Brazil


		BRAZIL Brazil is a vast country and home to almost 1700 species of birds. Almost 200 species are endemic, the main foci of endemism occurring in the Atlantic rainforests of eastern Brazil. These pages contain some photographs of birds from a recent visit to this fascinating country. For a spectacular collection of Brazilian bird photographs, visit www.arthurgrosset.com SULIDAE - Gannets and boobies Brown Boobies Sula leucogaster leucogaster, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 PHALACROCORACIDAE - Cormorants Neotropic Cormorants Phalacrocorax brasilianus brasilianus, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 FREGATIDAE - Frigatebirds Magnificent Frigatebirds Fregatta magnificens, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 ARDEIDAE - Herons, egrets and bitterns Great Egret Ardea alba egretta, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 Snowy Egrets Egretta thula thula, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2007 Striated Heron Butorides striata striata, adult, Piratininga, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-10-2007 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli, immature, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 THRESKIORNITHIDAE - Ibis and spoonbills Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, Piratininga, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-10-2007 ANATIDAE - Ducks, geese and swans *Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-01-2007* CATHARTIDAE - New World vultures Black Vultures Coragyps atratus brasiliensis, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 2007 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus urubitinga, Itabirinha de Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 ACCIPITRIDAE - Hawks, eagles and kites Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis, Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-06-2007 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris magniplumis, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil, July-August 2007 White-rumped Hawk, Buteo leucorrhous, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08-08-2007 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus albicaudatus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 FALCONIDAE - Flacons and caracaras Southern Caracara Caracara plancus, Melquiades, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-23-2007 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima chimachima, Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-06-2007 CRACIDAE - Guans, chachalacas and currasows Dusky-legged Guans Penelope obscura bronzina, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 RALLIDAE - Rails, gallinules and coots Slaty-breasted Wood-Rails Aramides saracura, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus galeata, Lagoa Piratininga, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-10-2007 JACANIDAE - Jacanas Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana jacana, Nova Uniao, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 CHARADRIIDAE - Plovers and lapwings Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis lampronotus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-28-2007 Southern Lapwings Vanellus chilensis, Minas Gerais/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug/Sept 2003 LARIDAE - Gulls Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus, adult and first cycle, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 STERNIDAE - Terns South American Terns Sterna hirundinacea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 Cayenne Terns Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-09-2007 COLUMBIDAE - Pigeons and doves Picazuro Pigeons Columba picazuro picazuro, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July-August 2007 Ruddy Ground-Doves Columbina talpacoti talpacoti, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil, July-August 2007 Ruddy Ground Doves Columbina talpacoti talpacoti, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 08-31-2003 Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui picui, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-21-2007 PSITTACIDAE - Parrots Blue-winged Macaws Propyrrhura maracana, Itabirinha de Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 Maroon-bellied Parakeets Pyrrhura frontalis frontalis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris vividus, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-13-2007 Plain Parakeet Brotogeris tirica, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-13-2007 CUCULIDAE - Cuckoos Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana macroura, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 Smooth-billed Anis Crotophaga ani, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July-August 2007 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 STRIGIDAE - Owls Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum brasilianum, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 TROCHILIDAE - Hummingbirds Scale-throated Hermits Phaethornis eurynome eurynome, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei, Melquiades, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-20-2007 Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus macrourus, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-20-2007 Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus cyanoviridis, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-16-2007 Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Violet-capped Woodnymphs Thalurania glaucopis, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 White-throated Hummingbirds Leucochloris albicollis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Versicolored Emeralds Agyrtria versicolor versicolor, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Sapphire-spangled Emerald Polyerata lactea lactea, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Brazilian Ruby Clytolaema rubricauda, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Brazilian Ruby Clytolaema rubricauda, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Hyacinth Visorbearer Augastes scutatus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 TROGONIDAE - Trogons and quetzals Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura aurantius, male, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 ALCEDINIDAE - Kingfishers Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona, female, Itabirinha de Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 MOMOTIDAE - Motmots Rufous-capped Motmot Bryphthengus ruficapillus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 RAMPHASTIDAE - Toucans Saffron Toucanets Baillonius bailloni, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Saffron Toucanet Baillonius bailloni, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Spot-billed Toucanets Selenidera maculirostris, Serra dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil 09-12-2003 Red-breasted Toucans Ramphastos dicolorus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 PICIDAE - Woodpeckers White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus cirratus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-28-2007 Yellow-fronted Woodpeckers Melanerpes flavifrons, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros melanochloros, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris campestris, Nova Uniao, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 FURNARIIDAE - Ovenbirds and woodcreepers Tail-banded Hornero Furnarius figulus figulus, Itabirinha de Mantena, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus albogularis, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Chicli Spinetail Synallaxis spixi, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 Rufous-capped Spinetails Synallaxis ruficapilla, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Gray-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-24-2003 Red-eyed Thornbird Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus erythrophthalmus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans rutilans, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus rufus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Thrush-like Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-23-2007 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus sylviellus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 Planalto Woodcreepers Dendrocolaptes platyrostris platyrostris, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus squamatus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 THAMNOPHILIDAE - Typical antbirds Large-tailed Antshrike Makenziaena