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milestone 22 | Brazil 2015 | families 189-197/250

Posted on April, 2015January, 2024

Ticking families at the samba rithem

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 197/250

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Two Brazilian states visited on this milestone: Mato Grosso & Sao Paulo.

Families ticked at Mato Grosso: On the Cerrado, just before entering Pantanal – Rheas (Greater Rhea). This was also a good place for improve “seen already family” Seriemas (Red-legged Seriema). On the Pantanal (on the photo above) we got Screamers (Southern Screamer), Potoos (Great Potoo) and the monotype Sunbittern. Serra de Harares contributed Motmots (Amazonian Motmot) and after years of heard only members, I’ve got my first seen species of Tinamous – Small-billed Tinamou near Chapada dos Guimaraes.

189. Family #2: Rheas (Rheidae) | Greater Rhea

190. Family #3: Tinamous (Tinamidae) | Small-billed Tinamou

191. Family #6: Screamers (Anhimidae) | Southern Screamer

192. Family #24: Potoos (Nyctibiidae) | Great Potoo

193. Family #57: Sunbittern (Eurypygidae) | Sunbittern

194. Family #89: Motmots (Momotidae) | Amazonian Motmot

At Sao Paulo state we visited Intervales State Park which changed the status of another family from ‘heard only’ to ‘seen’ – Antpittas (Variegated Antpitta). Other new families there: Sharpbill, Royal Flycatcher, and Allies (Sharpbill) and Mitrospingid Tanagers (Olive-green Tanager).

195. Family #118: Antpittas (Grallariidae) | Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (photographed in Ecuador, Variegated Antpitta ticked in Brazil)

196. Family #125: Sharpbill, Royal Flycatcher, and Allies (Oxyruncidae) | Sharpbill

197. Family #248: Mitrospingid Tanagers (Mitrospingidae) | Olive-green Tanager

trip's bird list

Greater Rhea	Rhea americana	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Solitary Tinamou	Tinamus solitarius	Intervales
Undulated Tinamou	Crypturellus undulatus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal (heard only)
Small-billed Tinamou	Crypturellus parvirostris	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Tataupa Tinamou	Crypturellus tataupa	Chapada dos Guimaraes (heard only)
Red-winged Tinamou	Rhynchotus rufescens	Chapada dos Guimaraes (heard only)
Southern Screamer	Chauna torquata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Brazilian Teal	Amazonetta brasiliensis	Panatanal
Chaco Chachalaca	Ortalis canicollis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Dusky-legged Guan	Penelope obscura	Intervales
Chestnut-bellied Guan	Penelope ochrogaster	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Black-fronted Piping-Guan	Pipile jacutinga	Intervales
Spot-winged Wood-Quail	Odontophorus capueira	Intervales
Least Grebe	Tachybaptus dominicus	Serra de Araras
Jabiru	Jabiru mycteria	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Wood Stork	Mycteria americana	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga	Panatanal
Rufescent Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma lineatum	Pantanal
Fasciated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma fasciatum	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Cocoi Heron	Ardea cocoi	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Great Egret	Ardea alba	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Whistling Heron	Syrigma sibilatrix	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Capped Heron	Pilherodius pileatus	Serra de Araras
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Panatanal
Green Ibis	Mesembrinibis cayennensis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Bare-faced Ibis	Phimosus infuscatus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Plumbeous Ibis	Theristicus caerulescens	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Buff-necked Ibis	Theristicus caudatus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Roseate Spoonbill	Platalea ajaja	Panatanal
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	Serra de Araras
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture	Cathartes burrovianus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture	Cathartes melambrotus	Serra de Araras
King Vulture	Sarcoramphus papa	Serra de Araras
Pearl Kite	Gampsonyx swainsonii	Chapada dos Guimaraes
White-tailed Kite	Elanus leucurus	Serra de Araras, Intervales
Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Rufous-thighed Kite	Harpagus diodon	Serra de Araras
Crane Hawk	Geranospiza caerulescens	Serra de Araras
Savanna Hawk	Buteogallus meridionalis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Great Black-Hawk	Buteogallus urubitinga	Serra de Araras
Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnirostris	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
White-tailed Hawk	Geranoaetus albicaudatus	Serra das Araras
Mantled Hawk	Pseudastur polionotus	Intervales
Gray-lined Hawk	Buteo nitidus	Serra de Araras
Short-tailed Hawk	Buteo brachyurus	Intervales
Sunbittern	Eurypyga helias	Panatanal
Rufous-sided Crake	Laterallus melanophaius	Intervales
Red-and-white Crake	Laterallus leucopyrrhus	Intervales
Gray-necked Wood-Rail	Aramides cajaneus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail	Aramides saracura	Intervales
Blackish Rail	Pardirallus nigricans	Intervales
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata	Intervales
Limpkin	Aramus guarauna	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Wattled Jacana	Jacana jacana	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	Serra de Araras
Large-billed Tern	Phaetusa simplex	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Pale-vented Pigeon	Patagioenas cayennensis	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Picazuro Pigeon	Patagioenas picazuro	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Plumbeous Pigeon	Patagioenas plumbea	Serra de Araras
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Ruddy Ground-Dove	Columbina talpacoti	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Scaled Dove	Columbina squammata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Long-tailed Ground-Dove	Uropelia campestris	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi	Intervales
Gray-fronted Dove	Leptotila rufaxilla	Intervales
Ruddy Quail-Dove	Geotrygon montana	Intervales
Little Cuckoo	Coccycua minuta	Serra de Araras
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana	Panatanal, Intervales
Guira Cuckoo	Guira guira	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Greater Ani	Crotophaga major	Panatanal
Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Intervales (heard only)
Tropical Screech-Owl	Megascops choliba	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Tawny-browed Owl	Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana	Mato Grosso (heard only)
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia	Serra de Araras
Nacunda Nighthawk	Chordeiles nacunda	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Common Pauraque	Nyctidromus albicollis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Long-trained Nightjar	Macropsalis forcipata	Intervales
Great Potoo	Nyctibius grandis	Panatanal
Sooty Swift	Cypseloides fumigatus	Intervales
Gray-rumped Swift	Chaetura cinereiventris	Intervales
Dusky-throated Hermit	Phaethornis squalidus	Intervales
White-vented Violetear	Colibri serrirostris	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird	Eupetomena macroura	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Fork-tailed Woodnymph	Thalurania furcata	Serra de Araras
Violet-capped Woodnymph	Thalurania glaucopis	Intervales
White-bellied Hummingbird	Amazilia chionogaster	Serra de Araras
Versicolored Emerald	Amazilia versicolor	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Glittering-throated Emerald	Amazilia fimbriata	Panatanal
Black-tailed Trogon	Trogon melanurus	Serra de Araras
Blue-crowned Trogon	Trogon curucui	Serra de Araras
Black-throated Trogon	Trogon rufus	Intervales
Amazonian Motmot	Momotus momota	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Rufous-capped Motmot	Baryphthengus ruficapillus	Intervales
Ringed Kingfisher	Megaceryle torquata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Amazon Kingfisher	Chloroceryle amazona	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Green Kingfisher	Chloroceryle americana	Panatanal
White-eared Puffbird	Nystalus chacuru	Serra de Araras, Chapada dos Guimaraes
Crescent-chested Puffbird	Malacoptila striata	Intervales
Black-fronted Nunbird	Monasa nigrifrons	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Swallow-winged Puffbird	Chelidoptera tenebrosa	Serra de Araras
Brown Jacamar	Brachygalba lugubris	Serra de Araras
Rufous-tailed Jacamar	Galbula ruficauda	Pantanal
Lettered Aracari	Pteroglossus inscriptus	Serra de Araras
Chestnut-eared Aracari	Pteroglossus castanotis	Serra de Araras
Red-necked Aracari	Pteroglossus bitorquatus	Serra de Araras
Spot-billed Toucanet	Selenidera maculirostris	Intervales
Toco Toucan	Ramphastos toco	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
White-throated Toucan	Ramphastos tucanus	Serra de Araras cuvieri
Channel-billed Toucan	Ramphastos vitellinus	Mato Grosso
Red-breasted Toucan	Ramphastos dicolorus	Intervales
Ochre-collared Piculet	Picumnus temminckii	Intervales
White-wedged Piculet	Picumnus albosquamatus	Serra de Araras
White Woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker	Melanerpes cruentatus	Serra de Araras
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker	Melanerpes flavifrons	Intervales
White-spotted Woodpecker	Veniliornis spilogaster	Intervales
Little Woodpecker	Veniliornis passerinus	Panatanal
Green-barred Woodpecker	Colaptes melanochloros	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Campo Flicker	Colaptes campestris	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Lineated Woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Crimson-crested Woodpecker	Campephilus melanoleucos	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Red-legged Seriema	Cariama cristata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Collared Forest-Falcon	Micrastur semitorquatus	Panatanal
Red-throated Caracara	Ibycter americanus	Serra de Araras
Southern Caracara	Caracara plancus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-headed Caracara	Milvago chimachima	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Laughing Falcon	Herpetotheres cachinnans	Serra de Araras
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	Serra das Araras
Aplomado Falcon	Falco femoralis	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Bat Falcon	Falco rufigularis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Maroon-bellied Parakeet	Pyrrhura frontalis	Intervales
Monk Parakeet	Myiopsitta monachus	Panatanal
Blue-crowned Parakeet	Aratinga acuticaudata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
White-eyed Parakeet	Aratinga leucophthalma	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Dusky-headed Parakeet	Aratinga weddellii	Serra de Araras
Peach-fronted Parakeet	Aratinga aurea	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Hyacinth Macaw	Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Red-and-green Macaw	Ara chloropterus	Serra de Araras
Blue-and-yellow Macaw	Ara ararauna	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-collared Macaw	Primolius auricollis	Panatanal
Red-shouldered Macaw	Diopsittaca nobilis	Pantanal
Plain Parakeet	Brotogeris tirica	Intervales
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	Brotogeris chiriri	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Pileated Parrot	Pionopsitta pileata	Intervales
Scaly-headed Parrot	Pionus maximiliani	Intervales
Blue-headed Parrot	Pionus menstruus	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Turquoise-fronted Parrot	Amazona aestiva	from Cuiaba to Panatanal. aka Blue-fronted Amazon
Orange-winged Parrot	Amazona amazonica	Serra de Araras aka Orange-Winged Amazon
Blue-bellied Parrot	Triclaria malachitacea	Intervales
Giant Antshrike	Batara cinerea	Intervales
Tufted Antshrike	Mackenziaena severa	Intervales
Barred Antshrike	Thamnophilus doliatus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Rufous-winged Antshrike	Thamnophilus torquatus	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Variable Antshrike	Thamnophilus caerulescens	Intervales
Star-throated Antwren	Rhopias gularis	ndemic
Plain Antvireo	Dysithamnus mentalis	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Rusty-backed Antwren	Formicivora rufa	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Ochre-rumped Antbird	Drymophila ochropyga	Intervales
Streak-capped Antwren	Terenura maculata	Intervales
White-backed Fire-eye	Pyriglena leuconota	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Collared Crescentchest	Melanopareia torquata	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Rufous Gnateater	Conopophaga lineata	Intervales
Variegated Antpitta	Grallaria varia	Intervales
White-breasted Tapaculo	Eleoscytalopus indigoticus	Intervales
Rufous-capped Antthrush	Formicarius colma	Intervales
Such’s Antthrush	Chamaeza meruloides	ndemic
Olivaceous Woodcreeper	Sittasomus griseicapillus	Intervales
Planalto Woodcreeper	Dendrocolaptes platyrostris	Intervales
White-throated Woodcreeper	Xiphocolaptes albicollis	Intervales
Great Rufous Woodcreeper	Xiphocolaptes major	Pantanal
Lesser Woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus fuscus	Intervales
Buff-throated Woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus guttatus	Serra de Araras
Red-billed Scythebill	Campylorhamphus trochilirostris	Serra de Araras
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes angustirostris	Pantanal
Scalloped Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes falcinellus	Intervales
Streaked Xenops	Xenops rutilans	Intervales
Rufous Hornero	Furnarius rufus	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
White-collared Foliage-gleaner	Anabazenops fuscus	ndmeic
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner	Philydor rufum	Intervales
White-browed Foliage-gleaner	Anabacerthia amaurotis	Intervales
Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner	Anabacerthia lichtensteini	Intervales
Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner	Syndactyla rufosuperciliata	Intervales
Orange-breasted Thornbird	Phacellodomus ferrugineigula	Intervales
Pallid Spinetail	Cranioleuca pallida	Intervales
Rufous Cacholote	Pseudoseisura unirufa	Panatanal. aka Grey-crested Cacholote
Chotoy Spinetail	Schoeniophylax phryganophilus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-chinned Spinetail	Certhiaxis cinnamomeus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Gray-bellied Spinetail	Synallaxis cinerascens	Intervales
White-lored Spinetail	Synallaxis albilora	Serra de Araras
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma obsoletum	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Yellow-bellied Elaenia	Elaenia flavogaster	Intervales
Small-billed Elaenia	Elaenia parvirostris	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Plain-crested Elaenia	Elaenia cristata	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Highland Elaenia	Elaenia obscura	Intervales
Sooty Tyrannulet	Serpophaga nigricans	Intervales
Gray-hooded Flycatcher	Mionectes rufiventris	Intervales
Sepia-capped Flycatcher	Leptopogon amaurocephalus	Intervales
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes ventralis	Intervales
Sao Paulo Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes paulista	Intervales
Oustalet’s Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes oustaleti	Intervales
Serra do Mar Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes difficilis	Intervales
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes sylviolus	Intervales
Planalto Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias fasciatus	Intervales
Gray-capped Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias griseocapilla	Intervales
Eared Pygmy-Tyrant	Myiornis auricularis	Intervales
Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant	Hemitriccus diops	alled also Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant
Hangnest Tody-Tyrant	Hemitriccus nidipendulus	Intervales
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher	Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps	Intervales
White-throated Spadebill	Platyrinchus mystaceus	Intervales
Cliff Flycatcher	Hirundinea ferruginea	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Bran-colored Flycatcher	Myiophobus fasciatus	Intervales
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus cyanirostris	Intervales
Yellow-browed Tyrant	Satrapa icterophrys	Intervales
Gray Monjita	Xolmis cinereus	Serra de Araras
White-rumped Monjita	Xolmis velatus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Streamer-tailed Tyrant	Gubernetes yetapa	Capao Bonito
Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant	Muscipipra vetula	Intervales
Black-backed Water-Tyrant	Fluvicola albiventer	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Long-tailed Tyrant	Colonia colonus	Intervales
Cattle Tyrant	Machetornis rixosa	Intervales
Large-headed Flatbill	Ramphotrigon megacephalum	Intervales
Gray-hooded Attila	Attila rufus	Intervales
Short-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus ferox	Intervales
Great Kiskadee	Pitangus sulphuratus	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Boat-billed Flycatcher	Megarynchus pitangua	Intervales
Rusty-margined Flycatcher	Myiozetetes cayanensis	Serra de Araras
Social Flycatcher	Myiozetetes similis	Intervales
Tropical Kingbird	Tyrannus melancholicus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Sharpbill	Oxyruncus cristatus	Intervales
Hooded Berryeater	Carpornis cucullata	Intervales
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow	Pyroderus scutatus	Intervales
Cinnamon-vented Piha	Lipaugus lanioides	Intervales
Pin-tailed Manakin	Ilicura militaris	ndemic
Swallow-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia caudata	alled also Blue Manakin
White-bearded Manakin	Manacus manacus	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Black-tailed Tityra	Tityra cayana	Serra de Araras
Black-crowned Tityra	Tityra inquisitor	Intervales
Masked Tityra	Tityra semifasciata	Serra de Araras
Greenish Schiffornis	Schiffornis virescens	Intervales
Chestnut-crowned Becard	Pachyramphus castaneus	Intervales
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo olivaceus	Serra de Araras chivi
Rufous-crowned Greenlet	Hylophilus poicilotis	Intervales
Rufous-browed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis gujanensis	Serra de Araras, Intervales
Purplish Jay	Cyanocorax cyanomelas	Panatanal
Blue-and-white Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Southern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx ruficollis	Serra de Araras
Gray-breasted Martin	Progne chalybea	Serra de Araras, Intervales
Brown-chested Martin	Progne tapera	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Serra de Araras
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	Panamby Hotel near SP airport. Southern H W – T. a. musculus
Thrush-like Wren	Campylorhynchus turdinus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Moustached Wren	Pheugopedius genibarbis	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Fawn-breasted Wren	Cantorchilus guarayanus	Serra de Araras
Long-billed Gnatwren	Ramphocaenus melanurus	Intervales
Black-capped Donacobius	Donacobius atricapilla	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-legged Thrush	Turdus flavipes	Intervales
Pale-breasted Thrush	Turdus leucomelas	Serra de Araras, Intervales
Rufous-bellied Thrush	Turdus rufiventris	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Creamy-bellied Thrush	Turdus amaurochalinus	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Slaty Thrush	Turdus nigriceps	subalaris (Eastern). aka Andean Slaty Thrush
Chalk-browed Mockingbird	Mimus saturninus	Mato Grosso, Intervales
Yellowish Pipit	Anthus lutescens	Serra de Araras
Masked Yellowthroat	Geothlypis aequinoctialis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Golden-crowned Warbler	Basileuterus culicivorus	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Riverbank Warbler	Myiothlypis rivularis	Intervales
Brown Tanager	Orchesticus abeillei	ndemic
Red-crested Cardinal	Paroaria coronata	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Yellow-billed Cardinal	Paroaria capitata	Panatanal
Black-faced Tanager	Schistochlamys melanopis	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Magpie Tanager	Cissopis leverianus	Intervales
White-banded Tanager	Neothraupis fasciata	Chapada dos Guimaraes aka Shrike-like Tanager
Olive-green Tanager	Orthogonys chloricterus	Endemic
White-rumped Tanager	Cypsnagra hirundinacea	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Black-goggled Tanager	Trichothraupis melanops	Intervales
White-shouldered Tanager	Tachyphonus luctuosus	Chapada des Guimaraes
Ruby-crowned Tanager	Tachyphonus coronatus	hotel panamby, Intervales
White-lined Tanager	Tachyphonus rufus	Serra de Araras
Silver-beaked Tanager	Ramphocelus carbo	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Diademed Tanager	Stephanophorus diadematus	Intervales
Sayaca Tanager	Thraupis sayaca	Panamby Hotel near SP airport
Azure-shouldered Tanager	Thraupis cyanoptera	Intervales
Golden-chevroned Tanager	Thraupis ornata	Intervales
Palm Tanager	Thraupis palmarum	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Chestnut-backed Tanager	Tangara preciosa	Intervales
Green-headed Tanager	Tangara seledon	Intervales
Red-necked Tanager	Tangara cyanocephala	Intervales
Brassy-breasted Tanager	Tangara desmaresti	Intervales
Swallow Tanager	Tersina viridis	Serra de Araras
Blue Dacnis	Dacnis cayana	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Uniform Finch	Haplospiza unicolor	Intervales
Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch	Emberizoides herbicola	Serra de Araras
Blue-black Grassquit	Volatinia jacarina	Serra das Araras
Plumbeous Seedeater	Sporophila plumbea	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Rusty-collared Seedeater	Sporophila collaris	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Lined Seedeater	Sporophila lineola	plit of Capped Seedeater
Double-collared Seedeater	Sporophila caerulescens	Intervales
White-bellied Seedeater	Sporophila leucoptera	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Copper Seedeater	Sporophila bouvreuil	Serra das Araras aka Capped Seedeater
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch	Oryzoborus angolensis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Red-crested Finch	Coryphospingus cucullatus	Chapada dos Guimaraes. aka Red Pileated Finch
Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola	from Cuiaba to Panatanal, Intervales
Black-throated Saltator	Saltator atricollis	Serra das Araras
Grayish Saltator	Saltator coerulescens	Serra de Araras
Green-winged Saltator	Saltator similis	Serra de Araras, Intervales
Buff-throated Saltator	Saltator maximus	Serra de Araras
Black-throated Grosbeak	Saltator fuliginosus	Intervales
Grassland Sparrow	Ammodramus humeralis	Serra de Araras
Rufous-collared Sparrow	Zonotrichia capensis	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager	Habia rubica	Intervales
Chopi Blackbird	Gnorimopsar chopi	Serra de Araras
Scarlet-headed Blackbird	Amblyramphus holosericeus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Unicolored Blackbird	Agelasticus cyanopus	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Chestnut-capped Blackbird	Chrysomus ruficapillus	Intervales
Yellow-rumped Marshbird	Pseudoleistes guirahuro	Intervales
Bay-winged Cowbird	Agelaioides badius	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Giant Cowbird	Molothrus oryzivorus	Panatanal
Epaulet Oriole	Icterus cayanensis	from Cuiaba to Panatanal
Solitary Black Cacique	Cacicus solitarius	Panatanal
Red-rumped Cacique	Cacicus haemorrhous	Intervales
Yellow-rumped Cacique	Cacicus cela	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Golden-winged Cacique	Cacicus chrysopterus	Intervales
Crested Oropendola	Psarocolius decumanus	Panatanal
Purple-throated Euphonia	Euphonia chlorotica	Chapada dos Guimaraes
Violaceous Euphonia	Euphonia violacea	Chapada dos Guimaraes, Intervales
Green-throated Euphonia	Euphonia chalybea	lso called Green-chinned E.
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia	Euphonia pectoralis	Intervales
Hooded Siskin	Spinus magellanicus	Intervales

