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Accessible Species

NEOTROPICS BRAZIL

Area (SqMi):3,286,482
# Species:1848
# Excl Vagrants:1780
# Endemics:248
# Near Endemics:72
Species/1000 SqMi:0.5

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BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic179
LCLocal28
NENear Endemic30
RRRestricted Range41

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened88
VVulnerable61
ENEndangered30
CRCritically Endangered9

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

color codes

1Greater RheaRhea americana NT
2Gray TinamouTinamus tao V
3Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius NT
4White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatus NT
5Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagusENT
6Lesser NothuraNothura minorNEV
7Orinoco GooseOressochen jubata NT
8\Red Shoveler\Spatula plataleaRR 
9Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttataLC 
10East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanE 
11Scaled ChachalacaOrtalis squamataE 
12Variable ChachalacaOrtalis motmotLC 
13Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliaris NT
14Chestnut-bellied GuanPenelope ochrogasterEV
15White-browed GuanPenelope jacucacaEV
16White-throated Piping-GuanPipile grayi NT
17Red-throated Piping-GuanPipile cujubiNEV
18Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutingaRREN
19Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
20Bare-faced CurassowCrax fasciolata V
21Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachiiEEN
22Blue-eyed Ground DoveColumbina cyanopisECR
23Purple-winged Ground DoveParaclaravis geoffroyiRRCR
24Long-tailed Ground DoveUropelia campestrisNE 
25Pygmy NightjarNyctipolus hirundinaceusE 
26Sickle-winged NightjarEleothreptus anomalusLCV
27Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipataNE 
28OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
29Pale-rumped SwiftChaetura egregiaRR 
30Saw-billed HermitRamphodon naeviusE 
31Hook-billed HermitGlaucis dohrniiEV
32Broad-tipped HermitAnopetia gounelleiE 
33Dusky-throated HermitPhaethornis squalidusE 
34Minute HermitPhaethornis idaliaeE 
35Cinnamon-throated HermitPhaethornis nattereriNE 
36Buff-bellied HermitPhaethornis subochraceusNE 
37Hyacinth VisorbearerAugastes scutatusE 
38Hooded VisorbearerAugastes lumachellaENT
39Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeRR 
40Green-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus theresiaeRR 
41Dot-eared CoquetteLophornis gouldiiENT
42Frilled CoquetteLophornis magnificusE 
43Festive CoquetteLophornis chalybeusENT
44Brazilian RubyHeliodoxa rubricaudaE 
45Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster squamosusE 
46Green-crowned PlovercrestStephanoxis lalandiE 
47Outcrop SabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicolaEV
48Diamantina SabrewingCampylopterus diamantinensisENT
49Long-tailed WoodnymphThalurania watertoniiEEN
50Sombre HummingbirdEupetomena cirrochlorisE 
51Paint-billed CrakeMustelirallus erythropsLC 
52Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorRR 
53Little Wood-RailAramides mangleE 
54Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventerLC 
55Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis EN
56\Rufous-chested Dotterel\Zonibyx modestusRR 
57Piping PloverCharadrius melodus NT
58Two-banded PloverAnarhynchus falklandicusRR 
59/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
60/Buff-breasted Sandpiper/Calidris subruficollis NT
61Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiLC 
62/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
63Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusLC 
64\Olrog's Gull\Larus atlanticusRRNT
65/Least Tern/Sternula antillarumRR 
66Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeauiRR 
67Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisLCNT
68Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusLC 
69\Southern Royal Albatross\Diomedea epomophora V
70\Snowy Albatross\Diomedea exulans V
71(Leach's Storm-Petrel)Hydrobates leucorhoa V
72Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana V
73Fea's PetrelPterodroma feae NT
74Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitata EN
75White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis V
76(Spectacled Petrel)Procellaria conspicillata V
77Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii NT
78Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
79Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
80Agami HeronAgamia agami V
81/Brown Pelican/Pelecanus occidentalisRR 
82White-collared KiteLeptodon forbesiEEN
83Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
84Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
85Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
86Gray-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster NT
87Rufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialis NT
88White-necked HawkButeogallus lacernulatusEV
89Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus EN
90Mantled HawkPseudastur polionotusLCNT
91Pernambuco Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium mooreorumECR
92Eastern Striolated-PuffbirdNystalus striolatusNE 
93Crescent-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila striataE 
94Three-toed JacamarJacamaralcyon tridactylaENT
95Green-tailed JacamarGalbula galbulaRR 
96Bluish-fronted JacamarGalbula cyanescensRR 
97Saffron ToucanetPteroglossus bailloni NT
98Ivory-billed AracariPteroglossus azaraRR 
99Red-necked AracariPteroglossus bitorquatusNEEN
100Gould's ToucanetSelenidera gouldiiNE 
101Spotted PiculetPicumnus pygmaeusE 
102Ochraceous PiculetPicumnus limaeE 
103Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosusRRNT
104White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorumLC 
105Yellow-eared WoodpeckerDryobates maculifronsE 
106Cream-backed WoodpeckerCampephilus leucopogonLC 
107Ringed WoodpeckerCeleus torquatus NT
108Helmeted WoodpeckerCeleus galeatusRRV
109Ochre-backed WoodpeckerCeleus ochraceusE 
110White-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentus NT
111Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
112Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus NT
113Brown-backed ParrotletTouit melanonotusENT
114Golden-tailed ParrotletTouit surdusEV
115Plain ParakeetBrotogeris tiricaE 
116Blue-bellied ParrotTriclaria malachitaceaE 
117Yellow-faced ParrotAlipiopsitta xanthops NT
118Vinaceous-breasted AmazonAmazona vinacea EN
119Red-browed AmazonAmazona rhodocorythaEV
120Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva NT
121Red-tailed AmazonAmazona brasiliensisENT
122White-bellied ParrotPionites leucogaster V
123Ochre-marked ParakeetPyrrhura cruentataEV
124Blaze-winged ParakeetPyrrhura devilleiNE 
125Pearly ParakeetPyrrhura lepidaEV
126Green-cheeked ParakeetPyrrhura molinaeRR 
127Gray-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura griseipectusEEN
128Maroon-faced ParakeetPyrrhura leucotisEV
129Santarem ParakeetPyrrhura amazonumNENT
130Rose-fronted ParakeetPyrrhura roseifronsRR 
131Hyacinth MacawAnodorhynchus hyacinthinus V
132Indigo MacawAnodorhynchus leariEEN
133Cactus ParakeetEupsittula cactorumE 
134Nanday ParakeetAratinga nendayRR 
135Jandaya ParakeetAratinga jandayaE 
136Golden-capped ParakeetAratinga auricapillusNE 
137Blue-winged MacawPrimolius maracana NT
138Yellow-collared MacawPrimolius auricollisRR 
139Chestnut-shouldered AntwrenEuchrepomis humeralisLC 
140Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensisRR 
141Silvery-cheeked AntshrikeSakesphoroides cristatusE 
142Caatinga AntwrenRadinopsyche sellowiE 
143White-bearded AntshrikeBiatas nigropectusNEV
144Caatinga Antshrike**Thamnophilus capistratusE 
145Natterer's Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus stictocephalusNE 
146Bolivian Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus sticturusRR 
147Planalto Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus pelzelniE 
148Sooretama Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus ambiguusE 
149Star-throated AntwrenRhopias gularisE 
150Spot-breasted AntvireoDysithamnus stictothoraxNENT
151Rufous-backed AntvireoDysithamnus xanthopterusE 
152Plumbeous AntvireoDysithamnus plumbeusEV
153Bluish-slate AntshrikeThamnomanes schistogynusRR 
154Salvadori's AntwrenMyrmotherula minorEV
155Band-tailed AntwrenMyrmotherula urostictaEV
156Unicolored AntwrenMyrmotherula unicolorENT
157Alagoas AntwrenMyrmotherula snowiECR
158Bahia AntwrenHerpsilochmus pileatusEV
159Pectoral AntwrenHerpsilochmus pectoralisEV
160Large-billed AntwrenHerpsilochmus longirostrisNE 
161Narrow-billed AntwrenFormicivora iheringiENT
162Black-hooded AntwrenFormicivora erythronotosEEN
163Serra AntwrenFormicivora serranaE 
164Sincora AntwrenFormicivora grantsauiEEN
165Marsh AntwrenFormicivora acutirostrisENT
166Ferruginous AntbirdDrymophila ferrugineaE 
167Rufous-tailed AntbirdDrymophila geneiE 
168Ochre-rumped AntbirdDrymophila ochropygaENT
169Dusky-tailed AntbirdDrymophila maluraLC 
170Scaled AntbirdDrymophila squamataE 
171Orange-bellied AntwrenTerenura sickiECR
172Willis's AntbirdCercomacroides laetaNE 
173Rio de Janeiro AntbirdCercomacra brasilianaENT
174Black AntbirdCercomacroides servaRR 
175East Amazonian Fire-eyePyriglena leuconotaE 
