Central Amazonia Bird List

Among the almost 400 species of birds collectively seen along our Central Amazon route on past trips are the following. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly rare. A short list of Mammals is also included.

  • Undulated Tinamou - heard

  • Variegated Tinamou - heard

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

  • Muscovy Duck

  • Brazilian Teal

  • Variable Chachalaca

  • Marail Guan

  • Spix’s Guan

  • Black Curassow

  • Ruddy Ground Dove 

  • Common Ground Dove 

  • Scaled Pigeon

  • Pale-vented Pigeon

  • Plumbeous Pigeon

  • Ruddy Pigeon

  • White-tipped Dove

  • Gray-fronted Dove

  • Greater Ani

  • Smooth-billed Ani

  • Dark-billed Cuckoo

  • Little Cuckoo

  • Squirrel Cuckoo

  • Black-bellied Cuckoo

  • Great Potoo

  • White-winged Potoo

  • Short-tailed Nighthawk

  • Least Nighthawk

  • Sand-colored Nighthawk

  • Band-tailed Nighthawk

  • Nacunda Nighthawk

  • Common Pauraque

  • Blackish Night

  • Rufous Nightjar - heard

  • Ladder-tailed Nightjar

  • Band-rumped Swift

  • Chapman’s Swift

  • Short-tailed Swift

  • Fork-tailed Palm-Swift

  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 

  • Crimson Topaz

  • White-necked Jacobin

  • Reddish Hermit

  • Long-tailed Hermit

  • Scale-throated Hermit

  • Black-eared Fairy

  • Black-throated Mango

  • Blue-tailed Emerald

  • Gray-breasted Sabrewing

  • Olive-spotted Hummingbird

  • Fork-tailed Woodnymph

  • Versicolored Emerald 

  • Glittering-throated Emerald 

  • Blue-chinned Sapphire 

  • Rufous-throated Sapphire 

  • Limpkin 

  • Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

  • Gray-breasted Crake

  • Purple Gallinule

  • Azure Gallinule

  • Sungrebe

  • Pied Lapwing

  • Southern Lapwing

  • Collared Plover

  • Solitary Sandpiper

  • Spotted Sandpiper

  • Pectoral Sandpiper

  • Lesser Yellowlegs

  • Wattled Jacana

  • Yellow-billed Tern

  • Large-billed Tern

  • Black Skimmer 

  • Neotropic Cormorant 

  • Anhinga 

  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron 

  • Agami Heron 

  • Striated Heron 

  • Western Cattle Egret 

  • Cocoi Heron 

  • Great Egret 

  • Capped Heron 

  • Snowy Egret 

  • Green Ibis

  • Turkey Vulture

  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

  • Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

  • King Vulture

  • Osprey

  • Gray-headed Kite

  • Hook-billed Kite

  • Swallow-tailed Kite

  • Snail Kite

  • Double-toothed Kite

  • Plumbeous Kite

  • Bicolored Hawk

  • Black-faced Hawk 

  • Slate-colored Hawk 

  • Roadside Hawk 

  • White Hawk

  • Gray-lined Hawk

  • Savanna Hawk

  • Black-collared Hawk

  • Short-tailed Hawk

  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle

  • Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

  • Spectacled Owl

  • Amazonian Pygmy-Owl

  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

  • Green-backed (White-tailed) Trogon

  • Amazonian Trogon

  • Guianan Trogon

  • Black-tailed Trogon

  • Amazonian Motmot

  • Ringed Kingfisher

  • Amazon Kingfisher

  • Green Kingfisher

  • Yellow-billed Jacamar

  • Bronzy Jacamar

  • Paradise Jacamar

  • Green-tailed Jacamar

  • Great Jacamar

  • White-necked Puffbird

  • Pied Puffbird

  • Guianan Puffbird

  • Spotted Puffbird

  • Rusty-breasted Nunlet

  • Black-fronted Nunbird

  • Black Nunbird

  • White-fronted Nunbird

  • Swallow-winged Puffbird

  • Black-spotted Barbet

  • Scarlet-crowned Barbet

  • Gilded Barbet

  • White-throated Toucan

  • Channel-billed Toucan

  • Guianan Toucanet

  • Green Aracari

  • Black-necked Aracari

  • Chestnut-eared Aracari

  • Lafresnaye’s Piculet

  • Golden-spangled Piculet

  • Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

  • Little Woodpecker

  • Golden-collared Woodpecker

  • Yellow-throated Woodpecker

  • Golden-green Woodpecker

  • Spot-breasted Woodpecker

  • Chestnut Woodpecker

  • Waved Woodpecker

  • Cream-colored Woodpecker

  • Ringed Woodpecker

  • Lineated Woodpecker

  • Red-necked Woodpecker

  • Crimson-crested Woodpecker

  • Black Caracara

  • Red-throated Caracara