# World Bird Families

milestone 21 | New Zealand 2014 | families 183-188/250

Posted on December, 2014January, 2024

Extinction and conservation in Kiwi's land

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 188/250

76%

Tiritiri Matangi, the rescue island for many New Zealand endemic species, is the best place to tick the two rare families: Wattlebirds and the monotype Stitchbird. The other four endemic families can bee seen easier while travelling.

Wattlebirds: North Island Saddleback & North Island Kokako at Tiritiri Matangi. South Island Saddleback at Ulva Island and Motuara Island.

Whiteheads family first member seen first in Tiritiri Matangi as well (Whitehead). Yellowhead at Ulva Island and PIpipi in several places in South Island.

New Zealand Wrens: Rifleman at Arthur Pass, South Island Wren at Homer Tunnel.

New Zealand Parrots: Kea at Arthur Pass and other places around, New Zealand Kaka in both islands.

Kiwis: Okarito Brown Kiwi at Okarito, Southern Brown Kiwi at Stewart Island, Northern Brown Kiwi heard only at Aroha Island

183. Family #5: Kiwis (Apterygidae) | Southern Brown Kiwi

184. Family #105: New Zealand Parrots (Strigopidae) | Kea

185. Family #109: New Zealand Wrens (Acanthisittidae) | Rifleman

186. Family #140: Whiteheads (Mohouidae) | Yellowhead

187. Family #170: Wattlebirds (Callaeidae) | North Island Saddleback

188. Family #171: Stitchbird (Notiomystidae) | Stitchbird

trip's bird list

Southern Brown Kiwi	Apteryx australis	Ocean Beach feamle + imm. * lawryi (Stewart Island)
Okarito Brown Kiwi	Apteryx rowi	Okarito
North Island Brown Kiwi	Apteryx mantelli	Aroha Island (heard only)
Graylag Goose	Anser anser	Lake Horowhenua
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Lake Horowhenua
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus	Waipo
Paradise Shelduck	Tadorna variegata	Auckland
Blue Duck	Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos	Monkey Creek Hwy 94
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Waipo
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	Auckland, Rotorua
Australian Shoveler	Anas rhynchotis	Lake Horowhenua. aka Australasian Shoveler
Gray Teal	Anas gracilis	Miranda, Kaikoura
Brown Teal	Anas chlorotis	inclare Wetlands
New Zealand Scaup	Aythya novaeseelandiae	Rotorua
California Quail	Callipepla californica	Auckland
Chukar	Alectoris chukar	Remarkables
Brown Quail	Coturnix ypsilophora	Tiritiri
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	Miranda
Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo	Northland
New Zealand Grebe	Poliocephalus rufopectus	Lake Horowhenua
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Benks peninsula australis
Yellow-eyed Penguin	Megadyptes antipodes	Muaraki beach
Little Penguin	Eudyptula minor	Tiritiri, Stewart Island
Fiordland Penguin	Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	Monro beach
White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	Kaikoura Pelagic
Salvin’s Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	Kaikoura Pelagic, Stewart Island
Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	Kaikoura Pelagic
Southern Royal Albatross	Diomedea epomophora	Kaikoura Pelagic
Northern Royal Albatross	Diomedea sanfordi	Taiaroa head
Wandering Albatross	Diomedea exulans	Kaikoura Pelagic
Northern Giant-Petrel	Macronectes halli	Kaikoura Pelagic
Cape Petrel	Daption capense	Kaikoura Pelagic ssp australe. aka Pintado Peterl
Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata	form the boat to Ocean Beach (Kiwi spotting)
Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	form the boat to Ocean Beach (Kiwi spotting)
White-chinned Petrel	Procellaria aequinoctialis	Kaikoura Pelagic
Westland Petrel	Procellaria westlandica	Kaikoura Pelagic
Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus	Marlborough, Stewart Island
Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris	Kaikoura Pelagic
Hutton’s Shearwater	Puffinus huttoni	Kaikoura Pelagic
Fluttering Shearwater	Puffinus gavia	Marlborough
Common Diving-Petrel	Pelecanoides urinatrix	Marlborough, Stewart Island
Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator	Auckland
Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax varius	Auckland
Rough-faced Shag	Phalacrocorax carunculatus	Marlborough
Otago Shag	Phalacrocorax chalconotus	Taiaroa head (Split of Bronze Shag aka Stewart Island shag)
Foveaux Shag	Leucocarbo stewarti	Stewart Island
Spotted Shag	Phalacrocorax punctatus	Miranda
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos	New Zealand
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	Waipo, near Taiaroa Head
Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia	Taiaroa head
Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	Auckland
Weka	Gallirallus australis	French Pass, Ulva Island
Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	[melanotus Group] (Australasian)
Takahe	Porphyrio mantelli	Tiritiri
Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	Waipo
Black Stilt	Himantopus novaezelandiae	Twizel
South Island Oystercatcher	Haematopus finschi	Miranda
Variable Oystercatcher	Haematopus unicolor	Tiritiri
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	Waipo ‘Black-shouldered Lapwing’ miles
Red-breasted Dotterel	Charadrius obscurus	Waipo
Wrybill	Anarhynchus frontalis	Miranda
Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	Miranda
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Miranda
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Waipo
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Waipo
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Miranda
Black-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus bulleri	Waipo, Cromwell
Red-billed Gull	Chroicocephalus scopulinus	Auckland, Kaikoura Pelagic. C. n. scopulinus ‘Red-billed Gull’
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	Auckland, Kaikoura Pelagic
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Auckland
Black-fronted Tern	Chlidonias albostriatus	Omarama, Remarkables
White-fronted Tern	Sterna striata	Helena Bay, Tongaporutu, Kaikoura Pelagic
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Auckland
African Collared-Dove	Streptopelia roseogrisea	Northland
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	city center
New Zealand Pigeon	Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae	Tiritiri
Morepork	Ninox novaeseelandiae	Aroha Island, near Taopu, Okarito, Ocean Beach (heard only)
Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	Tiritiri. * vagans (New Zealand)
New Zealand Falcon	Falco novaeseelandiae	Marlborough
Kea	Nestor notabilis	Arthur Pass
New Zealand Kaka	Nestor meridionalis	Waikato, Stewart Island
Red-fronted Parakeet	Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae	Tiritiri, Ulva Island
Yellow-fronted Parakeet	Cyanoramphus auriceps	Waikato, Ulva Island
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	Auckland
Rifleman	Acanthisitta chloris	Arthur Pass
South Island Wren	Xenicus gilviventris	ear Homer Tunnel hwy 94
Tui	Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae	Auckland
New Zealand Bellbird	Anthornis melanura	Tiritiri, Stewart Island
Gray Gerygone	Gerygone igata	Rotorua
North Island Kokako	Callaeas wilsoni	Tiritiri
South Island Saddleback	Philesturnus carunculatus	Marlborough, Ulva Island
North Island Saddleback	Philesturnus rufusater	Tiritiri
Stitchbird	Notiomystis cincta	Tiritiri
Australasian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen	Auckland
Whitehead	Mohoua albicilla	Tiritiri
Yellowhead	Mohoua ochrocephala	Ulva Island
Pipipi	Mohoua novaeseelandiae	Ulva Island, Fyffe–Palmer Scenic Reserve near Kaikoura
New Zealand Fantail	Rhipidura fuliginosa	Tiritiri, Northland
Tomtit	Petroica macrocephala	Rotorua, Stewart Island
South Island Robin	Petroica australis	Ulva Island rakiura, Motuara Island *2 australis/rakiura (South Island)
North Island Robin	Petroica longipes	Tiritiri Matangi
Sky Lark	Alauda arvensis	Auckland
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena	Auckland
Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel	Miranda
Fernbird	Megalurus punctatus	Okarito
Silver-eye	Zosterops lateralis	Rotorua. ssp: lateralis
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	Auckland
Song Thrush	Turdus philomelos	Auckland
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Auckland
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Auckland
Dunnock	Prunella modularis	Arthur Pass
New Zealand Pipit	Anthus novaeseelandiae	Remarkables novaeseelandiae
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Northland
Common Chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	Northland
European Greenfinch	Chloris chloris	Rotorua
Common Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	Wanaka Lake, Stewart Island
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Auckland
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Auckland

# World Bird Families

milestone 20 | South Africa 2014 | family 178-182/250

Posted on April, 2014January, 2024

Good families hopes around the Cape

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 182/250

73%

The first morning on Sir Lowry’s Pass near Capetown was good to tick both South African endemic families: Rockjumpers (Cape Rockjumper) and Sugarbirds (Cape Sugarbird). The three other new families ticked in Limpopo.

