Checklist for Rio de Janeiro, BR

eBird Field Checklist

Rio de Janeiro, BR

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721 species (+134 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Tinamous

Solitary Tinamou

Little Tinamou

Brown Tinamou

Variegated Tinamou

Small-billed Tinamou

Tataupa Tinamou

Crypturellus sp.

Spotted Nothura

tinamou sp.

Screamers

Horned Screamer

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Graylag Goose

Swan Goose

Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)

Black Swan

Black-necked Swan

Comb Duck

Orinoco Goose

goose sp.

Common Shelduck

Muscovy Duck

Brazilian Teal

Blue-winged Teal

Mallard

White-cheeked Pintail

Anas sp.

Southern Pochard

Masked Duck

duck sp.

waterfowl sp.

Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows

Rusty-margined Guan

Dusky-legged Guan

Penelope sp.

Black-fronted Piping-Guan

Red-billed Curassow

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Spot-winged Wood-Quail

Wild Turkey

Indian Peafowl

Red Junglefowl

Flamingos

Chilean Flamingo

Greater Flamingo

Andean Flamingo

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Grebe

Silvery Grebe

grebe sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Pale-vented Pigeon

Scaled Pigeon

Picazuro Pigeon

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas sp.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Ruddy Ground Dove

Scaled Dove

Picui Ground Dove

ground dove/Inca Dove

Blue Ground Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

White-tipped Dove

Gray-fronted Dove

Leptotila sp.

Eared Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Guira Cuckoo

Greater Ani

Smooth-billed Ani

Striped Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo

Dark-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Pearly-breasted Cuckoo

Coccyzus sp.

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Nacunda Nighthawk

Lesser Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Band-winged Nightjar

Common Pauraque

Little Nightjar

Spot-tailed Nightjar

Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Long-trained Nightjar

Ocellated Poorwill

Rufous Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Potoos and Oilbird

Great Potoo

Long-tailed Potoo

Common Potoo

potoo sp.

Swifts

Sooty Swift

Cypseloides sp.

White-collared Swift

Biscutate Swift

Streptoprocne sp.

Gray-rumped Swift

Sick's Swift

Chaetura sp.

Common Swift

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

Black Jacobin

Saw-billed Hermit

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Dusky-throated Hermit

Minute Hermit

Reddish Hermit

Planalto Hermit

Scale-throated Hermit

hermit sp.

White-vented Violetear

Black-eared Fairy

White-tailed Goldenthroat

Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

Black-throated Mango

Frilled Coquette

Brazilian Ruby

Stripe-breasted Starthroat

Amethyst Woodstar

Glittering-bellied Emerald

Green-crowned Plovercrest

Violet-capped Woodnymph

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird

Sombre Hummingbird

Versicolored Emerald

White-throated Hummingbird

Glittering-throated Emerald

Sapphire-spangled Emerald

Rufous-throated Sapphire

White-chinned Sapphire

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Mangrove Rail

Spotted Rail

Blackish Rail

Plumbeous Rail

Ash-throated Crake

Uniform Crake

Little Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail

wood-rail sp.

Spot-flanked Gallinule

Common Gallinule

Red-fronted Coot

Red-gartered Coot

coot sp.

Purple Gallinule

moorhen/coot/gallinule sp.

Russet-crowned Crake

Rufous-sided Crake

Gray-breasted Crake

Red-and-white Crake

Rufous-sided/Red-and-white Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

Sungrebe

Limpkin

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Pied Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Southern Lapwing

Collared Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

South American Painted-Snipe

Wattled Jacana

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Eskimo Curlew

Hudsonian Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Giant Snipe

Pantanal Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Common Greenshank

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Stilt Sandpiper

Sanderling

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris sp.

Scolopacidae sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

skua sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Kelp Gull

Larus sp.

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Least Tern

Yellow-billed Tern

Large-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

South American Tern

Common Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Penguins

Magellanic Penguin

Albatrosses

Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

small albatross sp.

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Southern Fulmar

Trindade Petrel

Fea's Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Spectacled Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Cape Verde Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Maguari Stork

Jabiru

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Neotropic Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

tiger-heron sp.

Boat-billed Heron

Pinnated Bittern

Stripe-backed Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron

Capped Heron

Whistling Heron

Little Blue Heron

Snowy Egret

Striated Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Cocoi Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White-faced Ibis

Green Ibis

Bare-faced Ibis

Plumbeous Ibis

Buff-necked Ibis

ibis sp.

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

King Vulture

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes sp.

new world vulture sp.

