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BRAZIL SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Remote Species

NEOTROPICS
BRAZIL

Area (SqMi):3,286,482
# Species:1846
# Excl Vagrants:1778
# Endemics:247
# Near Endemics:72
Species/1000 SqMi:0.5

OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE NEOTROPICS

BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic68
LCLocal81
NENear Endemic42
RRRestricted Range124

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened22
VVulnerable32
ENEndangered11
CRCritically Endangered5

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 remote locales not 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

1Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidaeRR 
2Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillusRR 
3Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostrisRR 
4Bartlett's TinamouCrypturellus bartlettiRR 
5Dwarf TinamouTaoniscus nanusEEN
6\Cinnamon Teal\Spatula cyanopteraRR 
7Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceusRRCR
8\Black-headed Duck\Heteronetta atricapillaRR 
9Lake DuckOxyura vittataLC 
10Chestnut-headed ChachalacaOrtalis ruficepsE 
11Buff-browed ChachalacaOrtalis superciliarisE 
12Marail GuanPenelope marailRR 
13White-crested GuanPenelope pileataEV
14Crestless CurassowMitu tomentosumRRNT
15Wattled CurassowCrax globulosa EN
16Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusRR 
17American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberRR 
18Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinus V
19Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataLC 
20Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoLC 
21Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
22Scaled Ground-CuckooNeomorphus squamigerE 
23Rufous-winged Ground-CuckooNeomorphus rufipennisRR 
24Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumilaLC 
25Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minorLC 
26Bahian NighthawkNyctiprogne vielliardiE 
27White-winged NightjarEleothreptus candicansNEV
28Roraiman NightjarSetopagis whitelyiNE 
29White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensisRR 
30Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica V
31White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagusLC 
32Fiery TopazTopaza pyraRR 
33Sooty BarbthroatThrenetes nigerNE 
34Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumiiRR 
35Tapajos HermitPhaethornis aethopygusEV
36Gray-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisLC 
37Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannaeLC 
38Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscansLC 
39Tepui GoldenthroatPolytmus milleriNE 
40Green-throated MangoAnthracothorax viridigulaRR 
41Tufted CoquetteLophornis ornatusRR 
42Peacock CoquetteLophornis pavoninusNE 
43Velvet-browed BrilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonysRR 
44Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersiiLC 
45Rufous-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrusLC 
46Buff-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus duidaeNE 
47Copper-tailed HummingbirdSaucerottia cupreicaudaLC 
48Golden-tailed SapphireChrysuronia oenoneRR 
49White-chested EmeraldChrysuronia brevirostrisLC 
50White-bellied HummingbirdElliotomyia chionogasterLC 
51Red-winged Wood-RailAramides calopterusRR 
52Dot-winged CrakePorzana spilopteraLCV
53Chestnut-headed CrakeRufirallus castaneicepsLC 
54Black-banded CrakeAnurolimnas fasciatusLC 
55Speckled RailCoturnicops notatusLC 
56Rufous-faced CrakeLaterallus xenopterusLCV
57Dark-winged TrumpeterPsophia viridisNEV
58Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
59\Tawny-throated Dotterel\Oreopholus ruficollisRR 
60Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberRR 
61Sharp-tailed IbisCercibis oxycercaRR 
62Foothill Screech-OwlMegascops roraimaeLC 
63Masked TrogonTrogon personatusLC 
64Brown-banded PuffbirdNotharchus ordiiRR 
65Semicollared PuffbirdMalacoptila semicinctaRR 
66Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataRR 
67Fulvous-chinned NunletNonnula sclateriRR 
68Chestnut-headed NunletNonnula amaurocephalaE 
69Yellow-billed NunbirdMonasa flavirostrisRR 
70White-eared JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus leucotisRR 
71Purus JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus purusianusRR 
72White-throated JacamarBrachygalba albogularisRR 
73White-chinned JacamarGalbula tombaceaRR 
74Purplish JacamarGalbula chalcothoraxRR 
75Scarlet-crowned BarbetCapito aurovirensRR 
76Black-girdled BarbetCapito dayiNEV