178. Family #31: Flufftails (Sarothruridae) | Buff-spotted Flufftail

179. Family #33: Finfoots (Heliornithidae) | African Finfoot

180. Family #174: Rockjumpers (Chaetopidae) | Cape Rockjumper

181. Family #182: Nicators (Nicatoridae) | Eastern Nicator

182. Family #220: Sugarbirds (Promeropidae) | Cape Sugarbird

trip's bird list

Ostrich	Struthio camelus	Western Cape
White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata	Kgomo-Kgomo
Egyptian Goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca	Western Cape
South African Shelduck	Tadorna cana	Western Cape
Spur-winged Goose	Plectropterus gambensis	Western Cape
African Black Duck	Anas sparsa	Limpopo
Yellow-billed Duck	Anas undulata	Western Cape
Cape Shoveler	Anas smithii	Western Cape
Red-billed Duck	Anas erythrorhyncha	Western Cape
Cape Teal	Anas capensis	Western Cape
Southern Pochard	Netta erythrophthalma	Western Cape
Helmeted Guineafowl	Numida meleagris	Western Cape
Crested Guineafowl	Guttera pucherani	Limpopo
Cape Francolin	Francolinus capensis	Western Cape
Natal Francolin	Francolinus natalensis	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Swainson’s Francolin	Francolinus swainsonii	Kgomo-Kgomo
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Western Cape
Greater Flamingo	Phoenicopterus roseus	Western Cape
Jackass Penguin	Spheniscus demersus	Stony Point
Saddle-billed Stork	Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis	Ponda Maria.
Marabou Stork	Leptoptilos crumenifer	Ponda Maria
Yellow-billed Stork	Mycteria ibis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Cape Gannet	Morus capensis	Stony Point
White-breasted Cormorant	Phalacrocorax lucidus	Western Cape
Cape Cormorant	Phalacrocorax capensis	Western Cape
Bank Cormorant	Phalacrocorax neglectus	Western Cape
African Darter	Anhinga rufa	Kgomo-Kgomo
Great White Pelican	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Western Cape
Hamerkop	Scopus umbretta	Tanqua Karoo
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Kgomo-Kgomo
Black-headed Heron	Ardea melanocephala	Western Cape
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Western Cape
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Western Cape
Black Heron	Egretta ardesiaca	Kgomo-Kgomo
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Western Cape
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Western Cape
Sacred Ibis	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Western Cape
Hadada Ibis	Bostrychia hagedash	Western Cape
African Spoonbill	Platalea alba	Western Cape
Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus caeruleus	Gauteng, Western Cape
Cape Griffon	Gyps coprotheres	Limpopo
Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Ponda Maria
Crowned Hawk-Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus	Roodewal NR. aka African Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Darling Hills road
Verreaux’s Eagle	Aquila verreauxii	Western Cape
African Hawk-Eagle	Aquila spilogaster	Kruger NP
Pale Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax canorus	Tanqua Karoo
Gabar Goshawk	Micronisus gabar	Kgomo-Kgomo
African Goshawk	Accipiter tachiro	Ponda Maria
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Kruger NP
African Fish-Eagle	Haliaeetus vocifer	Kgomo-Kgomo
Jackal Buzzard	Buteo rufofuscus	Western Cape
Black Bustard	Eupodotis afra	Western Cape
Black Crake	Amaurornis flavirostra	Western Cape
African Swamphen	Porphyrio madagascariens	Western Cape
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Western Cape
Buff-spotted Flufftail	Sarothrura elegans	Limpopo
African Finfoot	Podica senegalensis	Luvuvhu Dam.
Blue Crane	Anthropoides paradiseus	Western Cape
Water Thick-knee	Burhinus vermiculatus	Western Cape
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Western Cape
Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Western Cape
African Oystercatcher	Haematopus moquini	Western Cape
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Western Cape
Blacksmith Plover	Vanellus armatus	Western Cape
Crowned Lapwing	Vanellus coronatus	Kurger NP
Kittlitz’s Plover	Charadrius pecuarius	Western Cape
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Western Cape
Three-banded Plover	Charadrius tricollaris	Western Cape
African Jacana	Actophilornis africanus	Kgomo-Kgomo
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Western Cape
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Limpopo
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Western Cape
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Western Cape
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Western Cape
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Western Cape
Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus	Betty’s Bay
Hartlaub’s Gull	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	Western Cape
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	Western Cape
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Western Cape
Double-banded Sandgrouse	Pterocles bicinctus	Ponda Maria
Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix	Limpopo
Lemon Dove	Columba larvata	Limpopo
Mourning Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decipiens	Ponda Maria.
Red-eyed Dove	Streptopelia semitorquata	Limpopo
Ring-necked Dove	Streptopelia capicola	Western Cape, Kruger NP
Laughing Dove	Streptopelia senegalensis	Western Cape
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur chalcospilos	Limpopo
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove	Turtur afer	Limpopo
Tambourine Dove	Turtur tympanistria	Limpopo
Purple-crested Turaco	Tauraco porphyreolophus	Limpopo
Gray Go-away-bird	Corythaixoides concolor	Kgomo-Kgomo
Red-chested Cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	Limpopo
Lesser Cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	Limpopo
Bruchell’s Coucal	Centropus burchelli	Kgomo-Kgomo
Spotted Eagle-Owl	Bubo africanus	Tanqua Karoo
African Wood-Owl	Strix woodfordii	Limpopo
Fiery-necked Nightjar	Caprimulgus pectoralis	Limpopo
African Swift	Apus barbatus	Betty’s Bay
Little Swift	Apus affinis	Sir Lowry’s Pass
White-rumped Swift	Apus caffer	Sir Lowry Pass
African Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus parvus	Lanseria Intl Apt
Speckled Mousebird	Colius striatus	Limpopo
White-backed Mousebird	Colius colius	Tanqua Karoo
Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	Limpopo
Malachite Kingfisher	Corythornis cristatus	Limpopo
Woodland Kingfisher	Halcyon senegalensis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Brown-hooded Kingfisher	Halcyon albiventris	Kgomo-Kgomo, Limpopo
Giant Kingfisher	Megaceryle maximus	Limpopo
Pied Kingfisher	Ceryle rudis	Limpopo
White-fronted Bee-eater	Merops bullockoides	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Little Bee-eater	Merops pusillus	Ponda Maria
European Bee-eater	Merops apiaster	Kgomo-Kgomo
European Roller	Coracias garrulus	Kruger NP
Lilac-breasted Roller	Coracias caudatus	Ponda Maria
Rufous-crowned Roller	Coracias naevius	Ponda Maria
African Hoopoe	Upupa africana	Pafuri (Kruger NP) * africana (African)
Green Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus purpureus	Kruger Park
Southern Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus rufirostris	Kgomo-Kgomo, Ponda Maria
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill	Tockus leucomelas	Ponda Maria
Crowned Hornbill	Tockus alboterminatus	Ponda Maria
African Gray Hornbill	Tockus nasutus	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Crested Barbet	Trachyphonus vaillantii	Kgomo-Kgomo
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus bilineatus	Limpopo
Lesser Honeyguide	Indicator minor	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Scaly-throated Honeyguide	Indicator variegatus	Limpopo
Cardinal Woodpecker	Dendropicos fuscescens	Kruger NP
Bearded Woodpecker	Dendropicos namaquus	Pafuri
Olive Woodpecker	Dendropicos griseocephalus	Limpopo
Rock Kestrel	Falco rupicolus	Western Cape
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Western Cape
Cape Batis	Batis capensis	Western Cape
Chinspot Batis	Batis molitor	Limpopo
White Helmetshrike	Prionops plumatus	Ponda Maria. also called White-crested HS
Black-backed Puffback	Dryoscopus cubla	Limpopo
Southern Boubou	Laniarius ferrugineus	Western Cape
Crimson-breasted Gonolek	Laniarius atrococcineus	Limpopo
Bokmakierie	Telophorus zeylonus	Western Cape
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike	Telophorus sulfureopectus	Limpopo
Olive Bushshrike	Telophorus olivaceus	Limpopo
Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	Limpopo
Black Cuckooshrike	Campephaga flava	Limpopo
Southern Fiscal	Lanius collaris	Western Cape
Magpie Shrike	Corvinella melanoleuca	Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo
African Black-headed Oriole	Oriolus larvatus	Ponda Maria
African Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone viridis	Western Cape
House Crow	Corvus splendens	Western Cape
Cape Crow	Corvus capensis	Western Cape
Pied Crow	Corvus albus	Western Cape
White-necked Raven	Corvus albicollis	Western Cape
Cape Rockjumper	Chaetops frenatus	Gantouw Pass at the top of Sir Lowry
Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	Roodewal NR
Spike-heeled Lark	Chersomanes albofasciata	Tankwa Karoo
Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix verticalis	Tanqua Karoo
Brown-throated Martin	Riparia paludicola	Western Cape
Rock Martin	Ptyonoprogne fuligula	Tankwa-Karoo *> [fuligula Group] (Rock) , fuligula
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Western Cape
White-throated Swallow	Hirundo albigularis	Western Cape, Kgomo-Kgomo
Wire-tailed Swallow	Hirundo smithii	Pafuri
Mosque Swallow	Cecropis senegalensis	Ponda Maria
Southern Black-Tit	Melaniparus niger	Limpopo
Sombre Greenbul	Andropadus importunus	Western Cape
Yellow-bellied Greenbul	Chlorocichla flaviventris	Limpopo
Terrestrial Brownbul	Phyllastrephus terrestris	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus	Limpopo
Dark-capped Bulbul	Pycnonotus tricolor	Limpopo
Cape Bulbul	Pycnonotus capensis	Western Cape
Cape Crombec	Sylvietta rufescens	Tanqua Karoo, Ponda Maria aka Long-billed C.
Cape Grassbird	Sphenoeacus afer	Western Cape
Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler	Phylloscopus ruficapilla	Limpopo
African Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus baeticatus	Western Cape
Bar-throated Apalis	Apalis thoracica	Limpopo
Green-backed Camaroptera	Camaroptera brachyura	Limpopo
Kopje Warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	Tanqua Karoo. also called Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola	Cisticola erythrops	Limpopo
Rattling Cisticola	Cisticola chiniana	Ponda Maria.
Red-headed Cisticola	Cisticola subruficapilla	Sir Lowry Pass. also called Grey-backed C. (to confirm id)
Tinkling Cisticola	Cisticola tinniens	Strandfontein Sewage Works, Cape Town. also called Levaillant’s Cisticola
Piping Cisticola	Cisticola fulvicapilla	Sir Lowry Pass. also called Neddicky
Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis	Limpopo
Tawny-flanked Prinia	Prinia subflava	Ponda Maria
Karoo Prinia	Prinia maculosa	Western Cape
Layard’s Warbler	Sylvia layardi	Tanqua Karoo
Cape White-eye	Zosterops pallidus	Western Cape
Southern Pied-Babbler	Turdoides bicolor	Limpopo
Arrow-marked Babbler	Turdoides jardineii	Limpopo
Cape Sugarbird	Promerops cafer	Western Cape
Mariqua Flycatcher	Bradornis mariquensis	Kgomo-Kgomo
Fiscal Flycatcher	Sigelus silens	Western Cape
Dusky-brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa adusta	Western Cape
Ashy Flycatcher	Muscicapa caerulescens	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Karoo Scrub-Robin	Cercotrichas coryphaeus	West Coast NP
Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra	Western Cape
White-throated Robin-Chat	Cossypha humeralis	Pafuri River Camp
White-browed Robin-Chat	Cossypha heuglini	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Red-capped Robin-Chat	Cossypha natalensis	Limpopo
White-starred Robin	Pogonocichla stellata	Limpopo
African Stonechat	Saxicola torquatus	Western Cape
Karoo Chat	Cercomela schlegelii	Tankwa Karoo
Tractrac Chat	Cercomela tractrac	Tankwa-Karoo
Familiar Chat	Cercomela familiaris	Western Cape
Mountain Wheatear	Oenanthe monticola	Tankwa Karoo
Capped Wheatear	Oenanthe pileata	Darling Hills rd.
Orange Ground-Thrush	Geokichla gurneyi	Limpopo
Groundscraper Thrush	Psophocichla litsitsirupa	Ponda Maria
Kurrichane Thrush	Turdus libonyana	Limpopo
Olive Thrush	Turdus olivaceus	Western Cape
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Western Cape
Wattled Starling	Creatophora cinerea	Western Cape
Cape Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis nitens	Kruger NP
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Ponda Maria
Meves’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis mevesii	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Burchell’s Glossy-Starling	Lamprotornis australis	Limpopo
African Pied Starling	Spreo bicolor	Western Cape
Red-winged Starling	Onychognathus morio	Western Cape
Red-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus erythrorhynchus	Kruger NP
Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus	Ponda Maria
Collared Sunbird	Hedydipna collaris	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Orange-breasted Sunbird	Anthobaphes violacea	Western Cape
Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa	Western Cape
Southern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris chalybeus	Western Cape
White-breasted Sunbird	Cinnyris talatala	Limpopo, Ponda Maria
Cape Wagtail	Motacilla capensis	Western Cape
Mountain Wagtail	Motacilla clara	Limpopo
African Pied Wagtail	Motacilla aguimp	Limpopo
African Pipit	Anthus cinnamomeus	Western Cape
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting	Emberiza tahapisi	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Cape Bunting	Emberiza capensis	Western Cape
Golden-breasted Bunting	Emberiza flaviventris	Ponda Maria
Cape Canary	Serinus canicollis	Western Cape
Brimstone Canary	Serinus sulphuratus	Western Cape
Yellow Canary	Serinus flaviventris	Western Cape
White-throated Canary	Serinus albogularis	Tanqua Karoo
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Western Cape
Cape Sparrow	Passer melanurus	Western Cape
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver	Bubalornis niger	Ponda Maria
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser mahali	Kgomo-Kgomo
Cape Weaver	Ploceus capensis	Tanqua Karoo
African Golden-Weaver	Ploceus subaureus	Limpopo
Yellow-crowned Bishop	Euplectes afer	Kgomo-Kgomo
Yellow Bishop	Euplectes capensis	Darling Hills rd.
Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	Limpopo
Swee Waxbill	Coccopygia melanotis	Western Cape
Green-backed Twinspot	Mandingoa nitidula	Limpopo
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Western Cape
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu	Uraeginthus angolensis	Ponda Maria
Red-billed Firefinch	Lagonosticta senegala	Pafuri River Camp
African Firefinch	Lagonosticta rubricata	Limpopo
Cut-throat	Amadina fasciata	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullatus	Limpopo
Eastern Paradise-Whydah	Vidua paradisaea	Ponda Maria. also called Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Village Indigobird	Vidua chalybeata	Pafuri (Kruger NP)
Variable Indigobird	Vidua funerea	Kruger NP

# World Bird Families

milestone 19 | Australia 2013 | families 156-177/250

Posted on May, 2013January, 2024

Introduction for down under birds

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 177/250

71%

My first experience with Australasia birding produced a good list of Australian & Australasia families. The following Australian stated visited: New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Territory. I’ll mention just 3 families in details: Cassowaries and Emu – Southern Cassoary seen near Cassowary House, Kuranda. Logrunners – Australian Logrunner at Lamington National Park. Monotype Magpie Goose can be seen in many wet locations on north-east Australia. The Pelagic from Sydney contribute some tubenose ocean birds including some Albatrosses.

