Trip Report: Brazil (2011-07-13 - 2011-07-26)
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in Love
Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)
Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Black-throated Saltator (Saltatricula atricollis)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
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Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus)
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Black Skimmers (Rynchops niger) in Love
Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)
Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Black-throated Saltator (Saltatricula atricollis)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Two-week trip to Brazil with stops in the Pantanal and the Atlantic Coast near Salvador.
Sites Visited
Country: Brazil
(5 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (198 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Pale Owl Butterfly (Caligo telamonius)
Phylum: Chordates
(197 records)
Class: Birds
(181 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(4 records)
- Family: Screamers
- Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Finfoots
- Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Family: Sunbitterns
- Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)
- Order: Cuckoos
(5 records)
- Family: Anis
- Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
- Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(8 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
- Picazuro Pigeon (Patagioenas picazuro)
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
- Common Ground-Dove (Columbina passerina)
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- Picui Ground-Dove (Columbina picui)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(2 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
- Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
- Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- White-tailed Hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (5 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Nacunda Nighthawk (Chordeiles nacunda)
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata)
- Family: Potoos
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)
- Order: Parrots
(8 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
- White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
- Peach-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula aurea)
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani)
- Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)
- Order: Pelicans
(24 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus)
- Plumbeous Ibis (Theristicus caerulescens)
- Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)
- Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)
- Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
- Order: Perching Birds
(81 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous)
- Unicolored Blackbird (Agelasticus cyanopus)
- Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
- Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
- Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus)
- Variable Oriole (Icterus pyrrhopterus)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-throated Saltator (Saltatricula atricollis)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Yellow-backed Tanager (Hemithraupis flavicollis)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)
- Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi)
- Family: Donacobius
- Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
- Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina)
- Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus)
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris)
- Family: Swallows
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-cowled Cardinal (Paroaria dominicana)
- Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
- Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
- Flame-crested Tanager (Loriotus cristatus)
- White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea)
- Green-headed Tanager (Tangara seledon)
- Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Rusty-collared Seedeater (Sporophila collaris)
- Marsh Seedeater (Sporophila palustris)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Bluish-gray Saltator (Saltator coerulescens)
- White-bellied Tanager (Tangara brasiliensis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
- Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
- Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Planalto Slaty-Antshrike (Thamnophilus pelzelni)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
- Ochre-lored Flatbill (Tolmomyias flaviventris)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Black-backed Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola albiventer)
- Masked Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta)
- Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa)
- Rufous-tailed Attila (Attila phoenicurus)
- Swainson's Flycatcher (Myiarchus swainsoni)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Family: Vireos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus)
- Moustached Wren (Pheugopedius genibarbis)
- Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)
- Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
- Family: Plovers
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris)
- Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus)
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Rheas
- Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)
- Order: Tinamiformes (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Chaco Chachalaca (Ortalis canicollis)
- Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Vultures (3 records)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(5 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- White-wedged Piculet (Picumnus albosquamatus)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)
Class: Mammals
(12 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(4 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
- Family: Felidae
- Jaguar (Panthera onca)
- Family: Mustelids
- Giant Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
- Family: Procyonidae
- South American Coati (Nasua nasua)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(2 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Aurochs (Bos taurus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Horse (Equus caballus)
- Order: Primates (4 records)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
- Weid's Black-tufted-ear Marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Cavies
- Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
Class: Reptiles
(4 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Argentine Black-and-white Tegu (Salvator merianae)
- Green Jungle Runner (Pholidoscelis ameiva)