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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Brazil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 54, most common first
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisWinter visitorRare50–58 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusResidentRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRecorded all year
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorRare11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceusResidentRare49–56 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorRare34–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year
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