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NEOTROPICS BRAZIL

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

OTHER COUNTRIESIN THE NEOTROPICS

BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic69
LCLocal81
NENear Endemic42
RRRestricted Range122

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened23
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 
17Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciataLC 
18Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoLC 
19Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
20Scaled Ground-CuckooNeomorphus squamigerE 
21Rufous-winged Ground-CuckooNeomorphus rufipennisRR 
22Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumilaLC 
23Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minorLC 
24Bahian NighthawkNyctiprogne vielliardiE 
25Roraiman NightjarTepuiornis whitelyiNE 
26White-winged NightjarEleothreptus candicansNEV
27White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensisRR 
28Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica V
29White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagusLC 
30Fiery TopazTopaza pyraRR 
31Sooty BarbthroatThrenetes nigerNE 
32Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumiiRR 
33Tapajos HermitPhaethornis aethopygusEV
34Gray-chinned HermitPhaethornis griseogularisLC 
35Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannaeLC 
36Sparkling VioletearColibri coruscansLC 
37Tepui GoldenthroatPolytmus milleriNE 
38Green-throated MangoAnthracothorax viridigulaRR 
39Tufted CoquetteLophornis ornatusRR 
40Peacock CoquetteLophornis pavoninusNE 
41Velvet-browed BrilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonysRR 
42Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersiiLC 
43Rufous-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrusLC 
44Buff-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus duidaeNE 
45Copper-tailed HummingbirdSaucerottia cupreicaudaLC 
46Golden-tailed SapphireChrysuronia oenoneRR 
47White-chested EmeraldChrysuronia brevirostrisLC 
48White-bellied HummingbirdElliotomyia chionogasterLC 
49Red-winged Wood-RailAramides calopterusRR 
50Black-banded CrakeRufirallus fasciatusLC 
51Rufous-faced CrakeRufirallus xenopterusLCV
52Chestnut-headed CrakeAnurolimnas castaneicepsLC 
53Speckled RailLaterallus notatusLC 
54Dot-winged CrakeLaterallus spilopteraLCV
55Pale-winged TrumpeterPsophia leucoptera NT
56Dark-winged TrumpeterPsophia viridisNEV
57Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
58\Tawny-throated Dotterel\Oreopholus ruficollisRR 
59American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberRR 
60Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinus V
61Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberRR 
62Sharp-tailed IbisCercibis oxycercaRR 
63Foothill Screech-OwlMegascops roraimaeLC 
64Masked TrogonTrogon personatusLC 
65Brown-banded PuffbirdNotharchus ordiiRR 
66Semicollared PuffbirdMalacoptila semicinctaRR 
67Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataRR 
68Fulvous-chinned NunletNonnula sclateriRR 
69Chestnut-headed NunletNonnula amaurocephalaE 
70Yellow-billed NunbirdMonasa flavirostrisRR 
71White-eared JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus leucotisRR 
72Purus JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus purusianusRR 
73White-throated JacamarBrachygalba albogularisRR 
74White-chinned JacamarGalbula tombaceaRR 
75Purplish JacamarGalbula chalcothoraxRR 
76Scarlet-crowned BarbetCapito aurovirensRR 
77Black-girdled BarbetCapito dayiNEV
78Brown-chested BarbetCapito brunneipectusE 
79Scarlet-hooded BarbetEubucco tucinkaeRR 
80Southern Emerald-ToucanetAulacorhynchus albivittaLC 
81Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusLC 
82Many-banded AracariPteroglossus pluricinctusRR 
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 AmazonAmazona pretreiNEV
103Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalisLC 
104Blue-cheeked AmazonAmazona dufresniana NT
105Kawall's AmazonAmazona kawalliE 
106Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinusRR 
107Crimson-bellied ParakeetPyrrhura perlataNE 
108Bonaparte's ParakeetPyrrhura lucianiiE 
109Fiery-shouldered ParakeetPyrrhura egregiaRR 
110Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanuraRR 
111Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaRR 
112Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinaxRR 
113Sun ParakeetAratinga solstitialisNEEN
114Sulphur-breasted ParakeetAratinga maculataE 
115Blue-headed MacawPrimolius couloniLCV
116Golden ParakeetGuaruba guaroubaEV
117Bamboo AntshrikeCymbilaimus sanctaemariaeRR 
118Glossy AntshrikeSakesphorus luctuosusE 
119Castelnau's AntshrikeThamnophilus cryptoleucus NT
120Blackish-gray AntshrikeThamnophilus nigrocinereus NT
121Band-tailed AntshrikeThamnophilus melanothoraxRR 
122Streak-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus insignisNE 
123Acre AntshrikeThamnophilus divisoriusNE 
124Black BushbirdNeoctantes nigerRR 
125Rondonia BushbirdClytoctantes atrogularisEV
126Brown-bellied StipplethroatEpinecrophylla gutturalis NT
127Rio Madeira StipplethroatEpinecrophylla amazonicaNE 
128Yellow-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula ambiguaRR 
129Guianan Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensisRRV
130Cherrie's AntwrenMyrmotherula cherrieiRR 
131Klages's AntwrenMyrmotherula klagesiEV
132Rio Suno AntwrenMyrmotherula sunensisRR 
133Rio de Janeiro AntwrenMyrmotherula fluminensisE 
134Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behniLC 
135Predicted AntwrenHerpsilochmus praedictusE 
136Aripuana AntwrenHerpsilochmus stotziE 
137Spot-tailed AntwrenHerpsilochmus sticturusRR 
138Roraiman AntwrenHerpsilochmus roraimaeLC 
139Imeri Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis flavescensRR 
140Rondonia Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis ochrogynaNEV
141Spix's Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis striataE 
142Manicore Warbling-AntbirdHypocnemis rondoniE 
143Rio Branco AntbirdCercomacra carbonariaNECR