176Fringe-backed Fire-eyePyriglena atraEEN
177Slender AntbirdRhopornis ardesiacusEEN
178Scalloped AntbirdMyrmodenus ruficaudaEEN
179White-bibbed AntbirdMyrmodenus loricataE 
180Squamate AntbirdMyrmodenus squamosaE 
181White-breasted AntbirdRhegmatorhina hoffmannsiE 
182Black-cheeked GnateaterConopophaga melanopsE 
183Ceara GnateaterConopophaga cearaeENT
184White-browed AntpittaHylopezus ochroleucusENT
185Spotted BamboowrenPsilorhamphus guttatusNE 
186Slaty BristlefrontMerulaxis aterE 
187White-breasted TapaculoEleoscytalopus indigoticusE 
188Bahia TapaculoEleoscytalopus psychopompusEEN
189Marsh TapaculoScytalopus iraiensisEEN
190Diamantina TapaculoScytalopus diamantinensisEEN
191Rock TapaculoScytalopus petrophilusE 
192Boa Nova TapaculoScytalopus gonzagaiEEN
193Such's AntthrushChamaeza meruloidesE 
194Rufous-tailed AntthrushChamaeza ruficaudaNE 
195Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularisLCNT
196Ceara Leaftosser**Sclerurus cearensisEV
197Moustached WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes falcirostrisEV
198Ceara WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus atlanticusEV
199Dusky-capped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes fuscicapillusNE 
200Wing-banded HorneroFurnarius figulusE 
201Long-tailed CinclodesCinclodes pabstiENT
202White-collared Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops fuscusE 
203Great XenopsMegaxenops parnaguaeE 
204Pale-browed TreehunterCichlocolaptes leucophrusE 
205Alagoas Foliage-gleanerPhilydor novaesiE 
206White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotis NT
207Russet-mantled Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla dimidiataNE 
208Chestnut-capped Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rectirostrisNE 
209Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT
210Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiEEN
211Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setaria NT
212Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmusE 
213Orange-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus ferrugineigulaE 
214Cipo CanasteroAsthenes luizaeENT
215Itatiaia SpinetailAsthenes moreiraeE 
216Pink-legged GraveteiroAcrobatornis fonsecaiEV
217Striated SofttailThripophaga macrouraEV
218Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostrisRRNT
219Pallid SpinetailCranioleuca pallidaE 
220Gray-headed SpinetailCranioleuca semicinereaE 
221Caatinga CacholotePseudoseisura cristataE 
222Bahia SpinetailSynallaxis cinereaENT
223Pinto's SpinetailSynallaxis infuscataEEN
224Red-shouldered SpinetailSynallaxis hellmayriE 
225White-lored SpinetailSynallaxis albiloraLC 
226Wied's Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma aurifronsENT
227Serra do Mar Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma chrysolophumE 
228Araripe ManakinChiroxiphia bokermanniECR
229Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisE 
230Kinglet ManakinMachaeropterus regulusE 
231Hooded BerryeaterCarpornis cucullataENT
232Black-headed BerryeaterCarpornis melanocephalaEV
233Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostris NT
234Banded CotingaCotinga maculataECR
235Cinnamon-vented PihaLipaugus lanioidesENT
236Black-and-gold CotingaLipaugus atraE 
237Gray-winged CotingaLipaugus conditaEV
238Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollis NT
239White-winged CotingaXipholena atropurpureaEV
240Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipraEEN
241Brazilian LaniisomaLaniisoma elegansRRNT
242Atlantic Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus swainsoniEV
243Black-capped PipritesPiprites pileataLCNT
244Kinglet CalypturaCalyptura cristataECR
245Whiskered Flycatcher**Myiobius mastacalisE 
246Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusLCV
247Oustalet's TyrannuletPhylloscartes oustaletiENT
248Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralisLC 
249Bahia TyrannuletPhylloscartes beckeriEEN
250Restinga TyrannuletPhylloscartes kroneiE 
251Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliaeECR
252Serra do Mar Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus difficilisE 
253Southern Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus eximius NT
254Sao Paulo Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus paulistaNENT
255Snethlage's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minorNE 
256Flammulated Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus flammulatusRR 
257Brown-breasted Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus obsoletusE 
258Eye-ringed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus orbitatusENT
259Hangnest Tody-TyrantHemitriccus nidipendulusE 
