Mato Grosso Bird List

Over the years, we've seen about 700 species on our route in Mato Grosso, with most trips averaging about 340-380 seen species. This list includes species seen on those trips. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some quite rare. I have not included some species that are widespread and fairly common throughout the neotropics.

  • Greater Rhea

  • Great Tinamou

  • Red-winged Tinamou

  • Undulated Tinamou

  • Cinereous Tinamou

  • Little Tinamou

  • Variegated Tinamou

  • Tataupa Tinamou

  • White-faced Whistling-duck

  • Brazilian Teal

  • Muscovy Duck

  • Coscoroba Swan

  • Chaco Chachalaca

  • Speckled Chachalaca

  • Spix's Guan

  • Rusty-margined Guan

  • Chestnut-bellied Guan

  • White (Blue)-throated Piping-Guan

  • Red-throated Piping-Guan

  • Razor-billed Curassow

  • Bare-faced Curassow

  • Least Bittern

  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron

  • Agami Heron

  • Zigzag Heron

  • Striated Heron

  • Cocoi Heron

  • Whistling Heron

  • Capped Heron

  • Bare-faced Ibis

  • Plumbeous Ibis

  • Green Ibis

  • White-faced Ibis

  • Buff-necked Ibis

  • Maguari Stork

  • Jabiru

  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

  • Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

  • King Vulture

  • Hook-billed Kite

  • Swallow-tailed Kite

  • Pearl Kite

  • Plumbeous Kite

  • Long-winged Harrier

  • Gray-bellied Hawk

  • Tiny Hawk

  • White-browed Hawk

  • White Hawk

  • Great Black Hawk

  • Savanna Hawk

  • Black-collared Hawk

  • Crested Eagle

  • Harpy Eagle

  • Black Hawk-Eagle

  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle

  • Black and White Hawk Eagle

  • Black Caracara

  • Red-throated Caracara

  • Crested Caracara

  • Yellow-headed Caracara

  • Cryptic Forest-Falcon

  • Slaty-backed Forest Falcon

  • Dark-winged Trumpeter

  • Gray-cowled (Gray-necked) Wood-rail

  • Russet-crowned Crake

  • Ash-throated Crake

  • Gray-breasted Crake

  • Paint-billed Crake

  • Azure Gallinule

  • Sungrebe

  • Sunbittern

  • Red-legged Seriema

  • Pied Lapwing

  • Southern Lapwing

  • Paraguayan (South American) Snipe

  • Scaled Dove

  • Picui Ground-Dove

  • Blue Ground-Dove

  • Long-tailed Ground-Dove

  • Scaled Pigeon

  • Picazuro Pigeon

  • Plumbeous Pigeon

  • Ruddy Pigeon

  • Eared Dove

  • Hyacinth Macaw

  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw

  • Scarlet Macaw

  • Red-and-green Macaw

  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw

  • Red-bellied Macaw

  • Yellow-collared Macaw

  • Red-shouldered Macaw

  • Blue-winged Macaw

  • Blue-crowned Parakeet

  • White-eyed Parakeet

  • Peach-fronted Parakeet

  • Nanday Parakeet

  • Santarem Parakeet

  • Crimson-bellied Parakeet

  • Dusky-billed Parrotlet

  • Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

  • Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet

  • Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

  • Golden-winged Parakeet

  • White-bellied Parrot

  • Scaly-headed Parrot

  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot

  • Yellow-crowned Parrot

  • Kawall's Parrot

  • Red-fan Parrot

  • Hoatzin

  • Black-bellied Cuckoo

  • Little Cuckoo

  • Pearly-breasted Cuckoo

  • Greater Ani

  • Guira Cuckoo

  • Striped Cuckoo

  • Pavonine Cuckoo

  • Pheasant Cuckoo

  • Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

  • Tropical Screech-Owl

  • Amazonian Pygmy-Owl

  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

  • Crested Owl

  • Great Potoo

  • Long-Tailed Potoo

  • Common Potoo

  • Short-tailed Nighthawk

  • Band-tailed Nighthawk

  • Nacunda Nighthawk

  • Blackish Nightjar

  • Ladder-tailed Nightjar

  • Scissor-tailed Nightjar

  • Little Nightjar

  • Ocellated Poorwill

  • Chapman's (Amazonian) Swift

  • Biscutate Swift

  • Gray-rumped Swift

  • Pale-rumped Swift

  • Short-tailed Swift

  • Fork-tailed Palm-Swift

  • Crimson Topaz

  • White-bearded Hermit

