thinocorus rumicivorus
     
     The Least Seedsnipe, from further south in South America, has occurred a a vagrant in far-southern Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul.
     
     Outside Brazil, the Least Seedsnipe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     GALLINAGO  
     
     
307. South American Snipe  (ph) (*) ______ ES:oct  MS:aug  MT:jul,oct  RS:jul,oct  (was considered conspecific with what's now the Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, of North America, which was formerly conspecific with the Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, of the Old World) 
     Gallinago p. paraguaiae 
     
     Outside Brazil, the South American Snipe has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela.  
     
     
     
     
     A South American Snipe photographed during the FONT tour
     in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2010
     (photo by Bob Enever) 
     
     
308. Giant Snipe  (*) ______ br
     Gallinago undulata
     
     
     LIMOSA
     
309. Hudsonian Godwit  (*) ______  (r/BR)   RS:oct
     Limosa haemastica  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Hudsonian Godwit has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
310. Bar-tailed Godwit  (ph) ______  (r/BR)
     Limosa lapponica
     
     The Bar-tailed Godwit is primarily a Eurasian bird. It has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant on the Fernando de Noronha Islands, offshore from northeast Brazil.
        
     
     NUMENIUS
     
     
311. Whimbrel  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:oct
     Numenius phaeopus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Whimbrel has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela.
     
     
312. Eskimo Curlew  (t1) ______  (now presumed extinct; the last sightings may have been in the 1980s)
     Numenius borealis 
     
     
     BARTRAMIA
     
     
313. Upland Sandpiper  (*) ______ ig  MN:oct  MS:aug  RS:oct
     Bartramia longicauda  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Upland Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
     LIMNODROMUS
     
     
314. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph) ______
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Short-billed Dowitcher has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
     TRINGA
     
     
315. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______ af  MN:oct  MS:aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Greater Yellowlegs has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
316. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph) (*) ______ af  MS:aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Lesser Yellowlegs has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
317. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:aug  br  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  MT:mar  RS:oct  se
     Tringa s. solitaria
     
     Outside Brazil, the Solitary Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Solitary Sandpiper
     
     
318. Willet  (ph) ______ 
     Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Willet has been found during FONT tours in Chile (far-north), Venezuela.
     
     
     ACTITIS
     
     
319. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  ig  MS:mar,sep  mt  SE:aug,oct
     Actitis macularia (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Spotted Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     ARENARIA
     
     
320. Ruddy Turnstone  (ph) (*)  _____  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ruddy Turnstone has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     CALIDRIS
     
     
321. Red Knot  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:oct
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red Knot has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
     
     
     A Red Knot in breeding plumage, as they can 
     sometimes be seen in Brazil. 
     (photo by Howard Eskin) 
     
     
322. Sanderling  (ph) (*)  ______ RS:jul,oct  SE:aug
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sanderling has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Sanderling
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
323. Baird's Sandpiper  (*) _____  RS:oct
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Baird's Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay. 
     
     
324. White-rumped Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:oct
     Calidris fuscicollis  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-rumped Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
      
     
     White-rumped Sandpiper
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
       
325. Least Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  AM:feb,aug
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Least Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina (where rare), Chile (far-north), Venezuela. 
     
     
326. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______ MS:aug  RS:oct
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pectoral Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela. 
     
     
     
     
     Pectoral Sandpiper
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
327. Stilt Sandpiper  (*) ______ MS:aug  mt
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Stilt Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Chile, Venezuela.
     
     
328. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______
     Calidris pusilla
     
     Outside Brazil, the Semipalmated Sandpiper has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
     
     
     TRYNGITES
     
     
329. Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (nt) (ph) (*) ______  RS:oct  
     Tryngites subruficollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Buff-breasted Sandpiper
     
     
     PHILOMACHUS 
     
     
330. Ruff  (ph)  ______  (r/BR) 
     Philomachus pugnax  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     The Ruff (male) & Reeve (female), a species of mostly Europe & Africa, has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant, in Rio Grande do Sul in October 1985.
      
     
     PHALAROPUS
     
     
331. Wilson's Phalarope  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Phalaropus (formerly Steganopus) tricolor  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Wilson's Phalarope has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
332. Red Phalarope ______
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     Outside Brazil, the Red Phalarope has been found during FONT tours in Chile (offshore), Iceland.  
     
     
     GLAREOLA
     
     
333. Collared Pratincole  ______  (r/BR)  
     Glareola pratincola
     
     The Collared Pratincole has occurred in Brazil as a vagrant, from the Old World, on the Rocas Atoll, offshore from northeast Brazil, in 1990. 
     
     
     STERCORARIUS
     
     
334. Parasitic Jaeger  (ph) (*)   ______ RS:oct   (has also been called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Parasitic Jaeger has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
     
     
335. Long-tailed Jaeger  (ph) ______  (offshore, with records mostly off the seacoast of southeastern & far-southern Brazil)
     Stercorarius longicaudus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Long-tailed Jaeger has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile.  
     
     
336. Pomarine Skua (or Jaeger)  (ph) ______  (generally occurs offshore, seasonally, but it has been recorded on the Amazon & Tapajos Rivers)
     Stercorarius pomarinus  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pomarine Skua (or Jaeger) has been found offshore during FONT tours in Chile.  
     
