List of birds of Brazil

The rufous-bellied thrush is the national bird of Brazil.

Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1804 confirmed species, of which 234 are endemic. Four have been introduced by humans, 70 are rare or vagrants, and four are extinct or extirpated. An additional 24 species are hypothetical (see below).

Brazil hosts about 60% of the bird species recorded for all of South America. These numbers are still increasing almost every year, due to new occurrences, new species being described, or splits of existing species. About 10% of the bird species found in Brazil are, nonetheless, threatened.

In June 2013 a simultaneous discovery of fifteen bird species in Brazil was announced, the first such since 1871, when August von Pelzeln described forty new species.[1] The birds were from the families Corvidae, Thamnophilidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Tyrannidae, and Polioptilidae.[2] Eleven of the new species are endemics of Brazil and four also inhabit Peru and Bolivia.[1]

Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society.[3] The list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are also those of the SACC.[4]

The notes of population status, for instance (endangered), are those of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.[5] The status notes apply to the worldwide population, not solely the Brazilian population except for endemic species.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories.

  • (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Brazil
  • (E) Endemic - a species endemic to Brazil
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Brazil as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  • (H) Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC


Rheiformes

Rheidae - Rheas

Greater rhea

Tinamiformes

Tinamidae - tinamous

Little tinamou
Red-winged tinamou

Anseriformes

Anhimidae - screamers

Southern screamer

Anatidae - ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Black-necked swan
Black-bellied whistling-duck

Galliformes

Cracidae - guans, chachalacas, and curassows,

Dusky-legged guan
Chaco chachalaca
Bare-faced curassow

Odontophoridae - New World quail

Phoenicopteriformes

Phoenicopteridae - flamingos

American flamingo

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae - grebes

Pied-billed grebe

Columbiformes

Columbidae - pigeons and doves

Band-tailed pigeon
White-tipped dove

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae - cuckoos

Guira cuckoo

Steatornithiformes

Steatornithidae - oilbird

Nyctibiiformes

Nyctibiidae - potoos

Great potoo

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae - nightjars and allies

Lesser nighthawk
Common nighthawk

Apodiformes

Apodidae - swifts

Chimney swift

Trochilidae - hummingbirds

White-necked jacobin
Brown violetear
Violet-capped woodnymph
Glittering-throated emerald
Amethyst woodstar

Opisthocomiformes

Opisthocomidae - hoatzin

Hoatzin

Gruiformes

Aramidae - limpkin

Limpkin

Psophiidae - trumpeters

Rallidae - rails, gallinules, and coots

Purple gallinule
Common gallinule
Gray-necked wood-rail

Heliornithidae - finfoots

Charadriiformes

Charadriidae - plovers and lapwings

Southern lapwing

Haematopodidae - oystercatchers

Recurvirostridae - stilts and avocets

Black-necked stilt

Burhinidae - thick-knees

Chionididae - sheathbills

Scolopacidae - sandpipers and allies

Upland sandpiper
Lesser yellowlegs

Thinocoridae - seedsnipes

Jacanidae - jacanas

Wattled jacana

Rostratulidae - painted-snipes

Stercorariidae - skuas and jaegers

Pomarine jaeger

Rynchopidae - skimmers

Laridae - gulls and terns

Large-billed tern
Common tern

Eurypygiformes

Eurypygidae - sunbittern

Sunbittern

Phaethontiformes

Phaethontidae - tropicbirds

Red-tailed tropicbird

Sphenisciformes

Spheniscidae - penguins

Magellanic penguin

Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae - albatrosses

Black-browed albatross

Procellariidae - shearwaters and petrels

Southern fulmar
Cape petrel

Hydrobatidae - storm-petrels

Wilson's storm-petrel

Ciconiiformes

Ciconiidae - storks

Jabiru

Suliformes

Fregatidae - frigatebirds

Magnificent frigatebird

Sulidae - boobies and gannets

Anhingidae - anhingas

Anhinga

Phalacrocoracidae - cormorants and shags

Pelecaniformes

Pelecanidae - pelicans

Ardeidae - herons, egrets, and bitterns

Cocoi heron
Agami heron

Threskiornithidae - ibises and spoonbills

Roseate spoonbill

Cathartiformes

Cathartidae - New World vultures

Accipitriformes

Pandionidae - ospreys

Accipitridae - hawks, eagles, and kites

Great black hawk
White-tailed hawk
Roadside hawk
Black-collared hawk

Strigiformes

Tytonidae - barn-owls

Strigidae - owls

Burrowing owl
Spectacled owl

Trogoniformes

Trogonidae - trogons

Green-backed trogon

Coraciiformes

Momotidae - motmots

Alcedinidae - kingfishers

Green kingfisher

Galbuliformes

Galbulidae - jacamars

Rufous-tailed jacamar

Bucconidae - puffbirds

Black-fronted nunbird

Piciformes

Capitonidae - New World barbets

Ramphastidae - toucans

Chestnut-eared aracari
Toco toucan

Picidae - woodpeckers

White woodpecker
Lineated woodpecker
Campo flicker

Cariamiformes

Cariamidae - seriemas

Red-legged seriema

Falconiformes

Falconidae - falcons and caracaras

Southern caracara
Aplomado falcon

Psittaciformes

Psittacidae - New World and African parrots

Hyacinth macaw
Red-and-green macaws
Jandaya parakeet
Turquoise-fronted parrot
Maroon-bellied parakeet
Monk parakeet
Yellow-faced parrot

