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NEOTROPICS BRAZIL

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

OTHER COUNTRIESIN THE NEOTROPICS

BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic70
LCLocal80
NENear Endemic42
RRRestricted Range121

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

1Dwarf TinamouTaoniscus nanusEEN
2Bartlett's TinamouCrypturellus bartlettiRR 
3Rusty TinamouCrypturellus brevirostrisRR 
4Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillusRR 
5Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidaeRR 
6\Cinnamon Teal\Spatula cyanopteraRR 
7Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceusRRCR
8\Black-headed Duck\Heteronetta atricapillaRR 
9Lake DuckOxyura vittataLC 
10White-crested GuanPenelope pileataEV
11Marail GuanPenelope marailRR 
12Crestless CurassowMitu tomentosumRRNT
13Wattled CurassowCrax globulosa EN
14Chestnut-headed ChachalacaOrtalis ruficepsE 
15Buff-browed ChachalacaOrtalis superciliarisE 
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 WoodpeckerVeniliornis 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
103Diademed AmazonAmazona diademaE 
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 
179Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchusE 
180Spix's WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus spixiiE 
181Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kienerii NT
182Tapajos ScythebillCampylorhamphus probatusE 
183Xingu ScythebillCampylorhamphus multostriatusE 
184Scimitarbilled WoodcreeperDrymornis bridgesiiLC 
185Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetiiLC 
186Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusRR 
187Curve-billed ReedhaunterLimnornis curvirostrisRR 
188Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisRR 
189Cryptic TreehunterCichlocolaptes mazarbarnettiE 
190White-throated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla roraimaeNE 
191Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaeLCNT
192Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusLC 
193Para Foliage-gleanerAutomolus paraensisE 
194Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensisLC 
195Striolated Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striolataE 
196Lark-like BrushrunnerCoryphistera alaudinaLC 
197Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeriLC 
198Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniLCNT
199Roraiman BarbtailRoraimia adustaNE 
200Plain SofttailThripophaga fuscicepsLC 
201Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophiaRR 
202Tepui SpinetailCranioleuca demissaRR 
203Scaled SpinetailCranioleuca muelleriE 
204Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroidesRRNT
205Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotesRR 
206Dark-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albigularisRR 
207Chestnut-throated SpinetailSynallaxis cherrieiLC 
208McConnell's SpinetailSynallaxis macconnelliLC 
209Araguaia SpinetailSynallaxis simoniE 
210Hoary-throated SpinetailSynallaxis kollariNECR
211Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma sulphureiventerRR 
212Olive ManakinXenopipo uniformisRR 
213Snow-capped ManakinLepidothrix nattereriNE 
214Golden-crowned ManakinLepidothrix vilasboasiE 
215Opal-crowned ManakinLepidothrix irisEV
216Orange-bellied ManakinLepidothrix suavissimaNE 
217Yellow-crowned ManakinHeterocercus flavivertexRR 
218Scarlet-horned ManakinCeratopipra cornutaRR 
219White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutilaLC 
220Black-necked Red-CotingaPhoenicircus nigricollisLC 
221CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolorLC 
222Rose-collared PihaLipaugus streptophorusRR 
223White BellbirdProcnias albusLC 
224White-tailed CotingaXipholena lamellipennisENT
225Black-faced CotingaConioptilon mcilhennyiRR 
226White-tailed TityraTityra leucuraE 
227Cinnamon-crested SpadebillPlatyrinchus saturatusLC 
228Olive-green TyrannuletPhylloscartes virescensRR 
229Bay-ringed TyrannuletPhylloscartes sylviolus NT
230Minas Gerais TyrannuletPhylloscartes roquetteiEEN
231Chapman's Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus chapmaniRR 
232Double-banded Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus vitiosusLC 
233Long-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus eulophotesLC 
234Pale-eyed Pygmy-TyrantAtalotriccus pilarisLC 
235Acre Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cohnhaftiNENT
236Boat-billed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus josephinaeRR 
237Pelzeln's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus inornatusE 
238Zimmer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minimusLC 
239White-cheeked Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus albifaciesRR 
