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Brazil The Atlantic Forest Introtour

17 – 24 July 2010

Tour leader: Nick Athanas

Report and photos by Nick Athanas

Photo left: Swallow-tailed Manakin at Guapi Assu

Winter can be a beautiful time to bird Southeast Brazil. There was a bit of rain for the first couple of days before the clouds retreated and we had fantastic clear, balmy days for the rest of the tour, which certainly helped the bird list. We saw over 300 for the first time on this tour, exceeding even the typically more productive spring tours. Of course numbers are only one aspect of any tour, and the great lodges and cheerful group combined to make it thoroughly enjoyable. My apologies for such a brief report, but time has caught up with me, and I’m writing this the day before my next Brazil tour. It was a very ominous start with torrential rains in Rio the night before the tour; one news report said that some areas got more rain in one day than they normally do in all of July and August! The rains eased off as we drove north out of the city, and apart from some tolerable showers on the first couple of days, we had beautiful weather for the rest of the trip. We spent the tour based only in two lodges, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge and Serra dos Tucanos lodge. Our first destination was Guapi Assu, which has become like a second home to me in recent years. This beautiful lodge gets better every year, and it’s a joy to stay here. It helps that a few minutes walk from the lodge you are birding one of the best freshwater marshes in the entire state, and those wetlands are becoming surrounded by a lush regenerating native forest that can be jammed with passerines. We spent every afternoon in and

around the wetlands, and it was a lot of fun, with tons of cool birds like Masked Duck (photo left), White-faced Whistling-Duck, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Capped Heron, Purple Gallinule, Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift, Amazon Kingfisher, Crescent-chested Puffbird, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, White-barred Piculet, Wing-banded Hornero, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-browed Tyrant, White-headed Marsh-Tyrant,


Crested Becard, Long-billed Wren, Hooded Tanager, Chestnut-vented Conebill, Yellow-backed Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, and Chestnut-capped Blackbird. Sometimes we stayed out until dark, and this paid off with great views of Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Striped Owl, and Common Potoo. The banana feeders near the lodge were a bit quieter than normal, but they did bring in Rusty-margined Guan, and the hummers were quite good. There were always a least a couple Swallow-tailed Hummers standing guard near the feeders, but we also had Rufous-breasted and Reddish Hermits, Violet-capped Woodnymph, Glittering-throated Emerald, and Brazilian Ruby. Even the farmland near the lodge had some nice birds like Guira Cuckoo, Burrowing Owl, Campo Flicker, and Whistling Heron. However, it’s the Atlantic Rainforest that the reserve was created to protect, and there are many miles of trails to explore. We spent two whole mornings working these trails finding many of the great birds this region is well known for, like Surucua Trogon, Spot-billed Toucanet, Yellow-eared Woodpecker, Rufous-breasted Leaftosser, Planalto and Lesser Woodcreepers, Spot-breasted Antvireo, Star-throated, White-flanked, Unicolored, Rufous-winged, and Streak-capped Antwrens, Scaled Antbird, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant, Russet-winged Spadebill, Gray-hooded Attila, Sharpbill, Bare-throated Bellbird, Pin-tailed and Swallow-tailed Manakins, Olive-green, Black-goggled, Rufous-headed, Azure-shouldered, Golden-chevroned, Green-headed, and Red-necked Tanagers.

Whistling Herons in a field near Guapi Assu.

A handsome Swallow-tailed Hummer guards the Guapi Assu Bird Lodge feeder, and a male White-flanked

Antwren, an endemic subspecies that will be split eventually.


On one of our mornings at Guapi Assu, we took an excursion to the Atlantic coast, birding a pretty stretch of beach with ocean on one side and dense coastal scrub on the other. The critically endangered Restinga Antwren was once again easy to find as well as some other endemics, Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike and Hangnest Tody-Tyrant (photo right), though we all enjoyed the fiery red Brazilian Tanagers that spiced up that drab cast of characters. The ocean had some surprises of it’s own, highlighted by several Black-browed Albatrosses that flew amazingly close to shore, a first for this tour. Squadrons of Brown Boobies cruised back and forth among these ocean wanderers, and the odd tern flew by, including South American and Cayenne. The day we left Guapi Assu, we didn’t head straight to our next lodge, but rather took a long detour into drier habitat north of the mountains. Our humorous driver Alcenir proudly stopped the van unexpectedly at what I quickly found out was a new and ridiculously easy place to see the endemic and frenetic Three-toed Jacamar. Soon after, the cartoonish Toco Toucan stopped the show, and over the rest of the morning we had a steady stream of birds. Working the open areas interspersed with patches of forest was easy and fun, and we saw great stuff, much of which we didn’t see elsewhere on the tour: Dusky-legged Guan, Aplomado Falcon, Blue-winged Macaw, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Planalto Hermit, Sapphire-spangled Emerald, White-eared Puffbird, Green-barred Woodpecker, Rufous-capped Spinetail, Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Scaled Woodcreeper, Ferruginous Antbird, Eared Pygmy-Tyrant, Crested Black-Tyrant, White-rumped Monjita, Streamer-tailed Tyrant, Moustached and Long-billed Wrens (which strangely seemed to have paired up), Cinnamon Tanager, Pileated Finch, Chopi Blackbird, and Purple-throated Euphonia.