144Bananal AntbirdCercomacra ferdinandiENT
145Tapajos Fire-eyePyriglena similisE 
146Ash-breasted AntbirdMyrmoborus lugubris V
147Black-tailed AntbirdMyrmoborus melanurusNEV
148White-lined AntbirdMyrmoborus lophotesRR 
149Black-headed AntbirdPercnostola rufifronsRR 
150Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistaceaRR 
151Roraiman AntbirdMyrmelastes saturataRR 
152Rufous-faced AntbirdMyrmelastes rufifaciesE 
153Caura AntbirdMyrmelastes caurensisNE 
154White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipesRR 
155Goeldi's AntbirdAkletos goeldiiRR 
156Yapacana AntbirdAprositornis disjunctaRR 
157Gray-bellied AntbirdAmmonastes pelzelniRR 
158White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspisRR 
159Bare-eyed AntbirdRhegmatorhina gymnopsEV
160Harlequin AntbirdRhegmatorhina berlepschiE 
161Chestnut-crested AntbirdRhegmatorhina cristataNE 
162Xingu Scale-backed AntbirdWillisornis viduaE 
163Pale-faced Bare-eyePhlegopsis borbaeE 
164Black-bellied GnateaterConopophaga melanogasterE 
165Black-breasted GnateaterConopophaga snethiogeaeE 
166Hooded GnateaterConopophaga robertiE 
167Elusive AntpittaGrallaria eludensNE 
168Snethlage's AntpittaHylopezus paraensisE 
169Alta Floresta AntpittaHylopezus whittakeriE 
170Tapajos AntpittaMyrmothera subcanescensE 
171Tepui AntpittaMyrmothera simplexNE 
172Stresemann's BristlefrontMerulaxis stresemanniECR
173Brasilia TapaculoScytalopus novacapitalisEEN
174Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoiNE 
175Rufous-fronted AntthrushFormicarius rufifronsNENT
176Campo MinerGeositta poecilopteraNEV
177Hoffmanns's WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes hoffmannsiEV
178Bar-bellied WoodcreeperHylexetastes stresemanniRR 
179Brigida's Woodcreeper**Hylexetastes brigidaiE 
180Carajas Woodcreeper**Xiphocolaptes carajaensisE 
181Spix's WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus spixiiE 
182Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kienerii NT
183Tapajos ScythebillCampylorhamphus probatusE 
184Xingu ScythebillCampylorhamphus multostriatusE 
185Scimitarbilled WoodcreeperDrymornis bridgesiiLC 
186Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetiiLC 
187Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusRR 
188Curve-billed ReedhaunterLimnornis curvirostrisRR 
189Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisRR 
190Cryptic TreehunterCichlocolaptes mazarbarnettiE 
191White-throated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla roraimaeNE 
192Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaeLCNT
193Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusLC 
194Para Foliage-gleanerAutomolus paraensisE 
195Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensisLC 
196Striolated Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striolataE 
197Lark-like BrushrunnerCoryphistera alaudinaLC 
198Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeriLC 
199Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniLCNT
200Roraiman BarbtailRoraimia adustaNE 
201Plain SofttailThripophaga fuscicepsLC 
202Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophiaRR 
203Tepui SpinetailCranioleuca demissaRR 
204Scaled SpinetailCranioleuca muelleriE 
205Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroidesRRNT
206Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotesRR 
207Dark-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albigularisRR 
208Chestnut-throated SpinetailSynallaxis cherrieiLC 
209McConnell's SpinetailSynallaxis macconnelliLC 
210Araguaia SpinetailSynallaxis simoniE 
211Hoary-throated SpinetailSynallaxis kollariNECR
212Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma sulphureiventerRR 
213Olive ManakinXenopipo uniformisRR 
214Snow-capped ManakinLepidothrix nattereriNE 
215Golden-crowned ManakinLepidothrix vilasboasiE 
216Opal-crowned ManakinLepidothrix irisEV
217Orange-bellied ManakinLepidothrix suavissimaNE 
218Yellow-crowned ManakinHeterocercus flavivertexRR 
219Scarlet-horned ManakinCeratopipra cornutaRR 
220White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutilaLC 
221Black-necked Red-CotingaPhoenicircus nigricollisLC 
222CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolorLC 
223Rose-collared PihaLipaugus streptophorusRR 
224White BellbirdProcnias albusLC 
225White-tailed CotingaXipholena lamellipennisENT
226Black-faced CotingaConioptilon mcilhennyiRR 
227White-tailed TityraTityra leucuraE 
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
270/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher/Myiodynastes luteiventrisRR 
271Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneicepsRR 
272Tepui VireoVireo sclateriRR 
273Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostrisENT
274Campina Jay**Cyanocorax hafferiENT
275Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilpriniRR 
276\Chilean Swallow\Tachycineta leucopygaRR 
277Inambari GnatcatcherPolioptila attenboroughiE 
278Klages's GnatcatcherPolioptila paraensisE 
279Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea NT
280Flutist WrenMicrocerculus ustulatusRR 
281Tooth-billed WrenOdontorchilus cinereusNE 
282Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulusNE 
283Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseusRR 
284Gray WrenCantorchilus griseusE 
285White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucostictaLC 
286Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisRR 
287Pale-eyed ThrushTurdus leucopsLC 
288Campina ThrushTurdus arthuriRR 
289Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterRR 
290Correndera PipitAnthus correnderaRR 
291Plumbeous EuphoniaEuphonia plumbeaRR 
292Finsch's EuphoniaEuphonia finschiLC 
293Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostrisLC 
294Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatusNE 
295Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
296Pampas MeadowlarkLeistes defilippiiRRV
297Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifronsLC 
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.