Osprey

Pearl Kite

White-tailed Kite

Hook-billed Kite

Gray-headed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Black Hawk-Eagle

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Tiny Hawk

Black-collared Hawk

Snail Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Rufous-thighed Kite

Plumbeous Kite

Long-winged Harrier

Gray-bellied Hawk

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Bicolored Hawk

Accipiter sp.

Crane Hawk

Rufous Crab Hawk

Savanna Hawk

White-necked Hawk

Great Black Hawk

Chaco Eagle

Roadside Hawk

Harris's Hawk

White-rumped Hawk

White-tailed Hawk

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

Mantled Hawk

White Hawk

Gray-lined Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Tropical Screech-Owl

Black-capped Screech-Owl

screech-owl sp.

Tawny-browed Owl

Great Horned Owl

Least Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Burrowing Owl

Mottled Owl

Black-banded Owl

Rusty-barred Owl

Striped Owl

Stygian Owl

Buff-fronted Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Green-backed Trogon

Surucua Trogon

Atlantic Black-throated Trogon

new world trogon sp.

Motmots

Rufous-capped Motmot

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher

Amazon Kingfisher

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

Chloroceryle sp.

kingfisher sp.

Puffbirds and Jacamars

Buff-bellied Puffbird

White-eared Puffbird

Crescent-chested Puffbird

Rusty-breasted Nunlet

Three-toed Jacamar

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Barbets and Toucans

Saffron Toucanet

Black-necked Aracari

Spot-billed Toucanet

Toco Toucan

Channel-billed Toucan

Red-breasted Toucan

large toucan sp.

Woodpeckers

White-barred Piculet

Ochre-collared Piculet

new world piculet sp.

White Woodpecker

Yellow-fronted Woodpecker

White-spotted Woodpecker

Yellow-eared Woodpecker

Dryobates sp.

Robust Woodpecker

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Lineated Woodpecker

Blond-crested Woodpecker

Yellow-throated Woodpecker

White-browed Woodpecker

Green-barred Woodpecker

Campo Flicker

woodpecker sp.

Seriemas

Red-legged Seriema

Falcons and Caracaras

Laughing Falcon

Collared Forest-Falcon

Barred Forest-Falcon

Crested Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara

American Kestrel

Aplomado Falcon

Bat Falcon

Orange-breasted Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Budgerigar

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Brown-backed Parrotlet

Golden-tailed Parrotlet

Monk Parakeet

Plain Parakeet

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet

Brotogeris sp.

Pileated Parrot

Blue-bellied Parrot

Scaly-headed Parrot

Vinaceous-breasted Parrot

Red-browed Parrot

Turquoise-fronted Parrot

Mealy Parrot

Orange-winged Parrot

Amazona sp.

Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus sp.

Ochre-marked Parakeet

Maroon-bellied Parakeet

Maroon-faced Parakeet

Pyrrhura sp.

Peach-fronted Parakeet

Jandaya Parakeet

Golden-capped Parakeet

Blue-winged Macaw

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Red-shouldered Macaw

Scarlet-fronted/Cordilleran Parakeet

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara sp.

large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Antbirds

Spot-backed Antshrike

Giant Antshrike

Large-tailed Antshrike

Tufted Antshrike

Great Antshrike

White-bearded Antshrike

Barred Antshrike

Rufous-capped Antshrike

Chestnut-backed Antshrike

Planalto Slaty-Antshrike

Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike

Variable Antshrike

Thamnophilus sp.

Star-throated Antwren

Spot-breasted Antvireo

Plain Antvireo

Rufous-backed Antvireo

White-flanked Antwren

Salvadori's Antwren

Unicolored Antwren

Rufous-margined Antwren

Black-hooded Antwren

Serra Antwren

Rusty-backed Antwren

antwren sp.

Ferruginous Antbird

Bertoni's Antbird

Rufous-tailed Antbird

Ochre-rumped Antbird

Dusky-tailed Antbird

Scaled Antbird

Streak-capped Antwren

Rio de Janeiro Antbird

White-shouldered Fire-eye

White-bibbed Antbird

Squamate Antbird

antbird sp.

Gnateaters and Antpittas

Black-cheeked Gnateater

Rufous Gnateater

Variegated Antpitta

Speckle-breasted Antpitta

Tapaculos

Spotted Bamboowren

Slaty Bristlefront

White-breasted Tapaculo

Rock Tapaculo

Mouse-colored Tapaculo

Scytalopus sp.

Antthrushes

Rufous-capped Antthrush

Short-tailed Antthrush

Such's Antthrush

Rufous-tailed Antthrush

Chamaeza sp.

antthrush sp.