     
337. Great Skua  (ph)  ______  (reaches offshore Brazilian waters, more northerly, during winter in the Northern Hemisphere)
     Stercorarius skua
     
     Outside Brazil, the Great Skua has been found during FONT tours in Iceland.  
     
     
338. South Polar Skua  (ph) ______  (reaches offshore & coastal Brazilian waters, more southerly, during winter in the Southern Hemisphere)
     Stercorarius maccormicki 
     
     Outside Brazil, the South Polar Skua has been found during FONT tours in Chile. 
     
     
339. Subantarctic (or Brown) Skua ______  (has been found in Brazilian offshore waters)
     Stercorarius antarcticus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Subantarctic (or Brown) Skua has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
     
     
340. Chilean Skua  (ph) ______  (has been found in Brazilian offshore waters)
     Stercorarius chilensis  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Chilean Skua has been found during FONT tours in Chile. 
      
     
     LARUS
     
     
341. Kelp Gull  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct  (has been called Domincan Gull in Australia & Africa) 
     Larus d. dominicanus  
     
     Outside Brazil, the Kelp Gull has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.  
     
     
     
     
     An immature Kelp Gull photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour
     in Rio Grande do Sul
     
     
342. Olrog's Gull (t3) (*) ______  RS:oct
     Larus atlanticus  (monotypic)
     
     
343. Gray-hooded Gull  (ph) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct
     Chrolcocephas (formerly Larus) c. cirrocephalus
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-hooded Gull has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
     
     
     Gray-hooded Gulls
     
     
344. Brown-hooded Gull  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:jul,oct
     Chrolcocephas (formerly Larus) maculipennis  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Brown-hooded Gull has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay.
     
     
     
     
     Brown-hooded Gulls
     
     
     
345. Ring-billed Gull  (ph)  ______  (has occurred as a vagrant as far south as Amazonian Brazil)
     Larus delawarensis
     
     
346. Laughing Gull  (ph)  ______  (occurs as a rarity in northern Brazil, but there is 1 record from Rio Grande do Sul in far-southern Brazil)
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla
     
     Outside Brazil, the Laughing Gull has been found during FONT tours in Chile (far-north), Venezuela. 
     
     
347. Franklin's Gull  (ph)  ______  (has occurred as a vagrant in Amazonian Brazil and on the Fernando de Noronha islands offshore from northeast Brazil)
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan
     
     Outside Brazil, the Franklin's Gull has been found during FONT tours in Chile.
      
     
     GELOCHELIDON
     
     
348. Gull-billed Tern  (*)  ______  RS:oct
     Gelochelidon nilotica
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gull-billed Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela. 
     
     
     STERNA
     
     
349. Snowy-crowned Tern  (ph) (*) ______  RS:jul,oct   (has also been called Trudeau's Tern)
     Sterna trudeaui  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Snowy-crowned Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile. 
     
     
     
     
     A Snowy-crowned Tern photographed during the FONT Brazil tour 
     in Rio Grande do Sul in October 2009
     
     
350. South American Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:may,aug
     Sterna hirundinacea  (monotypic)
     
     Outside Brazil, the South American Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
     
     
     South American Terns
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
351. Antarctic Tern  (*) ______ RS:oct  SE (offshore)
     Sterna vittata
     
     
352. Common Tern  (*) ______  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     Outside Brazil, the Common Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Chile.
     
     
353. Arctic Tern ______  (seasonally offshore)
     Sterna paradisaea
     
     
354. Roseate Tern  (ph) ______
     Sterna dougallii
     
     Outside Brazil, the Roseate Tern has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.
     
     
355. Forster's Tern  (ph) ______  (a single record along the northeast Brazil seacoast in the 19th Century; not since)
     Sterna forsteri 
     
     
     PHAETUSA
     
     
356. Large-billed Tern  (ph) (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:oct  SE:aug
     Phaetusa simplex chloropoda  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Outside Brazil, the Large-billed Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Large-billed Terns photographed during a FONT tour in Brazil 
     
     
     STERNULA
     
     
357. Yellow-billed Tern  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug  (has also been called Amazon Tern, but not restricted to that basin) 
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) superciliaris (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Yellow-billed Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
358. Least Tern ______  (in northern Brazil, along the seacoast)
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) antillarum
      
     
     THALASSEUS
     
     
359. Cayenne Tern  (*) ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug  (was considered conspecific with the more-northerly Sandwich Tern)
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) eurygnatha
     
     Outside Brazil, the Cayenne Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
360. Royal Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
     
     Outside Brazil, the Royal Tern has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Venezuela.
     
     
361. Sandwich Tern  (ph) ______  
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sandwich Tern has been found during FONT tours in Chile (far-north). 
     
