Southeast Brazil Bird List
On Southeast Brazil and Iguazu Falls trips, we've cumulatively seen 400 species of birds, including the following. As always, some are common, some not so common, and some rare and/or difficult to find.
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Brazilian Teal
Masked Duck
Rusty-margined Guan
Dusky-legged Guan
Black-fronted Piping-Guan
Spot-winged Wood-Quail
Bare-faced Curassow
Least Grebe
Magnificent Frigatebird
Neotropic Cormorant
Anhinga
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Striated Heron
Cattle Egret
Cocoi Heron
Great Egret
Whistling Heron
Capped Heron
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Black Vulture
Snail Kite
Crane Hawk
Savanna Hawk
White-necked Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Mantled Hawk
Black Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail
Rufous-sided Crake
Ash-throated Crake
Blackish Rail
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Southern Lapwing
Giant Snipe
South American Snipe
Wattled Jacana
Kelp Gull
Ruddy Ground-Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
Rock Dove
Picazuro Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
Eared Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-fronted Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Squirrel Cuckoo
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Guira Cuckoo
Pavonine Cuckoo
Tropical Screech-Owl
Tawny-browed Owl
Mottled Owl
Burrowing Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Common Pauraque
Scissor-tailed Nightjar
Great Dusky Swift
Sooty Swift
White-collared Swift
Biscutate Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Sick's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Black Jacobin
Saw-billed Hermit
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Reddish Hermit
Scale-throated Hermit
Black-throated Mango
Frilled Coquette
Brazilian Ruby
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Green-crowned Plovercrest
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Violet-capped Woodnymph
Sombre Hummingbird
White-throated Hummingbird
Versicolored Emerald
Glittering-throated Emerald
White-chinned Sapphire
Surucua Trogon
Atlantic Black-throated Trogon
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Rufous-capped Motmot
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Crescent-chested Puffbird
Toco Toucan
Channel-billed Toucan
Red-breasted Toucan
Spot-billed Toucanet
Chestnut-eared Aracari
White-barred Piculet
Ochre-collared Piculet
White-wedged Piculet
White Woodpecker
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-eared Woodpecker
Yellow-throated Woodpecker
White (yellow)-browed Woodpecker
Green-barred Woodpecker
Campo Flicker
Blond-crested Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Robust Woodpecker
Red-legged Seriema
Laughing Falcon
Southern Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
White-eyed Parakeet
Maroon-bellied Parakeet
Blue-winged Parrotlet
Plain Parakeet
Brown-backed Parrotlet
Golden-tailed Parrotlet
Red-capped (Pileated) Parrot
Scaly-headed Parrot
Spot-backed Antshrike
Giant Antshrike
Large-tailed Antshrike
Great Antshrike
Rufous-capped Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike
Variable Antshrike
Spot-breasted Antvireo
Plain Antvireo
Rufous-backed Antvireo
Star-throated Antwren
White-flanked Antwren
Unicolored Antwren
Rufous-winged Antwren
Ferruginous Antbird
Bertoni's Antbird
Rufous-tailed Antbird
Ochre-rumped Antbird
Dusky-tailed Antbird
Scaled Antbird
Streak-capped Antwren
White-shouldered Fire-eye
White-bibbed Antbird
Rufous Gnateater
Black-cheeked Gnateater
Mouse-colored Tapaculo
Slaty Bristlefront
Rufous-capped Antthrush
Rufous-tailed (Brazilian) Antthrush
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
White-throated Woodcreeper
Lesser Woodcreeper
Red-billed Scythebill
Black-billed Scythebill
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Wing-banded Hornero
Rufous Hornero
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
Pale-browed Treehunter
Sharp-billed Treehunter
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
White-browed Foliage-gleaner
White-eyed Foliage-gleaner
Orange-eyed Thornbird
Pallid Spinetail
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Rufous-capped Spinetail
Spix's (Chicli) Spinetail
Rough-legged Tyrannulet
White-crested Tyrannulet
Planalto Tyrannulet
Gray-capped Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Olivaceous Elaenia
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Southern Antpipit
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Serra do Mar Tyrannulet
Gray-hooded Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Eared Pygmy-Tyrant
Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher
Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill (Flycatcher)
Ochre-lored Flatbill (Flycatcher)
White-throated Spadebill
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Whiskered Flycatcher
Cliff Flycatcher
Euler's Flycatcher
Fuscous Flycatcher
Tropical Pewee
Vermilion Flycatcher
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
Crested Black-Tyrant
Velvety Black-Tyrant
Yellow-browed Tyrant
Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant
White-rumped Monjita
Streamer-tailed Tyrant
Masked Water-Tyrant
White-headed Marsh-Tyrant
Long-tailed Tyrant
Cattle Tyrant
Social Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Streaked Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Grayish Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Short-crested Flycatcher
Gray-hooded Attila
Sharpbill
Hooded Berryeater
Black-and-gold Cotinga
Bare-throated Bellbird
Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin
Pin-tailed Manakin
White-bearded Manakin
Swallow-tailed (Blue) Manakin
Red-headed Manakin
Band-tailed Manakin
Black-tailed Tityra
Green-backed Becard
Chestnut-crowned Becard
White-winged Becard
Black-capped Becard
Crested Becard
Swallow-tailed Cotinga
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Red-eyed (Chivi) Vireo
Rufous-crowned Greenlet
Lemon-chested Greenlet
Plush-crested Jay
Curl-crested Jay
Blue-and-white Swallow
Black-collared Swallow
Tawny-headed Swallow
White-thighed Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Brown-chested Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
White-winged Swallow
White-rumped Swallow
House Wren
Moustached Wren
Long-billed Wren Wren
Yellow-legged Thrush
Pale-breasted Thrush
Rufous-bellied Thrush
Creamy-bellied Thrush
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Cinnamon Tanager
Brown Tanager
Magpie Tanager
Hooded Tanager
Black-goggled Tanager
Flame-crested Tanager
Ruby-crowned Tanager
Brazilian Tanager
Sayaca Tanager
Azure-shouldered Tanager
Golden-chevroned Tanager
Chestnut-headed Tanager
Palm Tanager
Diademed Tanager
Fawn-breasted Tanager
Chestnut-vented Conebill
Burnished-buff Tanager
Green-headed Tanager
Red-necked Tanager
Brassy-breasted Tanager
Gilt-edged Tanager
White-bellied Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Guira Tanager
Rufous-headed Tanager
Yellow-backed Tanager
Bay-chested Warbling-Finch
Saffron Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Sooty Grassquit
Uniform Finch
Temminck's Seedeater
Double-collared Seedeater
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch
Pileated Finch
Red-crested Finch
Bananaquit
Black-throated Grosbeak
Buff-throated Saltator
Green-winged Saltator
Thick-billed Saltator
Golden-billed Saltator
Grassland Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Yellow-green Grosbeak
Tropical Parula
Golden-crowned Warbler
White-browed (rimmed) Warbler
Crested Oropendola
Red-rumped Cacique
Variable Oriole
Chestnut-capped Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
White-browed Blackbird
Hooded Siskin
Purple-throated Euphonia
Violaceous Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia
Blue-naped Chlorophonia
Common Waxbill