77Brown-chested BarbetCapito brunneipectusE 
78Scarlet-hooded BarbetEubucco tucinkaeRR 
79Southern Emerald-ToucanetAulacorhynchus albivittaLC 
80Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusLC 
81Many-banded AracariPteroglossus pluricinctusRR 
82Ivory-billed AracariPteroglossus azaraRR 
83Golden-collared ToucanetSelenidera reinwardtiiRR 
84Tawny-tufted ToucanetSelenidera nattereriRR 
85Orinoco PiculetPicumnus pumilusNE 
86Lafresnaye's PiculetPicumnus lafresnayiLC 
87White-bellied PiculetPicumnus spilogasterLCV
88Varzea PiculetPicumnus varzeaeEEN
89Rusty-necked PiculetPicumnus fuscusNE 
90Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisRR 
91Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnauLC 
92Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
93Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiLC 
94Rufous-headed WoodpeckerCeleus spectabilisRR 
95Kaempfer's WoodpeckerCeleus obrieniEV
96Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosusLC 
97Buckley's Forest-FalconMicrastur buckleyiLC 
98Tepui ParrotletNannopsittaca panychloraRR 
99Amazonian ParrotletNannopsittaca dachilleaeRR 
100Bald ParrotPyrilia aurantiocephalaENT
101Vulturine ParrotPyrilia vulturinaE 
102Red-spectacled ParrotAmazona pretreiNEV
103Red-lored ParrotAmazona autumnalisLC 
104Blue-cheeked ParrotAmazona dufresniana NT
105Kawall's ParrotAmazona kawalliE 
106Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinusRR 
107Crimson-bellied ParakeetPyrrhura perlataNE 
108Bonaparte's ParakeetPyrrhura lucianiiE 
109Rose-fronted ParakeetPyrrhura roseifronsRR 
110Fiery-shouldered ParakeetPyrrhura egregiaRR 
111Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanuraRR 
112Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaRR 
113Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinaxRR 
114Sun ParakeetAratinga solstitialisNEEN
115Sulphur-breasted ParakeetAratinga maculataE 
116Blue-headed MacawPrimolius couloniLCV
117Golden ParakeetGuaruba guaroubaEV
118Bamboo AntshrikeCymbilaimus sanctaemariaeRR 
119Glossy AntshrikeSakesphorus luctuosusE 
120Castelnau's AntshrikeThamnophilus cryptoleucus NT
121Blackish-gray AntshrikeThamnophilus nigrocinereus NT
122Band-tailed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanothoraxRR 
123Streak-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus insignisNE 
124Acre AntshrikeThamnophilus divisoriusNE 
125Black BushbirdNeoctantes nigerRR 
126Rondonia BushbirdClytoctantes atrogularisEV
127Brown-bellied StipplethroatEpinecrophylla gutturalis NT
128Rio Madeira StipplethroatEpinecrophylla amazonicaNE 
129Yellow-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula ambiguaRR 
130Guianan Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensisRRV
131Cherrie's AntwrenMyrmotherula cherrieiRR 
132Klages's AntwrenMyrmotherula klagesiEV
133Rio Suno AntwrenMyrmotherula sunensisRR 
134Rio de Janeiro AntwrenMyrmotherula fluminensisE 
135Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behniLC 
136Predicted AntwrenHerpsilochmus praedictusE 
137Aripuana AntwrenHerpsilochmus stotziE 
138Spot-tailed AntwrenHerpsilochmus sticturusRR 
139Roraiman AntwrenHerpsilochmus roraimaeLC 
140Imeri Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis flavescensRR 
141Rondonia Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis ochrogynaNEV
142Spix's Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis striataE 
143Manicore Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis rondoniE 
144Rio Branco AntbirdCercomacra carbonariaNECR
145Bananal AntbirdCercomacra ferdinandiENT
146Tapajos Fire-eyePyriglena similisE 
147Ash-breasted AntbirdMyrmoborus lugubris V
148Black-tailed AntbirdMyrmoborus melanurusNEV
149White-lined AntbirdMyrmoborus lophotesRR 
150Black-headed AntbirdPercnostola rufifronsRR 
151Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistaceaRR 
152Roraiman AntbirdMyrmelastes saturataRR 
153Rufous-faced AntbirdMyrmelastes rufifaciesE 
154Caura AntbirdMyrmelastes caurensisNE 
155White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipesRR 
156Goeldi's AntbirdAkletos goeldiiRR 
157Yapacana AntbirdAprositornis disjunctaRR 
158Gray-bellied AntbirdAmmonastes pelzelniRR 
159White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspisRR 
160Bare-eyed AntbirdRhegmatorhina gymnopsEV
161Harlequin AntbirdRhegmatorhina berlepschiE 
162Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristataNE 
163Xingu Scale-backed AntbirdWillisornis viduaE 
164Pale-faced Bare-eyePhlegopsis borbaeE 
165Black-bellied GnateaterConopophaga melanogasterE 
166Black-breasted GnateaterConopophaga snethiogeaeE 
167Hooded GnateaterConopophaga robertiE 
168Elusive AntpittaGrallaria eludensNE 
169Snethlage's AntpittaHylopezus paraensisE 
170Alta Floresta AntpittaHylopezus whittakeriE 
171Tapajos AntpittaMyrmothera subcanescensE 
172Tepui AntpittaMyrmothera simplexNE 
173Stresemann's BristlefrontMerulaxis stresemanniECR
174Brasilia TapaculoScytalopus novacapitalisEEN
175Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoiNE 
176Rufous-fronted AntthrushFormicarius rufifronsNENT
177Campo MinerGeositta poecilopteraNEV
178Hoffmanns's WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes hoffmannsiEV
179Bar-bellied WoodcreeperHylexetastes stresemanniRR 
180Brigida's Woodcreeper**Hylexetastes brigidaiE 
181Carajas Woodcreeper**Xiphocolaptes carajaensisE 
182Spix's WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus spixiiE 
183Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kienerii NT
184Tapajos ScythebillCampylorhamphus probatusE 
185Xingu ScythebillCampylorhamphus multostriatusE 
186Scimitarbilled WoodcreeperDrymornis bridgesiiLC 
187Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetiiLC 
188Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusRR 
189Curve-billed ReedhaunterLimnornis curvirostrisRR 
190Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisRR 
191Cryptic TreehunterCichlocolaptes mazarbarnettiE 
192White-throated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla roraimaeNE 
193Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaeLCNT
194Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusLC 
195Para Foliage-gleanerAutomolus paraensisE 
196Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensisLC 
197Striolated Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striolataE 
198Lark-like BrushrunnerCoryphistera alaudinaLC 
199Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeriLC 
200Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniLCNT
201Roraiman BarbtailRoraimia adustaNE 
202Plain SofttailThripophaga fuscicepsLC 
203Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophiaRR 
204Tepui SpinetailCranioleuca demissaRR 
205Scaled SpinetailCranioleuca muelleriE 
206Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroidesRRNT
207Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotesRR 
208Dark-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albigularisRR 
209Chestnut-throated SpinetailSynallaxis cherrieiLC 
210McConnell's SpinetailSynallaxis macconnelliLC 
211Araguaia SpinetailSynallaxis simoniE 
212Hoary-throated SpinetailSynallaxis kollariNECR
213Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma sulphureiventerRR 
214Olive ManakinXenopipo uniformisRR 
215Snow-capped ManakinLepidothrix nattereriNE 
216Golden-crowned ManakinLepidothrix vilasboasiE 
217Opal-crowned ManakinLepidothrix irisEV
218Orange-bellied ManakinLepidothrix suavissimaNE 
219Yellow-crowned ManakinHeterocercus flavivertexRR 
220Scarlet-horned ManakinCeratopipra cornutaRR 
221White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutilaLC 
222Black-necked Red-CotingaPhoenicircus nigricollisLC 
223CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolorLC 
224Rose-collared PihaLipaugus streptophorusRR 
225White BellbirdProcnias albusLC 
226White-tailed CotingaXipholena lamellipennisENT
227Black-faced CotingaConioptilon mcilhennyiRR 
228Cinnamon-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus saturatusLC 
229Olive-green TyrannuletPhylloscartes virescensRR 
230Bay-ringed TyrannuletPhylloscartes sylviolus NT
231Minas Gerais TyrannuletPhylloscartes roquetteiEEN
232Chapman's Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus chapmaniRR 
233Double-banded Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus vitiosusLC 
234Long-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus eulophotesLC 
235Pale-eyed Pygmy-TyrantAtalotriccus pilarisLC 
236Acre Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cohnhaftiNENT
237Boat-billed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus josephinaeRR 
238Pelzeln's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus inornatusE 
239Zimmer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minimusLC 
240White-cheeked Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus albifaciesRR 
241Black-and-white Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus capitalisLC 
242Buff-cheeked Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus senexE 
243Ruddy Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus russatusRR 
244Slate-headed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus sylviaRR 
245Black-chested TyrantTaeniotriccus andreiRR 
