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Accessible Species

NEOTROPICS BRAZIL

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

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BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic179
LCLocal27
NENear Endemic30
RRRestricted Range41

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened88
VVulnerable61
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
2Gray TinamouTinamus tao V
3Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius NT
4White-throated TinamouTinamus guttatus NT
5Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagusENT
6Lesser NothuraNothura minorNEV
7Orinoco GooseOressochen jubata NT
8\Red Shoveler\Spatula plataleaRR 
9Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttataLC 
10East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanE 
11Scaled ChachalacaOrtalis squamataE 
12Variable ChachalacaOrtalis motmotLC 
13Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliaris NT
14Chestnut-bellied GuanPenelope ochrogasterEV
15White-browed GuanPenelope jacucacaEV
16White-throated Piping-GuanPipile grayi NT
17Red-throated Piping-GuanPipile cujubiNEV
18Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutingaRREN
19Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
20Bare-faced CurassowCrax fasciolata V
21Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachiiEEN
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
73Fea's PetrelPterodroma feae 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 WoodpeckerDryobates 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 
139Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensisRR 
140Silvery-cheeked AntshrikeSakesphoroides cristatusE 
141Caatinga AntwrenRadinopsyche sellowiE 
142White-bearded AntshrikeBiatas nigropectusNEV
143Caatinga Antshrike**Thamnophilus capistratusE 
144Natterer's Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus stictocephalusNE 
145Bolivian Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus sticturusRR 
146Planalto Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus pelzelniE 
147Sooretama Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus ambiguusE 
148Star-throated AntwrenRhopias gularisE 
149Spot-breasted AntvireoDysithamnus stictothoraxNENT
150Rufous-backed AntvireoDysithamnus xanthopterusE 
151Plumbeous AntvireoDysithamnus plumbeusEV
152Bluish-slate AntshrikeThamnomanes schistogynusRR 
153Salvadori's AntwrenMyrmotherula minorEV
154Band-tailed AntwrenMyrmotherula urostictaEV
155Unicolored AntwrenMyrmotherula unicolorENT
156Alagoas AntwrenMyrmotherula snowiECR
157Bahia AntwrenHerpsilochmus pileatusEV
158Pectoral AntwrenHerpsilochmus pectoralisEV
159Large-billed AntwrenHerpsilochmus longirostrisNE 
160Narrow-billed AntwrenFormicivora iheringiENT
161Black-hooded AntwrenFormicivora erythronotosEEN
162Serra AntwrenFormicivora serranaE 
163Sincora AntwrenFormicivora grantsauiEEN
164Marsh AntwrenFormicivora acutirostrisENT
165Ferruginous AntbirdDrymophila ferrugineaE 
166Rufous-tailed AntbirdDrymophila geneiE 
167Ochre-rumped AntbirdDrymophila ochropygaENT
168Dusky-tailed AntbirdDrymophila maluraLC 
169Scaled AntbirdDrymophila squamataE 
170Orange-bellied AntwrenTerenura sickiECR
171Willis's AntbirdCercomacroides laetaNE 
172Rio de Janeiro AntbirdCercomacra brasilianaENT
173Black AntbirdCercomacroides servaRR 
174East Amazonian Fire-eyePyriglena leuconotaE 
175Fringe-backed Fire-eyePyriglena atraEEN
176Slender AntbirdRhopornis ardesiacusEEN
177Scalloped AntbirdMyrmodenus ruficaudaEEN
178White-bibbed AntbirdMyrmodenus loricataE 
179Squamate AntbirdMyrmodenus squamosaE 
180White-breasted AntbirdRhegmatorhina hoffmannsiE 
181Black-cheeked GnateaterConopophaga melanopsE 
182Ceara GnateaterConopophaga cearaeENT
183White-browed AntpittaHylopezus ochroleucusENT
184Spotted BamboowrenPsilorhamphus guttatusNE 
185Slaty BristlefrontMerulaxis aterE 
186White-breasted TapaculoEleoscytalopus indigoticusE 
187Bahia TapaculoEleoscytalopus psychopompusEEN
188Marsh TapaculoScytalopus iraiensisEEN
189Diamantina TapaculoScytalopus diamantinensisEEN
190Rock TapaculoScytalopus petrophilusE 
191Boa Nova TapaculoScytalopus gonzagaiEEN
192Such's AntthrushChamaeza meruloidesE 
193Rufous-tailed AntthrushChamaeza ruficaudaNE 
194Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularisLCNT
195Ceara Leaftosser**Sclerurus cearensisEV
196Moustached WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes falcirostrisEV
197Ceara WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus atlanticusEV
198Dusky-capped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes fuscicapillusNE 
199Wing-banded HorneroFurnarius figulusE 
200Long-tailed CinclodesCinclodes pabstiENT
201White-collared Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops fuscusE 
202Great XenopsMegaxenops parnaguaeE 
203Pale-browed TreehunterCichlocolaptes leucophrusE 
204Alagoas Foliage-gleanerPhilydor novaesiE 
205White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotis NT
206Russet-mantled Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla dimidiataNE 
207Chestnut-capped Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rectirostrisNE 
208Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT
209Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammiEEN
210Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setaria NT
211Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmusE 
212Orange-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus ferrugineigulaE 
213Cipo CanasteroAsthenes luizaeENT
214Itatiaia SpinetailAsthenes moreiraeE 
215Pink-legged GraveteiroAcrobatornis fonsecaiEV
216Striated SofttailThripophaga macrouraEV
217Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostrisRRNT
218Pallid SpinetailCranioleuca pallidaE 
219Gray-headed SpinetailCranioleuca semicinereaE 
220Caatinga CacholotePseudoseisura cristataE 
221Bahia SpinetailSynallaxis cinereaENT
222Pinto's SpinetailSynallaxis infuscataEEN
223Red-shouldered SpinetailSynallaxis hellmayriE 
224White-lored SpinetailSynallaxis albiloraLC 
225Wied's Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma aurifronsENT
226Serra do Mar Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma chrysolophumE 
227Araripe ManakinChiroxiphia bokermanniECR
228Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisE 