leachii, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens caerulescens, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Spot-breasted Antvireos Dysithamnus stictothorax, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis mentalis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-04-2007 Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 COTINGIDAE - Cotingas Black-and-gold Cotinga Tijuca atra, Serra dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil 09-13-2003 Hooded Berryeater Carpornis cucullatus, Serra dos Orgaos National Park, Brazil 09-13-2003 Buff-throated Purpletuft Iodopleura pipra, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-13-2007 PIPRIDAE - Manakins Blue Manakins Chiroxiphia caudata, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 TYRANNIDAE - Tyrant flycatchers Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum obsoletum, Boa Uniao, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-27-2007 Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura sordida, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Gray-hooded Flycatcher Mionectes rufiventris, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus amaurocephalus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis ventralis, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Eared Pygmy-Tyrants Myiornis auricularis, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrants Hemitriccus diops, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatchers Todirostrum poliocephalum, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Common Tody-Flycatchers Todirostrum cinereum coloreum, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-28-2007 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens sulphurescens, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Cliff Flycatchers Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea, Serra do Cipo National Park, Brazil 08-23-2003 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus cinereus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Crested Black-Tyrant Knipolegus lophotes, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 Velvety Black-Tyrants Knipolegus nigerrimus, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Masked Water-Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta nengeta, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus colonus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-15-2003 Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus rixosus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-22-2007 Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant Muscipipra vetula, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Sirystes Sirystes sibilator sibilator, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 Great Kiskadees Pitangus sulphuratus maximiliani, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Boat-billed Flycatchers Megarynchus pitangua pitangua, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July 2007 Social Flycatchers Myiozetetes similis pallidiventris, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July-August 2007 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus melancholicus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-25-2007 Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus castaneus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 HIRUNDINIDAE - Swallows Gray-breasted Martins Progne chalybea macrorhamphus, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil, July-August 2007 White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-22-2007 Blue-and-white Swallows Pygochelidon cyanoleuca cyanoleuca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July-August 2007 Southern Rough-winged Swallows Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2007 TROGLODYTIDAE - Wrens House Wrens Troglodytes aedon musculus, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July-August 2007 TURDIDAE - Thrushes Yellow-legged Thrush Platycichla flavipes flavipes, Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-23-2007 Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris rufiventris, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Pale-breasted Thrushes Turdus leucomelas leucomelas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July-August 2007 ESTRILDIDAE - Waxbills and allies Common Waxbills Estrilda astrild, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-16-2007 VIREONIDAE - Vireos and allies Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis caerensis, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 COEREBIDAE - Bananaquit Bananaquit Coereba flaveola, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 THRAUPIDAE - Tanagers and allies Chestnut-vented Conebills Conirostrum speciosum speciosum, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-25-2007 Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus ruficapillus, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 Magpie Tanagers Cissopis leveriana major, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Rufous-headed Tanager Hemithraupis ruficapilla ruficapilla, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-20-2007 Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Ruby-crowned Tanagers Tachyphonus coronatus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 *Black-goggled Tanagers Trichothraupis melanops, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, August 2007* Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops, leucistic, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Hepatic Tanagers Piranga flava saira, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 Brazilian Tanagers Ramphocelus bresilius dorsalis, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2007 Sayaca Tanagers Thraupis sayaca sayaca, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Golden-chevroned Tanagers Thraupis ornata, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum palmarum, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-28-2007 Diademed Tanagers Stephanophorus diadematus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota melanonota, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Chestnut-bellied Euphonias Euphonia pectoralis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Blue-naped Chlorophonias Chlorophonia cyanea cyanea, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Green-headed Tanagers Tangara seledon, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Red-necked Tanagers Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Gilt-edged Tanagers Tangara cyanoventris, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Burnished-buff Tanagers Tangara cayana chloroptera, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, August 2007 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana paraguayensis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-07-2007 EMBERIZIDAE - Buntings, seedeaters and allies Red-rumped Warbling-Finches Poospiza lateralis cabanisi, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Blue-black Grassquits Volatinia jacarina jacarina, males, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo, Brazil, July-August 2007 Dubois' Seedeaters Sporophila ardesiaca, male and female, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-02-2007 Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens caerulescens, male, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007 Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil 09-14-2003 Uniform Finches Haplospiza unicolor, males, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-04-2007 Saffron Finches Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, July 2007 Red-cowled Cardinal Paroaria dominicana, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-30-2007 Rufous-collared Sparrows Zonotrichia capensis subtorquata, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil 07-29-2007 CARDINALIDAE - Saltators, cardinals and allies Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis ochraceiventris, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-04-2007 Thick-billed Saltator Saltator maxillosus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 ICTERIDAE - Blackbirds, orioles and allies Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis bonariensis, female, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil 08-16-2007 Red-rumped Caciques Cacicus haemorrhous affinis, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2007 Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus, Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 08-08-2007 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus decumanus, Parque Natural do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil 08-03-2007