156. Family #4: Cassowaries and Emu (Casuariidae) | Southern Cassowary

157. Family #7: Magpie Goose (Anseranatidae) | Magpie Goose

158. Family #9: Megapodes (Megapodiidae) | Australian Brush-turkey

159. Family #22: Frogmouths (Podargidae) | Tawny Frogmouth

160. Family #61: Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) | Wandering Albatross

161. Family #106: Cockatoos (Cacatuidae) | Western Corella

162. Family #114: Pittas (Pittidae) | Rainbow Pitta

163. Family #127: Lyrebirds (Menuridae) | Superb Lyrebird

164. Family #129: Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae) | Green Catbird

165. Family #130: Australasian Treecreepers (Climacteridae) | Rufous Treecreeper

166. Family #131: Fairywrens (Maluridae) | Red-winged Fairywren

167. Family #132: Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) | Yellow-tufted Honeyeater

168. Family #134: Pardalotes (Pardalotidae) | Spotted Pardalote

169. Family #135: Thornbills and Allies (Acanthizidae) | Redthroat

170. Family #136: Pseudo-Babblers (Pomatostomidae) | Gray-crowned Babbler

171. Family #137: Logrunners (Orthonychidae) | Australian Logrunner

172. Family #142: Whipbirds and Wedgebills (Psophodidae) | Eastern Whipbird

173. Family #141: Sittellas (Neosittidae) | Varied Sittella

174. Family #148: Whistlers and Allies (Pachycephalidae) | Western Whistler

175. Family #163: White-winged Chough and Apostlebird (Corcoracidae) | Apostlebird

176. Family #160: Birds-of-Paradise (Paradisaeidae) | Victorias Riflebird

177. Family #172: Australasian Robins (Petroicidae) | Red-capped Robin

trip's bird list

Southern Cassowary	Casuarius casuarius	Cassowary House
Magpie Goose	Anseranas semipalmata	Central QLD coast
Plumed Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna eytoni	Yellow Water Cruise
Wandering Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna arcuata	Ingham Tyto Wetlands
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus	Centennial Park
Radjah Shelduck	Tadorna radjah	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Green Pygmy-Goose	Nettapus pulchellus	Fogg Dam
Maned Duck	Chenonetta jubata	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Royal NP
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	New South Wales
Pacific Black Duck	Anas superciliosa	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Sydney area
Gray Teal	Anas gracilis	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Chestnut Teal	Anas castanea	Sydney area
Pink-eared Duck	Malacorhynchus membranaceus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
White-eyed Duck	Aythya australis	Sydney area
Australian Brush-Turkey	Alectura lathami	Binna Burra, Lamington NP
Orange-footed Scrubfowl	Megapodius reinwardt	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Australasian Grebe	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	Centennial Park, Alice Spring + Uluru area
Hoary-headed Grebe	Poliocephalus poliocephalus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Great Crested Grebe	Podiceps cristatus	Lake Barrine australis
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross	Thalassarche carteri	Pelagic on Halicat (split by me)
White-capped Albatross	Thalassarche cauta	Pelagic on Halicat cauta
Black-browed Albatross	Thalassarche melanophris	Pelagic on Halicat
Campbell Albatross	Thalassarche impavida	Pelagic on Halicat
Wandering Albatross	Diomedea exulans	Pelagic on Halicat – * exulans (Snowy)
Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri	Pelagic on Halicat
Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pterodroma mollis	Pelagic on Halicat
Fairy Prion	Pachyptila turtur	Pelagic on Halicat
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus pacificus	Pelagic on Halicat
Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus	Pelagic on Halicat
Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris	Pelagic on Halicat
Hutton’s Shearwater	Puffinus huttoni	Pelagic on Halicat
Fluttering Shearwater	Puffinus gavia	Pelagic on Halicat
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Pelagic on Halicat
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel	Fregetta tropica	Pelagic on Halicat
Black-necked Stork	Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus	Tyto Wetlands Ingham
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Australasian Gannet	Morus serrator	Pelagic on Halicat
Little Black Cormorant	Phalacrocorax sulcirostris	Sydney area
Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Sydney area
Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax varius	Sydney area
Little Pied Cormorant	Phalacrocorax melanoleucos	Sydney area
Australasian Darter	Anhinga novaehollandiae	Sydney area
Australian Pelican	Pelecanus conspicillatus	Sydney area
Black Bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis	Fraser Island
Pacific Heron	Ardea pacifica	Bents Basin
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park * modesta (Australasian)
Intermediate Egret	Mesophoyx intermedia	Sydney area
White-faced Heron	Egretta novaehollandiae	Sydney area
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra	Noosa Heads
Pied Heron	Egretta picata	Fogg Dam
Eastern Cattle Egret	Bubulcus coromandus	Betns Basin. Eastern Cattle Egret
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	Daintree
Rufous Night-Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	Noosa Heads. aka Nankeen Night-heron
Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Daintree
Australian Ibis	Threskiornis moluccus	Sydney area
Straw-necked Ibis	Threskiornis spinicollis	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Royal Spoonbill	Platalea regia	Bents Basin
Yellow-billed Spoonbill	Platalea flavipes	Atherton Tablelands
Eastern Osprey	Pandion cristatus	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Australian Kite	Elanus axillaris	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Black-breasted Kite	Hamirostra melanosternon	Kakadu NP
Little Eagle	Hieraaetus morphnoides	Mission Beach
Wedge-tailed Eagle	Aquila audax	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Swamp Harrier	Circus approximans	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Spotted Harrier	Circus assimilis	Blue Mountains
Gray Goshawk	Accipiter novaehollandiae	Sydney area
Brown Goshawk	Accipiter fasciatus	Central QLD coast
Collared Sparrowhawk	Accipiter cirrocephalus	Yellow Water Cruise
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Whistling Kite	Haliastur sphenurus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	Rainbow Beach
White-bellied Sea-Eagle	Haliaeetus leucogaster	Sydney area
Australian Bustard	Ardeotis australis	Mary River & Gunlom, Kakadu NP
Red-necked Crake	Rallina tricolor	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Buff-banded Rail	Gallirallus philippensis	Esplanade
Australian Crake	Porzana fluminea	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Australasian Swamphen	Porphyrio melanotus	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Sydney area
Dusky Moorhen	Gallinula tenebrosa	Sydney area
Black-tailed Native-hen	Tribonyx ventralis	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Sydney area
Brolga	Grus rubicunda	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Bush Thick-knee	Burhinus grallarius	Towmsville
Beach Thick-knee	Esacus magnirostris	Rainbow Beach
Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Red-necked Avocet	Recurvirostra novaehollandiae	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Pied Oystercatcher	Haematopus longirostris	Rainbow Beach
Masked Lapwing	Vanellus miles	Sydney area: ssp. Miles. Alice Spring: ssp. Novaehollandiae
Double-banded Plover	Charadrius bicinctus	Rainbow Beach
Red-capped Plover	Charadrius ruficapillus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Red-kneed Dotterel	Erythrogonys cinctus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Black-fronted Dotterel	Elseyornis melanops	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Comb-crested Jacana	Irediparra gallinacea	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	Espalande
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Espalande
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rainbow Beach
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	Esplanade
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	Darwin area, Esplanade
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Esplanade
Australian Pratincole	Stiltia isabella	Fogg Dam
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	Sydney area
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Black Noddy	Anous minutus	Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Rainbow Beach
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Central QLD coast
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Rainbow Beach
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Fogg Dam
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Rainbow Beach
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Sydney area, Michaelmas Island, Great Barrier Reef
Lesser Crested Tern	Thalasseus bengalensis	Rainbow Beach
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Sydney area
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Sydney area
Brown Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia phasianella	Mary Cairncross Park
Common Bronzewing	Phaps chalcoptera	Girraween NP
Crested Pigeon	Ocyphaps lophotes	Centennial Park, Alice Spring + Uluru area
Squatter Pigeon	Geophaps scripta	Lake Barrine
Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon	Petrophassa rufipennis	Kakadu NP
Wonga Pigeon	Leucosarcia melanoleuca	Bents Basin
Peaceful Dove	Geopelia placida	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Bar-shouldered Dove	Geopelia humeralis	Rainbow-Beach
Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus regina	Mnt. Whitefiled, Darwin area
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula spilorrhoa	Darwin area
Topknot Pigeon	Lopholaimus antarcticus	Cassoary House
Brush Cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Fan-tailed Cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	Noosa Heads
Pheasant Coucal	Centropus phasianinus	Daintree
Eastern Barn Owl	Tyto delicatula	Daintree, Rainbow Beach
Barking Owl	Ninox connivens	Jabiru
Southern Boobook	Ninox novaeseelandiae	Royal NP, Tyto Wetlands Ingham.
Tawny Frogmouth	Podargus strigoides	Binna Burra
Australian Swiftlet	Aerodramus terraereginae	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Laughing Kookaburra	Dacelo novaeguineae	Sydney area
Blue-winged Kookaburra	Dacelo leachii	Atherton Tablelands
Forest Kingfisher	Todiramphus macleayii	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Torresian Kingfisher	Todiramphus sordidus	Fogg Dam
Sacred Kingfisher	Todiramphus sanctus	Daintree. * sanctus (Australasian)
Rainbow Bee-eater	Merops ornatus	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Australian Kestrel	Falco cenchroides	Blue Mountains, Alice Spring + Uluru area
Australian Hobby	Falco longipennis	Royal NP
Brown Falcon	Falco berigora	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Blue Mountains
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus banksii	Atherton Tablelands
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo	Calyptorhynchus funereus	Pacidic Highway
Galah	Eolophus roseicapilla	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Bents Basin
Long-billed Corella	Cacatua tenuirostris	Sydney area
Little Corella	Cacatua sanguinea	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	Cacatua galerita	Sydney area
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus moluccanus	Sydney area
Varied Lorikeet	Psitteuteles versicolor	Kakadu NP
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot	Cyclopsitta diophthalma	Cassoary House
Port Lincoln Parrot	Barnardius zonarius	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Crimson Rosella	Platycercus elegans	Royal NP
Northern Rosella	Platycercus venustus	Kakadu NP
Eastern Rosella	Platycercus eximius	Gloucester
Pale-headed Rosella	Platycercus adscitus	Eungella NP
Red-rumped Parrot	Psephotus haematonotus	Bents Basin
Australian King-Parrot	Alisterus scapularis	Blue Mountains
Red-winged Parrot	Aprosmictus erythropterus	Fogg Dam
Noisy Pitta	Pitta versicolor	Mnt. Whitefiled
Rainbow Pitta	Pitta iris	Howards Springs & Fogg Dam
Superb Lyrebird	Menura novaehollandiae	Royal NP, SenicWorld, Katoomba
Spotted Catbird	Ailuroedus melanotis	Kuranda
Green Catbird	Ailuroedus crassirostris	Binna Burra, Lamington NP
Regent Bowerbird	Sericulus chrysocephalus	O’Reily, Lamington NP
Satin Bowerbird	Ptilonorhynchus violaceus	Royal NP
Western Bowerbird	Chlamydera guttata	Olive Pink Botanic Garden
Great Bowerbird	Chlamydera nuchalis	Mary River & Pine Creek
White-throated Treecreeper	Cormobates leucophaea	Blue Mountains
Splendid Fairywren	Malurus splendens	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Superb Fairywren	Malurus cyaneus	Sydney area
White-winged Fairywren	Malurus leucopterus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Eastern Spinebill	Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris	Royal NP
Pied Honeyeater	Certhionyx variegatus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Graceful Honeyeater	Meliphaga gracilis	Daintree
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater	Meliphaga notata	Kuranda
Lewin’s Honeyeater	Meliphaga lewinii	Royal NP
Yellow-faced Honeyeater	Lichenostomus chrysops	Royal NP
Mangrove Honeyeater	Lichenostomus fasciogularis	Rainbow Beach
Singing Honeyeater	Lichenostomus virescens	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Yellow Honeyeater	Lichenostomus flavus	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
White-gaped Honeyeater	Lichenostomus unicolor	Kakadu NP
White-eared Honeyeater	Lichenostomus leucotis	Bents Basin
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater	Lichenostomus melanops	Blue Mountains
Fuscous Honeyeater	Lichenostomus fuscus	Blue Mountains
White-plumed Honeyeater	Lichenostomus penicillatus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
White-fronted Honeyeater	Purnella albifrons	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Bell Miner	Manorina melanophrys	Blue Mountains
Noisy Miner	Manorina melanocephala	Sydney area
Yellow-throated Miner	Manorina flavigula	Uluru
Red Wattlebird	Anthochaera carunculata	Royal NP
Little Wattlebird	Anthochaera chrysoptera	Royal NP
Brown-backed Honeyeater	Ramsayornis modestus	Daintree
Rufous-banded Honeyeater	Conopophila albogularis	Mamukala
Rufous-throated Honeyeater	Conopophila rufogularis	Tyto Wetlands Ingham
Orange Chat	Epthianura aurifrons	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Dusky Myzomela	Myzomela obscura	Kakadu NP
Red-headed Myzomela	Myzomela erythrocephala	Darwin area
Scarlet Myzomela	Myzomela sanguinolenta	Royal NP, Atherton Tablelands
Banded Honeyeater	Cissomela pectoralis	Kakadu NP
Brown Honeyeater	Lichmera indistincta	Noosa Heads
New Holland Honeyeater	Phylidonyris novaehollandiae	Bondi Beach
White-cheeked Honeyeater	Phylidonyris niger	Fraser Island
White-naped Honeyeater	Melithreptus lunatus	Blue Mountains
White-throated Honeyeater	Melithreptus albogularis	Fraser Island
Blue-faced Honeyeater	Entomyzon cyanotis	Noosa Heads
Helmeted Friarbird	Philemon buceroides	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Silver-crowned Friarbird	Philemon argenticeps	Kakadu NP, Ingham Tyto Wetlands
Noisy Friarbird	Philemon corniculatus	Noosa Heads
Macleay’s Honeyeater	Xanthotis macleayanus	Kuranda
Spotted Pardalote	Pardalotus punctatus	Blue Mountains
Striated Pardalote	Pardalotus striatus	Rainbow Beach
Rockwarbler	Origma solitaria	Blue Mountains
Yellow-throated Scrubwren	Sericornis citreogularis	SenicWorld, Katoomba
White-browed Scrubwren	Sericornis frontalis	Royal NP
Large-billed Scrubwren	Sericornis magnirostra	Katoomba
Brown Thornbill	Acanthiza pusilla	Blue Mountains
Yellow Thornbill	Acanthiza nana	Blue Mountains
Striated Thornbill	Acanthiza lineata	Blue Mountains
Weebill	Smicrornis brevirostris	Sydney area
Green-backed Gerygone	Gerygone chloronota	Darwin area
Fairy Gerygone	Gerygone palpebrosa	Cassoary House
Large-billed Gerygone	Gerygone magnirostris	Daintree
Brown Gerygone	Gerygone mouki	Blue Mountains
Mangrove Gerygone	Gerygone levigaster	Darwin area
Gray-crowned Babbler	Pomatostomus temporalis	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Pine Creek
Australian Logrunner	Orthonyx temminckii	O’Reily, Lamington NP
Eastern Whipbird	Psophodes olivaceus	Lamington NP, Emu Plans
Yellow-breasted Boatbill	Machaerirhynchus flaviventer	Cassoary House (heard only)
White-breasted Woodswallow	Artamus leucorynchus	Fraser Island. ssp: leucopygialis
Black-faced Woodswallow	Artamus cinereus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Dusky Woodswallow	Artamus cyanopterus	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Little Woodswallow	Artamus minor	Kakadu NP
Gray Butcherbird	Cracticus torquatus	Bents Basin
Pied Butcherbird	Cracticus nigrogularis	Noosa Heads
Black Butcherbird	Cracticus quoyi	Kuranda
Australasian Magpie	Gymnorhina tibicen	Noosa Heads
Pied Currawong	Strepera graculina	Sydney area
Ground Cuckooshrike	Coracina maxima	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Black-faced Cuckooshrike	Coracina novaehollandiae	Sydney area, Alice Spring + Uluru area
White-bellied Cuckooshrike	Coracina papuensis	Atherton Tablelands
White-winged Triller	Lalage tricolor	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Varied Triller	Lalage leucomela	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Common Cicadabird	Edolisoma tenuirostre	Cooloola NP
Varied Sittella	Daphoenositta chrysoptera	Blue Mountains
Rufous Shrike-Thrush	Colluricincla megarhyncha	Eungella NP, Daintree
Gray Shrike-Thrush	Colluricincla harmonica	Blue Mountains
Bower’s Shrike-Thrush	Colluricincla boweri	Abattoir Swamp
Australian Golden Whistler	Pachycephala pectoralis	Royal NP
Black-tailed Whistler	Pachycephala melanura	Adelide river (heard only)
Gray Whistler	Pachycephala simplex	East Point
Rufous Whistler	Pachycephala rufiventris	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Olive-backed Oriole	Oriolus sagittatus	Emu Plans
Green Oriole	Oriolus flavocinctus	Daintree
Australasian Figbird	Sphecotheres vieilloti	Noosa Heads
Spangled Drongo	Dicrurus bracteatus	Fraser Island
Northern Fantail	Rhipidura rufiventris	Kakadu NP
Willie-wagtail	Rhipidura leucophrys	Centennial Park. Alice Spring + Uluru area
Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons	Kondallia Falls NP
Arafura Fantail	Rhipidura dryas	Howards Springs
Gray Fantail	Rhipidura albiscapa	Royal NP. ssp: R. a. alisteri
Black-faced Monarch	Monarcha melanopsis	Kuranda
Spectacled Monarch	Symposiachrus trivirgatus	Daintree
Pied Monarch	Arses kaupi	Cassoary House
Magpie-lark	Grallina cyanoleuca	Sydney area, Alice Spring + Uluru area
Leaden Flycatcher	Myiagra rubecula	Daintree, Tyto Wetlands Ingham
Broad-billed Flycatcher	Myiagra ruficollis	Fogg Dam
Satin Flycatcher	Myiagra cyanoleuca	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Restless Flycatcher	Myiagra inquieta	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Paperbark Flycatcher	Myiagra nana	Fogg Dam
Shining Flycatcher	Myiagra alecto	Daintree
Torresian Crow	Corvus orru	Alice Spring + Uluru area, Fogg Dam
Little Crow	Corvus bennetti	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Australian Raven	Corvus coronoides	Sydney area
Forest Raven	Corvus tasmanicus	Waterfalls way
White-winged Chough	Corcorax melanorhamphos	Bents Basin
Victoria’s Riflebird	Ptiloris victoriae	Cassoary House
Jacky-winter	Microeca fascinans	Blue Mountains
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher	Microeca flavigaster	Abattoir Swamp
Scarlet Robin	Petroica boodang	Blue Mountains
Rose Robin	Petroica rosea	Royal NP
Pale-yellow Robin	Tregellasia capito	Kondallia Falls NP
Eastern Yellow Robin	Eopsaltria australis	Royal NP
Mangrove Robin	Eopsaltria pulverulenta	East Point
Gray-headed Robin	Heteromyias cinereifrons	Cathedral Fig Tree site
Welcome Swallow	Hirundo neoxena	Sydney area
Fairy Martin	Petrochelidon ariel	Sydney area
Tree Martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	Emu Plans
Australian Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus australis	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Little Grassbird	Megalurus gramineus	Alice Spring + Uluru area
Australian Yellow White-eye	Zosterops luteus	Darwin area
Silver-eye	Zosterops lateralis	Royal NP. ssp: cornwalli
Olive-tailed Thrush	Zoothera lunulata	SenicWorld, Katoomba & Glaucester
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula	Emu Plans
Metallic Starling	Aplonis metallica	Cairns Botanican Gardens & Lakes
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Sydney area
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Sydney area
Mistletoebird	Dicaeum hirundinaceum	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Olive-backed Sunbird	Cinnyris jugularis	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Australian Pipit	Anthus australis	Alice Spring + Uluru area
European Goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	Emu Plans
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Cairns area
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Emu Plans
Red-browed Firetail	Neochmia temporalis	Blue Mountains
Crimson Finch	Neochmia phaeton	Fogg Dam
Zebra Finch	Taeniopygia guttata	Erldunda area, Stuart hwy
Double-barred Finch	Taeniopygia bichenovii	Bents Basin, East Point
Masked Finch	Poephila personata	Mamukala
Long-tailed Finch	Poephila acuticauda	East Point
Gouldian Finch	Erythrura gouldiae	Pine Creek
Nutmeg Mannikin	Lonchura punctulata	Townsville Town Common Conservation Park
Chestnut-breasted Munia	Lonchura castaneothorax	Kuranda Birdwatchers’ Cabin

# World Bird Families

milestone 18 | Thailand 2012 | families 142-155/250

Posted on February, 2012January, 2024

Indomalaya families - far east tastes

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 155/250

62%

Fruitful North and central Thailand trip add a nice list of new families:

142. Family #28: Treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae) | Crested Treeswift (photographed in India)

143. Family #97: Asian Barbets (Megalaimidae) | Brown-headed Barbet (photographed in India, Blue-throated Barbet and others ticked in Thailand)

144. Family #111: Asian and Grauer’s Broadbills (Eurylaimidae) | Long-tailed Broadbill (photographed in India)

145. Family #151: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies (Artamidae) | White-browed Woodswallow (photographed in Australia, Ashy Woodswallow ticked in Thailand)

146. Family #156: Ioras (Aegithinidae) | Common Iora (photographed in India)

147. Family #158: Fantails (Rhipiduridae) | White-throated Fantail (photographed in India)

148. Family #177: Fairy Flycatchers (Stenostiridae) | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (photographed in India)

149. Family #189: Cupwings (Pnoepygidae) | Pygmy Wren-babbler (photographed in India)

150. Family #199: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies (Timaliidae) | Golden Babbler

151. Family #200: Ground Babblers and Allies (Pellorneidae) | Yellow-throated Fulvetta (photographed in India, Limestone Wren-babbler ticked in Thailand)

152. Family #224: Fairy-bluebirds (Irenidae) | Asian Fairy-bluebird (photographed in India)

153. Family #225: Leafbirds (Chloropseidae) | Golden-fronted Leafbird

154. Family #222: Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae) | Mistletoebird (photographed in Australia, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker ticked in Thailand)

