BRAZIL SIGHTINGS:  JUNE 2001

Note:  This list only reflects my own personal sightings and not the total sightings that the Fieldguide tour participants saw at the first three locations.

Locations:  Chapada (C), Alta Floresta - Cristalino Lodge and Town (A), Pantanal (P), Itatiaia & Rio de Janeiro (I)

X = I saw bird  H = I heard bird  O = Others saw bird  OH = Others heard bird

Photos - included for underlined

     
C
A
P
I
Notes
Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao  
X
     
Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus  
H
     
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
H
      Road to boats
Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus  
H
H
H
 
Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus    
X
   
Brazilian Tinamou Crypturellus strigulosus  
O
    Brazilnut trail
Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus  
H
     
Small-billed Tinamou Crypturellus parvirostris
O
 
O
   
Greater Rhea Rhea americana    
X
   
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus  
X
X
X
 
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga  
X
X
   
Southern Screamer Chauna torquata    
X
   
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata  
X
X
   
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis    
X
   
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata    
X
   
Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis    
X
   
Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix    
X
   
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea  
X
X
   
Snowy Egret Egretta thula    
X
   
Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus  
X
X
   
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi  
X
X
   
Great Egret Ardea alba  
X
X
X
 
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  
X
X
   
Striated Heron Butorides striatus  
X
X
   
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax  
O
X
   
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum  
X
X
   
Bare-faced Ibis (Whispering) Phimosus infuscatus    
X
   
Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens    
X
   
Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus    
X
   
Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis  
X
X
   
Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja    
X
   
Wood Stork Mycteria americana  
X
X
   
Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari    
X
   
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria    
X
   
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
X
X
X
X
 
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
X
X
X
X
 
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus    
X
   
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus  
X
     
King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa  
X
     
Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis      
?
 
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus  
X
     
Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
X
 
O
   
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis    
X
   
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus  
X
     
Tiny Hawk  Accipiter superciliosus  
X
    Dark Morph
White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli  
X
     
Rufous-thighed Hawk Accipiter erythronemius
X
       
Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens    
X
   
Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionota      
?
last morning soaring
Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga  
X
     
Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis    
X
X
 
Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis    
X
   
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris    
X
X
 
White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus      
X
 
Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus      
X
 
Black Caracara Daptrius ater  
X
     
Red-throated Caracara Daptrius americanus  
X
     
Crested Caracara (Southern split) Caracara plancus
X
 
X
   
Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
X
 
X
X
 
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans    
X
X
 
Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis  
X
 
H
 
Lined Forest-Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis  
OH
     
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
X
       
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis    
X
   
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis  
X
X
   
Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis    
X
   
Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster      X    
Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura      
X
 
Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis    
X
   
Red-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cujubi  
X
X
   
Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata  
O
X
   
Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosa  
O
     
Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis  
O
     
Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira      
X
lago azul
Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea    
X
   
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail  Aramides saracura      
X
high road
Sunbittern Eurypyga helias  
X
X
   
Limpkin Aramus guarauna    
X
   
Dark-winged Trumpeter Psophia viridis  
O
    Josep at Bamboo Trail bend
Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
H
       
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana  
X
X
   
South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae    
X
   
White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus    
X
   
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis  
X
X
   
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregeta magnificens      
X
 
Royal Tern Sterna maxima      
X
Rio Harbor
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex    
X
   
Black Skimmer Tynchops niger    
X
   
Rock Dove Columba livia
X
   
X
 
Picazuro Pigeon Columba picazuro
X
 
X
   
Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis  
H
X
   
Plumbeous Pigeon Columba plumbea  
X
 
X
 
Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea  
X
     
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata    
X
   
Scaled Dove Columbina squammata    
X
   
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti  
O
X
X
 
Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui    
X
   
Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa  
X
     
Long-tailed Ground-Dove Uropelia campestris    
X
   
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi    
X
   
Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla  
X
 
X
 
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana  
OH
     
Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus    
X
   
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna  
X
     
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao  
X
     
Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus
X
X
X
   
Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa  
X
     
Red-bellied Macaw Ara manilata  
X
     
Golden-collared Macaw  Ara auricollis    
X
   
Blue-winged Macaw Ara maricana
X
       
Blue-crowned Parakeet Aratinga acuticaudata    
X
   
White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
X
X
 
X
 
Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea
X
 
X
   
Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday         missed in Pantanal
Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis      
X
 
Crimson-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura rhodogaster  
X
    perlata
Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta  
X
     
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus  
X
X
   
Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius      
X
 
Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri  
X
X
   
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri    
X
   
Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysopterus  
X
     
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii  
O
    Hoatzin Trip
White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster  
X
     
Orange-cheeked Parrot Pionopsitta barrabandi  
X
     
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
X
       
Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani    
X
X
 
Kawall's Parrot Amazona kawalli  
X
    tower
Blue-fronted Parrot Amazona aestiva    
X
   
Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala  
X
X
   
Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa  
O
     
Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus  
X
     
Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccyzus cinereus  
X
    Serra Trail
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana  
X
O
   
Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster  
X
     
Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta  
X
     
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
X
X
X
X
 
Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
X
 
X
X
 
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia    
H
   
Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba    
O
   
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Otus watsonii  
H
     
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus    
OH
   
Striped Owl Rhinoplynx clamator    
X
   
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl (Hardy's) Glaucidium hardyi  
X
     
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum    
X
X
 
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
X
       
Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis  
X
X
   
Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus  
X
     
Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda    
X
   
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis  
X
X
   
Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus  
O
     
Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens  
X
     
Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca  
O
     
Scissor-Tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata    
X
   
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
X
       
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris  
X
     
Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia  
X
     
Amazonian Swift Chaetura viridipennis  
X
     
Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura  
X
     
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata  
O
     
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis  
X
     
Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus  
O
     
Scale-throated Hermit  Phaethornis eurynome      
X
 
White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus  
O
     
Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei      
X
 
Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus    
X
   
Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber  
O
     
Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis  
X
     
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
X
 
X
X
 
Black Jacobin Melanotrochilus fuscus      
X
Simon feeder
White-vented Violet-ear Colibri serrirostris      
X
 
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis  
X
     
Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi      
X
 
Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus      
X
Simon bushes
Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
X
 
X
   
Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata  
X
     
Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis      
X
 
White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus  
X
     
Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
X
 
X
   
White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis      
X
 
White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi    
O
   
Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor  
X
 
O
 
Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata
X
 
X
   
Brazilian Ruby Clytolaema rubricauda      
X
Simon feeder
Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita  
O
     
Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
X
       
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus  
X
     
White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis  
H
     
Collared Trogon Trogon collaris  
X
     
Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus  
X
     
Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura      
X
 
Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui  
H
H
   
Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus  
O
     
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata  
X
X
   
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
X
X
X
   
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana