Brazil is more than 3.28 million square miles in size. It is diverse, troubled, a reservoir of the world’s species, the place where many go extinct every year. I have been to Brazil only twice but they were wonderful experiences, full of fond memories. I have spent time in the Pantanal, Chapada dos Guimarães, the Southern Amazon, and the Atlantic Rainforest. There are long-form videos from each of these areas, they are included in the area narratives, see the main links below. Links to the individual bird species videos are provided below.
Photographs from these trips can be found in the Birds of Brazil photo gallery.
There is also a long form-video of my son’s documentation of a Rufous-necked Puffbird at its nest, something that had not been previously documented. It is provided directly below.
I have developed a page for each of the four regions of the country I have visited:
- The Atlantic Rainforest
- Chapada dos Guimarães
- The Pantanal
- The Southern Amazon
- Birds of Brazil (photo gallery)
- The Brazil Photo Gallery (non-specific photos from Brazil)
Links to video of individual species:
Anhinga - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ani, Smooth-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal (additional material from Peru)
Ani, Smooth-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Antshrike, Chestnut-backed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Antshrike, Great - Recorded in the Pantanal
Aracari, Chestnut-eared - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Aracari, Red-necked - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Attila, Grey-hooded - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Bananaquit - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Barbet, Black-girdled - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Becard, Black-capped - Recorded in the Pantanal
Becard, Crested - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Becard, Green-backed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Bellbird, Bare-throated - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Blackbird, Chestnut-capped - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Blackbird, Chopi - Recorded in the Pantanal
Blackbird, Unicolored - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cacholote, Rufous - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cacique, Yellow-rumped - Recorded in the Pantanal
Caracara, Southern - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Cardinal, Red-crested - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cardinal, Yellow-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Chachalaca, Chaco - Recorded in the Pantanal
Chlorophonia, Blue-naped - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Cormorant, Neotropic - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cotinga, Spangled - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Cotinga, Swallow-tailed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Cowbird, Bay-winged - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cowbird, Shiny - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cuckoo, Guira - Recorded in the Pantanal
Cuckoo, Squirrel - Recorded in the Pantanal & The Southern Amazon - additional material from Panama
Curassow, Razor-billed - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Dacnis, Blue - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Dacnis, Blue - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Donacobius, Black-capped - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Donacobius, Black-capped - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Donacobius, Black-capped - Recorded in the Pantanal
Dove, Eared - Recorded in the Pantanal
Dove, Grey-fronted - Recorded in the Pantanal
Dove, Scaly - Recorded in the Pantanal
Egret, Snowy - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Emerald, Glittering-bellied - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Euphonia, Purple-throated - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Euphonia, Violaceous - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Falcon, Bat - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Finch, Saffron - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Finch, Saffron - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flicker, Campos - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flycatcher, Boat-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flycatcher, Cliff - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Flycatcher, Dusky-chested - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Flycatcher, Fork-tailed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flycatcher, Fuscous - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Flycatcher, Piratic - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Flycatcher, Piratic - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Flycatcher, Rusty-margined - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Flycatcher, Rusty-margined - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flycatcher, Short-crested - Recorded in the Pantanal
Flycatcher, Social - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Flycatcher, Streaked - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Flycatcher, Vermillion - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Fruitcrow, Bare-necked - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Goldenthroat, White-tailed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Grassquit, Blue-black - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Gray-Tyrant, Shear-tailed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Ground-Dove, Long-tailed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ground-Dove, Picui - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ground-Dove, Ruddy - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Guan, Spix’s - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Hawk, Black-collared - Recorded in the Pantanal
Hawk, Great Black - Recorded in the Pantanal
Hawk, Roadside - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Hawk, Savannah - Recorded in the Pantanal
Hawk-Eagle, Black - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hermit, Reddish - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hermit, Rufous-breasted - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hermit, Saw-billed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Heron, Boat-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Heron, Capped - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Heron, Cocoi - Recorded in the Pantanal
Heron, Striated - Recorded in the Pantanal
Hornero, Rufous - Recorded in the Pantanal
Hornero, Wing-banded - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hummingbird, Sombre - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hummingbird, Swallow-tailed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Hummingbird, White-throated - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Ibis, Bare-faced - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ibis, Buff-necked - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ibis, Green - Recorded in the Pantanal
Ibis, Plumbeous - Recorded in the Pantanal
Jabiru - Recorded in the Pantanal
Jacamar, Paradise - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Jacamar, Three-toed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Jacana, Wattled - Recorded in the Pantanal
Jacobin, Black - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Jay, Curl-crested - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Jay, Purplish - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kingbird, Tropical - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Kingfisher, Amazon - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kingfisher, American Pygmy - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kingfisher, Green - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kingfisher, Ringed - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Kiskadee, Great - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Kiskadee, Lesser - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Kiskadee, Lesser - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kite, Grey-headed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Kite, Snail - Recorded in the Pantanal
Lapwing, Southern - Recorded in the Pantanal
Limpkin - Recorded in the Pantanal
Macaw, Blue-and-yellow - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Macaw, Blue-winged - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Macaw, Chestnut-fronted - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Macaw, Hyacinth - Recorded in the Pantanal
Manakin, Blue - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Manakin, Helmeted - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Manakin, White-bearded - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Mango, Black-throated - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Marsh-Tyrant, White-headed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Martin, Brown-chested - Recorded in the Pantanal
Mockingbird, Chalk-browed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Monjita, Grey - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Nightjar, Blackish - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Nunbird, Black-fronted - Recorded in the Pantanal
Oropendola, Crested - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Oropendola, Crested - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest, the Pantanal, and in Peru.
Owl, Burrowing - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Parakeet, Black-hooded - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parakeet, Blue-crowned - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parakeet, Canary-winged - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parakeet, Crimson-bellied - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Parakeet, Golden-winged - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Parakeet, Maroon-bellied - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Parakeet, Monk - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parakeet, Painted - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Parakeet, Peach-fronted - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parakeet, Plain - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Parakeet, White-eyed - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Parrot, Blue-headed - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Parrot, Scaly-headed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Parrot, Turquoise-fronted - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Parrot, White-bellied - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Parrotlet, Blue-winged - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Parrotlet, Blue-winged - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Piculet, White-barred - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Pigeon, Picazuro - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Piping-Guan, Red-throated - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Piping-Guan, White-headed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Plovercrest - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Potoo, Great - Recorded in the Pantanal
Puffbird, White-eared - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Rhea, Greater - Recorded in the Pantanal
Saltator, Black-throated - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Saltator, Buff-throated - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Saltator, Grayish - Recorded in the Pantanal
Saltator, Green-winged - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Screamer, Southern - Recorded in the Pantanal
Scythebill, Red-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Seedeater, Double-collared - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Seriema, Red-legged - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes (see below)
Sparrow, Rufous-collared - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Spinetail, Chicli - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Spinetail, Yellow-chinned - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Stork, Wood - Recorded in the Pantanal
Sunbittern - Recorded in the Pantanal
Swallow, Blue-and-white - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Swallow, Southern Rough-winged - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Swallow, Southern Rough-winged - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Swallow, White-banded - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Swallow, White-rumped - Recorded in the Pantanal
Swallow, White-winged - Recorded in the Pantanal
Swallow-wing - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tanager, Blue-gray - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tanager, Brassy-breasted - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Brazilian - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Burnished-buff - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Tanager, Cinnamon - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Golden-chevroned - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Green-headed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest (see below)
Tanager, Guira - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Tanager, Magpie - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tanager, Masked - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tanager, Palm - Recorded in the Pantanal and the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Red-necked - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Ruby-crowned - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Sayaca - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tanager, Sayaca - Recorded in the Pantanal
Tanager, Silver-beaked - Recorded in the Pantanal
Tanager, Swallow - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Tanager, White-rumped - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Tanager, Yellow-backed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Teal, Brazilian - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Thornbird, Common - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Thornbird, Rufous-fronted - Recorded in the Pantanal
Thrush, Pale-breasted - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Thrush, Rufous-bellied - Recorded in the Pantanal
Thrush, Rufous-bellied - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tiger-Heron, Rufescent - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Tityra, Black-tailed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Tody-Flycatcher, Yellow-lored - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Toucan, Toco - Recorded in the Pantanal
Trogon, Blue-crowned - Recorded in the Pantanal
Trogon, Collared - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tyrannulet, Southern Beardless - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tyrant, Cattle - Recorded in the Pantanal
Tyrant, Cattle - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Tyrant, Long-tailed - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Tyrant, Streamer-tailed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Umbreallabird, Amazonian - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Violetear, White-vented - Recorded in the Pantanal
Vireo, Red-eyed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Vulture, Black - Recorded in the Pantanal
Vulture, Lesser Yellow-headed - Recorded in the Pantanal
Water-Tyrant, Masked - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Woodcreeper, Narrow-billed - Recorded in the Pantanal (see below)
Woodnymph, Violet-capped - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Woodpecker, Blond-crested - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Woodpecker, Green Barred - Recorded in the Pantanal
Woodpecker, Lineated - Recorded in the Pantanal
Woodpecker, Little - Recorded in the Pantanal
Woodpecker, Pale-crested - Recorded in the Chapada dos Guimaraes
Woodpecker, White - Recorded in the Pantanal
Woodpecker, White-browed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Woodpecker, Yellow-eared - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Woodpecker, Yellow-tufted - Recorded in the Southern Amazon
Wren, Long-billed - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Wren, Moustached - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Wren, Southern House - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Wren, Thrush-like - Recorded in the Pantanal
Xenops, Streaked - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest
Yellowthroat, Masked - Recorded in the Atlantic Rainforest