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BIRDS during 
Focus On Nature Tours

in Minas Gerais
Brazil


A iist of birds in Minas Gerais 
compiled by Armas Hill







465 species of birds have been found during FONT tours, since 1992, in Minas Gerais (& adjacent Espiritu Santo). 
During one of our Minas Gerais tours, we traveled into Espiritu Santo to see the extremely rare CHERRY-THROATED TANAGER.   


 Codes:

MN:  in the state of Minas Gerais 
ES:  nearby, in the adjacent state of Espiritu Santo 

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

(BRe):   species endemic to Brazil
(BRqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to Brazil
(BRi):    introduced species in Brazil  

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site

Photo at upper right:  BRASSY-BREASTED TANAGER, a colorful Brazilian endemic
 Photo below:  the BRAZILIAN MERGANSER, one of the rarest of the world's birds, 
has been found during 6 FONT tours in Minas Gerais. 
  

 


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Brazil  

A Complete List of Brazil Birds, in 3 parts:
Part #1: Tinamous to Doves
Part #2: Macaws to Flycatchers
Part #3: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks

Birds during FONT Tours in Mato Grosso

Rare & Threatened Birds of Brazil  (with some photos)

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

Directory of Photos in this Website
Birds:

  1. Solitary Tinamou (nt) (BRqe) ______  MN may,oct

  2. Little Tinamou ______ MN oct

  3. Yellow-legged Tinamou (nt) (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct

  4. Brown Tinamou ______ MN may,sep,oct

  5. Small-billed Tinamou ______ MN may

  6. Tataupa Tinamou ______ MN  oct

  7. Red-winged Tinamou ______ MN sep,oct

  8. Spotted Nothura ______ MN mar.sep,oct

  9. Lesser Nothura ______ MN 

  10. Greater Rhea  (nt) (ph) ______ MN sep

  11. Scaled Chachalaca ______ MN aug

  12. Rusty-margined Guan ______ MN may.sep,oct

  13. Dusky-legged Guan  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  14. Spot-winged Wood Quail ______ MN may,sep,oct

  15. White-faced Whistling Duck  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,oct

  16. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph)  ______ MN mar

  17. Muscovy Duck  (ph)  ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  18. Brazilian Teal  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  19. BRAZILIAN MERGANSER (t1) (BRqe) (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct  (photo above; note at the end of this list) 

  20. Pied-billed Grebe ______ MN may,sep,oct

  21. Least Grebe  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  22. Wood Stork  (ph)  ______ MN aug

  23. Buff-necked Ibis  (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct

  24. Green Ibis ______ MN

  25. Bare-faced Ibis ______ MN sep,oct

  26. Striated Heron  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  27. Rufescent Tiger Heron  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep

  28. Black-crowned Night Heron ______ MN sep,oct

  29. Capped Heron  (ph)  ______ MN may

  30. Whistling Heron  (ph)  ______  MN may,oct

  31. Western Cattle Egret  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  32. Snowy Egret  (ph)  ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  33. Great Egret  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  34. Cocoi Heron  (ph) ______  MN mar,sep,oct

  35. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph)  ______ MN aug,sep,oct

  36. Anhinga  (ph)  ______ MN aug

  37. King Vulture  (ph) ______  MN oct

  38. Black Vulture  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  39. Turkey Vulture  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  40. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph)  ______ MN may

  41. Southern Crested Caracara  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct 

  42. Yellow-headed Caracara ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  43. Laughing Falcon ______ MN aug,sep,oct

  44. Barred Forest Falcon  ______  MN oct

  45. Collared Forest Falcon ______ MN may,oct

  46. American Kestrel  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  47. Bat Falcon  (ph)  ______ MN may,oct

  48. Aplomado Falcon  (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct

  49. Osprey  (ph)  _____ MN mar

  50. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ MN oct  ES oct

  51. White-tailed Kite ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  52. Rufous-thighed Kite ______ MN oct

  53. Plumbeous Kite _______ MN mar,sep,oct

  54. Crane Hawk  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  55. Rufous-thighed Hawk ______  MN oct  (formerly part of Sharp-shinned Hawk)

