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Brazil Target Birds List

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those found only in restricted areas, are rarely seen anywhere, or are endemic or near endemic. Some species may be more easily seen in other countries. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

color codes

1Solitary TinamouTinamus solitariusVVOS
2Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagusVVOS
3Small-billed TinamouCrypturellus parvirostrisSCRS
4Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescensSCRS
5Spotted NothuraNothura maculosaAP,SFUS
6White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataVVUS
7Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusGAUS
8Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttataVVSS
9Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliarisGA,VVSS
10Dusky-legged GuanPenelope obscuraIN,ITAS
11Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutingaINOS
12Spot-winged Wood-QuailOdontophorus capueiraIN,ITRS
13Brown BoobySula leucogasterVVOS
14Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescensPAUS
15Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucusSCOS
16White-necked HawkLeucopternis lacernulatusGA,UB,VVOS
17Mantled HawkLeucopternis polionotusGA,INOS
18Chimango CaracaraMilvago chimangoAP,SF,VVAS
19Red-legged SeriemaCariama cristataAP,SFUS
20Red-and-white CrakeLaterallus leucopyrrhusINRS
21Ash-throated CrakePorzana albicollisGA,SUOS
22Blackish RailPardirallus nigricansCA,INOS
23Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentusAPUS
24Giant SnipeGallinago undulataGASS
25Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennisPCUS
26Kelp GullLarus dominicanusPCUS
27Purple-winged Ground-DoveClaravis godefridaINRS
28Plain ParakeetBrotogeris tiricaGASS
29Brown-backed ParrotletTouit melanonotusGA,IN,VVOS
30Golden-tailed ParrotletTouit surdusGARS
31Pileated ParrotPionopsitta pileataIN,ITSS
32Red-spectacled ParrotAmazona pretreiAPOS
33Red-tailed ParrotAmazona brasiliensisPCSS
34Vinaceous ParrotAmazona vinaceaAPRS
35Blue-bellied ParrotTriclaria malachitaceaGA,IN,VVOS
36Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleriGA,INOS
37Pavonine CuckooDromococcyx pavoninusINRS
38Tawny-browed OwlPulsatrix koeniswaldianaGA,ITSS
39Least Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium minutissimumINRS
40Rusty-barred OwlStrix hylophilaINOS
41Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisiiINOS
42Ocellated PoorwillNyctiphrynus ocellatusINRS
43Silky-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus sericocaudatusINRS
44Spot-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus maculicaudusCASS
45Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquataCAOS
46Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipataINSS
47Sooty SwiftCypseloides fumigatusAP,GA,ITSS
48Biscutate SwiftStreptoprocne biscutataAP,GA,IT,PCSS
49Dusky-throated HermitPhaethornis squalidusVVUS
50Minute HermitPhaethornis idaliaeGARS
51Hyacinth VisorbearerAugastes scutatusCA,SCUS
52Horned SungemHeliactin bilophusSCSS
53Frilled CoquetteLophornis magnificusIT,UBOS
54Festive CoquetteLophornis chalybeusUBUS
55Brazilian RubyClytolaema rubricaudaIT,UBAS
56PlovercrestStephanoxis lalandiIN,ITUS
57Sombre HummingbirdAphantochroa cirrochlorisUBUS
58Rufous-capped MotmotBaryphthengus ruficapillusIN,ITUS
59Buff-bellied PuffbirdNotharchus swainsoniGA,INOS
60Crescent-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila striataGA,GV,IN,UB
VV
SS
61Rusty-breasted NunletNonnula rubeculaINOS
62Three-toed JacamarJacamaralcyon tridactylaSUUS
63Saffron ToucanetPteroglossus bailloniGA,IN,IT,UBSS
64Spot-billed ToucanetSelenidera maculirostrisGA,IN,UBSS
65Red-breasted ToucanRamphastos dicolorusIN,ITUS
66Ochre-collared PiculetPicumnus temminckiiINUS
67Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosusAPSS
68Yellow-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes flavifronsINUS
69White-spotted WoodpeckerVeniliornis spilogasterIN,ITSS
70Checkered WoodpeckerVeniliornis mixtusSCOS
71Yellow-eared WoodpeckerVeniliornis maculifronsGA,SUSS
72White-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentusGA,IN,ITSS
73Helmeted WoodpeckerDryocopus galeatusINOS
74Robust WoodpeckerCampephilus robustusINUS
75Rufous-breasted LeaftosserSclerurus scansorGA,IN,UBUS