     
     ONYCHOPRION
     
     
362. Sooty Tern  (ph) ______  (breeds on Rocas Atoll and the Fernando de Noronha islands off the coast of northeast Brazil; has been seen at the mouth of the Amazon River)
     Onychoprion fuscatus
     
     
     ANOUS
     
     
363. Brown Noddy ______
     Anous stolidus
     
     
364. Black Noddy ______  (occurs, as a breeder, on islands offshore from northeast Brazil)
     Anous minutus
     
     
     RYNCHOPS
     
     
365. Black Skimmer  (ph) (*)  ______ af  AM:feb,aug  MS:aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:aug,oct
     Rynchops nigra intercedens 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Black Skimmer has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela.
     
     
     PATAGIOENAS
     
     
366. Scaled Pigeon  (*) ______ af,mt
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) speciosa (monotypic)
     
     
367. Picazuro Pigeon  (*) ______ br  IG:jul,sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) p. picazuro
     
     Outside Brazil, the Picazuro Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Paraguay.
     
     
368. Spot-winged Pigeon  (*) ______  RS:oct
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) m. maculosa
     
     Outside Brazil, the Spot-winged Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Uruguay.
     
      
369. Pale-vented Pigeon  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  ig  MN:may,oct,sep  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:oct  SE:mar,aug,oct
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis sylvestris
     
     Outside Brazil, the Pale-vented Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela. 
     
     
370. Plumbeous Pigeon  (*) ______  AM:feb,aug  MN:may,sep,oct  SE:may,aug,oct
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) p. plumbea
     
     Outside Brazil, the Plumbeous Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
371. Ruddy Pigeon  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  mt
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) subvinacea bogotensis
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ruddy Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
372. Band-tailed Pigeon ______  (in far-northern Brazil)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata
     
     Outside Brazil, the Band-tailed Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela. 
     
     
     COLUMBA
     
     
373. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*) ______ AM:feb,aug  br  IG:jul,aug  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Columba livia
     
     Outside Brazil, the Common (or Feral) Pigeon has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     ZENAIDA
     
     
374. Eared Dove  (ph) (*)  ______ af  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug  MN:mar,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,jul,aug,oct
     Zenaida auriculata virgata
     
     Outside Brazil, the Eared Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     An Eared Dove photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     COLUMBINA
     
     
375. Common Ground Dove  (ph) (*)  ______ AM:feb,aug
     Columbina passerina griseola
     
     Outside Brazil, the Common Ground Dove has been found during FONT tours in Venezuela.  
     
     
376. Plain-breasted Ground Dove  (*) ______ ig  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug  mt  SE:jul
     Columbina m. minuta
     
     Outside Brazil, the Plain-breasted Ground Dove has been found during FONT tours in Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
377. Ruddy Ground Dove  (ph) (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:sep  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar,may,jul,aug,oct
     Columbina t. talpacoti
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ruddy Ground Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     Ruddy Ground Dove
     
     
378. Picui Ground Dove  (*) ______ ig  MN:sep  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:mar
     Columbina p. picui
     
     Outside Brazil, the Picui Ground Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay.
     
     
379. Scaled Dove  (ph) (*)  ______ br  MN:mar,may,aug,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt
     Columbina s. squammata
     
     Outside Brazil, the Scaled Dove has been found during FONT tours in Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela.
     
     
     
     
     A Scaled Dove photographed during a FONT Brazil Tour in March 2008
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
380. Blue-eyed Ground Dove  (t1) ______
     Columbina cyanopis
     
     
     UROPELA
     
     
381. Long-tailed Ground Dove  (*) ______ MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt
     Uropela campestris figginsi  (until recently treated as monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CLARAVIS
     
     
382. Blue Ground Dove  (*) ______ af  IG:sep  MN:may  MS:aug,oct  mt
     Claravis preiosa  (monotypic) 
     
     Outside Brazil, the Blue Ground Dove has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
383. Purple-winged Ground Dove  (t2) (*) ______  MN:oct
     Claravis godefrida
     
     
     LEPTOTILA
     
     
384. White-tipped Dove  (*) ______ af  AM:feb,aug  br  ES:oct  IG:jul,aug,sep  MN:may,sep,oct  MS:mar,aug,sep,oct  mt  RS:jul,oct  SE:jul,aug,oct  (has been called White-fronted Dove)
     Leptotila verreauxi decipiens
     
     Outside Brazil, the White-tipped Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Venezuela. 
     
      
385. Gray-fronted Dove  (*) ______ af  AM:aug  br  MN:oct  MS:aug,sep  mt  SE:aug
     Leptotila rufaxilla reichenbachii
     
     Outside Brazil, the Gray-fronted Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
     GEOTRYGON
     
     
386. Ruddy Quail-Dove  (*) ______ af  AM:feb  MN:oct  mt  SE:jul,aug,oct
     Geotrygon m. montana
     
     Outside Brazil, the Ruddy Quail-Dove has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador, Venezuela.
     
     
387. Violaceous Quail-Dove  (*) ______ IG:aug  MN:may
     Geotrygon violacea
     
     Outside Brazil, the Violaceous Quail-Dove has been found during FONT tours in Argentina.
     
     
388. Sapphire Quail-Dove ______  (in far-western Amazonian Brazil)
     Geotrygon saphirina
     
     Outside Brazil, the Sapphire Quail-Dove has been found during FONT tours in Ecuador.
     
     
     

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