Rare Birds in Brazil
Our list for Brazil has 54 rare birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 22 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brazil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed SparrowAmmodramus aurifronsResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentRare24–34 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Frilled CoquetteLophornis magnificusResidentRare7–8 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentRare30–38 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRecorded all year
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
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