246Painted Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum pictumRR 
247Rufous TwistwingCnipodectes superrufusLCV
248Sucunduri Flycatcher**Tolmomyias sucunduriE 
249White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrysLC 
250Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateriRR 
251Dinelli's DoraditoPseudocolopteryx dinellianaLCNT
252Noronha ElaeniaElaenia ridleyanaEV
253Rufous-crowned ElaeniaElaenia ruficepsRR 
254Tepui ElaeniaElaenia olivinaLC 
255Reiser's TyrannuletPhyllomyias reiseriNE 
256Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseicepsLC 
257Chico's TyrannuletZimmerius chicomendesiENT
258Pale-tipped TyrannuletInezia caudataRR 
259Roraiman FlycatcherMyiophobus roraimaeLC 
260Smoke-colored PeweeContopus fumigatusLC 
261White-throated PeweeContopus albogularisRR 
262Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescensLC 
263\Austral Negrito\Lessonia rufaRR 
264Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisRR 
265Rufous-tailed TyrantKnipolegus poecilurusRR 
266\Black-crowned Monjita\Neoxolmis coronatusRR 
267Chocolate-vented TyrantNeoxolmis rufiventrisLC 
268Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicanusRRV
269Strange-tailed TyrantAlectrurus risoraLCV
270Dusky-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon fuscicaudaLC 
271/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher/Myiodynastes luteiventrisRR 
272Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneicepsRR 
273Tepui VireoVireo sclateriRR 
274Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostrisENT
275Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilpriniRR 
276Campina Jay**Cyanocorax hafferiENT
277\Chilean Swallow\Tachycineta leucopygaRR 
278Inambari GnatcatcherPolioptila attenboroughiE 
279Klages's GnatcatcherPolioptila paraensisE 
280Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea NT
281Flutist WrenMicrocerculus ustulatusRR 
282Tooth-billed WrenOdontorchilus cinereusNE 
283Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulusNE 
284Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseusRR 
285Gray WrenCantorchilus griseusE 
286White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucostictaLC 
287Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisRR 
288Pale-eyed ThrushTurdus leucopsLC 
289Campina ThrushTurdus arthuriRR 
290Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterRR 
291Correndera PipitAnthus correnderaRR 
292Plumbeous EuphoniaEuphonia plumbeaRR 
293Finsch's EuphoniaEuphonia finschiLC 
294Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostrisLC 
295Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatusNE 
296Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
297Pampas MeadowlarkLeistes defilippiiRRV
298Band-tailed CaciqueCacicus latirostrisRR 
299Casqued CaciqueCacicus oseryiLC 
300Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularisRR 
301Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubrisRR 
302Golden-tufted GrackleMacroagelaius imthurniNE 
303Saffron-cowled BlackbirdXanthopsar flavusRREN
304Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataLC 
305Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatusLC 
306Tepui RedstartMyioborus castaneocapillaNE 
307Olive-backed TanagerMitrospingus oleagineusNE 
308White-winged TanagerPiranga leucopteraLC 
309Red-and-black GrosbeakPeriporphyrus erythromelasRR 
310Crimson-fronted CardinalParoaria baeriE 
311Black-and-white TanagerConothraupis speculigeraLC 
312Cone-billed TanagerConothraupis mesoleucaEEN
313Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia roureiECR
314Yellow-crested TanagerLoriotus rufiventerRR 
315Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterusLC 
316White-bellied DacnisDacnis albiventrisRR 
317Pearly-breasted ConebillConirostrum margaritaeRRV
318Scaled FlowerpiercerDiglossa duidaeNE 
319Greater FlowerpiercerDiglossa majorNE 
320Ibera SeedeaterSporophila iberaensisLC 
321\Marsh Seedeater\Sporophila palustris EN
322\Chestnut Seedeater\Sporophila cinnamomea V
323Great-billed Seed-FinchSporophila maximiliani EN
324Large-billed Seed-FinchSporophila crassirostrisLC 
325Gray SeedeaterSporophila intermediaLC 
326Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americanaRR 
327White-naped SeedeaterSporophila fringilloidesLC 
328Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosaLC 
329Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaRR 
330Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroaLCNT
331Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristataRREN

 

 *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.