Birds in Brazil

82 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Brazil has 82 bird species recorded regularly there: 37 residents, 29 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor.

The list comes from 17 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Brazil in September

70 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 70 birds in September

Arriving in September: American Golden-Plover, Upland Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Arctic Jaeger.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Brazil each month: most in November (76), fewest in June (54). Choose a month to see its birds.

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House Sparrow
House SparrowSmallest · 14cm
to
Cocoi Heron
Cocoi HeronLargest · 127cm
From the House Sparrow (14 cm) to the Cocoi Heron (127 cm)30 families

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All 82 birds on the list

Showing 1–23 of 82 species

ResidentRecorded all yearSummer visitorArrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitorPresent outside the breeding seasonPassage migrantSeen mainly in spring and autumn migrationScarceRecorded in some years but not every yearCommonAmong the most-recorded birds in its best monthUncommonRecorded regularly, but on a minority of outingsRareFew records, even in its best month
House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Palm Tanager

Palm Tanager

Thraupis palmarumLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Roadside Hawk

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostrisLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rock Dove

Rock Dove

Columba liviaLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Ardea albaLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes auraLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cocoi Heron

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoiLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cattle Tyrant

Cattle Tyrant

Machetornis rixosaLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl

Athene cuniculariaLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lineated Woodpecker

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Muscovy Duck

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschataLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

Glaucidium brasilianumLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hyacinth Macaw

Hyacinth Macaw

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinusVU

Winter visitorUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Potoo

Common Potoo

Nyctibius griseusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Solitary Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitariaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Aug–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipesVU

Summer visitorUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podicepsLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Osprey

Osprey

Pandion haliaetusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

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