  • Crested Caracara

  • Yellow-headed Caracara

  • Bat Falcon

  • Orange-breasted Falcon

  • Peregrine Falcon

  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw

  • Scarlet Macaw

  • Red-and-green Macaw

  • Red-bellied Macaw

  • White-eyed Parakeet

  • Painted Parakeet

  • Riparian Parrotlet

  • Green-rumped Parrotlet

  • Canary-winged Parakeet

  • Tui Parakeet

  • Golden-winged Parakeet

  • Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet

  • Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet

  • Black-headed Parrot

  • Orange-cheeked Parrot

  • Caica Parrot

  • Blue-headed Parrot

  • Dusky Parrot

  • Festive Parrot

  • Yellow-crowned Parrot

  • Orange-winged Parrot

  • Mealy Parrot

  • Red-fan Parrot

  • Short-tailed Parrot

  • Fasciated Antshrike

  • Black-throated Antshrike

  • Black-crested Antshrike

  • Barred Antshrike

  • Castelnau’s Antshrike

  • Mouse-colored Antshrike

  • White-shouldered Antshrike

  • Amazonian Antshrike

  • Northern (Guianan) Slaty-Antshrike

  • Cinereous Antshrike

  • Dusky-throated Antshrike

  • Blackish-gray Antshrike

  • Pygmy Antwren

  • Klages’s Antwren

  • Leaden Antwren

  • Cherrie’s Antwren

  • Rufous-bellied Antwren

  • White-flanked Antwren

  • Long-winged Antwren

  • Gray Antwren

  • Ash-winged Antwren

  • Spot-backed Antwren

  • Southern White-fringed Antwren

  • Guianan Warbling Antbird

  • Yellow-browed Antbird

  • Dusky Antbird

  • Gray Antbird

  • Ash-breasted Antbird

  • Black-faced Antbird

  • Black-chinned Antbird

  • Black-and-White Antbird

  • Black-headed Antbird

  • Black-throated Antbird

  • Ferruginous-backed Antbird

  • White-plumed Antbird

  • White-cheeked Antbird

  • Spot-backed Antbird

  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper

  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper

  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

  • Long-billed Woodcreeper

  • Red-billed Woodcreeper

  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper

  • Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper

  • Black-banded Woodcreeper

  • Straight-billed Woodcreeper

  • Striped Woodcreeper

  • Zimmer’s Woodcreeper

  • Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper

  • Buff-throated Woodcreeper

  • Guianan (Lineated) Woodcreeper

  • Curve-billed Scythebill

  • Pale-legged Hornero

  • Lesser Hornero

  • Dark-breasted Spinetail

  • Pale-breasted Spinetail

  • White-bellied Spinetail

  • Rusty-backed Spinetail

  • Speckled Spinetail

  • Parker’s Spinetail

  • Yellow-chinned Spinetail

  • Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner

  • Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner

  • Rufous-tailed Xenops

  • Plain Xenops

  • Olive-green Tyrannulet

  • Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

  • Forest Elaenia

  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia

  • Large Elaenia

  • White-crested Elaenia

  • Small-billed Elaenia

  • Rufous-crowned Elaenia

  • Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

  • River Tyrannulet

  • Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

  • Ringed Antpipit

  • Guianan Tyrannulet

  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

  • MacConnell’s Flycatcher

  • Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher

  • Amazonian Tyrannulet

  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

  • Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant

  • Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant

  • White-eyed Tody-Tyrant

  • Pelzeln’s Tody-Tyrant

  • Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant

  • Spotted Tody-Flycatcher

  • Painted Tody-Flycatcher

  • Olivaceous Flatbill

  • Yellow-olive Flatbill

  • Yellow-margined Flatbill

  • Gray-crowned Flatbill

  • Ochre-lored Flatbill

  • White-crested Spadebill

  • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

  • Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

  • Cinnamon Manakin-Tyrant

  • Euler's Flycatcher

  • Amazonian Black-Tyrant

  • Riverside Tyrant

  • White-headed Marsh-Tyrant

  • Piratic Flycatcher