Moustached Wren (left) and Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (right)


In the afternoon we arrived at Serra dos Tucanos, where we would be based for the rest of the tour. This comfy and well-run lodge has really birdy grounds and makes a good base to visit the higher elevations. Feeders in the garden brought in Plain and Maroon-bellied Parakeets, an endless stream of tanagers and euphonias, and once even a Gray-necked Wood-Rail, while hummers included the endemic Saw-billed Hermit and Sombre Hummingbird. A jaunt on the trails one afternoon finally got us the pesky Rufous-capped Motmot after having utterly failed on previous attempts as well as a Black-throated Trogon and the rare Blue-bellied Parrot. The Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper that lives under the bridge called us over one evening and we had great looks.

Sombre Hummer was the dominate species at the Serra dos Tucanos hummer feeders, while Chestnut-bellied

Euphonia was one of the many colorful birds coming into bananas.

The next day we birded the forest around Macae de Cima, enjoying a number of colorful birds like White-browed Woodpecker, Bertoni’s and Ochre-rumped Antbirds, Hooded Berryeater, another Bare-throated Bellbird, Black-and-gold Cotinga, Rufous-crowned Greenlet, Brassy-breasted Tanager, and Green-winged Saltator. Mixed species flocks kept us busy sorting through Pallid Spinetail, White-collared Foliage-gleaner, Pale-browed Treehunter, Gray-capped Tyrannulet (photo left), and others. We

had lunch in David Miller’s orchid reserve, enjoying his coffee and the hummers coming to his feeders, including Scale-throated Hermit and White-throated Hummingbird. The highest elevations can be accessed by a steep cobbled road that goes most of the way up to Pico da Caledonia. This site has become popular with birders lately after a small population of Gray-winged Cotinga was discovered here some years ago. It’s got a miniscule range, and it used to be you could only get this bird by hiking for six hours up a steep trail. Now you can drive right to it – or almost! Near the top, a landslide had taken most of the road away, and we weren’t about to drive around it with the sheer cliff on the other side. It was safe enough to walk around, and we did see the cotinga along with other high altitude specialties like Plovercrest, Itatiaia Spinetail, Large-tailed Antshrike, Rufous-tailed Antbird, Diademed Tanager, Thick-billed Saltator, and Bay-chested Warbling-Finch.


One of the benefits of Brazilian flight schedules is that you can cram a lot of birding into an eight day tour. On our last day, no one had to be at the airport until late afternoon, giving us a whole morning to enjoy. We walked an overgrown trail that follows an old railway, about 20 minutes from the lodge. It’s not the sort of trail you see lots of birds on, but it was great for skulkers, including Rufous-backed Antvireo, both Such’s and Rufous-trailed Anthrushes, Black-billed Scythebill, and Greenish Schiffornis, but the undoubted highlight was a Slaty Bristlefront that just about walked over our feet. It was a nice bird to go out on. We had lunch back at the lodge, then had a chance to shower and pack up before driving back to the airport, enjoying the sites of Rio from the 12 km long Niteroi Bridge. We bid goodbye to some of the group, while a few of us flew to Cuiabá to start the Pantanal and Amazon tour.

Ochre-rumped Antbird

Rufous-crowned Greenlet


BIRD LIST This list includes all the bird species that were recorded by at least one of the group, including the leader. Taxonomy and nomenclature follow: Clements, James F. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. Sixth Edition, 2007, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, including all updates through December 2009.

