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Accessible Species

NEOTROPICS BRAZIL

Area (SqMi):3,286,482
# Species:1840
# Excl Vagrants:1772
# Endemics:250
# Near Endemics:72
Species/1000 SqMi:0.5

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BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic180
LCLocal28
NENear Endemic30
RRRestricted Range41

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened88
VVulnerable60
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
2Lesser NothuraNothura minorNEV
3Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius NT
4Gray TinamouTinamus tao V
5White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatus NT
6Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagusENT
7Orinoco GooseOressochen jubata NT
8\Red Shoveler\Spatula plataleaRR 
9Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutingaRREN
10White-throated Piping-GuanPipile grayi NT
11Red-throated Piping-GuanPipile cujubiNEV
12Chestnut-bellied GuanPenelope ochrogasterEV
13White-browed GuanPenelope jacucacaEV
14Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliaris NT
15Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
16Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachiiEEN
17Bare-faced CurassowCrax fasciolata V
18Variable ChachalacaOrtalis motmotLC 
19Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttataLC 
20East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanE 
21Scaled ChachalacaOrtalis squamataE 
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
73Desertas PetrelPterodroma deserta 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 WoodpeckerVeniliornis 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
144Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatusE 
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
196Rufous-breasted LeaftosserSclerurus scansorE 
197Uniform WoodcreeperHylexetastes uniformisE 
198Moustached WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes falcirostrisEV
199Ceara WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus atlanticusEV
200Dusky-capped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes fuscicapillusNE 
201Wing-banded HorneroFurnarius figulusE 
202Long-tailed CinclodesCinclodes pabstiENT
203White-collared Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops fuscusE 
204Great XenopsMegaxenops parnaguaeE 
205Pale-browed TreehunterCichlocolaptes leucophrusE 
206Alagoas Foliage-gleanerPhilydor novaesiE 
207White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotis NT
208Russet-mantled Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla dimidiataNE 
209Chestnut-capped Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rectirostrisNE 
210Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT
211Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiEEN
212Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setaria NT
213Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmusE 
214Orange-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus ferrugineigulaE 
215Cipo CanasteroAsthenes luizaeENT
216Itatiaia SpinetailAsthenes moreiraeE 
217Pink-legged GraveteiroAcrobatornis fonsecaiEV
218Striated SofttailThripophaga macrouraEV
219Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostrisRRNT
220Pallid SpinetailCranioleuca pallidaE 
221Gray-headed SpinetailCranioleuca semicinereaE 
222Caatinga CacholotePseudoseisura cristataE 
223Bahia SpinetailSynallaxis cinereaENT
224Pinto's SpinetailSynallaxis infuscataEEN
225Red-shouldered SpinetailSynallaxis hellmayriE 
226White-lored SpinetailSynallaxis albiloraLC 
227Wied's Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma aurifronsENT
228Serra do Mar Tyrant-ManakinProtopelma chrysolophumE 
229Araripe ManakinChiroxiphia bokermanniECR
230Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisE 
231Kinglet ManakinMachaeropterus regulusE 
232Hooded BerryeaterCarpornis cucullataENT
233Black-headed BerryeaterCarpornis melanocephalaEV
234Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostris NT
235Banded CotingaCotinga maculataECR
236Cinnamon-vented PihaLipaugus lanioidesENT
237Black-and-gold CotingaLipaugus atraE 
238Gray-winged CotingaLipaugus conditaEV
239Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollis NT
240White-winged CotingaXipholena atropurpureaEV
241Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipraEEN
242Brazilian LaniisomaLaniisoma elegansRRNT
243Atlantic Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus swainsoniEV
244Black-capped PipritesPiprites pileataLCNT
245Kinglet CalypturaCalyptura cristataECR
246Whiskered FlycatcherMyiobius barbatusE 
247Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusLCV
248Oustalet's TyrannuletPhylloscartes oustaletiENT
249Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralisLC 
250Bahia TyrannuletPhylloscartes beckeriEEN
251Restinga TyrannuletPhylloscartes kroneiE 
252Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliaeECR
253Serra do Mar Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus difficilisE 
254Southern Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus eximius NT
255Sao Paulo Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus paulistaNENT
256Snethlage's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minorNE 
257Flammulated Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus flammulatusRR 
258Brown-breasted Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus obsoletusE 
259Eye-ringed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus orbitatusENT
260Hangnest Tody-TyrantHemitriccus nidipendulusE 
261Buff-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus mirandaeEV
262Kaempfer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus kaempferiEV
263Fork-tailed Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus furcatusEV
264Gray-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumE 
265Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisLCNT
266Gray-backed TachuriPolystictus superciliarisE 
267Sharp-tailed TyrantCulicivora caudacuta V
268\Subtropical Doradito\Pseudocolopteryx acutipennisLC 
269Gray-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseocapillaENT
270Rufous-sided Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus rufomarginatus NT
271Bahia Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura bahiaeE 
272Greater Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura budytoidesRR 
273/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
274Chapada FlycatcherGuyramemua affineNENT
275Caatinga Black-TyrantKnipolegus franciscanusE 
276Velvety Black-TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimusE 
277\Cinereous Tyrant\Knipolegus striaticepsLC 
278\Hudson's Black-Tyrant\Knipolegus hudsoniRR 
279Little Ground-TyrantSyrtidicola fluviatilisRR 
280Cock-tailed TyrantAlectrurus tricolor V
281Dusky-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon fuscicaudaLC 
282Gray-hooded AttilaAttila rufusE 
283Ash-throated CasiornisCasiornis fuscusE 
284Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusE 
285/Yellow-green Vireo/Vireo flavoviridisRR 
286Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus NT
287White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogonE 
288Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostrisE 
289Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanusRR 
290Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusLC 
291Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysRREN
292Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri V
293Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybea NT
294Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrelliiNEV
295Sao Francisco SparrowArremon franciscanusENT
296Half-collared SparrowArremon semitorquatusE 
297Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisLC 
298Campo TroupialIcterus jamacaiiE 
299Forbes's BlackbirdAnumara forbesiEV
300Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thiliusRR 
301/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
302White-striped WarblerMyiothlypis leucophrysE 
303Olive-green TanagerOrthogonys chloricterusE 
304#Black-backed Grosbeak#Pheucticus aureoventrisRR 
305Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeilleiENT
306Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaE 
307White-banded TanagerNeothraupis fasciata NT
308Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricataE 
309Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliusE 
310Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanopteraEV
311Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataE 
312Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraLC 
313Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruvianaEV
314White-bellied TanagerTangara brasiliensisE 
315Seven-colored TanagerTangara fastuosaEV
316Brassy-breasted TanagerTangara desmarestiE 
317Gilt-edged TanagerTangara cyanoventrisE 
318Black-legged DacnisDacnis nigripesENT
319Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapillaE 
320Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolor NT
321Blue FinchRhopospina caerulescensENT
322Bay-chested Warbling FinchCastanozoster thoracicaE 
323Buff-throated Warbling FinchPoospiza lateralisE 
324Black-capped Warbling FinchPoospiza melanoleucaRR 
325Cinereous Warbling FinchPoospiza cinereaE 
326Pale-throated Pampa-FinchEmbernagra longicaudaE 
327Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaRR 
328Black-and-tawny SeedeaterSporophila nigrorufaNEV
329\Dark-throated Seedeater\Sporophila ruficollis NT
330\Rufous-rumped Seedeater\Sporophila hypochroma NT
331Black-bellied SeedeaterSporophila melanogasterENT
332Dubois's SeedeaterSporophila ardesiacaE 
333Temminck's SeedeaterSporophila falcirostrisNEV
334Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisNEV
335Tropeiro SeedeaterSporophila beltoniEV
336White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisE 
337Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma NT
338Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotis V
339#Dull-colored Grassquit#Asemospiza obscurusRR 
340Thick-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.