ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK

BRAZIL
LOCALE
Area (ha): | 12,000 |
Altitude (m): | 700-2787 |
# Species: | 268 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 268 |
# Endemics: | 45 |
# Near Endemics: | 6 |
Species/100 ha: | 2.2 |
Habitat: SE Atlantic forest, highland scrub |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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1 | Brown Tinamou | Crypturellus obsoletus | FC | |
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2 | Dusky-legged Guan | Penelope obscura | FC | |
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3 | Spot-winged Wood-Quail | Odontophorus capueira | UC | |
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4 | Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | FC | |
5 | Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | FC | |
6 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | ? | |
7 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | UC | |
8 | Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | ? | |
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9 | Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | UC | |
10 | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | ? | |
11 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | ? | |
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12 | Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | R | |
13 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | UC | |
14 | Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris | UC | |
15 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | UC | |
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16 | Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | ? | |
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17 | Sooty Swift | Cypseloides fumigatus | UC | |
18 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | UC | |
19 | Biscutate Swift | Streptoprocne biscutata | ? | |
20 | Sick's Swift | Chaetura meridionalis | C | |
21 | Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | ? | |
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22 | Black Jacobin | Florisuga fusca | FC | |
23 | Dusky-throated Hermit | Phaethornis squalidus | UC | |
24 | Reddish Hermit | Phaethornis ruber | UC | |
25 | Scale-throated Hermit | Phaethornis eurynome | FC | |
26 | Black-eared Fairy | Heliothryx auritus | UC | |
27 | Frilled Coquette | Lophornis magnificus | UC | |
28 | Brazilian Ruby | Clytolaema rubricauda | C | |
29 | Amethyst Woodstar | Calliphlox amethystina | ? | |
30 | Green-crowned Plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi | UC | |
31 | Violet-capped Woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis | C | |
32 | Swallow-tailed Hummingbird | Eupetomena macroura | UC | |
33 | Versicolored Emerald | Chrysuronia versicolor | UC | |
34 | White-throated Hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis | FC | |
35 | Glittering-throated Emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata | UC | |
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36 | Blackish Rail | Pardirallus nigricans | UC | |
37 | Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail | Aramides saracura | FC | |
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38 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | UC | |
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39 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | FC | |
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40 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | C | |
41 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | UC | |
42 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | R | |
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43 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | ? | |
44 | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | R | |
45 | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus | ? | |
46 | Rufous-thighed Kite | Harpagus diodon | ? | |
47 | Rufous-thighed Hawk** | Accipiter erythronemius | R | |
48 | Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor | ? | |
49 | Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | ? | |
50 | White-necked Hawk | Buteogallus lacernulatus | ? | |
51 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | UC | |
52 | White-rumped Hawk | Parabuteo leucorrhous | ? | |
53 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | ? | |
54 | Mantled Hawk | Pseudastur polionotus | ? | |
55 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | ? | |
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56 | Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | UC | |
57 | Tawny-browed Owl | Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana | FC | |
58 | Least Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium minutissimum | UC | |
59 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | ? | |
60 | Rusty-barred Owl | Strix hylophila | UC | |
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61 | Green-backed Trogon | Trogon viridis | UC | |
62 | Surucua Trogon | Trogon surrucura | FC | |
63 | Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | UC | |
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64 | Rufous-capped Motmot | Baryphthengus ruficapillus | UC | |
