Birds of Brazil
These pictures were taken on a Sawtelle Nature Tours trip to the Pantanal, Serra das Araras, the cerrado forest of Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park, and the coastal rain forest of Itatiaia National Park. Note: The pictures are copyrighted and should not be reproduced without permission.
Greater Rhea
Sunbittern
Herons
Rufescent tiger-heron, Striated heron, Whistling heron, Capped heron, White-necked heron
White-necked heron
Boat-billed heron
Ibis
Green ibis, Plumbeous ibis, Buff-necked ibis
Jabiru
Southern Screamer
Muscovy Duck
Lesser Yellow-Headed Vulture
Hawks, Caracaras, and Falcons
Great black-hawk (juvenile and adult), Black-collared hawk
Savannah hawk
Crane hawk, Laughing falcon (also in Honduras)
Crested caracara
Chachalacas and Guans
Chaco chachalaca, Dusky-legged guan, Chestnut-bellied guan, Blue-throated piping-guan
Bare-faced curassow (female)
Gray-Necked Wood-Rail
Sungrebe and Limpkin
Southern Lapwing
Wattled Jacana
Doves
Long-tailed ground-dove, Scaled dove
Parrots and Parakeets
Hyacinth macaw
Black-hooded parakeet, Monk parakeet, Peach-fronted parakeet, Yellow-chevroned parakeet
Guira Cuckoo
Owls
Least pygmy-owl, Ferruginous pygmy-owl (also in Honduras)
Nightjars, Nighthawks, and Potoos
Common pauraque, Little nightjar
Great potoo
Hummingbirds
Brazilian ruby (male and female), Black jacobin
White-throated hummingbird, Violet-capped wood-nymph, Glittering-throated emerald
Blue-Crowned Trogon
Kingfishers
Ringed kingfisher (male and female), Amazon kingfisher, Green kingfisher, Pygmy kingfisher
Puffbirds
White-eared puffbird, Striolated puffbird, Black-fronted nunbird
Toucans
Saffron toucanet, Toco toucan
Woodpeckers and Woodcreepers
White woodpecker, Yellow-fronted woodpecker, Golden-green woodpecker, Pale-crested woodpecker, Campo flicker
Narrow-billed woodcreeper, Olivaceous woodcreeper, White-throated woodcreeper
Ovenbirds and Allies
Chotoy spinetail
Rufous hornero on nest
Rufous-Winged Antshrike
Tyrant flycatchers
Gray monjita, White-rumped monjita, Blue-billed black-tyrant
Black-backed water-tyrant, Cliff flycatcher, Fork-tailed flycatcher
Lesser kiskadee, Cattle tyrant
Helmeted Manakin
Wrens
Black-capped donacobius, Southern house wren
Bananaquit
Tanagers
Green-headed tanager, Blue-naped chlorophonia, Chestnut-bellied euphonia
Sayaca tanager, Silver-beaked tanager, Golden-chevroned tanager, Swallow tanager
Emberizine finches
Great pampa-finch, Wedge-tailed grass-finch
Saffron finch
Rufous-collared sparrow
Caciques and Orioles
Yellow-rumped cacique, Campo oriole