  • Rufous-breasted Hermit

  • Reddish Hermit

  • Buff-bellied Hermit

  • Planalto Hermit

  • Pale-tailed Barbthroat

  • Gray-breasted Sabrewing

  • Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

  • Gould's Jewelfront

  • Blue-tufted Starthroat

  • Horned Sungem

  • Ruby Topaz

  • Black-bellied Thorntail

  • Fiery-tailed Awlbill

  • Dot-eared Coquette

  • Rufous-throated Sapphire

  • White-chinned Sapphire

  • Gilded Hummingbird

  • Versicolored Emerald

  • Glittering-bellied Emerald

  • White-tailed Goldenthroat

  • Glittering-throated Emerald

  • Black-eared Fairy

  • Amethyst Woodstar

  • Green-backed (White-tailed) Trogon

  • Blue-crowned Trogon

  • Amazonian Trogon

  • Collared Trogon

  • Black-tailed Trogon

  • Amazonian Black-throated Trogon

  • Pavonine Quetzal

  • Amazon Kingfisher

  • Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

  • American Pygmy Kingfisher

  • Rufous Motmot

  • Amazonian Motmot

  • Broad-billed Motmot

  • Brown Jacamar

  • Blue-cheeked Jacamar

  • Paradise Jacamar

  • Bronzy Jacamar

  • Great Jacamar

  • Brown-banded Puffbird

  • Pied Puffbird

  • Spotted Puffbird

  • Spot-backed Puffbird

  • Eastern Striolated Puffbird

  • White-eared Puffbird

  • Collared Puffbird

  • Rufous-necked Puffbird

  • Rufous-capped Nunlet

  • Black-fronted Nunbird

  • White-fronted Nunbird

  • Swallow-winged Puffbird

  • Black-girdled Barbet

  • Toco Toucan

  • White-throated Toucan

  • Channel-billed Toucan

  • Gould's Toucanet

  • Lettered Aracari

  • Red-necked Aracari

  • Chestnut-eared Aracari

  • Curl-crested Aracari

  • Black-necked Aracari

  • Bar-breasted Piculet

  • White-wedged Piculet

  • Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

  • White Woodpecker

  • White-fronted Woodpecker

  • Little Woodpecker

  • Red-stained Woodpecker

  • Checkered Woodpecker

  • Yellow-throated Woodpecker

  • Golden-green Woodpecker

  • Green-barred Woodpecker

  • Campo Flicker

  • Waved (Scale-breasted) Woodpecker

  • Chestnut Woodpecker

  • Pale-crested Woodpecker

  • Cream-colored Woodpecker

  • Ringed Woodpecker

  • Red-necked Woodpecker

  • Crimson-crested Woodpecker

  • Pale-legged Hornero

  • Rufous Hornero

  • Chotoy Spinetail

  • Plain-crowned Spinetail

  • White-lored Spinetail

  • Pale-breasted Spinetail

  • Rusty-backed Spinetail

  • Yellow-Chinned Spinetail

  • Speckled Spinetail

  • Chestnut-throated Spinetail

  • Rufous-fronted Thornbird

  • Greater Thornbird

  • Rufous Cacholote

  • Point-tailed Palmcreeper

  • Chestnut-winged Hookbill

  • Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner

  • Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner

  • Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner

  • Para Foliage-gleaner

  • Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner

  • Short-billed Leaftosser

  • Plain Xenops

  • Streaked Xenops

  • Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

  • Slender-billed Xenops

  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper

  • White-chinned Woodcreeper

  • Planalto Woodcreeper

  • Long-billed Woodcreeper

  • Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper

  • Great Rufous Woodcreeper

  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper

  • Straight-billed Woodcreeper

  • Striped Woodcreeper

  • Dusky-capper Woodcreeper

  • Spix's Woodcreeper

  • Elegant Woodcreeper

  • Buff-throated Woodcreeper

  • Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

  • Black-banded Woodcreeper

  • Red-billed Scythebill

  • Tapajos (Curve-billed) Scythebill

  • Fasciated Antshrike

  • Glossy Antshrike

  • Plain-winged Antshrike

  • Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike

  • Planalto Slaty-Antshrike

  • Amazonian Antshrike

  • Rufous-winged Antshrike

  • Saturnine Antshrike

  • Cinereous Antshrike

  • Spot-winged Antshrike

  • White-shouldered Antshrike

  • White-eyed Stipplethroat (Antwren)

  • Ornate Stipplethroat (Antwren)