  56. Bicolored Hawk ______ MN sep,oct

  57. Gray-bellied Hawk (nt) ______ MN oct

  58. Mantled Hawk  (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN sep

  59. Great Black Hawk ______ MN sep,oct

  60. Savannah Hawk  (ph)  ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  61. Crowned Solitary Eagle (t3) (ph)  ______ MN mar,sep
     
  62. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  (ph)  ______ MN sep,oct

  63. Roadside Hawk  (ph)  ______  MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  64. Short-tailed Hawk  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  65. White-tailed Hawk ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  66. Ornate Hawk-Eagle ______ MN sep

  67. Black Hawk-Eagle ______ ES oct

  68. Red-legged Seriema  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct
      
  69. Blackish Rail ______ MN may,sep,oct

  70. Gray-necked Wood-Rail  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  71. Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail (BRqe) ______ MN sep,oct

  72. Ash-throated Crake ______ MN 

  73. Rufous-sided Crake ______ MN may

  74. Common Moorhen (or Gallinule) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  75. Purple Gallinule  (ph)  ______ MN

  76. Limpkin  (ph)  ______ MN sep,oct

  77. Wattled Jacana  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  78. Southern Lapwing  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  79. Semipalmated Plover  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  80. Collared Plover _____ MN mar

     
  81. Upland Sandpiper ______ MN oct

  82. Greater Yellowlegs ______ MN oct

  83. South American Snipe ______ ES oct

  84. Common (or Feral) Pigeon ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  85. Picazuro Pigeon ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  86. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ MN may,oct,sep

  87. Plumbeous Pigeon ______ MN may,sep,oct

  88. Eared Dove  (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct  ES oct 

  89. Ruddy Ground Dove ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct 

  90. Plain-breasted Ground Dove ______ MN may,sep,oct

  91. Scaled Dove  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  92. Purple-winged Ground Dove (t2) ______  MN oct

  93. White-tipped Dove ______ MN may sep oct  ES oct

     
  94. Gray-fronted Dove ______ MN oct

  95. Ruddy Quail-Dove  ______ MN oct

  96. Violaceous Quail-Dove  ______ MN may 

  97. Blue-winged Macaw (t3) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  98. White-eyed Parakeet (or Conure)  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  99. Golden-capped Parakeet (or Conure) (t3) (BRe) ______ MN aug,oct

  100. Peach-fronted Parakeet (or Conure) (ph)  ______ MN mar,amy,oct,sep,oct

  101. Blue-winged Parrotlet ______ MN mar,oct

  102. Plain Parakeet (e) ______ ES oct

  103. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet ______ MN mar,may,aug,oct

  104. Pileated Parrot (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN may  ES oct

  105. Scaly-headed Parrot ______ MN may,sep,oct

  106. Mealy Amazon (or Parrot) ______ MN sep,oct

  107. Vinaceous-breasted Amazon (or Parrot)  (t2) (BRqe) ______ MN may,oct 

  108. Smooth-billed Ani  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  109. Dark-billed Cuckoo ______ MN oct

  110. Squirrel Cuckoo  (ph)  ______  MN may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  111. Striped Cuckoo ______  MN aug,sep,oct

  112. Guira Cuckoo  (ph)  ______  MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  113. Barn Owl  (ph) ______ MN aug,sep,oct

  114. Rusty-barred Owl  (BRqe) ______ MN oct

  115. Tropical Screech Owl ______ MN sep,oct

  116. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (ph)  ______ MN sep,oct

  117. Burrowing Owl  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  118. Short-eared Owl  (ph)  ______ MN mar

  119. Striped Owl  (ph)  ______ MN sep

  120. Great Potoo ______ MN

  121. Common Potoo ______ MN oct

  122. Short-tailed Nighthawk ______ ES oct

  123. Nacunda Nighthawk ______ MN aug

  124. Least Nighthawk ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  125. Pauraque  (ph)  ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  126. Band-winged Nightjar ______ MN sep,oct

  127. Little Nightjar  (ph)  ______ MN sep

  128. Scissor-tailed Nightjar  (ph)  ______ MN mar,oct

  129. Sickle-winged Nightjar (nt) ______ MN oct

  130. White-collared Swift ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  131. Biscutate Swift ______ MN may,aug,oct

  132. Great Dusky Swift ______ MN sep,oct

  133. Ashy-tailed Swift ______ MN sep,oct

  134. Gray-rumped Swift ______ MN oct

  135. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  136. Rufous-breasted Hermit  ______  MN may,oct 