76Long-tailed CinclodesCinclodes pabstiAP,SFSS
77Wing-banded HorneroFurnarius figulusGA,SUSS
78Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostrisAP,SFUS
79Striolated Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striolataAPOS
80Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setariaAP,ITUS
81Rufous-capped SpinetailSynallaxis ruficapillaGA,IN,ITUS
82Gray-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis cinerascensAP,IN,ITSS
83Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalisSCSS
84Chicli Spinetail
(Spix's Spinetail)
Synallaxis spixiAP,IN,ITUS
85Olive SpinetailCranioleuca obsoletaAPSS
86Pallid SpinetailCranioleuca pallidaCA,GA,IN,ITUS
87Cipo CanasteroAsthenes luizaeSCSS
88Itatiaia Thistletail
(Itatiaia Spinetail)
Asthenes moreiraeIT,PCUS
89Rufous-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus rufifronsSCSS
90Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollisSFSS
91Greater ThornbirdPhacellodomus ruberSCOS
92Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmusUBSS
93Red-eyed Thornbird
(Orange-breasted Thornbird)
Phacellodomus ferrugineigulaIN,UBUS
94Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbiAP,SC,SF,SUUS
95White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotisIN,ITOS
96Buff-browed Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla rufosuperciliataIN,ITSS
97Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleanerPhilydor lichtensteiniIN,UBSS
98Black-capped Foliage-gleanerPhilydor atricapillusGA,IN,IT,UBSS
99Buff-fronted Foliage-gleanerPhilydor rufumINUS
100White-collared Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops fuscusIN,ITUS
101Pale-browed TreehunterCichlocolaptes leucophrusGA,IN,IT,UBUS
102White-eyed Foliage-gleanerAutomolus leucophthalmusGA,IN,UBSS
103Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematuraIN,ITOS
104Sharp-billed TreehunterHeliobletus contaminatusIN,ITSS
105Plain-winged Woodcreeper**Dendrocincla turdinaGA,IN,IT,UBSS
106White-throated WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes albicollisGA,IN,ITSS
107Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostrisSCSS
108Scaled WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes squamatusGA,ITSS
109Scalloped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes falcinellusINSS
110Black-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus falculariusGA,IN,ITOS
111Spot-backed AntshrikeHypoedaleus guttatusGA,GV,IN,UBSS
112Giant AntshrikeBatara cinereaIN,IT,PCSS
113Large-tailed AntshrikeMackenziaena leachiiCA,IN,ITUS
114Tufted AntshrikeMackenziaena severaCA,GA,IN,IT
UB
SS
115White-bearded AntshrikeBiatas nigropectusIN,ITSS
116Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillusAP,PCSS
117Chestnut-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus palliatusGA,UBUS
118Sooretama Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus ambiguusGA,SUUS
119Spot-breasted AntvireoDysithamnus stictothoraxGA,IN,IT,UBUS
120Rufous-backed AntvireoDysithamnus xanthopterusGA,IN,ITOS
121Star-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula gularisGA,IN,IT,UBUS
122Salvadori's AntwrenMyrmotherula minorGA,UBOS
123Unicolored AntwrenMyrmotherula unicolorGA,IN,UB,VVAS
124Black-capped AntwrenHerpsilochmus atricapillusCAUS
125Rufous-winged AntwrenHerpsilochmus rufimarginatusGA,IN,UBUS
126Black-hooded AntwrenFormicivora erythronotosPQUS
127Serra AntwrenFormicivora serranaCA,SUUS
128Parana AntwrenStymphalornis acutirostrisGV,PC,VVUS
129Ferruginous AntbirdDrymophila ferrugineaIN,IT,UB,VVUS
130Bertoni's AntbirdDrymophila rubricollisGA,IN,ITSS
131Rufous-tailed AntbirdDrymophila geneiIT,PCUS
132Ochre-rumped AntbirdDrymophila ochropygaCA,GA,IN,ITUS
133Dusky-tailed AntbirdDrymophila maluraGA,INUS
134Scaled AntbirdDrymophila squamataCA,GA,UB,VVUS
135Streak-capped AntwrenTerenura maculataGA,IN,IT,UBUS
136Rio de Janeiro AntbirdCercomacra brasilianaSURS
137White-shouldered Fire-eyePyriglena leucopteraCA,GA,IN,IT
UB
AS
138White-bibbed AntbirdMyrmeciza loricataCA,GA,ITSS
139Squamate AntbirdMyrmeciza squamosaGV,IN,UB,VVUS
140Rufous-capped AntthrushFormicarius colmaIN,UBOS
141Short-tailed AntthrushChamaeza campanisonaINSS
142Such's AntthrushChamaeza meruloidesCA,IN,ITSS
143Brazilian Antthrush
(Rufous-tailed Antthrush)
Chamaeza ruficaudaITSS