  • Plain-throated Antwren

  • White-flanked Antwren

  • Long-winged Antwren

  • Gray Antwren

  • Large-billed Antwren

  • Rufous-winged Antwren

  • Southern White-fringed Antwren

  • Rusty-backed Antwren

  • Black-bellied Antwren

  • Striated Antbird

  • Gray Antbird

  • Mato Grosso Antbird

  • Manu Antbird

  • Blackish Antbird

  • Banded Antbird

  • Rufous-faced (Spot-winged) Antbird

  • Tapajos (White-backed) Fire-eye

  • Western Fire-eye

  • White-browed Antbird

  • Black-faced Antbird

  • Yellow-browed Antbird

  • Band-tailed Antbird

  • Silvered Antbird

  • Black-throated Antbird

  • Chestnut-tailed Antbird

  • Bare-eyed Antbird

  • Xingu Scale-backed Antbird

  • Bare-eyed Antbird

  • Black-spotted Bare-eye

  • Black-faced Antthrush

  • Rufous-capped Antthrush

  • Striated Antthrush

  • Tapajos (Thrushlike) Antpitta

  • Alta Floresta (Spotted) Antpitta

  • Black-breasted (Chestnut-belted) Gnateater

  • Collared Crescent-chest

  • Forest Elaenia

  • Large Elaenia

  • Small-billed Elaenia

  • Plain-crested Elaenia

  • White-lored Tyrannulet

  • Guianan Tyrannulet

  • Plain Tyrannulet

  • Chapada Flycatcher

  • Suiriri Flycatcher

  • Ringed Antpipit

  • Southern Antpipit

  • Amazonian Tyrannulet

  • Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant

  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

  • Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant

  • White-bellied Tody-Tyrant

  • Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant

  • Zimmer`s Tody-Tyrant

  • Spotted Tody-Flycatcher

  • Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher

  • Golden-crowned Spadebill

  • White-crested Spadebill

  • Cinnamon-crested Spadebill

  • Cliff Flycatcher

  • Euler's Flycatcher

  • Crested Black-Tyrant

  • Drab Water-Tyrant

  • Gray Monjita

  • White-rumped Monjita

  • Black-backed Water-Tyrant

  • White-headed Marsh-Tyrant

  • Long-tailed Tyrant

  • Yellow-browed Tyrant

  • Cattle Tyrant

  • Rusty-margined Flycatcher

  • Dusky-chested Flycatcher

  • Lesser Kiskadee

  • Streaked Flycatcher

  • Sulphury Flycatcher

  • Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher

  • White-throated Kingbird

  • Sibilant Sirystes

  • Rufous Casiornis

  • Short-crested Flycatcher

  • Large-headed Flatbill

  • Dusky-tailed Flatbill

  • Rufous-tailed Flatbill

  • Cinnamon Attila

  • Dull-capped (White-eyed) Attila

  • Spangled Cotinga

  • Screaming Piha

  • Purple-throated Cotinga

  • Pompadour Cotinga

  • Bare-necked Fruitcrow

  • Amazonian Umbrellabird

  • Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

  • Helmeted Manakin

  • Blue-backed Manakin

  • Flame-crowned Manakin

  • Red-headed Manakin

  • White-bearded Manakin

  • Band-tailed Manakin

  • Fiery-capped Manakin

  • Pale-bellied Tyrant-manakin

  • Black-crowned Tityra

  • Black-tailed Tityra