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65 | Crescent-chested Puffbird | Malacoptila striata | UC | |
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66 | Saffron Toucanet | Pteroglossus bailloni | ? | |
67 | Spot-billed Toucanet | Selenidera maculirostris | R | |
68 | Red-breasted Toucan | Ramphastos dicolorus | ? | |
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69 | White-barred Piculet | Picumnus cirratus | UC | |
70 | Yellow-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes flavifrons | UC | |
71 | White-spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates spilogaster | UC | |
72 | Yellow-eared Woodpecker | Dryobates maculifrons | UC | |
73 | Robust Woodpecker | Campephilus robustus | UC | |
74 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | R | |
75 | White-browed Woodpecker | Piculus aurulentus | UC | |
76 | Green-barred Woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros | UC | |
77 | Campo Flicker | Colaptes campestris | UC | |
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78 | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | UC | |
79 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | ? | |
80 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | UC | |
81 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | UC | |
82 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | ? | |
83 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | R | |
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84 | Brown-backed Parrotlet | Touit melanonotus | ? | |
85 | Plain Parakeet | Brotogeris tirica | UC | |
86 | Pileated Parrot | Pionopsitta pileata | UC | |
87 | Scaly-headed Parrot | Pionus maximiliani | FC | |
88 | Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius | UC | |
89 | Maroon-bellied Parakeet | Pyrrhura frontalis | FC | |
90 | Blue-winged Macaw | Primolius maracana | R | |
91 | White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus | UC | |
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92 | Spot-backed Antshrike | Hypoedaleus guttatus | ? | |
93 | Giant Antshrike | Batara cinerea | UC | |
94 | Large-tailed Antshrike | Mackenziaena leachii | UC | |
95 | Tufted Antshrike | Mackenziaena severa | UC | |
96 | White-bearded Antshrike | Biatas nigropectus | R | |
97 | Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens | UC | |
98 | Star-throated Antwren | Rhopias gularis | UC | |
99 | Spot-breasted Antvireo | Dysithamnus stictothorax | FC | |
100 | Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | FC | |
101 | Rufous-backed Antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus | FC | |
102 | Rufous-margined Antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus | UC | |
103 | Ferruginous Antbird | Drymophila ferruginea | FC | |
104 | Bertoni's Antbird | Drymophila rubricollis | UC | |
105 | Rufous-tailed Antbird | Drymophila genei | FC | |
106 | Ochre-rumped Antbird | Drymophila ochropyga | FC | |
107 | Streak-capped Antwren | Terenura maculata | UC | |
108 | White-shouldered Fire-eye | Pyriglena leucoptera | FC | |
109 | White-bibbed Antbird | Myrmodenus loricata | UC | |
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110 | Rufous Gnateater | Conopophaga lineata | FC | |
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111 | Variegated Antpitta | Grallaria varia | UC | |
112 | Speckle-breasted Antpitta | Cryptopezus nattereri | FC | |
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113 | Slaty Bristlefront | Merulaxis ater | UC | |
114 | Mouse-colored Tapaculo | Scytalopus speluncae | UC | |
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115 | Such's Antthrush | Chamaeza meruloides | UC | |
116 | Brazilian Antthrush (Rufous-tailed Antthrush) | Chamaeza ruficauda | UC | |
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117 | Rufous-breasted Leaftosser | Sclerurus scansor | UC | |
118 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | FC | |
119 | Plain-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla turdina | FC | |
120 | Planalto Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes platyrostris | FC | |
121 | White-throated Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes albicollis | UC | |
122 | Lesser Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus fuscus | FC | |
123 | Black-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus falcularius | UC | |
124 | Scaled Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes squamatus | UC | |
125 | Plain Xenops | Xenops minutus | ? | |
126 | Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | UC | |
127 | Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | ? | |
128 | Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura | FC | |
129 | White-collared Foliage-gleaner | Anabazenops fuscus | UC | |
130 | Pale-browed Treehunter | Cichlocolaptes leucophrus | UC | |
131 | Sharp-billed Treehunter | Heliobletus contaminatus | UC | |
132 | Black-capped Foliage-gleaner | Philydor atricapillus | R | |
133 | White-browed Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia amaurotis | UC | |
134 | Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia lichtensteini | R | |
135 | Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla rufosuperciliata | UC | |