155. Family #197: Parrotbills (Paradoxornithidae) | Pale-billed Parrotbill (photographed in India, Gray-headed Parrotbill ticked in Thailand)

trip's bird list

Lesser Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna javanica	Scunbet 119
Rufous-throated Partridge	Arborophila rufogularis	Doi Inthanon
Scaly-breasted Partridge	Arborophila chloropus	Kaeng Krachan
Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Kaeng Krachan
Silver Pheasant	Lophura nycthemera	Doi Sutep Temple
Siamese Fireback	Lophura diardi	Khao Yai
Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Scunbet 119
Asian Openbill	Anastomus oscitans	Central Thailand
Little Cormorant	Phalacrocorax niger	Central Thailand
Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	Scunbet 119
Cinnamon Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus	Scunbet 119
Gray Heron	Ardea cinerea	Central Thailand
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Central Thailand ssp. modesta
Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Thailand
Eastern Cattle Egret	Bubulcus coromandus	Kaeng Krachan
Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus	Central Thailand
Javan Pond-Heron	Ardeola speciosa	Bang Pu
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Central Thailand
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	East Thailand
Oriental Honey-buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	Khao Yai
Black Baza	Aviceda leuphotes	Kaeng Krachan
Crested Serpent-Eagle	Spilornis cheela	Kaeng Krachan
Changeable Hawk-Eagle	Nisaetus limnaeetus	Khao Yai
Black Eagle	Ictinaetus malayensis	Khao Yai
Rufous-winged Buzzard	Butastur liventer	North Thailand
Pied Harrier	Circus melanoleucos	East Thailand
Crested Goshawk	Accipiter trivirgatus	North Thailand
Shikra	Accipiter badius	Doi Inthanon
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Central Thailand
Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	Central Thailand
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Doi Inthanon
Slaty-breasted Rail	Gallirallus striatus	Scunbet 119
White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	Central Thailand
Black-tailed Crake	Amaurornis bicolor	Doi Ang Khang
Gray-headed Swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	Scunbet 119
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Scunbet 119
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Central Thailand
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Central Thailand
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Pak Tahle
Gray-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus	Scunbet 119
Red-wattled Lapwing	Vanellus indicus	Kaeng Krachan ssp: atronuchalis
Lesser Sand-Plover	Charadrius mongolus	Central Thailand
Greater Sand-Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii	Central Thailand
Malaysian Plover	Charadrius peronii	Laem Pak Bia
Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	Central Thailand. Laem Pak Bia. Ssp. Dealbatus
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	East Thailand
Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	Scunbet 119
Bronze-winged Jacana	Metopidius indicus	Scunbet 119
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Kaeng Krachan
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Central Thailand
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	East Thailand
Nordmann’s Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	Laem Pak Bia
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Central Thailand
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	East Thailand
Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Central Thailand
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Central Thailand
Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Central Thailand
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Pak Tahle
Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	Pak Tahle
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	Central Thailand
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Central Thailand
Spoon-billed Sandpiper	Calidris pygmea	Pak Tahle
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Central Thailand
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Central Thailand
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Central Thailand
Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Doi Inthanon
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Central Thailand
Barred Buttonquail	Turnix suscitator	East Thailand
Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	East Thailand
Brown-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus	Central Thailand
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Pak Tahle
Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Central Thailand
Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	Laem Pak Bia
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Central Thailand
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Pak Tahle
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Central Thailand
Ashy Wood-Pigeon	Columba pulchricollis	Doi Inthanon
Red Collared-Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	Central Thailand
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis	Kaeng Krachan
Barred Cuckoo-Dove	Macropygia unchall	Doi Ang Khang
Asian Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica	Kaeng Krachan
Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata	Central Thailand
Thick-billed Pigeon	Treron curvirostra	Khao Yai
Pin-tailed Pigeon	Treron apicauda	Doi Sutep Temple
Wedge-tailed Pigeon	Treron sphenurus	Khao Yai
Mountain Imperial-Pigeon	Ducula badia	Doi Sutep Temple
Large Hawk-Cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	Doi Inthanon (heard only)
Plaintive Cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	Scunbet 119
Asian Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus	Kaeng Krachan
Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	East Thailand
Green-billed Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	Kaeng Krachan
Greater Coucal	Centropus sinensis	Kaeng Krachan
Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	East Thailand
White-fronted Scops-Owl	Otus sagittatus	Kaeng Krachan
Mountain Scops-Owl	Otus spilocephalus	Doi Ang Khang
Collared Scops-Owl	Otus lettia	Kaeng Krachan
Collared Owlet	Glaucidium brodiei	Doi Inthanon
Asian Barred Owlet	Glaucidium cuculoides	East Thailand
Spotted Owlet	Athene brama	East Thailand
Brown Boobook	Ninox scutulata	East Thailand
Hodgson’s Frogmouth	Batrachostomus hodgsoni	Doi Inthanon
Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus	Kaeng Krachan
Himalayan Swiftlet	Aerodramus brevirostris	Central Thailand
White-nest Swiftlet	Aerodramus fuciphagus	introduced. aka Edible-nest Swiftlet
Asian Palm-Swift	Cypsiurus balasiensis	Kaeng Krachan
Crested Treeswift	Hemiprocne coronata	Doi Inthanon
Gray-rumped Treeswift	Hemiprocne longipennis	Kaeng Krachan
Red-headed Trogon	Harpactes erythrocephalus	Khao Yai
Orange-breasted Trogon	Harpactes oreskios	Khao Yai
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis	East Thailand
White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	Kaeng Krachan
Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	Bang Pu
Blue-bearded Bee-eater	Nyctyornis athertoni	North Thailand
Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	Kaeng Krachan
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater	Merops leschenaulti	Kaeng Krachan
Indian Roller	Coracias benghalensis	Kaeng Krachan
Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	Kaeng Krachan
Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Kaeng Krachan
Oriental Pied-Hornbill	Anthracoceros albirostris	Kaeng Krachan
Great Hornbill	Buceros bicornis	Kaeng Krachan
Wreathed Hornbill	Aceros undulatus	Kaeng Krachan
Great Barbet	Megalaima virens	Kaeng Krachan
Lineated Barbet	Megalaima lineata	East Thailand
Green-eared Barbet	Megalaima faiostricta	Kaeng Krachan
Golden-throated Barbet	Megalaima franklinii	Doi Ang Khang
Blue-throated Barbet	Megalaima asiatica	Kaeng Krachan
Moustached Barbet	Megalaima incognita	Khao Yai
Blue-eared Barbet	Megalaima australis	Kaeng Krachan
Coppersmith Barbet	Megalaima haemacephala	East Thailand
Speckled Piculet	Picumnus innominatus	Kaeng Krachan
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos atratus	North Thailand
White-bellied Woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis	Doi Inthanon
Lesser Yellownape	Picus chlorolophus	North Thailand
Greater Yellownape	Picus flavinucha	Kaeng Krachan
Streak-breasted Woodpecker	Picus viridanus	Khao Yai
Black-headed Woodpecker	Picus erythropygius	Doi Ang Khang
Common Flameback	Dinopium javanense	Kaeng Krachan
Bay Woodpecker	Blythipicus pyrrhotis	Doi Ang Khang
White-rumped Falcon	Polihierax insignis	Doi Ang Khang
Collared Falconet	Microhierax caerulescens	Doi Ang Khang
Black-thighed Falconet	Microhierax fringillarius	Kaeng Krachan
Red-breasted Parakeet	Psittacula alexandri	East Thailand
Vernal Hanging-Parrot	Loriculus vernalis	Kaeng Krachan
Long-tailed Broadbill	Psarisomus dalhousiae	Khao Yai
Golden-bellied Gerygone	Gerygone sulphurea	Laem Pak Bia
Large Woodshrike	Tephrodornis gularis	Doi Inthanon
Common Woodshrike	Tephrodornis pondicerianus	North Thailand
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike	Hemipus picatus	Kaeng Krachan
Ashy Woodswallow	Artamus fuscus	Kaeng Krachan
Common Iora	Aegithina tiphia	Kaeng Krachan
Small Minivet	Pericrocotus cinnamomeus	Doi Inthanon
Gray-chinned Minivet	Pericrocotus solaris	Doi Inthanon
Short-billed Minivet	Pericrocotus brevirostris	Doi Inthanon
Long-tailed Minivet	Pericrocotus ethologus	North Thailand
Scarlet Minivet	Pericrocotus speciosus	Khao Yai
Rosy Minivet	Pericrocotus roseus	Khao Yai
Large Cuckooshrike	Coracina macei	Doi Inthanon
Black-winged Cuckooshrike	Lalage melaschistos	Khao Yai
Indochinese Cuckooshrike	Lalage polioptera	Khao Yai
Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus	Kaeng Krachan
Burmese Shrike	Lanius collurioides	East Thailand
Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach	East Thailand
Gray-backed Shrike	Lanius tephronotus	Khao Yai
Blyth’s Shrike-Babbler	Pteruthius aeralatus	Doi Ang Khang
White-bellied Erpornis	Erpornis zantholeuca	Doi Inthanon, old name White-bellied Yuhina (Yuhina zantholeuca)
Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis	Kaeng Krachan
Black-hooded Oriole	Oriolus xanthornus	Doi Ang Khang
Maroon Oriole	Oriolus traillii	North Thailand
Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	Central Thailand
Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus	Kaeng Krachan
Bronzed Drongo	Dicrurus aeneus	Kaeng Krachan
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus remifer	Doi Ang Khang
Hair-crested Drongo	Dicrurus hottentottus	Kaeng Krachan
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus paradiseus	Khao Yai
Malaysian Pied-Fantail	Rhipidura javanica	Kaeng Krachan
White-throated Fantail	Rhipidura albicollis	Doi Inthanon
Black-naped Monarch	Hypothymis azurea	Kaeng Krachan
Indian Paradise-Flycatcher	Terpsiphone paradisi	Kaeng Krachan.
Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	Doi Inthanon
Red-billed Blue-Magpie	Urocissa erythrorhyncha	Doi Ithanton
Common Green-Magpie	Cissa chinensis	Khao Yai
Gray Treepie	Dendrocitta formosae	North Thailand
Racket-tailed Treepie	Crypsirina temia	East Thailand
Ratchet-tailed Treepie	Temnurus temnurus	Kaeng Krachan
Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos	Central Thailand
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Central Thailand
Red-rumped Swallow	Cecropis daurica	Kaeng Krachan
Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail	Chelidorhynx hypoxantha	Doi Inthanon
Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis	Kaeng Krachan
Cinereous Tit	Parus cinereus	Doi Ang Khang
Yellow-cheeked Tit	Parus spilonotus	Doi Inthanon
Sultan Tit	Melanochlora sultanea	Kaeng Krachan
Burmese Nuthatch	Sitta neglecta	Doi Ang Khang ‘Neglected Nuthatch’
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch	Sitta nagaensis	Doi Ang Khang
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch	Sitta frontalis	Doi Inthanon
Giant Nuthatch	Sitta magna	Doi Ang Khang
Hume’s Treecreeper	Certhia manipurensis	Doi Inthanon
Crested Finchbill	Spizixos canifrons	Doi Ang Khang
Striated Bulbul	Pycnonotus striatus	North Thailand
Black-crested Bulbul	Pycnonotus flaviventris	Kaeng Krachan
Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus	Khao Yai
Brown-breasted Bulbul	Pycnonotus xanthorrhous	Doi Ang Khang
Sooty-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus aurigaster	Kaeng Krachan
Stripe-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus finlaysoni	Kaeng Krachan
Flavescent Bulbul	Pycnonotus flavescens	Kaeng Krachan
Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus blanfordi	Kaeng Krachan
Puff-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus pallidus	Kaeng Krachan
Gray-eyed Bulbul	Iole propinqua	Khao Yai
Black Bulbul	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	North Thailand
White-headed Bulbul	Hypsipetes thompsoni	Doi Inthanon
Ashy Bulbul	Hemixos flavala	Doi Inthanon
Mountain Bulbul	Ixos mcclellandii	North Thailand
Pygmy Cupwing	Pnoepyga pusilla	Doi Inthanon
Asian Stubtail	Urosphena squameiceps	Doi Inthanon
Slaty-bellied Tesia	Tesia olivea	Doi Inthanon
Yellow-bellied Warbler	Abroscopus superciliaris	Doi Ang Khang
Mountain Tailorbird	Phyllergates cucullatus	Doi Ang Khang
Aberrant Bush-Warbler	Horornis flavolivaceus	North Thailand
Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	Khao Yai
Radde’s Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi	Khao Yai
Pale-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus	Doi Inthanon
Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus	Kaeng Krachan
Hume’s Warbler	Phylloscopus humei	Doi Inthanon
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	Khao Yai
Two-barred Warbler	Phylloscopus plumbietarsus	Khao Yai
Blyth’s Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus reguloides	Doi Ang Khang
Gray-crowned Warbler	Seicercus tephrocephalus	Doi Ang Khang
Chestnut-crowned Warbler	Seicercus castaniceps	Doi Inthanon
Thick-billed Warbler	Iduna aedon	East Thailand
Black-browed Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	Khao Yai
Oriental Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	East Thailand
Striated Grassbird	Megalurus palustris	Kaeng Krachan
Golden-headed Cisticola	Cisticola exilis	East Thailand
Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	East Thailand
Dark-necked Tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	Kaeng Krachan
Hill Prinia	Prinia superciliaris	North Thailand
Rufescent Prinia	Prinia rufescens	North Thailand
Yellow-bellied Prinia	Prinia flaviventris	East Thailand
Plain Prinia	Prinia inornata	Kaeng Krachan
Yellow-eyed Babbler	Chrysomma sinense	East Thailand
Gray-headed Parrotbill	Psittiparus gularis	North Thailand
Spot-breasted Parrotbill	Paradoxornis guttaticollis	Doi Ang Khang
Striated Yuhina	Yuhina castaniceps	North Thailand
Chestnut-flanked White-eye	Zosterops erythropleurus	Khao Yai
Indian White-eye	Zosterops palpebrosus	Doi Ang Khang
Pin-striped Tit-Babbler	Mixornis gularis	Kaeng Krachan
Golden Babbler	Cyanoderma chrysaeum	Kaeng Krachan
White-browed Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus schisticeps	Doi Ang Khang
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler	Megapomatorhinus erythrogenys	Doi Ang Khang
Gray-throated Babbler	Stachyris nigriceps	Doi Ang Khang
Rufous-winged Fulvetta	Schoeniparus castaneceps	Doi Inthanon
Buff-breasted Babbler	Pellorneum tickelli	Doi Inthanon
Striped Wren-Babbler	Kenopia striata	Doi Ang Khang
Abbott’s Babbler	Turdinus abbotti	Khao Yai
Limestone Wren-Babbler	Turdinus crispifrons	East Thailand
Brown-cheeked Fulvetta	Alcippe poioicephala	Kaeng Krachan
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta	Alcippe morrisonia	Doi Inthanon
White-crested Laughingthrush	Garrulax leucolophus	Khao Yai
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla pectoralis	Kaeng Krachan
Black-throated Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla chinensis	Kaeng Krachan
White-browed Laughingthrush	Ianthocincla sannio	Doi Ang Khang
Silver-eared Laughingthrush	Trochalopteron melanostigma	Doi Inthanon
Black-backed Sibia	Heterophasia melanoleuca	North Thailand
Silver-eared Mesia	Leiothrix argentauris	North Thailand
Rufous-backed Sibia	Minla annectens	Doi Inthanon
Red-faced Liocichla	Liocichla phoenicea	Doi Inthanon
Spectacled Barwing	Actinodura ramsayi	Doi Ang Khang
Blue-winged Minla	Actinodura cyanouroptera	North Thailand
Chestnut-tailed Minla	Actinodura strigula	Doi Inthanon
Asian Fairy-bluebird	Irena puella	Kaeng Krachan
Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa latirostris	Kaeng Krachan
Oriental Magpie-Robin	Copsychus saularis	Kaeng Krachan
White-rumped Shama	Copsychus malabaricus	Kaeng Krachan
Blue-throated Flycatcher	Cyornis rubeculoides	Doi Inthanon
Hill Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis banyumas	Doi Ang Khang
Indochinese Blue-Flycatcher	Cyornis sumatrensis	Kaeng Krachan
Large Niltava	Niltava grandis	Doi Inthanon
Small Niltava	Niltava macgrigoriae	Doi Inthanon
Rufous-bellied Niltava	Niltava sundara	Doi Ang Khang
Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassinus	Kaeng Krachan
Lesser Shortwing	Brachypteryx leucophrys	Doi Ang Khang
Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane	Kaeng Krachan
Blue Whistling-Thrush	Myophonus caeruleus	Doi Ang Khang: ssp. Eugenei. Doi Inathon: ssp. caerules
Black-backed Forktail	Enicurus immaculatus	Doi Inthanon
Slaty-backed Forktail	Enicurus schistaceus	Khao Yai
Siberian Rubythroat	Calliope calliope	East Thailand
White-tailed Robin	Cinclidium leucurum	Doi Ang Khang
Himalayan Bluetail	Tarsiger rufilatus	Doi Ang Khang
Little Pied Flycatcher	Ficedula westermanni	Doi Ang Khang
Taiga Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla	Kaeng Krachan
Mugimaki Flycatcher	Ficedula mugimaki	Khao Yai
Slaty-blue Flycatcher	Ficedula tricolor	Doi Inthanon
Plumbeous Redstart	Phoenicurus fuliginosus	Doi Inthanon
White-capped Redstart	Phoenicurus leucocephalus	Doi Inthanon
Daurian Redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus	North to Doi Ang Khang
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush	Monticola rufiventris	Doi Ang Khang
White-throated Rock-Thrush	Monticola gularis	Khao Yai
Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	Doi Ang Khang
Siberian Stonechat	Saxicola maurus	Kaho Yai
Pied Bushchat	Saxicola caprata	East Thailand
Gray Bushchat	Saxicola ferreus	Doi Ang Khang
Orange-headed Thrush	Geokichla citrina	Khao Yai
Dark-sided Thrush	Zoothera marginata	Doi Inthanon
Scaly Thrush	Zoothera dauma	Doi Ang Khang
Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	Doi Inthanon
Common Hill Myna	Gracula religiosa	Kaeng Krachan
Great Myna	Acridotheres grandis	Central Thailand
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Central Thailand
Black-collared Starling	Gracupica nigricollis	East Thailand
Asian Pied Starling	Gracupica contra	Kaeng Krachan
Chestnut-tailed Starling	Sturnia malabarica	North Thailand
Blue-winged Leafbird	Chloropsis cochinchinensis	Khao Yai
Golden-fronted Leafbird	Chloropsis aurifrons	Doi Ang Khang
Orange-bellied Leafbird	Chloropsis hardwickii	North Thailand
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker	Dicaeum chrysorrheum	Khao Yai
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker	Dicaeum ignipectus	Khao Yai (Cambodian ssp.)
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	Dicaeum cruentatum	Kaeng Krachan
Plain-throated Sunbird	Anthreptes malacensis	East Thailand
Olive-backed Sunbird	Cinnyris jugularis	Kaeng Krachan
Black-throated Sunbird	Aethopyga saturata	Kaeng Krachan
Gould’s Sunbird	Aethopyga gouldiae	Doi Ang Khang
Green-tailed Sunbird	Aethopyga nipalensis	Doi Inthanon
Crimson Sunbird	Aethopyga siparaja	Kaeng Krachan
Little Spiderhunter	Arachnothera longirostra	Khao Yai
Streaked Spiderhunter	Arachnothera magna	Kaeng Krachan
Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	East Thailand
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Doi Ang Khang
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	East Thailand
Oriental Pipit	Anthus rufulus	East Thailand
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	North Thailand
Chestnut-eared Bunting	Emberiza fucata	Doi Ang Khang
Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla	Doi Ang Khang
Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	North Thailand
Black-headed Greenfinch	Chloris ambigua	Doi Ang Khang
Plain-backed Sparrow	Passer flaveolus	East Thailand
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Central Thailand
Baya Weaver	Ploceus philippinus	Scunbet 119
White-rumped Munia	Lonchura striata	Kaeng Krachan
Nutmeg Mannikin	Lonchura punctulata	North Thailand