229Kinglet ManakinMachaeropterus regulusE 
230Hooded BerryeaterCarpornis cucullataENT
231Black-headed BerryeaterCarpornis melanocephalaEV
232Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostris NT
233Banded CotingaCotinga maculataECR
234Cinnamon-vented PihaLipaugus lanioidesENT
235Black-and-gold CotingaLipaugus atraE 
236Gray-winged CotingaLipaugus conditaEV
237Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollis NT
238White-winged CotingaXipholena atropurpureaEV
239Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipraEEN
240Brazilian LaniisomaLaniisoma elegansRRNT
241Atlantic Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus swainsoniEV
242Black-capped PipritesPiprites pileataLCNT
243Kinglet CalypturaCalyptura cristataECR
244Whiskered Flycatcher**Myiobius mastacalisE 
245Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphusLCV
246Oustalet's TyrannuletPhylloscartes oustaletiENT
247Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralisLC 
248Bahia TyrannuletPhylloscartes beckeriEEN
249Restinga TyrannuletPhylloscartes kroneiE 
250Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliaeECR
251Serra do Mar Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus difficilisE 
252Southern Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus eximius NT
253Sao Paulo Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus paulistaNENT
254Snethlage's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minorNE 
255Flammulated Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus flammulatusRR 
256Brown-breasted Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus obsoletusE 
257Eye-ringed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus orbitatusENT
258Hangnest Tody-TyrantHemitriccus nidipendulusE 
259Buff-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus mirandaeEV
260Kaempfer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus kaempferiEV
261Fork-tailed Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus furcatusEV
262Gray-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumE 
263Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisLCNT
264Gray-backed TachuriPolystictus superciliarisE 
265Sharp-tailed TyrantCulicivora caudacuta V
266\Subtropical Doradito\Pseudocolopteryx acutipennisLC 
267Gray-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseocapillaENT
268Rufous-sided Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus rufomarginatus NT
269Bahia Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura bahiaeE 
270Greater Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura budytoidesRR 
271/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
272Chapada FlycatcherGuyramemua affineNENT
273Caatinga Black-TyrantKnipolegus franciscanusE 
274Velvety Black-TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimusE 
275\Cinereous Tyrant\Knipolegus striaticepsLC 
276\Hudson's Black-Tyrant\Knipolegus hudsoniRR 
277Little Ground-TyrantSyrtidicola fluviatilisRR 
278Cock-tailed TyrantAlectrurus tricolor V
279Dusky-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon fuscicaudaLC 
280Gray-hooded AttilaAttila rufusE 
281Ash-throated CasiornisCasiornis fuscusE 
282Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusE 
283/Yellow-green Vireo/Vireo flavoviridisRR 
284Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus NT
285White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogonE 
286Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostrisE 
287Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanusRR 
288Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusLC 
289Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysRREN
290Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri V
291Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybea NT
292Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrelliiNEV
293Sao Francisco SparrowArremon franciscanusENT
294Half-collared SparrowArremon semitorquatusE 
295Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensisLC 
296Campo TroupialIcterus jamacaiiE 
297Forbes's BlackbirdAnumara forbesiEV
298Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thiliusRR 
299/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
300White-striped WarblerMyiothlypis leucophrysE 
301Olive-green TanagerOrthogonys chloricterusE 
302#Black-backed Grosbeak#Pheucticus aureoventrisRR 
303Brown TanagerOrchesticus abeilleiENT
304Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaE 
305White-banded TanagerNeothraupis fasciata NT
306Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricataE 
307Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliusE 
308Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanopteraEV
309Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataE 
310Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraLC 
311Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruvianaEV
312White-bellied TanagerTangara brasiliensisE 
313Seven-colored TanagerTangara fastuosaEV
314Brassy-breasted TanagerTangara desmarestiE 
315Gilt-edged TanagerTangara cyanoventrisE 
316Black-legged DacnisDacnis nigripesENT
317Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapillaE 
318Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolor NT
319Blue FinchRhopospina caerulescensENT
320Bay-chested Warbling FinchCastanozoster thoracicaE 
321Buff-throated Warbling FinchPoospiza lateralisE 
322Black-capped Warbling FinchPoospiza melanoleucaRR 
323Cinereous Warbling FinchPoospiza cinereaE 
324Pale-throated Pampa-FinchEmbernagra longicaudaE 
325Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaRR 
326Black-and-tawny SeedeaterSporophila nigrorufaNEV
327\Dark-throated Seedeater\Sporophila ruficollis NT
328\Rufous-rumped Seedeater\Sporophila hypochroma NT
329Black-bellied SeedeaterSporophila melanogasterENT
330Dubois's SeedeaterSporophila ardesiacaE 
331Temminck's SeedeaterSporophila falcirostrisNEV
332Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalisNEV
333Tropeiro SeedeaterSporophila beltoniEV
334White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisE 
335Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma NT
336Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotis V
337#Dull-colored Grassquit#Asemospiza obscurusRR 
338Thick-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.