  • Rusty-margined Flycatcher

  • Social Flycatcher

  • Great Kiskadee

  • Lesser Kiskadee

  • Yellow-throated Flycatcher

  • Three-striped Flycatcher

  • Streaked Flycatcher

  • Boat-billed Flycatcher

  • Sulphury Flycatcher

  • Variegated Flycatcher

  • White-throated Kingbird

  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher

  • Grayish Mourner

  • Todd’s Sirystes

  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher

  • Short-crested Flycatcher

  • Rufous-tailed Flatbill

  • Cinnamon Attila

  • Dull-capped (White-eyed) Attila

  • Bright-rumped Attila

  • Guianan Red-Cotinga

  • Guianan Cock-of-the-rock

  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow

  • Capuchinbird

  • Spangled Cotinga

  • Screaming Piha

  • Pompadour Cotinga

  • Bare-necked Fruitcrow

  • Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

  • Tiny Tyrant-Manakin

  • Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin

  • Blue-backed Manakin

  • White-throated Manakin

  • Black Manakin

  • Blue-capped Manakin

  • White-fronted Manakin

  • White-crowned Manakin

  • Wire-tailed Manakin

  • Golden-headed Manakin

  • Yellow-crowned Manakin

  • Black-tailed Tityra

  • Masked Tityra

  • Varzea Schiffornis

  • Olivaceous Schiffornis

  • Chestnut-crowned Becard

  • Glossy-backed Becard

  • White-winged Becard

  • Black-capped Becard

  • Pink-throated Becard

  • Cinereous Becard

  • Wing-barred Piprites

  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike

  • Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

  • Chivi Vireo

  • Lemon-chested Greenlet

  • Brown-headed Greenlet

  • Buff-cheeked Greenlet

  • White-winged Swallow

  • Brown-chested Martin

  • Gray-breasted Martin

  • Purple Martin

  • White-thighed Swallow

  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow

  • Bank Swallow

  • Barn Swallow

  • Wing-banded Wren

  • House Wren

  • Thrush-like Wren

  • Coraya Wren

  • Moustached Wren

  • Buff-breasted Wren

  • Long-billed Gnatwren

  • Tropical Gnatcatcher

  • Pale-breasted Thrush

  • Black-billed Thrush

  • Cocoa Thrush

  • White-necked Thrush

  • Common Waxbill

  • Violaceous Euphonia

  • Golden-bellied Euphonia

  • White-vented Euphonia

  • Plumbeous Euphonia

  • Rufous-bellied Euphonia

  • Yellow-browed Sparrow

  • Pectoral Sparrow

  • Crested Oropendola

  • Green Oropendula

  • Yellow-rumped Cacique

  • Red-rumped Cacique

  • Orange-backed Troupial

  • Epaulet (Moriche) Oriole

  • Oriole Blackbird

  • Yellow-hooded Blackbird

  • Giant Cowbird

  • Shiny Cowbird

  • Red-breasted Blackbird

  • Southern (Masked) Yellowthroat

  • Riverbank Warbler

  • Red-billed Pied Tanager

  • Amazonian Blue-black Grosbeak

  • Yellow-green Grosbeak

  • Red-capped Cardinal

  • Hooded Tanager

  • Dotted Tanager

  • Orange-headed Tanager

  • Flame-crested Tanager

  • Fulvous-crested Tanager

  • Red-shouldered Tanager

  • Silver-beaked Tanager

  • Blue-gray Tanager

  • Palm Tanager

  • Turquoise Tanager

  • Paradise Tanager

  • Spotted Tanager

  • Opal-rumped Tanager

  • Black-faced Dacnis

  • Blue Dacnis

  • Short-billed Honeycreeper

  • Purple Honeycreeper

  • Red-legged Honeycreeper

  • Green Honeycreeper

  • Yellow-backed Tanager

  • Bicolored Conebill

  • Pearly-breasted Conebill

  • Slate-colored Grosbeak

  • Buff-throated Saltator

  • Bluish-gray Saltator

  • Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch

  • Blue-black Grassquit

  • Wing-barred Seedeater

  • Lined Seedeater

  • Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

  • Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

  • Bananaquit

Mammals

  • Long-nosed Bat

  • Greater Fishing Bat

  • Lesser Fishing Bat

  • White-lined Sac-winged Bat

  • False Vampire Bat

  • Lesser Spear-nosed Bat

  • Lesser Dog-like Bat

  • Golden-handed Tamarin

  • Pied Tamarin

  • Spix's Night Monkey

  • Common Squirrel Monkey

  • Tufted Capuchin Monkey

  • Guianan Saki Monkey

  • Red-backed Saki Monkey

  • Red Howler Monkey

  • Black Spider Monkey

  • Tayra

  • Gray River Dolphin

  • Pink River Dolphin

  • Guianan Squirrel

  • Red-rumped Agouti