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BRAZIL

Start:11/03/2017
End:11/29/2017
Duration:27 days
#Species:476
#Endemics:94
#Heard Only:39

2017 NE Brazil Scouting Trip

TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR

List of target birds for locations visited on this tour. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Species seen are those with location codes associated with them.*

color codes

1Yellow-legged TinamouCrypturellus noctivagus E
2East Brazilian ChachalacaOrtalis araucuanICP,VRE
3White-browed GuanPenelope jacucacaQXE
4Red-billed CurassowCrax blumenbachii E
5Pygmy NightjarNyctipolus hirundinaceusQXE
6Biscutate SwiftStreptoprocne biscutataCDBC
7Black JacobinFlorisuga fuscaSB,VRBC
8Hook-billed HermitGlaucis dohrniiVRE
9Broad-tipped HermitAnopetia gounellei E
10Minute HermitPhaethornis idaliae E
11Cinnamon-throated HermitPhaethornis nattereri NE
12Buff-bellied HermitPhaethornis subochraceusCD,CDA,ICPNE
13Hooded VisorbearerAugastes lumachellaCDE
14Frilled CoquetteLophornis magnificus E
15Brazilian RubyHeliodoxa rubricauda E
16Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster squamosusCBSE
17Outcrop SabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicola E
18Long-tailed WoodnymphThalurania watertoniiJRE
19Sombre HummingbirdEupetomena cirrochlorisBN,SBE
20Little Wood-RailAramides mangleICPE
21White-collared KiteLeptodon forbesiTME
22White-necked HawkButeogallus lacernulatus E
23Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus EN
24Mantled HawkPseudastur polionotusBN,CD,JR,VRBC
25Pernambuco Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium mooreorum E
26Eastern Striolated-PuffbirdNystalus striolatus NE
27Crescent-chested PuffbirdMalacoptila striata E
28Gould's ToucanetSelenidera gouldii NE
29Spotted PiculetPicumnus pygmaeusManyE
30Ochraceous PiculetPicumnus limae E
31Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosus BC
32Yellow-eared WoodpeckerDryobates maculifrons E
33Ochre-backed WoodpeckerCeleus ochraceusSDBE
34Cryptic Forest-FalconMicrastur mintoni BC
35Brown-backed ParrotletTouit melanonotus E
36Golden-tailed ParrotletTouit surdusAB,CF,ICP,VRE
37Plain ParakeetBrotogeris tiricaAB,JR,SB,VRE
38Yellow-faced ParrotAlipiopsitta xanthops BC
39Red-browed ParrotAmazona rhodocorythaVRE
40Ochre-marked ParakeetPyrrhura cruentataSB,VRE
41Gray-breasted ParakeetPyrrhura griseipectusSDBE
42Maroon-faced ParakeetPyrrhura leucotisSBE
43Indigo MacawAnodorhynchus leariCBSE
44Cactus ParakeetEupsittula cactorumManyE
45Jandaya ParakeetAratinga jandayaJR,TME
46Golden-capped ParakeetAratinga auricapillusAB,BN,CF,ICPNE
47Blue-winged MacawPrimolius maracanaBN,CBS,VRBC
48Silvery-cheeked AntshrikeSakesphoroides cristatusICPE
49Caatinga AntwrenRadinopsyche sellowiCD,CDAE
50Caatinga Antshrike**Thamnophilus capistratusCDA,ICPE
51Rufous-winged AntshrikeThamnophilus torquatusCDBC
52Planalto Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus pelzelniCDAE
53Sooretama Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus ambiguusVRE
54Star-throated AntwrenRhopias gularis E
55Spot-breasted AntvireoDysithamnus stictothoraxBNNE
56Plumbeous AntvireoDysithamnus plumbeusSBE
57Salvadori's AntwrenMyrmotherula minorSBE
58Band-tailed AntwrenMyrmotherula urostictaAB,VRE
59Alagoas AntwrenMyrmotherula snowi E
60Bahia AntwrenHerpsilochmus pileatusAB,VRE
61Pectoral AntwrenHerpsilochmus pectoralisXFRSE
62Narrow-billed AntwrenFormicivora iheringiCDE
63Sincora AntwrenFormicivora grantsauiCDE
64Ferruginous AntbirdDrymophila ferrugineaBNE
65Ochre-rumped AntbirdDrymophila ochropyga E
66Scaled AntbirdDrymophila squamata E
67Orange-bellied AntwrenTerenura sickiJRE
68Willis's AntbirdCercomacroides laetaTMNE
69Rio de Janeiro AntbirdCercomacra brasilianaBNE
70East Amazonian Fire-eyePyriglena leuconota E
71Fringe-backed Fire-eyePyriglena atraCFE
72Slender AntbirdRhopornis ardesiacusBNE
73Scalloped AntbirdMyrmodenus ruficaudaMBSE
74White-bibbed AntbirdMyrmodenus loricata E
75Collared CrescentchestMelanopareia torquataCDBC
76Black-cheeked GnateaterConopophaga melanopsMBSE
77Ceara GnateaterConopophaga cearaeSDBE
78White-browed AntpittaHylopezus ochroleucusCDAE
79White-breasted TapaculoEleoscytalopus indigoticus E
80Bahia TapaculoEleoscytalopus psychopompus E
81Diamantina TapaculoScytalopus diamantinensisCDE
82Boa Nova TapaculoScytalopus gonzagai E
83Such's AntthrushChamaeza meruloides E
84Ceara Leaftosser**Sclerurus cearensisBANF,SDBE
85Moustached WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes falcirostris E