  137. Scale-throated Hermit ______  MN sep,oct

  138. Dusky-throated Hermit ______  MN  ES oct

  139. Planalto Hermit  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  140. Cinnamon-throated Hermit ______ MN 

  141. Reddish Hermit ______ MN may

  142. Minute Hermit  (BRe) ______  MN sep,oct

  143. Gray-breasted Sabrewing ______ MN sep,oct

  144. Black Jacobin  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep

  145. White-vented Violetear  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  146. Black-throated Mango  (ph)  ______ MN sep

  147. Black-breasted Plovercrest  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  148. Frilled Coquette  (BRe) ______ MN:sep  ES oct

  149. Black-bellied Thorntail ______ MN may,oct

  150. Ruby Topaz ______ MN sep,oct

  151. Glittering-bellied Emerald  (ph)  ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  152. Fork-tailed Woodnymph ______ MN may,sep,oct

  153. Violet-capped Woodnymph ______ MN sep,oct

  154. Rufous-throated Sapphire ______ MN may,aug,sep

  155. White-chinned Sapphire ______ MN oct

  156. White-throated Hummingbird  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  157. White-tailed Goldenthroat ______ MN may

  158. Versicolored Emerald ______  MN mar,sep,oct

  159. Glittering-throated Emerald ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  160. Sapphire-spangled Emerald ______ MN may,sep,oct

  161. Sombre Hummingbird  (BRe) ______ MN may,oct

  162. Brazilian Ruby  (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct  ES oct

  163. Hyacinth Visorbearer (nt) (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  164. Horned Sungem ______ MN oct

  165. Stripe-breasted Starthroat  (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN sep,oct
  166. Amethyst Woodstar ______ MN may,oct

  167. Green-backed (formerly White-tailed) Trogon  (ph)  ______ MN oct
      
  168. Black-throated Trogon ______ MN sep,oct

  169. Surucua Trogon  (BRqe) ______ MN sep,oct

  170. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  171. Green Kingfisher  (ph)  ______ MN mar,oct

  172. Amazon Kingfisher ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  173. Rufous-capped Motmot ______ MN oct

  174. Three-toed Jacamar (t2) (BRe) ______ MN oct

  175. Rufous-tailed Jacamar  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  176. White-eared Puffbird ______ MN aug,sep,oct

  177. Caatinga Puffbird ______ MN oct  (was, now with the Chaco Puffbird, part of the former "Spot-backed Puffbird") 

  178. Crescent-chested Puffbird  (BRe) ______ MN oct

  179. Toco Toucan  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  180. Channel-billed Toucan  (ph)  ______ MN may,oct  ES oct

  181. Green-billed (formerly called Red-breasted) Toucan  (BRqe) ______ MN may,sep  ES oct

  182. Black-necked Aracari ______ MN oct

  183. Spot-billed Toucanet  (BRqe) ______ ES oct

  184. Blond-crested Woodpecker ______ MN sep,oct

  185. Campo (or Field) Flicker  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct,

  186. Green-barred Woodpecker ______ MN sep,oct

  187. Yellow-browed Woodpecker (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN oct

  188. Yellow-fronted Woodpecker  (BRqe) (ph)  ______ MN oct

  189. White Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep
     
  190. Little Woodpecker ______ MN may,sep,oct

  191. Yellow-eared Woodpecker  (BRe) ______ MN may,oct  ES oct

  192. Lineated Woodpecker ______ MN may,oct  ES oct

  193. Robust Woodpecker  ______ MN may

  194. White-wedged Piculet  ______ MN may

  195. White-barred Piculet ______ MN may,sep,oct

  196. Pin-tailed Manakin  (BRe) ______ MN

  197. White-bearded Manakin  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  198. Helmeted Manakin  (BRqe) ______ MN sep,oct

  199. Blue Manakin ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct 

  200. Black-tailed Tityra ______ ES oct

  201. Black-crowned Tityra ______ MN oct

  202. Greenish Schiffornis ______ MN sep  ES oct

  203. Green-backed Becard ______ MN sep

  204. White-winged Becard ______ MN oct

  205. Black-capped Becard  ______ MN may

  206. Chestnut-crowned Becard ______ MN sep,oct  ES oct

  207. Sharpbill ______ ES oct

  208. Swallow-tailed Cotinga  (nt) (BRqe) (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  209. Hooded Berryeater  (nt) (BRe) ______ ES oct