Leaftossers and Miners

South American Leaftosser

Rufous-breasted Leaftosser

Woodcreepers

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Plain-winged Woodcreeper

Planalto Woodcreeper

White-throated Woodcreeper

Lesser Woodcreeper

Black-billed Scythebill

Narrow-billed Woodcreeper

Scaled Woodcreeper

Scalloped Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes sp.

woodcreeper sp.

Ovenbirds

Plain Xenops

Streaked Xenops

xenops sp.

Wing-banded Hornero

Rufous Hornero

hornero sp.

Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Wren-like Rushbird

White-collared Foliage-gleaner

Pale-browed Treehunter

Sharp-billed Treehunter

Black-capped Foliage-gleaner

White-browed Foliage-gleaner

Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner

Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner

Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner

White-eyed Foliage-gleaner

foliage-gleaner sp.

Araucaria Tit-Spinetail

Rufous-fronted Thornbird

Orange-eyed Thornbird

Orange-breasted Thornbird

Orange-eyed/Orange-breasted Thornbird

Firewood-gatherer

Itatiaia Spinetail

Rusty-backed Spinetail

Pallid Spinetail

Yellow-chinned Spinetail

Gray-bellied Spinetail

Rufous-capped Spinetail

Spix's Spinetail

Pale-breasted Spinetail

Sooty-fronted Spinetail

Synallaxis sp.

spinetail sp.

Furnariid sp.

Manakins

Wied's Tyrant-Manakin

Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin

Helmeted Manakin

Swallow-tailed Manakin

Pin-tailed Manakin

White-bearded Manakin

Kinglet Manakin

White-crowned Manakin

Red-headed Manakin

manakin sp.

Cotingas

Hooded Berryeater

Swallow-tailed Cotinga

Red-ruffed Fruitcrow

Cinnamon-vented Piha

Black-and-gold Cotinga

Gray-winged Cotinga

Bare-throated Bellbird

Becards, Tityras, and Allies

Black-tailed Tityra

Black-crowned Tityra

tityra sp.

Brown-winged Schiffornis

Greenish Schiffornis

schiffornis sp.

Buff-throated Purpletuft

Brazilian Laniisoma

Green-backed Becard

Chestnut-crowned Becard

White-winged Becard

Black-capped Becard

Crested Becard

becard sp.

Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies

Sharpbill

Atlantic Royal Flycatcher

Whiskered Flycatcher

Black-tailed Flycatcher

Myiobius sp.

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

Wing-barred Piprites

Black-capped Piprites

White-throated Spadebill

Russet-winged Spadebill

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Gray-hooded Flycatcher

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Serra do Mar Bristle-Tyrant

Southern Bristle-Tyrant

Sao Paulo Bristle-Tyrant

Oustalet's Tyrannulet

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet

Bay-ringed Tyrannulet

Southern Antpipit

Eared Pygmy-Tyrant

Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant

Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant

Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant

Hangnest Tody-Tyrant

Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

Hemitriccus sp.

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher

Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Gray-crowned Flatbill

Ochre-lored Flatbill

Tolmomyias sp.

Cliff Flycatcher

White-lored Tyrannulet

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Suiriri Flycatcher

Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

Yellow Tyrannulet

Bearded Tachuri

Gray-backed Tachuri

Crested Doradito

Subtropical Doradito

Gray-headed Elaenia

Greenish Elaenia

elaenia sp. (genus Myiopagis)

Small-headed Elaenia

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Small-billed Elaenia

Large Elaenia

Olivaceous Elaenia

Lesser Elaenia

White-crested Elaenia

elaenia sp. (genus Elaenia)

Sooty Tyrannulet

White-crested Tyrannulet

Rough-legged Tyrannulet

Greenish Tyrannulet

Planalto Tyrannulet

Gray-capped Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias sp.

Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Bran-colored Flycatcher

Euler's Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Southern Tropical Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Fuscous Flycatcher

Vermilion Flycatcher

Crested Black-Tyrant

Velvety Black-Tyrant

Blue-billed Black-Tyrant

black-tyrant sp.

Spectacled Tyrant

Yellow-browed Tyrant

White-rumped Monjita

White Monjita

Gray Monjita

White-headed Marsh Tyrant

Black-backed Water-Tyrant

Masked Water-Tyrant

Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant

Streamer-tailed Tyrant

Long-tailed Tyrant

Large-headed Flatbill

Rufous-tailed Attila

Gray-hooded Attila

Sibilant Sirystes

Grayish Mourner

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Swainson's Flycatcher

Short-crested Flycatcher

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus sp.

Cattle Tyrant

Lesser Kiskadee

Great Kiskadee

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Social Flycatcher

Rusty-margined/Social Flycatcher

Three-striped Flycatcher

Streaked Flycatcher

Piratic Flycatcher

Variegated Flycatcher

White-throated Kingbird

Tropical Kingbird

White-throated/Tropical Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Gray-eyed Greenlet

Rufous-crowned Greenlet

Lemon-chested Greenlet

greenlet sp.