136 | Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner | Dendroma rufum | UC | |
137 | White-eyed Foliage-gleaner | Automolus leucophthalmus | UC | |
138 | Araucaria Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura setaria | R | |
139 | Itatiaia Thistletail (Itatiaia Spinetail) | Asthenes moreirae | FC | |
140 | Pallid Spinetail | Cranioleuca pallida | FC | |
141 | Rufous-capped Spinetail | Synallaxis ruficapilla | FC | |
142 | Gray-bellied Spinetail | Synallaxis cinerascens | R | |
143 | Chicli Spinetail (Spix's Spinetail) | Synallaxis spixi | FC | |
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144 | Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma chrysolophum | UC | |
145 | Swallow-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia caudata | FC | |
146 | Pin-tailed Manakin | Ilicura militaris | UC | |
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147 | #Swallow-tailed Cotinga# | Phibalura flavirostris | VR | |
148 | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | Pyroderus scutatus | UC | |
149 | Black-and-gold Cotinga | Lipaugus atra | UC | |
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150 | Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana | R | |
151 | Greenish Schiffornis | Schiffornis virescens | FC | |
152 | Chestnut-crowned Becard | Pachyramphus castaneus | FC | |
153 | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | ? | |
154 | Crested Becard | Pachyramphus validus | ? | |
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155 | Sharpbill | Oxyruncus cristatus | R | |
156 | Black-tailed Flycatcher | Myiobius atricaudus | UC | |
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157 | Black-capped Piprites | Piprites pileata | C | |
158 | White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | FC | |
159 | Gray-hooded Flycatcher | Mionectes rufiventris | R | |
160 | Sepia-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon amaurocephalus | FC | |
161 | Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes ventralis | FC | |
162 | Serra do Mar Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes difficilis | UC | |
163 | Southern Antpipit | Corythopis delalandi | R | |
164 | Eared Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis auricularis | FC | |
165 | Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant (Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant) | Hemitriccus diops | UC | |
166 | Brown-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant (Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant) | Hemitriccus obsoletus | UC | |
167 | Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus orbitatus | R | |
168 | Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant | Hemitriccus furcatus | UC | |
169 | Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps | UC | |
170 | Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum poliocephalum | FC | |
171 | Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | FC | |
172 | Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | UC | |
173 | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | UC | |
174 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | FC | |
175 | Gray Elaenia | Myiopagis caniceps | UC | |
176 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | UC | |
177 | Olivaceous Elaenia | Elaenia mesoleuca | ? | |
178 | Small-headed Elaenia | Elaenia sordida | ? | |
179 | White-crested Tyrannulet | Serpophaga subcristata | UC | |
180 | Rough-legged Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias burmeisteri | UC | |
181 | Greenish Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias virescens | R | |
182 | Planalto Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias fasciatus | FC | |
183 | Gray-capped Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseocapilla | FC | |
184 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | UC | |
185 | Euler's Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | FC | |
186 | Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | UC | |
187 | Crested Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus lophotes | UC | |
188 | Velvety Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus nigerrimus | UC | |
189 | Blue-billed Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus cyanirostris | UC | |
190 | (Yellow-browed Tyrant) | Satrapa icterophrys | UC | |
191 | Gray Monjita | Nengetus cinereus | ? | |
192 | Masked Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola nengeta | UC | |
193 | Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant | Muscipipra vetula | UC | |
194 | Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | UC | |
195 | Large-headed Flatbill | Ramphotrigon megacephalum | ? | |
196 | (Rufous-tailed Attila) | Attila phoenicurus | UC | |
197 | Gray-hooded Attila | Attila rufus | UC | |
198 | Sibilant Sirystes | Sirystes sibilator | UC | |
199 | (Swainson's Flycatcher) | Myiarchus swainsoni | FC | |
200 | Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox | FC | |
201 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | FC | |
202 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | ? | |
203 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | FC | |
204 | (Streaked Flycatcher) | Myiodynastes maculatus | UC | |
205 | (Piratic Flycatcher) | Legatus leucophaius | UC | |