  210. Cinnamon-vented Piha  (t3) (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct  ES oct

  211. Bare-throated Bellbird  (nt)  ______ ES oct

  212. Red-ruffed Fruitcrow ______ MN may,oct

  213. Gray-hooded Flycatcher  (BRqe) ______ MN may

  214. Sepia-capped Flycatcher ______ MN may,oct  ES oct 

  215. Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant _____ MN oct  ES oct

  216. Hangnest Tody-Tyrant  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN may

  217. Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN

  218. Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant ______ MN may

  219. Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher ______ MN may,sep,oct

  220. Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  221. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ MN may,sep,oct

  222. Planalto Tyrannulet  (BRqe) ______ MN may,oct

  223. Greenish Tyrannulet  (BRqe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  224. Rough-legged Tyrannulet ______ MN sep

  225. Gray-capped Tyrannulet  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct

  226. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  227. Mouse-colored Tyrannulet ______ MN sep,oct

  228. Yellow Tyrannulet ______ MN may,sep,oct

  229. Southern Scrub Flycatcher ______ MN may,oct

  230. Campo Suiriri  ______ MN

  231. Gray Elaenia ______ MN oct

  232. Greenish Elaenia ______ MN sep

  233. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (ph)  ______ MN mat,sep,oct

  234. White-crested Elaenia ______ MN oct

  235. Small-billed Elaenia ______ MN oct

  236. Highland Elaenia ______ MN may,sep,oct

  237. Plain-crested Elaenia ______ MN may,sep,oct

  238. Lesser Elaenia ______ MN sep,oct

  239. Sooty Tyrannulet ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  240. White-crested Tyrannulet ______ MN may,oct

  241. Sharp-tailed Grass-Tyrant  (nt) ______ MN aug,sep,oct

  242. Gray-backed Tachuri  (nt) (BRe)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  243. Southern Bristle Tyrant  (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN sep

  244. Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet ______ MN sep,oct

  245. Bay-ringed Tyrannulet  (nt) ______ MN

  246. Yellow-olive Flatbill ______ MN oct

  247. White-throated Spadebill ______ MN sep,oct

  248. Black-tailed Myiobius ______ MN sep

  249. Yellow-rumped Myiobius  (ph)  ______ MN sep

  250. Bran-colored Flycatcher ______ MN sep,oct

  251. Cliff Flycatcher  ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

     
  252. Fuscous Flycatcher ______ MN

  253. Euler's Flycatcher ______ MN oct

  254. Tropical Pewee ______ MN may.sep,oct

  255. Gray Monjita ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  256. White-rumped Monjita ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  257. Blue-billed Black Tyrant ______ MN may,sep  ES oct

  258. Velvety Black Tyrant  (BRe) ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  259. Crested Black Tyrant  (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct
      
  260. Masked Water Tyrant ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  261. White-headed Marsh Tyrant  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  262. Cock-tailed Tyrant  (nt) (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sept,oct

     
  263. Streamer-tailed Tyrant ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  264. Yellow-browed Tyrant ______ MN sep,oct

  265. Cattle Tyrant  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  266. Long-tailed Tyrant ______ MN may,sep,oct

  267. Shear-tailed Gray-Tyrant  (nt) ______ MN may,sep

  268. Rufous Casiornis ______ MN

  269. Eastern Sirystes ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  270. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ MN may.sep,oct

  271. Short-crested Flycatcher  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  272. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  273. Swainson's Flycatcher ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  274. White-throated Kingbird ______  MN may,sep,oct

  275. Tropical Kingbird  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  276. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ MN aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  277. Variegated Flycatcher ______ MN sep,oct