144Variegated AntpittaGrallaria variaIN,ITSS
145Speckle-breasted AntpittaHylopezus nattereriITSS
146Rufous GnateaterConopophaga lineataGA,IN,IT,UBSS
147Black-cheeked GnateaterConopophaga melanopsGA,IN,UB,VVSS
148Spotted BamboowrenPsilorhamphus guttatusGV,IN,UBSS
149Slaty BristlefrontMerulaxis aterGA,IN,IT,UBSS
150White-breasted TapaculoEleoscytalopus indigoticusCA,IN,VVSS
151Mouse-colored TapaculoScytalopus notoriusGA,IN,ITSS
152Rock TapaculoScytalopus petrophilusCARS
153Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoiAPRS
154Wetland Tapaculo
(Marsh Tapaculo)
Scytalopus iraiensisAPRS
155Gray-backed TachuriPolystictus superciliarisCA,SCUS
156Olivaceous ElaeniaElaenia mesoleucaGA,INSS
157Plain-crested ElaeniaElaenia cristataSCSS
158Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscuraIN,SCSS
159Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricansIN,SFSS
160Gray-hooded FlycatcherMionectes rufiventrisGA,IN,UBSS
161Southern Bristle-TyrantPhylloscartes eximiusIN,UBOS
162Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralisAP,CA,GA,IN
IT
SS
163Restinga TyrannuletPhylloscartes kroneiGV,VVAS
164Sao Paulo TyrannuletPhylloscartes paulistaGV,IN,UBSS
165Oustalet's TyrannuletPhylloscartes oustaletiGA,INUS
166Serra do Mar TyrannuletPhylloscartes difficilisGA,IN,ITSS
167Bay-ringed TyrannuletPhylloscartes sylviolusIN,UBUS
168Rough-legged TyrannuletPhyllomyias burmeisteriGA,IN,ITSS
169Greenish TyrannuletPhyllomyias virescensINOS
170Gray-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseocapillaGA,IN,ITUS
171Southern AntpipitCorythopis delalandiGA,ITSS
172Eared Pygmy-TyrantMyiornis auricularisCA,GA,IN,ITUS
173Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant
(Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant)
Hemitriccus diopsCA,GA,IN,IT
UB
SS
174Brown-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant
(Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant)
Hemitriccus obsoletusIN,ITSS
175Eye-ringed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus orbitatusGA,IN,UBSS
176Hangnest Tody-TyrantHemitriccus nidipendulusCA,GA,IN,UBSS
177Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventerSCUS
178Kaempfer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus kaempferiGV,VVSS
179Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant
(Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant)
Hemitriccus furcatusIT,UBSS
180Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeicepsCA,GA,IN,ITUS
181Gray-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumCA,GA,GV,IN
IT,UB
US
182Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusGA,IN,UB,VVOS
183Atlantic Royal-Flycatcher**Onychorhynchus swainsoniIN,VVOS
184Whiskered Flycatcher**Myiobius mastacalisGA,INSS
185Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusITSS
186Blue-billed Black-TyrantKnipolegus cyanirostrisITSS
187Crested Black-TyrantKnipolegus lophotesGA,ITSS
188Velvety Black-TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimusAP,CA,GA,ITSS
189Black-and-white MonjitaXolmis dominicanusAP,SFUS
190Streamer-tailed TyrantGubernetes yetapaSUOS
191Shear-tailed Gray TyrantMuscipipra vetulaCA,IN,IT,PCSS
192Gray-hooded AttilaAttila rufusGA,IN,IT,UBUS
193Three-striped FlycatcherConopias trivirgatusGV,INSS
194SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusIN,IT,UBSS
195Hooded BerryeaterCarpornis cucullataGA,INUS
196Black-headed BerryeaterCarpornis melanocephalaINSS
197Red-ruffed FruitcrowPyroderus scutatusGA,IN,ITRS
198Cinnamon-vented PihaLipaugus lanioidesCA,INUS
199Black-and-gold CotingaTijuca atraGA,IT,PCUS
200Gray-winged CotingaTijuca conditaPCSS
201Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollisGA,IN,UBUS
202Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostrisCA,GA,IN,ITSS
203Pale-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma pallescensCASS
204Serra do Mar Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma chrysolophumIN,ITUS
205Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisCA,GA,IN,UBUS
206Swallow-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia caudataGA,IN,IT,UBUS
207Wing-barred PipritesPiprites chlorisINSS
208Black-capped PipritesPiprites pileataITOS
209Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipraUBSS
210Shrike-like CotingaLaniisoma elegansGA,INOS