  • White-naped Xenopsaris

  • Varzea Schiffornis

  • Brown-winged Schiffornis

  • Cinereous Mourner

  • White-browed Purpletuft

  • Green-backed Becard

  • Black-capped Becard

  • Pink-throated Becard

  • Crested Becard

  • Wing-barred Piprites

  • Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

  • Gray-chested Greenlet

  • Ashy-headed Greenlet

  • Dusky-capped Greenlet

  • Purplish Jay

  • Curl-crested Jay

  • White-winged Swallow

  • White-rumped Swallow

  • Black-collared Swallow

  • Brown-chested Martin

  • White-banded Swallow

  • Scaly-breasted Wren

  • Tooth-billed Wren

  • Thrush-like Wren

  • Moustached Wren

  • Fawn-breasted Wren

  • Buff-breasted Wren

  • Musician Wren

  • Masked Gnatcatcher

  • Black-capped Donacobius

  • Rufous-bellied Thrush

  • Creamy-bellied Thrush

  • Lawrence's Thrush

  • Hauxwell's Thrush

  • Chalk-browed Mockingbird

  • White-banded Mockingbird

  • Yellowish Pipit

  • Magpie Tanager

  • White-banded Tanager

  • Red-billed Pied Tanager

  • Guira tanager

  • Yellow-backed tanager

  • Hooded Tanager

  • White-rumped Tanager

  • Flame-crested Tanager

  • White-shouldered Tanager

  • White-winged Shrike-Tanager

  • Sayaca Tanager

  • Turquoise Tanager

  • Paradise Tanager

  • Burnished-buff Tanager

  • Masked Tanager

  • Opal-rumped Tanager

  • Green-and-gold Tanager

  • Blue-necked Tanager

  • Swallow Tanager

  • Black-faced Dacnis

  • Yellow-bellied Dacnis

  • Blue Dacnis

  • Purple Honeycreeper

  • Short-billed Honeycreeper

  • Chestnut-vented Conebill

  • Blue Finch

  • Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch

  • Saffron Finch

  • Wedge-tailed Grass-finch

  • Plumbeous Seedeater

  • Rusty-collared Seedeater

  • Lined Seedeater

  • Double-collared Seedeater

  • White-bellied Seedeater

  • Marsh Seedeater

  • Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

  • Coal-crested Finch

  • Red-crested Finch

  • Red-crested Cardinal

  • Red-capped Cardinal

  • Yellow-billed Cardinal

  • Grassland Sparrow

  • Pectoral Sparrow

  • Saffron-billed Sparrow

  • Yellow-browed Sparrow

  • Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak

  • Slate-colored Grosbeak

  • Black-backed Grosbeak

  • Amazonian Blue-black Grosbeak

  • Black-throated Saltator

  • Green-winged Saltator

  • Flavescent Warbler

  • White-bellied Warbler

  • Masked Yellowthroat

  • Rose-breasted Chat

  • Crested Oropendola

  • Olive Oropendola

  • Green Oropendula

  • Solitary Black Cacique

  • Yellow-rumped Cacique

  • Red-rumped Cacique

  • Orange-backed Troupial

  • Epaulet Oriole

  • Variable Oriole

  • Chopi Blackbird

  • Scarlet-headed Blackbird

  • Unicolored Blackbird

  • White-browed Meadowlark

  • Red-breasted Blackbird

  • Grayish Baywing

  • Purple-throated Euphonia

  • Golden-bellied Euphonia

  • Rufous-bellied Euphonia

  • White-vented Euphonia