# World Bird Families

milestone 17 | Brazil 2011 | families 135-141/250

Posted on July, 2011April, 2024

Deep into the Atlantic Rainforest

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 141/250

57%

A few days in Sao Paulo & Rio de Janiero states in the following locations: Arars, Campos do Jordao, Folha Seca (in the photo above) , Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba, Angelim Rainforest, Pereque, Ubatumirim, Serra do Mar, restaurant Fizadinha produced the following new families:

135. Family #94: Puffbirds (Bucconidae) | Buff-bellied Puffbird

136. Family #95: Jacamars (Galbulidae) | Rufous-tailed Jacamar

137. Family #103: Seriemas (Cariamidae) | Red-legged Seriema

138. Family #117: Gnateaters (Conopophagidae) | Rufous Gnateater

139. Family #122: Manakins (Pipridae) | Swallow-tailed Manakin

140. Family #187: Donacobius (Donacobiidae) | Black-capped Donacobius

141. Family #120: Antthrushes (Formicariidae) | Rufous-capped Antthrush

trip's bird list

Brown Tinamou	Crypturellus obsoletus	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Tataupa Tinamou	Crypturellus tataupa	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata	Ubatumirim
Dusky-legged Guan	Penelope obscura	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Spot-winged Wood-Quail	Odontophorus capueira	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens	Ubatuba
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Ubatuba, Pereque
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Araras, Ubatuba, Pereque
Cocoi Heron	Ardea cocoi	Ubatuba
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Araras, Pereque
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	Araras
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	Pereque
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Araras, Pereque
Striated Heron	Butorides striata	Araras
Whistling Heron	Syrigma sibilatrix	Campos do Jordao
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Araras
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus	Araras, Pereque
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus melanoleucus	Ubatuba
Bicolored Hawk	Accipiter bicolor	Campos do Jordau
Savanna Hawk	Buteogallus meridionalis	Campos do Jordau
White-necked Hawk	Buteogallus lacernulatus	Pereque
Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnirostris	Araras, Pereque
White-tailed Hawk	Geranoaetus albicaudatus	Campos do Jordau
Rufous-sided Crake	Laterallus melanophaius	Ubatumirim
Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail	Aramides saracura	Campos do Jordau
Uniform Crake	Amaurolimnas concolor	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Ash-throated Crake	Porzana albicollis	Ubatumirim
White-backed Stilt	Himantopus melanurus	Campos do Jordau
Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis	Araras, Pereque
Wattled Jacana	Jacana jacana	Campos do Jordau
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	Ubatuba, Pereque
South American Tern	Sterna hirundinacea	Pereque
Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus	Ubatuba, Pereque
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Araras, Pereque
Pale-vented Pigeon	Patagioenas cayennensis	Campos do Jordau
Picazuro Pigeon	Patagioenas picazuro	Araras, Pereque
Plumbeous Pigeon	Patagioenas plumbea	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata	Araras
Ruddy Ground-Dove	Columbina talpacoti	Pereque
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana	Ubatuba, Pereque
Guira Cuckoo	Guira guira	Campos do Jordau
Striped Cuckoo	Tapera naevia	Pereque
Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani	Campos do Jordau
Tropical Screech-Owl	Megascops choliba	Ubatuba
Black-capped Screech-Owl	Megascops atricapilla	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia	Ubatuba, Pereque
Mottled Owl	Ciccaba virgata	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Stygian Owl	Asio stygius	Campos do Jordau, Ubatuba
Short-tailed Nighthawk	Lurocalis semitorquatus	Folha Seca
Common Pauraque	Nyctidromus albicollis	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba
Gray-rumped Swift	Chaetura cinereiventris	Ubatuba, Pereque
Saw-billed Hermit	Ramphodon naevius	Folha Seca
Reddish Hermit	Phaethornis ruber	Folha Seca, Pereque
Scale-throated Hermit	Phaethornis eurynome	Folha Seca
Festive Coquette	Lophornis chalybeus	Folha Seca
Brazilian Ruby	Clytolaema rubricauda	Campos do Jordau, Folha Seca
Plovercrest	Stephanoxis lalandi	Campos do Jordau
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird	Eupetomena macroura	Folha Seca, Araras
Violet-capped Woodnymph	Thalurania glaucopis	Folha Seca
Sombre Hummingbird	Aphantochroa cirrochloris	Folha Seca
White-throated Hummingbird	Leucochloris albicollis	Campos do Jordau
Versicolored Emerald	Amazilia versicolor	Folha Seca, Pereque
Glittering-throated Emerald	Amazilia fimbriata	Folha Seca
White-chinned Sapphire	Hylocharis cyanus	Folha Seca
White-tailed Trogon	Trogon chionurus	Folha Seca, Pereque
Surucua Trogon	Trogon surrucura	Campos do Jordau
Ringed Kingfisher	Megaceryle torquata	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Green Kingfisher	Chloroceryle americana	Araras
Buff-bellied Puffbird	Notharchus swainsoni	Pereque
White-eared Puffbird	Nystalus chacuru	restaurant Fazdinha
Rufous-tailed Jacamar	Galbula ruficauda	Pereque
Channel-billed Toucan	Ramphastos vitellinus	Pereque * ariel (Ariel)
Red-breasted Toucan	Ramphastos dicolorus	Campos do Jordau
White-barred Piculet	Picumnus cirratus	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba, Pereque
White Woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker	Melanerpes flavifrons	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba, Pereque
White-spotted Woodpecker	Veniliornis spilogaster	Campos do Jordau
White-browed Woodpecker	Piculus aurulentus	Campos do Jordau
Green-barred Woodpecker	Colaptes melanochloros	Araras
Campo Flicker	Colaptes campestris	Campos do Jordao
Blond-crested Woodpecker	Celeus flavescens	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba
Lineated Woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Red-legged Seriema	Cariama cristata	Campos do Jordau
Barred Forest-Falcon	Micrastur ruficollis	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Southern Caracara	Caracara plancus	Sao Paulo state, Pereque
Yellow-headed Caracara	Milvago chimachima	Campos do Jordau
Laughing Falcon	Herpetotheres cachinnans	Rio de Janeiro state (heard only)
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	Araras
Maroon-bellied Parakeet	Pyrrhura frontalis	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Red-shouldered Macaw	Diopsittaca nobilis	Campos do Jordau
Blue-winged Parrotlet	Forpus xanthopterygius	Pereque
Plain Parakeet	Brotogeris tirica	Folha Seca (Tropical restaurant)
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet	Brotogeris chiriri	Araras
Pileated Parrot	Pionopsitta pileata	Ubatuba, Pereque
Scaly-headed Parrot	Pionus maximiliani	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Vinaceous-breasted Parrot	Amazona vinacea	Campos do Jordao
Spot-backed Antshrike	Hypoedaleus guttatus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Giant Antshrike	Batara cinerea	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Large-tailed Antshrike	Mackenziaena leachii	Campos do Jordau
Chestnut-backed Antshrike	Thamnophilus palliatus	Pereque
Variable Antshrike	Thamnophilus caerulescens	Campos do Jordau
Spot-breasted Antvireo	Dysithamnus stictothorax	Rio de Janeiro state (heard only)
Plain Antvireo	Dysithamnus mentalis	Folha Seca
Rufous-winged Antwren	Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus	Folha Seca
Black-hooded Antwren	Formicivora erythronotos	Pereque Endemic
Ferruginous Antbird	Drymophila ferruginea	Folha Seca, Pereque
Bertoni’s Antbird	Drymophila rubricollis	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Dusky-tailed Antbird	Drymophila malura	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Scaled Antbird	Drymophila squamata	Folha Seca, Pereque
White-shouldered Fire-eye	Pyriglena leucoptera	Pereque
Squamate Antbird	Myrmeciza squamosa	Pereque
Rufous Gnateater	Conopophaga lineata	Angelim Rainforest
Spotted Bamboowren	Psilorhamphus guttatus	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Slaty Bristlefront	Merulaxis ater	polha seca
Mouse-colored Tapaculo	Scytalopus speluncae	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Rufous-capped Antthrush	Formicarius colma	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Such’s Antthrush	Chamaeza meruloides	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Rufous-tailed Antthrush	Chamaeza ruficauda	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Olivaceous Woodcreeper	Sittasomus griseicapillus	Campos do Jordau
White-throated Woodcreeper	Xiphocolaptes albicollis	Campos do Jordao
Lesser Woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus fuscus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Scaled Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes squamatus	Campos do Jordao
Streaked Xenops	Xenops rutilans	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Wing-banded Hornero	Furnarius figulus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Rufous Hornero	Furnarius rufus	Araras
Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper	Lochmias nematura	Campos do Jordao
Pale-browed Treehunter	Cichlocolaptes leucophrus	Pereque
Sharp-billed Treehunter	Heliobletus contaminatus	Campos do Jordao
Black-capped Foliage-gleaner	Philydor atricapillus	Pereque
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner	Philydor rufum	Campos do Jordau
Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner	Syndactyla rufosuperciliata	Campos do Jordau
Araucaria Tit-Spinetail	Leptasthenura setaria	Campos do Jordao
Orange-eyed Thornbird	Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus	Folha Seca, Pereque
Pallid Spinetail	Cranioleuca pallida	Campos do Jordao
Yellow-chinned Spinetail	Certhiaxis cinnamomeus	Araras
Rufous-capped Spinetail	Synallaxis ruficapilla	Folha Seca
Spix’s Spinetail	Synallaxis spixi	Campos do Jordau
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma obsoletum	Campos do Jordau
Yellow Tyrannulet	Capsiempis flaveola	Pereque
Gray Elaenia	Myiopagis caniceps	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
White-crested Tyrannulet	Serpophaga subcristata	Campos do Jordau
Gray-hooded Flycatcher	Mionectes rufiventris	Pereque
Sepia-capped Flycatcher	Leptopogon amaurocephalus	Pereque
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes ventralis	Campos do Jordao
Planalto Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias fasciatus	Campos do Jordau
Gray-capped Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias griseocapilla	Campos do Jordau
Brown-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant	Hemitriccus obsoletus	Campos do Jordau
Fork-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant	Hemitriccus furcatus	Pereque. aka Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher	Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Gray-headed Tody-Flycatcher	Todirostrum poliocephalum	Folha Seca, Pereque
Common Tody-Flycatcher	Todirostrum cinereum	Campos do Jordau
Yellow-olive Flycatcher	Tolmomyias sulphurescens	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
White-throated Spadebill	Platyrinchus mystaceus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Cliff Flycatcher	Hirundinea ferruginea	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba, Pereque
Whiskered Flycatcher	Myiobius barbatus	Pereque, split from Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher. moved to family Tityridae
Bran-colored Flycatcher	Myiophobus fasciatus	Pereque
Tropical Pewee	Contopus cinereus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus cyanirostris	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Crested Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus lophotes	Campos do Jordau
Velvety Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus nigerrimus	Campos do Jordao
Yellow-browed Tyrant	Satrapa icterophrys	restaurant Fizadinha
Masked Water-Tyrant	Fluvicola nengeta	Araras, Pereque
Long-tailed Tyrant	Colonia colonus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Cattle Tyrant	Machetornis rixosa	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Gray-hooded Attila	Attila rufus	Pereque
Great Kiskadee	Pitangus sulphuratus	Araras, Pereque
Boat-billed Flycatcher	Megarynchus pitangua	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Social Flycatcher	Myiozetetes similis	Araras, Pereque
Tropical Kingbird	Tyrannus melancholicus	Pereque
Hooded Berryeater	Carpornis cucullata	Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow	Pyroderus scutatus	Campos do Jordau
Black-and-gold Cotinga	Tijuca atra	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Bare-throated Bellbird	Procnias nudicollis	Pereque
Swallow-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia caudata	Campos do Jordau
White-bearded Manakin	Manacus manacus	Folha Seca, Pereque
Black-capped Piprites	Piprites pileata	Campos do Jordau
Greenish Schiffornis	Schiffornis virescens	Sao Paulo state (heard only)
Buff-throated Purpletuft	Iodopleura pipra	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Chestnut-crowned Becard	Pachyramphus castaneus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Rufous-crowned Greenlet	Hylophilus poicilotis	Campos do Jordau
Lemon-chested Greenlet	Hylophilus thoracicus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Rufous-browed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis gujanensis	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Curl-crested Jay	Cyanocorax cristatellus	Campos do Jordau
Plush-crested Jay	Cyanocorax chrysops	Campos do Jordau
Blue-and-white Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca	Araras, Pereque
Southern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx ruficollis	Pereque
Gray-breasted Martin	Progne chalybea	Pereque
Brown-chested Martin	Progne tapera	Campos do Jordau
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	‘Southern House Wren’ T. a. musculus
Long-billed Wren	Cantorchilus longirostris	Folha Seca
Long-billed Gnatwren	Ramphocaenus melanurus	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Black-capped Donacobius	Donacobius atricapilla	Ubatumirim
Yellow-legged Thrush	Turdus flavipes	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Pale-breasted Thrush	Turdus leucomelas	Folha Seca (Tropical Resturant)
Rufous-bellied Thrush	Turdus rufiventris	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Creamy-bellied Thrush	Turdus amaurochalinus	Folha Seca (Tropical Resturant)
White-necked Thrush	Turdus albicollis	Pedra do Bau
Chalk-browed Mockingbird	Mimus saturninus	Araras
Masked Yellowthroat	Geothlypis aequinoctialis	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba, Pereque
Tropical Parula	Setophaga pitiayumi	Campos do Jordao, Pereque
Golden-crowned Warbler	Basileuterus culicivorus	Campos do Jordau
White-browed Warbler	Myiothlypis leucoblephara	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Riverbank Warbler	Myiothlypis rivularis	Folha Seca, Pereque
Black-goggled Tanager	Trichothraupis melanops	Folha Seca, Pereque
Flame-crested Tanager	Tachyphonus cristatus	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba, Pereque
Ruby-crowned Tanager	Tachyphonus coronatus	Campos do Jordau, Folha Seca, Pereque
Brazilian Tanager	Ramphocelus bresilius	Ubatuba,Pereque
Diademed Tanager	Stephanophorus diadematus	Campos do Jordau
Fawn-breasted Tanager	Pipraeidea melanonota	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Sayaca Tanager	Thraupis sayaca	Araras, Folha Seca, Pereque
Azure-shouldered Tanager	Thraupis cyanoptera	Folha Seca
Golden-chevroned Tanager	Thraupis ornata	Campos do Jordau, Pereque
Palm Tanager	Thraupis palmarum	Folha Seca (Tropical Resturant)
Burnished-buff Tanager	Tangara cayana	Campos do Jordao
Green-headed Tanager	Tangara seledon	Folha Seca, Pereque
Red-necked Tanager	Tangara cyanocephala	Folha Seca (Tropical Restaurant)
Brassy-breasted Tanager	Tangara desmaresti	Pereque
Blue Dacnis	Dacnis cayana	Campos do Jordau, Folha Seca, Pereque
Green Honeycreeper	Chlorophanes spiza	Folha Seca
Rufous-headed Tanager	Hemithraupis ruficapilla	Pereque
Uniform Finch	Haplospiza unicolor	Angelim Rainforest, Ubatuba
Buff-throated Warbling-Finch	Poospiza lateralis	Campos do Jordau
Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba
Lesser Grass-Finch	Emberizoides ypiranganus	Campos do Jordao
Blue-black Grassquit	Volatinia jacarina	Rancho Pica-Pau, Ubatuba
Double-collared Seedeater	Sporophila caerulescens	Folha Seca, Pereque
White-bellied Seedeater	Sporophila leucoptera	Pereque
Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola	Araras, Pereque
Green-winged Saltator	Saltator similis	Campos do Jordau
Thick-billed Saltator	Saltator maxillosus	Campos do Jordau
Rufous-collared Sparrow	Zonotrichia capensis	Campos do Jordao
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager	Habia rubica	Folha Seca, Pereque
Chopi Blackbird	Gnorimopsar chopi	restaurant Fazdinha
Unicolored Blackbird	Agelasticus cyanopus	Ubatumirim
Chestnut-capped Blackbird	Chrysomus ruficapillus	Araras
Shiny Cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis	Araras, Serra do Mar, high Ubatuba
Red-rumped Cacique	Cacicus haemorrhous	Folha Seca, Pereque
Golden-winged Cacique	Cacicus chrysopterus	Campos do Jordau
Crested Oropendola	Psarocolius decumanus	Folha Seca
Violaceous Euphonia	Euphonia violacea	Folha Seca, Pereque
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia	Euphonia pectoralis	Folha Seca, Pereque
Blue-naped Chlorophonia	Chlorophonia cyanea	Campos do Jordau
Hooded Siskin	Spinus magellanicus	Campos do Jordau
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Araras, Pereque
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Ubatumirim

# World Bird Families

milestone 16 | Israel 2011 | family 134/250

Posted on May, 2011January, 2024

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 134/250

54%

Although the monotype Hypocolius seen a few times in Israel, it’s rather rare here. As a finding tip, I would recommend on other places: From Persian Gulf eastward to north-west India it should be easier.

Family #219: Hypocolius (Hypocoliidae) | Hypocolius

# World Bird Families

milestone 15 | Mexico 2011 | families 132-133/250

Posted on February, 2011January, 2024

Viva México!