  278. Crowned Slaty Flycatcher ______ MN sep,oct

  279. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ MN may,sep,oct

  280. Streaked Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ MN sep,oct

  281. Rusty-margined Flycatcher ______ MN may,oct

  282. Social Flycatcher  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  283. Piratic Flycatcher ______ MN sep,oct

  284. Lesser Kiskadee ______ MN sep

  285. Great Kiskadee  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  286. Gray-hooded Attila  (BRe) ______ MN may

  287. Variable Antshrike ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  288. Great Antshrike  (ph)  ______ MN

  289. Rufous-winged Antshrike ______ MN sep

  290. Rufous-capped Antshrike ______ MN oct

  291. Chestnut-backed Antshrike ______ MN may,sep,oct

  292. Sooretama Slaty Antshrike  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  293. Planalto Slaty Antshrike  (BRqe)  ______ MN sep,oct

  294. Giant Antshrike ______ MN may,sep

  295. Large-tailed Antshrike  (BRqe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  296. Tufted Antshrike  (BRqe) ______ MN may,oct

  297. Cinereous Antshrike ______ MN

  298. Plain Antvireo ______ MN sep

  299. Silvery-flanked Antwren  (BRe) ______ MN sep

  300. Unicolored Antwren  (t3) (BRe) ______ MN sep

  301. Black-capped Antwren  (nt) ______ MN oct

  302. Large-billed Antwren  (BRqe) ______  MN

  303. Rusty-backed Antwren  ______ MN may

  304. Serra Antwren  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  305. Ferruginous Antbird  (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct

  306. Ochre-rumped Antbird  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN sep,oct

  307. Dusky-tailed Antbird ______ MN may,oct

  308. Scaled Antbird  (BRe) ______ MN oct

  309. White-shouldered Fire-eye  (BRqe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  310. White-bibbed Antbird  (BRe) ______ ES oct

  311. Rufous Gnateater ______ MN may,sep,oct

  312. Serra do Mar Tapaculo  (BRqe) ______ MN  (has been called Mouse-colored Tapaculo)  

  313. White-breasted Tapaculo  (BRe) ______ MN may,oct

  314. Brasilia Tapaculo  (t3) (BRe) ______  MN oct

  315. Cryptic Antthrush  (BRe) ______ MN sep  ES oct

  316. "Imperial" Variegated Antpitta  (ph)  ______ MN oct  ES oct

  317. Speckle-breasted Antpitta  (BRqe) ______ MN sep  ES oct 
  318. Campo Miner ______ MN oct

  319. Rufous Hornero  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  320. Band-tailed Hornero  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  321. Rufous-capped Spinetail  (BRqe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  322. Sooty-fronted Spinetail ______ MN may,oct

  323. Pale-breasted Spinetail ______ MN oct

     
  324. Spix's Spinetail ______ MN may,sep,oct  (has also been called Chicli Spinetail)

  325. Gray-bellied Spinetail (qe) ______ MN sep

  326. Yellow-chinned Spinetail ______ MN may,aug,sep

  327. Pallid Spinetail  (BRe) ______ MN may,oct

  328. Cipo Canastero  (t2) (BRe) ______ MN may,oct  (note follows at the end of this list) 

  329. Rufous-fronted Thornbird  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct
     
  330. Orange-eyed Thornbird  (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN oct

  331. Firewood-gatherer ______ MN sep,oct

  332. White-collared Foliage-gleaner (e) ______ MN  ES oct 

  333. Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner ______ MN 

  334. White-browed Foliage-gleaner  (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN may,oct

  335. Black-capped Foliage-gleaner ______ MN may,oct

  336. Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner ______ MN may,sep

  337. Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner  (BRqe) ______ MN 

  338. White-eyed Foliage-gleaner  (BRqe) ______ MN may

  339. Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner  (nt) (BRqe) ______ MN 

  340. Streaked Xenops ______ MN may,oct  ES oct

  341. Plain Xenops ______ mn may

  342. Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper  ______ MN sep,oct

  343. Black-billed Scythebill  ______ MN may

  344. Plain-winged Woodcreeper  ______ MN may  

  345. Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______ MN may,sep,oct

  346. White-throated Woodcreeper  (BRqe) ______ MN sep  ES oct

  347. Scaled Woodcreeper  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  348. Lesser Woodcreeper  (BRqe) ______ MN sep

  349. Narrow-billed Woodcreeper  (ph)  ______ MN mar,sep,oct

  350. Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  351. Red-eyed Vireo ______ MN sep,oct