206 | (White-throated Kingbird) | Tyrannus albogularis | FC | |
207 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | ? | |
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208 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | UC | |
209 | Rufous-crowned Greenlet | Hylophilus poicilotis | FC | |
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210 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | C | |
211 | White-thighed Swallow | Atticora tibialis | R | |
212 | (Southern Rough-winged Swallow) | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | FC | |
213 | (Gray-breasted Martin) | Progne chalybea | FC | |
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214 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | FC | |
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215 | Chalk-browed Mockingbird | Mimus saturninus | FC | |
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216 | Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas | FC | |
217 | Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes | FC | |
218 | White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | FC | |
219 | Rufous-bellied Thrush | Turdus rufiventris | C | |
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220 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Chlorophonia cyanocephala | ? | |
221 | Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea | ? | |
222 | Purple-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chlorotica | UC | |
223 | Chestnut-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia pectoralis | ? | |
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224 | Half-collared Sparrow | Arremon semitorquatus | R | |
225 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | A | |
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226 | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | UC | |
227 | Golden-winged Cacique | Cacicus chrysopterus | UC | |
228 | Red-rumped Cacique | Cacicus haemorrhous | FC | |
229 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | UC | |
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230 | Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | UC | |
231 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | FC | |
232 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | C | |
233 | White-rimmed Warbler (White-browed Warbler) | Myiothlypis leucoblephara | UC | |
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234 | Olive-green Tanager | Orthogonys chloricterus | FC | |
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235 | Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica | UC | |
236 | Blackish-blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza moesta | R | |
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237 | Brown Tanager | Orchesticus abeillei | UC | |
238 | Magpie Tanager | Cissopis leverianus | FC | |
239 | Chestnut-headed Tanager | Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma | R | |
240 | Black-goggled Tanager | Trichothraupis melanops | FC | |
241 | Ruby-crowned Tanager | Tachyphonus coronatus | FC | |
242 | Brazilian Tanager | Ramphocelus bresilius | UC | |
243 | Diademed Tanager | Stephanophorus diadematus | UC | |
244 | Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | FC | |
245 | Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | ? | |
246 | Golden-chevroned Tanager | Thraupis ornata | FC | |
247 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | UC | |
248 | Burnished-buff Tanager | Stilpnia cayana | FC | |
249 | Green-headed Tanager | Tangara seledon | C | |
250 | Brassy-breasted Tanager | Tangara desmaresti | FC | |
251 | Gilt-edged Tanager | Tangara cyanoventris | R | |
252 | <Swallow Tanager> | Tersina viridis | FC | |
253 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | FC | |
254 | Rufous-headed Tanager | Hemithraupis ruficapilla | FC | |
255 | Uniform Finch | Haplospiza unicolor | UC | |
256 | Bay-chested Warbling Finch | Castanozoster thoracica | FC | |
257 | Red-rumped Warbling-Finch (Buff-throated Warbling Finch) | Poospiza lateralis | UC | |
258 | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | UC | |
259 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | UC | |
260 | White-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila leucoptera | R | |
261 | Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Sporophila angolensis | UC | |
262 | Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | UC | |
263 | Temminck's Seedeater | Sporophila falcirostris | R | |
264 | Buffy-fronted Seedeater | Sporophila frontalis | R | |
265 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | UC | |
266 | Green-winged Saltator | Saltator similis | FC | |
267 | Thick-billed Saltator | Saltator maxillosus | UC | |
268 | Black-throated Grosbeak | Saltator fuliginosus | UC |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
// | Boreal Visitor |
\\ | Austral Visitor |
|| | Transient |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
<> | Erratic/Irregular |
() | Breeding Season Only |
{} | Casual/Vagrant |
[] | Accidental |
OCCURRENCE CODES
A | Abundant/Very Common |
C | Common |
FC | Fairly/Locally Common |
UC | Uncommon/Scarce |
R | Rare/Very Scarce |
VR | Very Rare |
X | Accidental/Vagrant |
? | Uncertain |