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 133/250

54%

The accidental birder business visit to Mexico gain two new families. Full trip report below.

132. Family #66: Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) | Magnificent Frigatebird (photographed in Puerto Rico)

133. Family #83: Trogons (Trogonidae) | Surucua Trogon (photographed in Brazil, Black-headed Trogon ticked in Mexico)

trip's bird list

Gadwall	Anas strepera
Mexican Duck	Anas diazi
Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors
Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal	Anas carolinensis
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Plain Chachalaca	Ortalis vetula
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps
Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus
American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
Tricolored Heron	Egretta tricolor
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Green Heron	Butorides virescens
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
White Ibis	Eudocimus albus
White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
White-tailed Kite	Elanus leucurus
Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius
Cooper’s Hawk	Accipiter cooperii
Crane Hawk	Geranospiza caerulescens
Common Black-Hawk	Buteogallus anthracinus
Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnirostris
Gray Hawk	Buteo plagiatus
Short-tailed Hawk	Buteo brachyurus
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis
Sora	Porzana carolina
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata
American Coot	Fulica americana
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet	Recurvirostra americana
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus
Northern Jacana	Jacana spinosa
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
Willet	Tringa semipalmata
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus
Wilson’s Snipe	Gallinago delicata
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla
Franklin’s Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan
Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
Red-billed Pigeon	Patagioenas flavirostris
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto
White-winged Dove	Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura
Inca Dove	Columbina inca
Common Ground-Dove	Columbina passerina
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana
Groove-billed Ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium brasilianum	(heard only)
Lesser Nighthawk	Chordeiles acutipennis
Vaux’s Swift	Chaetura vauxi
Plain-capped Starthroat	Heliomaster constantii
Blue-throated Hummingbird	Lampornis clemenciae
Mexican Sheartail	Doricha eliza
Lucifer Hummingbird	Calothorax lucifer
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Archilochus colubris
Broad-tailed Hummingbird	Selasphorus platycercus
Calliope Hummingbird	Selasphorus calliope
Dusky Hummingbird	Cynanthus sordidus
Broad-billed Hummingbird	Cynanthus latirostris
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing	Campylopterus curvipennis
Azure-crowned Hummingbird	Amazilia cyanocephala
Berylline Hummingbird	Amazilia beryllina
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird	Amazilia tzacatl
Violet-crowned Hummingbird	Amazilia violiceps
White-eared Hummingbird	Hylocharis leucotis
Black-headed Trogon	Trogon melanocephalus
Guianan Trogon	Trogon violaceus
Collared Trogon	Trogon collaris
Ringed Kingfisher	Megaceryle torquata
Green Kingfisher	Chloroceryle americana
Acorn Woodpecker	Melanerpes formicivorus
Gray-breasted Woodpecker	Melanerpes hypopolius
Golden-fronted Woodpecker	Melanerpes aurifrons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Sphyrapicus varius
Ladder-backed Woodpecker	Picoides scalaris
Crested Caracara	Caracara cheriway
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Aplomado Falcon	Falco femoralis
Monk Parakeet	Myiopsitta monachus
White-crowned Parrot	Pionus senilis
Red-lored Parrot	Amazona autumnalis
Yellow-headed Parrot	Amazona oratrix
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes affinis
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma imberbe
Yellow-olive Flycatcher	Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi
Greater Pewee	Contopus pertinax
Least Flycatcher	Empidonax minimus
Hammond’s Flycatcher	Empidonax hammondii
Dusky Flycatcher	Empidonax oberholseri
Buff-breasted Flycatcher	Empidonax fulvifrons
Black Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans
Eastern Phoebe	Sayornis phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher	Pyrocephalus rubinus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher	Myiarchus tuberculifer
Brown-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus tyrannulus
Great Kiskadee	Pitangus sulphuratus
Boat-billed Flycatcher	Megarynchus pitangua
Social Flycatcher	Myiozetetes similis
Couch’s Kingbird	Tyrannus couchii
Cassin’s Kingbird	Tyrannus vociferans
Western Kingbird	Tyrannus verticalis
Rose-throated Becard	Pachyramphus aglaiae
White-eyed Vireo	Vireo griseus
Cassin’s Vireo	Vireo cassinii
Blue-headed Vireo	Vireo solitarius
Golden Vireo	Vireo hypochryseus
Warbling Vireo	Vireo gilvus
Brown Jay	Psilorhinus morio
Steller’s Jay	Cyanocitta stelleri
Mexican Jay	Aphelocoma wollweberi
Common Raven	Corvus corax
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Mangrove Swallow	Tachycineta albilinea
Violet-green Swallow	Tachycineta thalassina
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
Mexican Chickadee	Poecile sclateri
Bushtit	Psaltriparus minimus
Canyon Wren	Catherpes mexicanus
Sumichrast’s Wren	Hylorchilus sumichrasti	(heard only)
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon
Marsh Wren	Cistothorus palustris
Bewick’s Wren	Thryomanes bewickii
Band-backed Wren	Campylorhynchus zonatus
Rufous-naped Wren	Campylorhynchus rufinucha
Happy Wren	Pheugopedius felix
White-breasted Wood-Wren	Henicorhina leucosticta
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Polioptila caerulea
Golden-crowned Kinglet	Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Regulus calendula
Western Bluebird	Sialia mexicana
Brown-backed Solitaire	Myadestes occidentalis
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus aurantiirostris
Russet Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus occidentalis
Hermit Thrush	Catharus guttatus
Clay-colored Thrush	Turdus grayi
White-throated Thrush	Turdus assimilis
Rufous-backed Robin	Turdus rufopalliatus
American Robin	Turdus migratorius
Blue Mockingbird	Melanotis caerulescens
Gray Catbird	Dumetella carolinensis
Curve-billed Thrasher	Toxostoma curvirostre
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens
Gray Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys cinereus
Northern Waterthrush	Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue-winged Warbler	Vermivora cyanoptera
Black-and-white Warbler	Mniotilta varia
Orange-crowned Warbler	Oreothlypis celata
Nashville Warbler	Oreothlypis ruficapilla
Virginia’s Warbler	Oreothlypis virginiae
MacGillivray’s Warbler	Geothlypis tolmiei
Black-polled Yellowthroat	Geothlypis speciosa
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas
Tropical Parula	Setophaga pitiayumi
Magnolia Warbler	Setophaga magnolia
American Yellow Warbler	Setophaga aestiva
Palm Warbler	Setophaga palmarum
Audubon’s Warbler	Setophaga auduboni
Yellow-throated Warbler	Setophaga dominica
Grace’s Warbler	Setophaga graciae
Black-throated Gray Warbler	Setophaga nigrescens
Townsend’s Warbler	Setophaga townsendi
Black-throated Green Warbler	Setophaga virens
Fan-tailed Warbler	Basileuterus lachrymosus
Rufous-capped Warbler	Basileuterus rufifrons
Wilson’s Warbler	Cardellina pusilla
Red Warbler	Cardellina rubra
Painted Redstart	Myioborus pictus
Yellow-breasted Chat	Icteria virens
Blue-gray Tanager	Thraupis episcopus
Yellow-winged Tanager	Thraupis abbas
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer	Diglossa baritula
Blue-black Grassquit	Volatinia jacarina
Morelet’s Seedeater	Sporophila torqueola
Grayish Saltator	Saltator coerulescens
Black-headed Saltator	Saltator atriceps
Green-striped Brush-Finch	Arremon virenticeps
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch	Atlapetes pileatus
Spotted Towhee	Pipilo maculatus
Eastern Towhee	Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Rusty Sparrow	Aimophila rufescens
Rufous-crowned Sparrow	Aimophila ruficeps
Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow	Melozone kieneri
Canyon Towhee	Melozone fusca
Black-chested Sparrow	Peucaea humeralis
Striped Sparrow	Oriturus superciliosus
Chipping Sparrow	Spizella passerina
Savannah Sparrow	Passerculus sandwichensis
Song Sparrow	Melospiza melodia
Lincoln’s Sparrow	Melospiza lincolnii
Yellow-eyed Junco	Junco phaeonotus
Common Chlorospingus	Chlorospingus flavopectus
Hepatic Tanager	Piranga flava
Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra
Western Tanager	Piranga ludoviciana
Flame-colored Tanager	Piranga bidentata
Yellow Grosbeak	Pheucticus chrysopeplus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Pheucticus ludovicianus
Black-headed Grosbeak	Pheucticus melanocephalus
Blue-black Grosbeak	Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Blue Bunting	Cyanocompsa parellina
Blue Grosbeak	Passerina caerulea
Indigo Bunting	Passerina cyanea
Varied Bunting	Passerina versicolor
Red-winged Blackbird	Agelaius phoeniceus
Eastern Meadowlark	Sturnella magna
Melodious Blackbird	Dives dives
Brewer’s Blackbird	Euphagus cyanocephalus
Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus
Bronzed Cowbird	Molothrus aeneus
Orchard Oriole	Icterus spurius
Streak-backed Oriole	Icterus pustulatus
Bullock’s Oriole	Icterus bullockii
Altamira Oriole	Icterus gularis
Black-backed Oriole	Icterus abeillei
Scott’s Oriole	Icterus parisorum
Montezuma Oropendola	Psarocolius montezuma
Scrub Euphonia	Euphonia affinis
Yellow-throated Euphonia	Euphonia hirundinacea
House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus
Pine Siskin	Spinus pinus
Black-headed Siskin	Spinus notatus
Lesser Goldfinch	Spinus psaltria
Hooded Grosbeak	Coccothraustes abeillei
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus

Trip report

5 Birding Days around Mexico City
February 2011 – Oz Horine

As an experienced accidental birder, I took advantage of a few working days in Mexico City and contacted Hector Gómez de Silva for advice. Hector planned an itinerary for 5 days according to my wishlist, and guided the first 3 days, using his vast birding knowledge and talent. His contribution was the main success factor of my trip. Rafa Calderon was driving the whole period and was a great help with finding and identifying, and probably will turn soon to an independent birding guide. Monica, Hector’s wife was part of the team as well, and was a great help spotting birds. Following my 5 birding days in Southern California last December, this trip was a good chance also to complete some missing North American birds, and I was happy to tick a good number of American Warblers, Sparrows and others.

Day 1 – 12-Feb-2001
After 2 hours drive east to the Atlantic Slope crossing the endless urban area on the 20 millions habitants city, we started to climbed slippery donkeys’ paths of the drizzling cloud forest near Cordoba. The endangered endemic target species, Sumichrast’s (Slender-billed) Wren was on the right location near,
at least 3 individuals react for calls but not seen! Other nice birds for the first hours in Mexico were White-crowned & Redlored Parrots, Violaceous & Collared Trogons, Yellow-throated Euphonia, Fan-tailed Warbler, Red-billed Pigeon, Blue-black Grosbeak and Blue Bunting.

A short driving brake before dark contributed a few Yellow-headed Parrots flying to a roost. At the evening we were looking for hotel and restaurants in Veracruz area but could not find both in one place. All the hotels on our way were lovers’ motels. So we gave a try to a simple tortillas shop which its cocking facility located on the street and proposed different parts of cow on tortillas. The guests set on simple plastic chairs inside the basic shop. Surprisingly, this suspicious food was tasty and unharmed. Four of us shared for the night a simple room which was big enough although we all skipped the lousy shower.

Day 2 – 13-Feb-2001
We started the day early before sunrise at Cansaburro. We heard some Killdeers and… Ferruginous Pygmy Owl – another Heard Only bird… what is going on with these Owls??? Anyhow a nice verity of Flycatchers: Boatbilled F., Social F., Couch’s Kingbird, Great Kiskadeer. Some nice raptors as Crane, Gray & Cooper’s Hawks, Merlin and Red-lored Parrot.

Magnificent Frigate at the sandy dunes of Playa Juan Angel was a wish comes true. A nice view of Aplomado Falcon, but we could not find there the expected Double-striped Thick-knee.

Next point was la Mancha beach white a few more Magnificent Frigates, Franklin & Laughing Gulls. While driving north along the coast, we had a short astonishing break on the highway: A view from the bridge on Common
Black Hawk, Tricolored Heron, Ringed Kingfisher, Crested Caracara and a yellow crown of the Great Kiskadee, which is not easy to view.

We tried to check the south boundary of the endemic Tamaulipas Crow – we headed north on the Atlantic cost and scanned with no success electricity wires and roofs in the town of Tecolutla.
While driving back the long way back to Mexico City through Poza Rica, I was
able to add Plain Chachalaca to the list. The bird was feeding among
domesticated chickens on a simple village yard…

Day 3 – 17-Feb-2001
The 3rd birding day at Mexico west of MC started with a vain search of American Dipper at a stream below Temascaltepec. Later on, at the upper part of the town while the lovely song of the Brown-backed Solitaire all over, many new birds. On of the amazing spots was a few hundreds meter path contribute 4 endemics: Happy Wren, Blue Mockingbird, Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow & Golden Vireo.
Actually, Hector’s grandparents use to have a summer house near-by, and Hector gain here as a child his first birdwatching experience.

The highlight of Lerma marshes was the endangered endemic Black-polled Yellowthroat, as well as some waterfowl like Mexican Duck and others.

Day 4 – 18-Feb-2001
Early morning we headed south on the highway to Cuernavaca and at La Pera we tried to attract Ocellated Thrasher with no success, although the location contributed another endemics – Red Warbler & Black-backed
(Abeille’s) Oriole!
Turning to the dirt road was promising: Our first Painted Redstart was seen as we turn into it, the only Mexican Chickadee and a few others, but after a short time 2 policemen arrived. I could not understand their quite discussion with Rafa, and didn’t want to speak English with him during their very long embarrassing search on our luggage and car. Probably they were expecting a bride, but I wasn’t sure how to offer it. Finally they left without any harm, but this was defiantly the unpleasant moment of the trip.
Another disappointment was the endangered endemic Sierra-Madre Sparrow. Its site at La Cima was burned. At least another endemic Striped Sparrow was shown easily at this site.
Climbing up La Cima hill was a great spot for two endemic Brush Finches: Green-striped BF & Rufous-capped BF as well as White-eared Hummingbird.

A walk on a wood path contributed Hooded Grosbeak & Common Raven. Another trouble we went into on that day was near Texcal. The target species was found immediately. As we park the car I heard a typical call and 2 Graybreasted Woodpeckers showed on a tree not too far from us. Luckily I took a record shot just in case, and we tried to approach. We saw another quick sight of one individual, but the endemic woodpecker disappeared. We put it calls but no reaction, and as we already learned from Hector, this woodpecker does not react for its calls. We returned to the car to be prepared for a short walk around before the sunset, to try for the Banded Wren, and maybe for the woody again. Rafa opened the trunk, and put the car’s keys on the tray, and after the relevant gear was out of the car, I volunteered helping by closing the trunk hood… Yes, all other doors were locked as well. Luckily, the nearby town was not too far, and after no more than one hour a local locksmith saved us from this unpleasantness. While I was waiting, as the light was vanishing I was able to spot the only Lesser Nighthawk of the trip. Again, we spent the night on a weird motel, but were too tired to complain…

Day 5 – 19-Feb-2001
We started the morning on Cañón de Lobos, which gave us opportunity to walk on the wild and see some goodies. Endemics like Black-chested Sparrow, Rufous-backed Robin and again, Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow. Also a few others like Yellow Grosbeak, Lucifer Hummingbird. A fruitless search for Wilson’s Phalarope in the Parque Ecologico de Xochimilco, city park of MC, added a few waders and other water birds to the list and gave opportunity to take a nice shot of the Curved billed Thrasher. Our last destination before heading the airport was the Botanical Garden of Mexico City University. The kind entrance guard, that first notify us that the gate is closed and will be opened tomorrow morning, accept the fact that these are my last hours in Mexico and let us in. The place is a real botanical beauty, and I was able to add a few more lifers for my list. Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker which I could not find in California, and even worth, I mist when Hector spotted one of the second day, when I was a bit away, showed itself perfectly. A beautiful Scott’s Oriole, Vaux’s Swift, Rufous-crowned Sparrow were a sweet finale of a great birding trip.