  352. Rufous-crowned Greenlet ______ MN may  ES oct

  353. Gray-eyed Greenlet  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep

  354. Lemon-chested Greenlet ______ MN may,oct

  355. Ashy-headed Greenlet ______ MN

  356. White-naped Jay  (BRe) ______ MN

  357. Curl-crested Jay ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  358. White-winged Swallow ______ MN may,sep,oct

  359. White-rumped Swallow ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  360. Brown-chested Martin  (ph)  ______ MN may.sep,oct

  361. Gray-breasted Martin ______ MN sep,oct  ES oct

  362. Purple Martin  (ph)  ______ MN oct 

  363. Blue-and-white Swallow ______ MN mar,may.aug,sep,oct  ES oct 

  364. Tawny-headed Swallow ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep

  365. Southern Rough-winged Swallow ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  366. Barn Swallow  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  367. American Cliff Swallow ______ MN oct

  368. Moustached Wren ______ MN may,oct

  369. Sedge Wren  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  370. "Southern" House Wren ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct  ES oct 

  371. Black-capped Donacobius  (ph)  ______ MN aug,oct

  372. Masked Gnatcatcher  ______ MN may  

  373. Chalk-browed Mockingbird ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  374. White-necked Thrush  ______ MN may

  375. Eastern Slaty Thrush ______ MN sep

  376. Rufous-bellied Thrush  (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  377. Pale-breasted Thrush ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  378. Creamy-bellied Thrush ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  379. Yellowish Pipit ______ MN sep,oct

  380. Hellmayr's Pipit ______ MN mar,oct

  381. Ochre-breasted Pipit  (t2) ______ MN oct

  382. Purple-throated Euphonia ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  383. Violaceous Euphonia ______ MN sep

  384. Green-chinned Euphonia  (nt) ______ MN sep

  385. Chestnut-bellied Euphonia ______ ES oct

  386. Blue-naped Chlorophonia  (ph)  ______ MN

  387. Hooded Siskin ______ MN sep,oct

  388. Southern Yellowthroat ______ MN 

  389. Tropical Parula ______  MN may,oct

  390. Stripe-crowned Warbler ______ MN may,sep,oct

  391. Flavescent Warbler ______ MN oct

  392. White-bellied Warbler ______ MN may,sep,oct

  393. White-striped Warbler  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep,oct

  394. Riverbank Warbler ______ MN oct

  395. Red-rumped Cacique ______ MN may,sep,oct

  396. Shiny Cowbird ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct  ES oct

  397. Giant Cowbird ______ MN sep

  398. Baywing  (ph)  ______ MN sep

  399. Crested Oropendola  (ph) ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  400. Chestnut-capped Blackbird ______ MN may,sep,oct

  401. Unicolored Blackbird  (ph) ______  MN oct

  402. Chopi Blackbird ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct

  403. Forbes's Blackbird  (t1) (BRe) ______  MN may  (note at the end of this list)

  404. Campo Troupial  (BRe)  ______ MN may

  405. Yellow-rumped Marshbird  (ph)  ______ MN mar,aug,sep,oct

  406. White-browed Blackbird  (ph)  ______ MN may,oct

  407. Bananaquit  (ph) ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  408. Blue Finch  (nt) (BRqe)  ______ MN sep,oct

  409. Grassland Sparrow ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  410. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  411. Sayaca Tanager ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  412. Azure-shouldered Tanager  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN oct  ES oct

  413. Golden-chevroned Tanager  (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  414. Palm Tanager ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  415. Silver-beaked Tanager ______ MN sep,oct

  416. Green-headed Tanager  (ph)  ______ MN oct

  417. Gilt-edged Tanager  (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  418. Brassy-breasted Tanager  (BRe) (ph)  ______ MN may,sep,oct

  419. Yellow-backed Tanager ______ MN sep,oct

  420. Burnished-buff Tanager ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  421. Fawn-breasted Tanager ______ MN sep