211Rufous-crowned GreenletHylophilus poicilotisGA,IN,ITAS
212Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusCA,SUOS
213Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusGASS
214Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleusAPSS
215Curl-crested JayCyanocorax cristatellusIN,PQ,SUSS
216Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucataSUOS
217White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisUBSS
218Moustached WrenPheugopedius genibarbisGASS
219Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostrisGA,IN,UBSS
220Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereriSFRS
221Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayriAP,GA,SFSS
222White-rimmed Warbler
(White-browed Warbler)
Myiothlypis leucoblepharusIN,ITUS
223Riverbank WarblerMyiothlypis rivularisIN,PQ,UBSS
224Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeilleiGA,IN,ITSS
225Cinnamon TanagerSchistochlamys ruficapillusSCSS
226White-banded TanagerNeothraupis fasciataSCSS
227Hooded TanagerNemosia pileataSC 
228Olive-green TanagerOrthogonys chloricterusGA,IN,IT,UB
VV
US
229Chestnut-headed TanagerPyrrhocoma ruficepsIN,ITSS
230White-rumped TanagerCypsnagra hirundinaceaSCUS
231Black-goggled TanagerTrichothraupis melanopsIN,ITAS
232Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapillaCA,GA,IN,IT
UB,VV
US
233Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliusGA,IT,UBUS
234Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanopteraGA,IN,UBUS
235Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataCA,GA,IN,IT
UB
AS
236Diademed TanagerStephanophorus diadematusAP,IN,IT,PC
SF
US
237Fawn-breasted TanagerPipraeidea melanonotaIN,IT,UBUS
238White-bellied Tanager**Tangara brasiliensisGAOS
239Green-headed TanagerTangara seledonIN,IT,UBAS
240Red-necked TanagerTangara cyanocephalaGA,IN,UBSS
241Brassy-breasted TanagerTangara desmarestiIN,ITUS
242Gilt-edged TanagerTangara cyanoventrisCA,GA,ITUS
243Black-backed TanagerTangara peruvianaVVSS
244Chestnut-backed TanagerTangara preciosaINOS
245Black-legged DacnisDacnis nigripesGA,IN,UBOS
246Black-throated SaltatorSaltator atricollisSCOS
247Thick-billed SaltatorSaltator maxillosusAP,ITSS
248Black-throated GrosbeakSaltator fuliginosusGA,IN,IT,UBSS
249Blue FinchPorphyrospiza caerulescensSCOS
250Long-tailed Reed FinchDonacospiza albifronsAP,IN,SFSS
251Bay-chested Warbling-FinchPoospiza thoracicaIT,PCUS
252Black-and-rufous Warbling-FinchPoospiza nigrorufaAP,SFSS
253Red-rumped Warbling-Finch
(Buff-throated Warbling-Finch)
Poospiza lateralisITUS
254Gray-throated Warbling-Finch**Poospiza cabanisiAP,SFSS
255Cinereous Warbling-FinchPoospiza cinereaSCUS
256Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisIN,IT,UBOS
257Temminck's SeedeaterSporophila falcirostrisIN,IT,UBRS
258Sooty GrassquitTiaris fuliginosusIN,SU,UBOS
259Uniform FinchHaplospiza unicolorGA,IN,IT,UBSS
260Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaSCUS
261\Misto Yellow-Finch\**Sicalis luteiventrisSFSS
262Lesser Grass-FinchEmberizoides ypiranganusAPSS
263Great Pampa-FinchEmbernagra platensisAP,SFUS
264Pale-throated Pampa-FinchEmbernagra longicaudaSCOS
265Half-collared SparrowArremon semitorquatusIN,ITOS
266Yellow-green GrosbeakCaryothraustes canadensisGASS
267Blackish-blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza moestaIN,ITOS
268Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaeruleaAPOS
269Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanocompsa brissoniiSCOS
270Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeusSFSS
271Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillusGA,SUSS
272Saffron-cowled BlackbirdXanthopsar flavusAP,SFSS
273Yellow-rumped MarshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuroAP,SFUS
274Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescensAP,SFSS
275Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterusIN,ITAS
276Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybeaGA,INOS
277Chestnut-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia pectoralisGA,IN,IT,UBUS
278Blue-naped ChlorophoniaChlorophonia cyaneaITSS

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2011 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** 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.


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