86Ceara WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus atlanticusSDBE
87Scaled WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes squamatus BC
88Wing-banded HorneroFurnarius figulusBN,CBS,SDBE
89White-collared Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops fuscusBN,SBE
90Great XenopsMegaxenops parnaguaeBANF,CDAE
91Pale-browed TreehunterCichlocolaptes leucophrusSBE
92Alagoas Foliage-gleanerPhilydor novaesi E
93Pernambuco Foliage-gleanerAutomolus lammi E
94Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmus E
95Orange-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus ferrugineigula E
96Pink-legged GraveteiroAcrobatornis fonsecaiSBE
97Striated SofttailThripophaga macrouraBNE
98Pallid SpinetailCranioleuca pallidaBNE
99Gray-headed SpinetailCranioleuca semicinereaCDA,SDBE
100Caatinga CacholotePseudoseisura cristata E
101Bahia SpinetailSynallaxis cinereaBNE
102Pinto's SpinetailSynallaxis infuscata E
103Red-shouldered SpinetailSynallaxis hellmayriBANF,CBS,CDAE
104Araripe ManakinAntilophia bokermanniCDAE
105Pin-tailed ManakinIlicura militarisBN,SBE
106Kinglet ManakinMachaeropterus regulusBN,SBE
107Black-headed BerryeaterCarpornis melanocephalaMBSE
108Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostris BC
109Banded CotingaCotinga maculataVRE
110Cinnamon-vented PihaLipaugus lanioides E
111Bearded BellbirdProcnias averano BC
112Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollis BC
113White-winged CotingaXipholena atropurpureaAB,TM,VRE
114Buff-throated PurpletuftIodopleura pipra E
115Whiskered Flycatcher**Myiobius mastacalisBNE
116Oustalet's TyrannuletPhylloscartes oustaleti E
117Bahia TyrannuletPhylloscartes beckeriSBE
118Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliaeJRE
119Hangnest Tody-TyrantHemitriccus nidipendulusICPE
120Buff-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus mirandaeSDBE
121Fork-tailed Pygmy-TyrantHemitriccus furcatusBNE
122Smoky-fronted Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus fumifrons BC
123Gray-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum poliocephalumBN,SBE
124Gray-backed TachuriPolystictus superciliarisCDE
125Gray-capped TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseocapilla E
126Rufous-sided Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus rufomarginatusCDBC
127Bahia Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura bahiaeCBS,CDAE
128Caatinga Black-TyrantKnipolegus franciscanus E
129Velvety Black-TyrantKnipolegus nigerrimus E
130Gray-hooded AttilaAttila rufusSBE
131Ash-throated CasiornisCasiornis fuscusBANFE
132Gray-eyed GreenletHylophilus amaurocephalusBANF,ICPE
133White-naped JayCyanocorax cyanopogonManyE
134Long-billed WrenCantorchilus longirostrisICPE
135Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysSBEN
136Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrellii NE
137Sao Francisco SparrowArremon franciscanusCDE
138Campo TroupialIcterus jamacaiiBN,CBS,CD,ICPE
139Forbes's BlackbirdAnumara forbesiTME
140Pale BaywingAgelaioides fringillariusCBS,CDBC
141Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicanaManyE
142Cinnamon TanagerSchistochlamys ruficapillusBN,CDBC
143White-banded TanagerNeothraupis fasciata BC
144Scarlet-throated TanagerCompsothraupis loricataCBSE
145Brazilian TanagerRamphocelus bresiliusManyE
146Azure-shouldered TanagerThraupis cyanopteraSBE
147Golden-chevroned TanagerThraupis ornataSBE
148White-bellied TanagerTangara brasiliensisAB,ICP,VRE
149Seven-colored TanagerTangara fastuosaMBSE
150Red-necked TanagerTangara cyanocephalaBN,JR,SB,SDBBC
151Gilt-edged TanagerTangara cyanoventrisBNE
152Black-legged DacnisDacnis nigripes E
153Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapillaBN,SBE
154Blue FinchRhopospina caerulescens E
155Orange-fronted Yellow-FinchSicalis columbiana BC
156Pale-throated Pampa-FinchEmbernagra longicaudaCDE
157Copper SeedeaterSporophila bouvreuil BC
158Dubois's SeedeaterSporophila ardesiacaBN,CD,JR,SBE
159Temminck's SeedeaterSporophila falcirostris NE
160Buffy-fronted SeedeaterSporophila frontalis NE
161White-throated SeedeaterSporophila albogularisBN,CBS,XFRSE
162Thick-billed SaltatorSaltator maxillosus NE

 *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.

BIRDING LOCALES

REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic128
NENear Endemic11
CRCritically Endangered0
ENEndangered2
BCBest Seen in This Country21
ATAlways a Target0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.