Chivi Vireo

vireo sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Curl-crested Jay

Plush-crested Jay

White-naped Jay

House Crow

crow/raven sp.

Donacobius

Black-capped Donacobius

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

White-winged Swallow

White-rumped Swallow

Tachycineta sp.

Gray-breasted Martin

Brown-chested Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

White-thighed Swallow

Blue-and-white Swallow

Tawny-headed Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

swallow sp.

Gnatcatchers

Long-billed Gnatwren

Long-billed/Chattering Gnatwren

Wrens

House Wren

Moustached Wren

Long-billed Wren

wren sp.

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Chalk-browed Mockingbird

White-banded Mockingbird

Tropical Mockingbird

Thrushes

Pale-breasted Thrush

Yellow-legged Thrush

White-necked Thrush

Rufous-bellied Thrush

Blacksmith Thrush

Creamy-bellied Thrush

Turdus sp.

thrush sp.

Estrildids

Common Waxbill

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Yellowish Pipit

Hellmayr's Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Golden-rumped Euphonia

Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Purple-throated Euphonia

Green-throated Euphonia

Violaceous Euphonia

Orange-bellied Euphonia

Chestnut-bellied Euphonia

euphonia sp.

Hooded Siskin

New World Sparrows

Grassland Sparrow

Half-collared Sparrow

Rufous-collared Sparrow

new world sparrow sp.

Blackbirds

White-browed Meadowlark

Crested Oropendola

oropendola sp.

Solitary Black Cacique

Golden-winged Cacique

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Red-rumped Cacique

cacique sp.

Variable Oriole

Campo Troupial

Screaming Cowbird

Shiny Cowbird

Screaming/Shiny Cowbird

Giant Cowbird

Great-tailed Grackle

Chopi Blackbird

Grayish Baywing

Unicolored Blackbird

Chestnut-capped Blackbird

Yellow-rumped Marshbird

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Southern Yellowthroat

Tropical Parula

Blackburnian Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Golden-crowned Warbler

Flavescent Warbler

White-browed Warbler

Riverbank Warbler

Canada Warbler

new world warbler sp.

Mitrospingid Tanagers

Olive-green Tanager

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Hepatic Tanager

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

Yellow-green Grosbeak

Blackish-blue Seedeater

Glaucous-blue Grosbeak

Ultramarine Grosbeak

Tanagers and Allies

Brown Tanager

Red-crested Cardinal

Red-cowled Cardinal

Black-faced Tanager

Cinnamon Tanager

Magpie Tanager

Hooded Tanager

Orange-headed Tanager

Chestnut-headed Tanager

Buff-throated Warbling Finch

Black-goggled Tanager

Flame-crested Tanager

Ruby-crowned Tanager

White-lined Tanager

Brazilian Tanager

Diademed Tanager

Fawn-breasted Tanager

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

Sayaca Tanager

Azure-shouldered Tanager

Golden-chevroned Tanager

Palm Tanager

Thraupis sp.

Black-backed Tanager

Burnished-buff Tanager

White-bellied Tanager

Opal-rumped Tanager

Green-headed Tanager

Seven-colored Tanager

Red-necked Tanager

Brassy-breasted Tanager

Gilt-edged Tanager

Tangara/Stilpnia sp.

small tanager sp. (former Tangara sp.)

Swallow Tanager

Black-legged Dacnis

Blue Dacnis

dacnis sp.

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Green Honeycreeper

Rufous-headed Tanager

Yellow-backed Tanager

tanager sp. (Thraupidae sp.)

Bicolored Conebill

Chestnut-vented Conebill

Uniform Finch

White-rumped Tanager

Long-tailed Reed Finch

Bay-chested Warbling Finch

Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch

Saffron Finch

Grassland Yellow-Finch

yellow-finch sp.

Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch

Great Pampa-Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Lined Seedeater

White-bellied Seedeater

Copper Seedeater

Pearly-bellied Seedeater

Tawny-bellied Seedeater

Marsh Seedeater

Black-bellied Seedeater

Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Dubois's Seedeater

Double-collared Seedeater

Temminck's Seedeater

Buffy-fronted Seedeater

Plumbeous Seedeater

Rusty-collared Seedeater

White-throated Seedeater

Sporophila sp.

Pileated Finch

Bananaquit

Sooty Grassquit

Buff-throated Saltator

Green-winged Saltator

Thick-billed Saltator

Black-throated Grosbeak

saltator sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.