# World Bird Families

milestone 14 | Peru 2009 | families 124-131/250

Posted on July, 2009January, 2024

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 131/250

53%

Originally this is the Long-whiskered Owlet expedition which actually failed (bird heard only?) – but this was a nice push to build up my Neotropic experience. These families now on the list:

124. Family #46: Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae) | Least Seedsnipe

125. Family #60: Penguins (Spheniscidae) | Magellanic Penguin (photographed in Argentina, Humboldt Penguin ticked in Peru)

126. Family #100: Toucans (Ramphastidae) | Red-breasted Toucan (photographed in Brazil, Southern Emerald-Toucanet ticked in Peru)

127. Family #116: Crescentchests (Melanopareiidae) | Collared Crescentchest (photographed in Brazil, Elegant Crescentchest ticked in Peru)

128. Family #119: Tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae) | Slaty Bristlefront (photographed in Brazil, White-breasted Tapaculo ticked in Peru)

129. Family #123: Cotingas (Cotingidae) | Green-and-black Fruiteater

130. Family #124: Tityras and Allies (Tityridae) | White-winged Becard (photographed in Argentina, Barred Becard ticked in Peru)

131. Family #204: Gnatcatchers (Polioptilidae) | Masked Gnatcatcher (photographed in Argentina, Tropical Gnatcatcher ticked in Peru)

Thanks to Chris Lotz from Birding Ecotours for coordinating the trip. www.birdingecotours.com

trip's bird list

Tataupa Tinamou	Crypturellus tataupa	(heard only)
Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera
White-cheeked Pintail	Anas bahamensis
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Speckled Chachalaca	Ortalis guttata
White-tufted Grebe	Rollandia rolland
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps
Great Grebe	Podiceps major
Chilean Flamingo	Phoenicopterus chilensis
Humboldt Penguin	Spheniscus humboldti
Peruvian Booby	Sula variegata
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Red-legged Cormorant	Phalacrocorax gaimardi
Guanay Cormorant	Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
Peruvian Pelican	Pelecanus thagus
Fasciated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma fasciatum
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
Western Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron	Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Puna Ibis	Plegadis ridgwayi
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
Pearl Kite	Gampsonyx swainsonii
Savanna Hawk	Buteogallus meridionalis
Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnirostris
Harris’s Hawk	Parabuteo unicinctus
Variable Hawk	Geranoaetus polyosoma
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle	Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Zone-tailed Hawk	Buteo albonotatus
Plumbeous Rail	Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata
Slate-colored Coot	Fulica ardesiaca
Peruvian Thick-knee	Burhinus superciliaris
White-backed Stilt	Himantopus melanurus
American Oystercatcher	Haematopus palliatus
Blackish Oystercatcher	Haematopus ater
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
Tawny-throated Dotterel	Oreopholus ruficollis
Pied Lapwing	Vanellus cayanus
Snowy Plover	Charadrius nivosus
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus
Least Seedsnipe	Thinocorus rumicivorus
Wattled Jacana	Jacana jacana
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca
Willet	Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Gray-hooded Gull	Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Gray Gull	Leucophaeus modestus
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla
Belcher’s Gull	Larus belcheri
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus
Yellow-billed Tern	Sternula superciliaris
Peruvian Tern	Sternula lorata
Inca Tern	Larosterna inca
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
South American Tern	Sterna hirundinacea
Royal Tern	Thalasseus maximus
Black Skimmer	Rynchops niger
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon	Patagioenas fasciata
Peruvian Pigeon	Patagioenas oenops
Plumbeous Pigeon	Patagioenas plumbea
West Peruvian Dove	Zenaida meloda
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove	Columbina buckleyi
Croaking Ground-Dove	Columbina cruziana
Blue Ground-Dove	Claravis pretiosa
Bare-faced Ground-Dove	Metriopelia ceciliae
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana
Striped Cuckoo	Tapera naevia
Groove-billed Ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris
Peruvian Screech-Owl	Megascops roboratus
Cinnamon Screech-Owl	Megascops petersoni	(heard only)
White-throated Screech-Owl	Megascops albogularis	(heard only)
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium peruanum
Long-whiskered Owlet	Xenoglaux loweryi	(heard only)
Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia
Lesser Nighthawk	Chordeiles acutipennis
Rufous-bellied Nighthawk	Lurocalis rufiventris	(heard only)
Scrub Nightjar	Nyctidromus anthonyi
Swallow-tailed Nightjar	Uropsalis segmentata
Chestnut-collared Swift	Streptoprocne rutila
White-collared Swift	Streptoprocne zonaris
White-tipped Swift	Aeronautes montivagus
Green-fronted Lancebill	Doryfera ludovicae
Lesser Violetear	Colibri cyanotus
Sparkling Violetear	Colibri coruscans
Purple-throated Sunangel	Heliangelus viola
Royal Sunangel	Heliangelus regalis
Ecuadorian Piedtail	Phlogophilus hemileucurus
Speckled Hummingbird	Adelomyia melanogenys
Long-tailed Sylph	Aglaiocercus kingi
Emerald-bellied Puffleg	Eriocnemis aline
Marvelous Spatuletail	Loddigesia mirabilis
Bronzy Inca	Coeligena coeligena
Collared Inca	Coeligena torquata
Sword-billed Hummingbird	Ensifera ensifera
Chestnut-breasted Coronet	Boissonneaua matthewsii
Peruvian Racket-tail	Ocreatus underwoodii
Fawn-breasted Brilliant	Heliodoxa rubinoides
Purple-collared Woodstar	Myrtis fanny
Oasis Hummingbird	Rhodopis vesper
Peruvian Sheartail	Thaumastura cora
White-bellied Woodstar	Chaetocercus mulsant
Little Woodstar	Chaetocercus bombus
Spot-throated Hummingbird	Leucippus taczanowskii
White-bellied Hummingbird	Amazilia chionogaster
Amazilia Hummingbird	Amazilia amazilia
Andean Emerald	Amazilia franciae
Green Kingfisher	Chloroceryle americana
Southern Emerald-Toucanet	Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Speckle-chested Piculet	Picumnus steindachneri
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker	Veniliornis callonotus
Golden-olive Woodpecker	Colaptes rubiginosus
Lineated Woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet	Aratinga wagleri
Mitred Parakeet	Aratinga mitrata
Pacific Parrotlet	Forpus coelestis
Red-billed Parrot	Pionus sordidus
Speckle-faced Parrot	Pionus tumultuosus
Barred Antshrike	Thamnophilus doliatus
Chapman’s Antshrike	Thamnophilus zarumae	(heard only)
Collared Antshrike	Thamnophilus bernardi
Variable Antshrike	Thamnophilus caerulescens
Streak-headed Antbird	Drymophila striaticeps
Marañon Crescentchest	Melanopareia maranonica
Elegant Crescentchest	Melanopareia elegans
Rusty-tinged Antpitta	Grallaria przewalskii	(heard only)
Chestnut Antpitta	Grallaria blakei	(heard only)
Rufous-vented Tapaculo	Scytalopus femoralis
White-crowned Tapaculo	Scytalopus atratus
Coastal Miner	Geositta peruviana
Grayish Miner	Geositta maritima
Thick-billed Miner	Geositta crassirostris
Olivaceous Woodcreeper	Sittasomus griseicapillus
Streak-headed Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Montane Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
Streaked Xenops	Xenops rutilans
Streaked Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
Pale-legged Hornero	Furnarius leucopus
Surf Cinclodes	Cinclodes taczanowskii
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner	Automolus ochrolaemus
Striped Treehunter	Thripadectes holostictus
Spotted Barbtail	Premnoplex brunnescens
Pearled Treerunner	Margarornis squamiger
Rufous-fronted Thornbird	Phacellodomus rufifrons
Cactus Canastero	Pseudasthenes cactorum
Azara’s Spinetail	Synallaxis azarae
Rufous Spinetail	Synallaxis unirufa
Necklaced Spinetail	Synallaxis stictothorax
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma obsoletum
White-tailed Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus poecilocercus
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet	Phaeomyias murina
White-crested Elaenia	Elaenia albiceps
Sierran Elaenia	Elaenia pallatangae
Torrent Tyrannulet	Serpophaga cinerea
Streak-necked Flycatcher	Mionectes striaticollis
Olive-striped Flycatcher	Mionectes olivaceus	(heard only)
Slaty-capped Flycatcher	Leptopogon superciliaris
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes ventralis
Golden-faced Tyrannulet	Zimmerius chrysops
Peruvian Tyrannulet	Zimmerius viridiflavus
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant	Euscarthmus meloryphus
Gray-and-white Tyrannulet	Pseudelaenia leucospodia
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant	Hemitriccus granadensis
Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant	Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
Johnson’s Tody-Flycatcher	Poecilotriccus luluae
Common Tody-Flycatcher	Todirostrum cinereum
Cinnamon Flycatcher	Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
Cliff Flycatcher	Hirundinea ferruginea
Bran-colored Flycatcher	Myiophobus fasciatus
Black Phoebe	Sayornis nigricans
Vermilion Flycatcher	Pyrocephalus rubinus
Rufous-tailed Tyrant	Knipolegus poecilurus
Tumbes Tyrant	Tumbezia salvini
Short-tailed Field Tyrant	Muscigralla brevicauda
Rufous Flycatcher	Myiarchus semirufus
Pale-edged Flycatcher	Myiarchus cephalotes
Brown-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus tyrannulus
Social Flycatcher	Myiozetetes similis
Baird’s Flycatcher	Myiodynastes bairdii
Tropical Kingbird	Tyrannus melancholicus
Green-and-black Fruiteater	Pipreola riefferii
Peruvian Plantcutter	Phytotoma raimondii
Andean Cock-of-the-rock	Rupicola peruvianus
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow	Pyroderus scutatus
Barred Becard	Pachyramphus versicolor
Chivi Vireo	Vireo chivi
Rufous-browed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis gujanensis
White-collared Jay	Cyanolyca viridicyanus
Inca Jay	Cyanocorax yncas
White-tailed Jay	Cyanocorax mystacalis
Blue-and-white Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Southern Rough-winged Swallow	Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Gray-breasted Martin	Progne chalybea
Tumbes Swallow	Tachycineta stolzmanni
White-winged Swallow	Tachycineta albiventer
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon
Mountain Wren	Troglodytes solstitialis
Fasciated Wren	Campylorhynchus fasciatus
Superciliated Wren	Cantorchilus superciliaris
Sharpe’s Wren	Cinnycerthia olivascens
Bar-winged Wood-Wren	Henicorhina leucoptera
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren	Henicorhina leucophrys
Chestnut-breasted Wren	Cyphorhinus thoracicus
Tropical Gnatcatcher	Polioptila plumbea
White-capped Dipper	Cinclus leucocephalus
Andean Solitaire	Myadestes ralloides
Great Thrush	Turdus fuscater
Glossy-black Thrush	Turdus serranus
Long-tailed Mockingbird	Mimus longicaudatus
Yellowish Pipit	Anthus lutescens
Three-striped Warbler	Basileuterus tristriatus
Russet-crowned Warbler	Myiothlypis coronata
Slate-throated Redstart	Myioborus miniatus
Spectacled Redstart	Myioborus melanocephalus
Magpie Tanager	Cissopis leverianus
White-capped Tanager	Sericossypha albocristata
Rufous-crested Tanager	Creurgops verticalis
Black-eared Hemispingus	Hemispingus melanotis
Drab Hemispingus	Hemispingus xanthophthalmus
White-lined Tanager	Tachyphonus rufus
Silver-beaked Tanager	Ramphocelus carbo
Grass-green Tanager	Chlorornis riefferii
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager	Anisognathus lacrymosus
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager	Anisognathus somptuosus
Yellow-throated Tanager	Iridosornis analis
Yellow-scarfed Tanager	Iridosornis reinhardti
Blue-gray Tanager	Thraupis episcopus
Blue-capped Tanager	Thraupis cyanocephala
Silvery Tanager	Tangara viridicollis
Blue-necked Tanager	Tangara cyanicollis
Spotted Tanager	Tangara punctata
Blue-and-black Tanager	Tangara vassorii
Beryl-spangled Tanager	Tangara nigroviridis
Metallic-green Tanager	Tangara labradorides
Paradise Tanager	Tangara chilensis
Saffron-crowned Tanager	Tangara xanthocephala
Flame-faced Tanager	Tangara parzudakii
Green-and-gold Tanager	Tangara schrankii
Golden Tanager	Tangara arthus
Cinereous Conebill	Conirostrum cinereum
White-sided Flowerpiercer	Diglossa albilatera
Deep-blue Flowerpiercer	Diglossa glauca
Masked Flowerpiercer	Diglossa cyanea
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch	Phrygilus plebejus
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch	Phrygilus alaudinus
Cinereous Finch	Piezorina cinerea
Little Inca-Finch	Incaspiza watkinsi
Collared Warbling-Finch	Poospiza hispaniolensis
Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola
Sulphur-throated Finch	Sicalis taczanowskii
Blue-black Grassquit	Volatinia jacarina
Parrot-billed Seedeater	Sporophila peruviana
Drab Seedeater	Sporophila simplex
Chestnut-throated Seedeater	Sporophila telasco
Band-tailed Seedeater	Catamenia analis
Red-crested Finch	Coryphospingus cucullatus
Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola
Streaked Saltator	Saltator striatipectus
Bolivian Brush-Finch	Atlapetes rufinucha
Yellow-browed Sparrow	Ammodramus aurifrons
Rufous-collared Sparrow	Zonotrichia capensis
Common Chlorospingus	Chlorospingus flavopectus
White-winged Tanager	Piranga leucoptera
Red-hooded Tanager	Piranga rubriceps
Golden-bellied Grosbeak	Pheucticus chrysogaster
Peruvian Meadowlark	Sturnella bellicosa
Shiny Cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis
White-edged Oriole	Icterus graceannae
Yellow-tailed Oriole	Icterus mesomelas
Scarlet-rumped Cacique	Cacicus uropygialis
Yellow-rumped Cacique	Cacicus cela
Russet-backed Oropendola	Psarocolius angustifrons
Purple-throated Euphonia	Euphonia chlorotica
Thick-billed Euphonia	Euphonia laniirostris
Orange-bellied Euphonia	Euphonia xanthogaster
Hooded Siskin	Spinus magellanicus
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus

# World Bird Families

milestone 13 | Brazil 2009 | families 120-123/250

Posted on July, 2009January, 2024

Project progress - Bird Families of the World 123/250

50%

My first Neotropic experiance was layover gap before our flight to Peru. One day around Sao Paulo, which was good for four new families:

120. Family #10: Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows (Cracidae) | Black-fronted Piping-Guan

121. Family #34: Limpkin (Aramidae) | Limpkin

122. Family #115: Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae) | Giant Antshrike

123. Family #121: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers (Furnariidae) | Rufous Hornero

trip's bird list

White-faced Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor
Brazilian Teal	Amazonetta brasiliensis
White-cheeked Pintail	Anas bahamensis
Dusky-legged Guan	Penelope obscura
Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps
Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula
Striated Heron	Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
White-tailed Kite	Elanus leucurus
Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis
Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnirostris
Rufous-sided Crake	Laterallus melanophaius
Blackish Rail	Pardirallus nigricans
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata
Limpkin	Aramus guarauna
White-backed Stilt	Himantopus melanurus
Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis
Wattled Jacana	Jacana jacana
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia
Picazuro Pigeon	Patagioenas picazuro
Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata
Ruddy Ground-Dove	Columbina talpacoti
Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana
Guira Cuckoo	Guira guira
Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani
Common Pauraque	Nyctidromus albicollis
Glittering-bellied Emerald	Chlorostilbon lucidus
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird	Eupetomena macroura
Sapphire-spangled Emerald	Amazilia lactea
Green Kingfisher	Chloroceryle americana
White-barred Piculet	Picumnus cirratus
White-spotted Woodpecker	Veniliornis spilogaster
Green-barred Woodpecker	Colaptes melanochloros
Southern Caracara	Caracara plancus
Aplomado Falcon	Falco femoralis
Blue-winged Parrotlet	Forpus xanthopterygius
Plain Parakeet	Brotogeris tirica
Rufous-capped Antshrike	Thamnophilus ruficapillus
Parana Antwren	Stymphalornis acutirostris	ssp. Paludicola (Sao Paulo)
Rufous Hornero	Furnarius rufus
Orange-breasted Thornbird	Phacellodomus ferrugineigula
Yellow-chinned Spinetail	Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Spix’s Spinetail	Synallaxis spixi
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma obsoletum
Yellow-bellied Elaenia	Elaenia flavogaster
Bran-colored Flycatcher	Myiophobus fasciatus
Masked Water-Tyrant	Fluvicola nengeta
White-headed Marsh Tyrant	Arundinicola leucocephala
Cattle Tyrant	Machetornis rixosa
Great Kiskadee	Pitangus sulphuratus
Social Flycatcher	Myiozetetes similis
Rufous-browed Peppershrike	Cyclarhis gujanensis
Blue-and-white Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
House Wren	Troglodytes aedon	(Southern)
Pale-breasted Thrush	Turdus leucomelas
Rufous-bellied Thrush	Turdus rufiventris
Creamy-bellied Thrush	Turdus amaurochalinus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird	Mimus saturninus
Masked Yellowthroat	Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Cinnamon Tanager	Schistochlamys ruficapillus
Orange-headed Tanager	Thlypopsis sordida
Ruby-crowned Tanager	Tachyphonus coronatus
Brazilian Tanager	Ramphocelus bresilius
Sayaca Tanager	Thraupis sayaca
Swallow Tanager	Tersina viridis
Double-collared Seedeater	Sporophila caerulescens
Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola
Rufous-collared Sparrow	Zonotrichia capensis
Chestnut-capped Blackbird	Chrysomus ruficapillus
Shiny Cowbird	Molothrus bonariensis
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus
Common Waxbill	Estrilda astrild

Bird Families of the World

birding around the globe in an eggshell

Author: OzHorine

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Ticking families at the samba rithem

milestone 21 | New Zealand 2014 | families 183-188/250

Extinction and conservation in Kiwi's land

milestone 20 | South Africa 2014 | family 178-182/250

Good families hopes around the Cape

milestone 19 | Australia 2013 | families 156-177/250

Introduction for down under birds

milestone 18 | Thailand 2012 | families 142-155/250

Indomalaya families - far east tastes

milestone 17 | Brazil 2011 | families 135-141/250

Deep into the Atlantic Rainforest

milestone 16 | Israel 2011 | family 134/250

milestone 15 | Mexico 2011 | families 132-133/250

Viva México!

milestone 14 | Peru 2009 | families 124-131/250

Thanks to Chris Lotz from Birding Ecotours for coordinating the trip. www.birdingecotours.com

milestone 13 | Brazil 2009 | families 120-123/250

Ticking families at the samba rithem

Extinction and conservation in Kiwi's land

Good families hopes around the Cape

Introduction for down under birds​

Indomalaya families - far east tastes

Deep into the Atlantic Rainforest

Viva México!

Introduction for down under birds