  422. Diademed Tanager ______ MN may,sep

  423. Red Tanager ______ MN may,sep

  424. Olive-green Tanager  (BRe) ______ MN

  425. White-lined Tanager ______ MN sep

  426. Ruby-crowned Tanager ______ MN may,sep,oct

  427. Flame-crested Tanager ______ MN oct

     
  428. Black-goggled Tanager ______ MN may,sep,oct

  429. Guira Tanager ______ MN oct

  430. Rufous-headed Tanager  (BRe) ______ MN may,sep  ES oct 

  431. Orange-headed Tanager ______ MN sep

  432. White-rumped Tanager  (nt) (ph)  ______ MN mar,sep,oct
      
  433. Hooded Tanager ______ MN sep,oct

  434. CHERRY-THROATED TANAGER  (t1) (BRe) ______ ES oct  (close to the rarest bird ever seen during any FONT tour)

  435. Brown Tanager  (nt) (BRe) ______  MN may,sep  ES oct

  436. Cinnamon Tanager  (BRe) ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  437. Magpie Tanager ______ MN may,sep,oct  ES oct

  438. Swallow Tanager  (ph)  ______ MN may,aug,sep,oct

  439. Blue Dacnis ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  440. Chestnut-vented Conebill ______ MN may,sep,oct

  441. Blue-black Grassquit ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  442. Plumbeous Seedeater ______ MN mar,may,sep,oct

  443. Lined Seedeater ______ MN mar

  444. Yellow-bellied (inc. Dubois') Seedeater ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  445. Double-collared Seedeater ______ MN may,sep,oct

  446. Capped Seedeater ______ MN mar,oct

  447. Saffron Finch ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  448. Stripe-tailed Yellow Finch ______ MN mar,may,aug,oct

  449. Uniform Finch ______ MN sep

  450. Coal-crested Finch  (nt) ______ MN 

  451. Gray Pileated Finch ______ MN may,sep,oct

  452. Pampa Finch ______  MN sep,oct

  453. Serra Finch  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN may,oct

  454. Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch  (ph)  ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  455. Black-masked Finch  (t3) ______ MN may.sep,oct

  456. Bay-chested Warbling Finch  (BRe) ______ MN sep

  457. Red-rumped Warbling Finch ______ MN may,sep

  458. Cinereous Warbling-Finch  (nt) (BRe) ______ MN may,oct

  459. Buff-throated Saltator ______ MN oct

  460. Green-winged Saltator ______ MN may,sep,oct

  461. Black-throated Saltator ______ MN mar,may,aug,sep,oct

  462. Black-throated Grosbeak  (BRqe) ______ MN  

  463. Ultramarine Grosbeak ______ MN sep

  464. Common Waxbill  (BRi) ______ MN oct

  465. House Sparrow  (BRi) ______ MN  mar,may,aug,sep,oct

 

Notes:

The very rare BRAZILIAN MERGANSER has been seen during a number of FONT tours: in March 1997, in October 1998,  in August 2002, in October 2003, in September 2006, and in March 2008. Each time, our sightings have been in a remote part of western Minas Gerais State 
Recent estimates have put the population of the species at only about a hundred pairs. Some say, however, that's too high a number. With large territories, and favoring remote areas, the merganser is not usually an easy bird to see.
The range of the bird has included southeast Brazil, northeast Argentina, and adjacent Paraguay. It's probably now extinct in Paraguay, and may be in Argentina (where the population has been critically small). Actually, in the mid-20th Century, the species was thought to be extinct altogether. It was re-found in 1948. Now, just over 50 years later, the bird is still "too close" to extinction.   

The CIPO CANASTERO was discovered only as recently as 1985 in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, where it is very localized. When the species was initially found, it was a surprise as all other canasteros occur much further to the west in South America, mostly in Andean habitats. We've seen it during nearly all of our tours in Minas Gerais.

The FORBES'S BLACKBIRD has been considered a critically endangered species as it has a very small total population actually comprised of very small subpopulations in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Pernambuco, and Minas Gerais. Thus the rare of this rare Brazilian endemic is severely fragmented in the eastern part of the country. 
Being all-black, without any really distinctive features other than a slender bill and a unique voice, the most notable aspect of the bird is its rarity.
The small numbers (about an estimated 150 birds at one time said to be in Alagoas, and about 40 at most in one area of Minas Gerais) has made the Forbes's Blackbird a rather mysterious  "phantom-like" species, not often seen.
We were fortunate to see 3 Forbes's Blackbirds during the FONT tour in Minas Gerais, not far from Serra do Cipo, in May 2011.
 The birds, at about 4pm, were in the tops of palm trees in the valley of a small river. Their slender bills and recognizable call were well noted before they flew away from us. 

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