Totals: 302 bird species seen 19 heard only

Abbreviations: H=Heard only (I)=Introduced species (E)=Species endemic to Brazil (VU)=Considered vulnerable by BirdLife International (EN)=Considered endangered by BirdLife International (CR)=Considered critically endangered by BirdLife International

TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE H Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus

DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL ANATIDAE White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata

Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata

Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis

White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus

GUANS AND ALLIES CRACIDAE Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris

Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura

Red-billed Curassow (reintroduced) (E-EN) Crax blumenbachii

GREBES PODICIPEDIDAE Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus

ALBATROSSES SPHENISCIDAE Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

BOOBIES AND GANNETS SULIDAE Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

CORMORANTS AND SHAGS PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus

FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS ARDEIDAE Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum

Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

Great Egret Ardea alba

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron Butorides striata

Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix

Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax


IBISES AND SPOONBILLS THRESKIORNITHIDAE Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja

NEW WORLD VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus

OSPREY PANDIONIDAE Osprey Pandion haliaetus

HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES ACCIPITRIDAE Snail Kite Rosthamus sociabilis

Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens

Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionotus

Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

White-rumped Hawk Buteo leucorrhous

White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus

Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus

FALCONS AND CARACARAS FALCONIDAE Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis

Southern Caracara Caracara plancus

Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima

Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS RALLIDAE H Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius

Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea

H Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura

H Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis

Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus

LIMPKIN ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS CHARADRIIDAE Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

STILTS AND AVOCETS RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus

JACANAS JACANIDAE Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES SCOLOPACIDAE Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

GULLS AND TERNS LARIDAE Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris

South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea

Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus

Sandwich (Cayenne) Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnathus

PIGEONS AND DOVES COLUMBIDAE Rock Pigeon (I) Columba livia

Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro


Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea plumbea

Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti

White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi

H Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla

H Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

PARROTS PSITTACIDAE Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

Monk Parakeet (I) Myiopsitta monachus

White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalma

Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana

Plain Parakeet (E) Brotogeris tirica

Golden-tailed Parrotlet (E) Touit surdus

H Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata

Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani

Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica

Blue-bellied Parrot (E) Triclaria malachitacea

CUCKOOS CUCULIDAE Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana

Guira Cuckoo Guira guira

H Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

BARN-OWLS TYTONIDAE Barn Owl Tyto alba

OWLS STRIGIDAE Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba

H Least Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium minutissimum

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum

Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia

Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator

NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES CAPRIMULGIDAE Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis

Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata

POTOOS NYCTIBIIDAE Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus

SWIFTS APODIDAE White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis

HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE Saw-billed Hermit (E) Ramphodon naevius

Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus

Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber

Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei

Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura

Sombre Hummingbird (E) Aphantochroa cirrochloris

Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus

Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi lalandi

Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris

Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis

White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis


Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata

Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea

Brazilian Ruby (E) Clytolaema rubricauda

TROGONS TROGONIDAE Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura aurantius

Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus

MOTMOTS MOMOTIDAE Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus

KINGFISHERS ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

PUFFBIRDS BUCCONIDAE White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru

Crescent-chested Puffbird (E) Malacoptila striata

JACAMARS GALBULIDAE Three-toed Jacamar (E-VU) Jacamaralcyon tridactyla

Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda

TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE H Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni

Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris

Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco

Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus ariel

WOODPECKERS PICIDAE White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus

White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus

Yellow-eared Woodpecker (E) Veniliornis maculifrons

H Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula erythropis

White-browed (Yellow-browed) Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus

Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros

Campo Flicker Colaptes c. campestris

Blond-crested Woodpecker Celeus flavescens

OVENBIRDS FURNARIIDAE: FURNARIINAE Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor

Wing-banded (Tail-banded) Hornero (E) Furnarius figulus

Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus

Itatiaia Spinetail (Thistletail) (E) Oreophylax moreirae

Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla

H Gray-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens

Spix's (Chicli) Spinetail Synallaxis spixi

Pallid Spinetail (E) Cranioleuca pallida

Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus

Rufous-fronted (Common) Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

Orange-eyed (Red-eyed) Thornbird (E) Phacellodomus (e.) erythrophthalmus

Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata

Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus

Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufum

White-collared Foliage-gleaner (E) Anabazenops fuscus

Pale-browed Treehunter (E) Cichlocolaptes leucophrus

H White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura

Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus


Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans

WOODCREEPERS FURNARIIDAE: DENDROCOLAPTINAE Plain-brown (Thrush-like) Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa turdina

Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus sylviellus

White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis

Planalto Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes platyrostris

Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus

Scaled Woodcreeper (E) Lepidocolaptes squamatus

Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius

TYPICAL ANTBIRDS THAMNOPHILIDAE Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus

Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii

Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus

Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus

Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike (E) Thamnophilus ambiguus

Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens

Spot-breasted Antvireo (E) Dysithamnus stictothorax

Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis

Rufous-backed Antvireo (E) Dysithamnus xanthopterus

Star-throated Antwren (E) Myrmotherula gularis

White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris luctuosa

Salvadori's Antwren (E) Myrmotherula minor

Unicolored Antwren (E) Myrmotherula unicolor

Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus

Restinga Antwren (E-CR) Formicivora littoralis

Ferruginous Antbird (E) Drymophila ferruginea

Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis

Rufous-tailed Antbird (E) Drymophila genei

Ochre-rumped Antbird (E) Drymophila ochropyga

H Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura

Scaled Antbird (E) Drymophila squamata

Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata

White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera

ANTTHRUSHES FORMICARIIDAE Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma

H Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona

Such's (Cryptic) Antthrush (E) Chamaeza meruloides

Rufous-tailed (Brazilian) Antthrush Chamaeza ruficauda

GNATEATERS CONOPOPHAGIDAE Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata

Black-cheeked Gnateater (E) Conopophaga melanops

TAPACULOS RHINOCRYPTIDAE Slaty Bristlefront (E) Merulaxis ater

H Mouse-colored Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS TYRANNIDAE Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum

Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola

Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata viridicata

Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster

Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura

White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus


Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis

Serra do Mar Tyrannulet (E) Phylloscartes difficilis

Rough-legged Tyrannulet Phyllomyias burmeisteri

Planalto Tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatus

Gray-capped Tyrannulet (E) Phyllomyias griseocapilla

Southern Antpipit Corythopis delalandi

Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis

Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant Hemitriccus diops

Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant (E) Hemitriccus orbitatus

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant (E) Hemitriccus nidipendulus

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps

Gray-headed (Yellow-lored) Tody-Flycatcher (E) Todirostrum poliocephalum

Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias s. sulphurescens

H Yellow-breasted (Ochre-lored) Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris flaviventris

White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus

Russet-winged Spadebill (VU) Platyrinchus leucoryphus

Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea

Whiskered (Yellow-rumped) Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus mastacalis

Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus

H Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri

Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris

Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes

Velvety Black-Tyrant (E) Knipolegus nigerrimus

Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys

White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus

Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa

Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant Muscipipra vetula

Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta

White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala

Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus

Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa

Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalum

Gray-hooded Attila (E) Attila rufus

Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox

Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus

Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua

Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

SHARPBILL OXYRUNCIDAE Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus

COTINGAS COTINGIDAE Hooded Berryeater (E) Carpornis cucullata

Bare-throated Bellbird (VU) Procnias nudicollis

Black-and-gold Cotinga (E) Tijuca atra

Gray-winged Cotinga (E-VU) Tijuca condita

MANAKINS PIPRIDAE Pin-tailed Manakin (E) Ilicura militaris

White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus

Swallow-tailed (Blue) Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata


TITYRAS AND ALLIES TITYRIDAE Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens

Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus

White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus

Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus

Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus

VIREOS VIREONIDAE Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis

Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus t. thoracicus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES CORVIDAE Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus

SWALLOWS HIRUNDINIDAE Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata

White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis

Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera

White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

WRENS TROGLODYTIDAE Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis

Long-billed Wren (E) Thryothorus longirostris

House Wren Troglodytes aedon

DONACOBIUS DONACOBIIDAE Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla

THRUSHES AND ALLIES TURDIDAE Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes

Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas

Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris

Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS MIMIDAE Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus

NEW WORLD WARBLERS PARULIDAE Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi

Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus

White-browed (White-rimmed) Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus

BANANAQUIT COEREBIDAE Bananaquit Coereba flaveola

TANAGERS AND ALLIES THRAUPIDAE Cinnamon Tanager (E) Schistochlamys ruficapillus

Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata

Olive-green Tanager (E) Orthogonys chloricterus

Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops

Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum

Rufous-headed Tanager (E) Hemithraupis ruficapilla

Yellow-backed Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis

Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus

Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus


Brazilian Tanager (E) Ramphocelus bresilius

Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca

Azure-shouldered Tanager (E) Thraupis cyanoptera

Golden-chevroned Tanager (E) Thraupis ornata

Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum

Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus

Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota

Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana brasiliensis

Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon

Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala

Brassy-breasted Tanager (E) Tangara desmaresti

Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana

Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana

Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza

Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis

Thick-billed Saltator Saltator maxillosus

Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus

H Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, AND ALLIES EMBERIZIDAE Bay-chested Warbling-Finch (E) Poospiza thoracica

Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina

Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens

Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola

Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola

(Gray) Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus

Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

CARDINALS AND ALLIES CARDINALIDAE Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica

Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis

TROUPIALS AND ALLIES ICTERIDAE Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi

Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus

Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus

Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous

Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus

SISKINS, CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES FRINGILLIDAE Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea

Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis

Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea

Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanica

OLD WORLD SPARROWS PASSERIDAE House Sparrow (I) Passer domesticus


MAMMALS Maned Sloth Bradypus torquatus

Greater Bulldog Bat Noctilio leporinus

Pallas's (Common) Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina

Common Marmoset (Tufted-ear Marmoset) Callithrix jacchus

Brazilian Squirrel (Guianan Squirrel) Sciurus aestuans

Capybara Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris

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