240Black-and-white Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus capitalisLC 
241Buff-cheeked Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus senexE 
242Ruddy Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus russatusRR 
243Slate-headed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus sylviaRR 
244Black-chested TyrantTaeniotriccus andreiRR 
245Painted Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum pictumRR 
246Rufous TwistwingCnipodectes superrufusLCV
247White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrysLC 
248Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateriRR 
249Dinelli's DoraditoPseudocolopteryx dinellianaLCNT
250Noronha ElaeniaElaenia ridleyanaEV
251Rufous-crowned ElaeniaElaenia ruficepsRR 
252Tepui ElaeniaElaenia olivinaLC 
253Reiser's TyrannuletPhyllomyias reiseriNE 
254Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseicepsLC 
255Chico's TyrannuletZimmerius chicomendesiENT
256Pale-tipped TyrannuletInezia caudataRR 
257Roraiman FlycatcherMyiophobus roraimaeLC 
258Smoke-colored PeweeContopus fumigatusLC 
259White-throated PeweeContopus albogularisRR 
260Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescensLC 
261\Austral Negrito\Lessonia rufaRR 
262Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisRR 
263Rufous-tailed TyrantKnipolegus poecilurusRR 
264\Black-crowned Monjita\Neoxolmis coronatusRR 
265Chocolate-vented TyrantNeoxolmis rufiventrisLC 
266Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicanusRRV
267Strange-tailed TyrantAlectrurus risoraLCV
268/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher/Myiodynastes luteiventrisRR 
269Brown-headed GreenletHylophilus brunneicepsRR 
270Para GreenletTunchironis rubifronsE 
271Tepui VireoVireo sclateriRR 
272Noronha VireoVireo gracilirostrisENT
273Azure-naped JayCyanocorax heilpriniE 
274\Chilean Swallow\Tachycineta leucopygaRR 
275Inambari GnatcatcherPolioptila attenboroughiE 
276Klages's GnatcatcherPolioptila paraensisE 
277Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea NT
278Flutist WrenMicrocerculus ustulatusRR 
279Tooth-billed WrenOdontorchilus cinereusNE 
280Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulusNE 
281Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseusRR 
282Gray WrenCantorchilus griseusE 
283White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucostictaLC 
284Pale-eyed ThrushTurdus leucopsLC 
285Black-hooded ThrushTurdus olivaterRR 
286Campina ThrushTurdus arthuriRR 
287Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenisRR 
288Correndera PipitAnthus correnderaRR 
289Plumbeous EuphoniaEuphonia plumbeaRR 
290Finsch's EuphoniaEuphonia finschiLC 
291Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostrisLC 
292Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatusNE 
293Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
294Pampas MeadowlarkLeistes defilippiiRRV
295Russet-backed OropendolaPsarocolius angustifronsLC 
296Band-tailed CaciqueCacicus latirostrisRR 
297Casqued CaciqueCacicus oseryiLC 
298Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularisRR 
299Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubrisRR 
300Golden-tufted GrackleMacroagelaius imthurniNE 
301Saffron-cowled BlackbirdXanthopsar flavusRREN
302Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataLC 
303Slate-throated RedstartMyioborus miniatusLC 
304Tepui RedstartMyioborus castaneocapillaNE 
305Olive-backed TanagerMitrospingus oleagineusNE 
306White-winged TanagerPiranga leucopteraLC 
307Red-and-black GrosbeakPeriporphyrus erythromelasRR 
308Rose-bellied ChatGranatellus paraensisE 
309Crimson-fronted CardinalParoaria baeriE 
310Black-and-white TanagerConothraupis speculigeraLC 
311Cone-billed TanagerConothraupis mesoleucaEEN
312Cherry-throated TanagerNemosia roureiECR
313Yellow-crested TanagerLoriotus rufiventerRR 
314Blue-backed TanagerCyanicterus cyanicterusLC 
315White-bellied DacnisDacnis albiventrisRR 
316Pearly-breasted ConebillConirostrum margaritaeRRV
317Scaled FlowerpiercerDiglossa duidaeNE 
318Greater FlowerpiercerDiglossa majorNE 
319Ibera SeedeaterSporophila iberaensisLC 
320\Marsh Seedeater\Sporophila palustris EN
321\Chestnut Seedeater\Sporophila cinnamomea V
322Great-billed Seed-FinchSporophila maximiliani EN
323Large-billed Seed-FinchSporophila crassirostrisLC 
324Gray SeedeaterSporophila intermediaLC 
325Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americanaRR 
326White-naped SeedeaterSporophila fringilloidesLC 
327Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosaLC 
328Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaRR 
329Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroaLCNT
330Yellow 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.