260Buff-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus mirandaeEV
261Kaempfer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus kaempferiEV
262Fork-tailed Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus furcatusEV
263Gray-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumE 
264Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisLCNT
265Gray-backed TachuriPolystictus superciliarisE 
266Sharp-tailed TyrantCulicivora caudacuta V
267\Subtropical Doradito\Pseudocolopteryx acutipennisLC 
268Gray-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseocapillaENT
269Rufous-sided Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus rufomarginatus NT
270Bahia Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura bahiaeE 
271Greater Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura budytoidesRR 
272/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
273Chapada FlycatcherGuyramemua affineNENT
274Caatinga Black-TyrantKnipolegus franciscanusE 
275Velvety Black-TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimusE 
276\Cinereous Tyrant\Knipolegus striaticepsLC 
277\Hudson's Black-Tyrant\Knipolegus hudsoniRR 
278Little Ground-TyrantSyrtidicola fluviatilisRR 
279Cock-tailed TyrantAlectrurus tricolor V
280Dusky-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon fuscicaudaLC 
281Gray-hooded AttilaAttila rufusE 
282Ash-throated CasiornisCasiornis fuscusE 
283Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusE 
284/Yellow-green Vireo/Vireo flavoviridisRR 
285Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus NT
286White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogonE 
287Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostrisE 
288Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanusRR 
289Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusLC 
290Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysRREN
291Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri V
292Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybea NT
293Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrelliiNEV
294Sao Francisco SparrowArremon franciscanusENT
295Half-collared SparrowArremon semitorquatusE 
296Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisLC 
297Campo TroupialIcterus jamacaiiE 
298Forbes's BlackbirdAnumara forbesiEV
299Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thiliusRR 
300/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
301White-striped WarblerMyiothlypis leucophrysE 
302Olive-green TanagerOrthogonys chloricterusE 
303#Black-backed Grosbeak#Pheucticus aureoventrisRR 
304Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeilleiENT
305Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaE 
306White-banded TanagerNeothraupis fasciata NT
307Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricataE 
308Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliusE 
309Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanopteraEV
310Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataE 
311Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraLC 
312Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruvianaEV
313White-bellied TanagerTangara brasiliensisE 
314Seven-colored TanagerTangara fastuosaEV
315Brassy-breasted TanagerTangara desmarestiE 
316Gilt-edged TanagerTangara cyanoventrisE 
317Black-legged DacnisDacnis nigripesENT
318Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapillaE 
319Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolor NT
320Blue FinchRhopospina caerulescensENT
321Bay-chested Warbling FinchCastanozoster thoracicaE 
322Buff-throated Warbling FinchPoospiza lateralisE 
323Black-capped Warbling FinchPoospiza melanoleucaRR 
324Cinereous Warbling FinchPoospiza cinereaE 
325Pale-throated Pampa-FinchEmbernagra longicaudaE 
326Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaRR 
327Black-and-tawny SeedeaterSporophila nigrorufaNEV
328\Dark-throated Seedeater\Sporophila ruficollis NT
329\Rufous-rumped Seedeater\Sporophila hypochroma NT
330Black-bellied SeedeaterSporophila melanogasterENT
331Dubois's SeedeaterSporophila ardesiacaE 
332Temminck's SeedeaterSporophila falcirostrisNEV
333Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisNEV
334Tropeiro SeedeaterSporophila beltoniEV
335White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisE 
336Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma NT
337Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotis V
338#Dull-colored Grassquit#Asemospiza obscurusRR 
339Thick-billed SaltatorSaltator maxillosusNE 

 

 *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.