Passeriformes

Thamnophilidae - typical antbirds

Pectoral antwren
Barred antshrike
Variable antshrike

Melanopareiidae - crescentchests

Conopophagidae - gnateaters

Black-cheeked gnateater

Grallariidae - antpittas

Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos

Formicariidae - antthrushes

Furnariidae - ovenbirds and woodcreepers

Rufous hornero
Spix's spinetail
Rufous-capped spinetail
Pallid spinetail
Streaked xenops
Rufous cacholote
White-throated woodcreeper
Planalto woodcreeper

Tyrannidae - Tyrant flycatchers

Great kiskadee
White-crested elaenia
Common tody-flycatcher
Gray-headed tody-flycatcher
Cliff flycatcher
Eastern wood-pewee
Pied water-tyrant
White-headed marsh tyrant
Cattle tyrant
Dusky-capped flycatcher
Short-crested flycatcher
Rusty-margined flycatcher
Social flycatcher
Piratic flycatcher
Tropical kingbird
Vermilion flycatcher

Oxyruncidae - sharpbill

Cotingidae - cotingas

Spangled cotinga

Pipridae - manakins

White-bearded manakin
Red-headed manakin
Golden-headed manakin

Tityridae - tityras and allies

Masked tityra

Incertae sedis - piprites

Vireonidae - vireos

Red-eyed vireo
Rufous-browed peppershrike

Corvidae - crows, jays, and magpies

Plush-crested jay

Hirundinidae - swallows

White-banded swallow
Southern rough-winged swallow

Troglodytidae - wrens

House wren
Sedge wren

Polioptilidae - gnatcatchers

Donacobiidae - donacobius

Turdidae - thrushes and allies

Rufous-bellied thrush

Mimidae - mockingbirds and thrashers

Chalk-browed mockingbird

Motacillidae - wagtails and pipits

Thraupidae - tanagers and allies

Gray-headed tanager
Blue-black grassquit
Double-collared seedeater
Chestnut-bellied seed-finch
Saffron finch
Great Pampa finch
Plumbeous seedeater
Red-capped cardinal
Yellow-billed cardinal

Incertae sedis - genera Mitrospingus and Rhodinocichla

Passerellidae - New World sparrows

Rufous-collared sparrow

Cardinalidae - cardinals and allies

Parulidae - New World warblers

Tropical parula
Masked yellowthroat

Icteridae - troupials and allies

Bobolink
White-browed meadowlark
Shiny cowbird
Scarlet-headed blackbird
Orange-backed troupial

Fringillidae - finches, euphonias, and allies

Hooded siskin

Estrildidae - waxbills and allies

Common waxbill

Passeridae - Old World sparrows

Notes

  1. The SACC has split Nyctiprogne atifascia from Nyctiprogne leucopyga (Proposal 673) but has not assigned English names, so the proposal has not been implemented and the counts do not reflect the change.
  2. The SACC has accepted Campylopterus calcirupicola as a newly described species (Proposal 756) but has not assigned an English name, so the proposal has not been implemented and the counts do not reflect the change.
  3. The SACC has split Turdus subalaris from Turdus nigriceps (Proposal 786) but has not assigned English names so the proposal has not been implemented and the counts do not reflect the change.

References

  1. 1 2 "15 new species of birds discovered in Brazil". Wildlife Extra News. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. "Novas aves da Amazônia" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Pesquisa FAPESP. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  3. Pacheco, José Fernando, and Carlos Eduardo Quevedo Agne. 2018. Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories: Brazil. Version of 7 July 2018. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCCountryLists.htm Retrieved 7 July 2018
  4. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm A Classification of the Bird Species of South America. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  5. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3. http://www.iucnredlist.org accessed 17 February 2018
  6. New Bird Species Discovered in 2014
  7. http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCproproster.htm SACC Proposal Roster

See also

  • National and state bird lists of Brazil - World Institute for Conservation and Environment
  • WikiAves An interactive website dedicated to the Brazilian community of birdwatchers. It aims to support and promote birdwatching, providing free advanced tools for the publication of photos, sounds, descriptions and species identification of Brazilian birds, as well as communication between site users and other features.
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