SOUTH & EAST BRAZIL FORESTS Biome Endemics and Near-Endemics List 

Birding Site Guide

BENES lists are unique to BSG and were created for the website.

 
This BENES list contains all species endemic to or difficult to find outside of, this ecoregion. It includes all the Atlantic Forest and other smaller forest biomes in the area. They differ importantly from Endemic Bird Areas because the size of the area they cover is the whole ecoregion, whereas EBA are restricted to 50,000km², they furthermore not only include all endemic species but also all other species which are difficult to observe outside the individual biomes (this naturally includes near-endemics and any other more widespread threatened or near-threatened species). This was quite deliberately done to provide ready-made lists for birders of all scarce species they could expect to see in the region. 

• Greater Rhea Rhea americana NT
• Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius NT
• Yellow-legged Tinamou* Crypturellus noctivagus NT
• White-collared Kite* Leptodon forbesi CR EBA071
• White-necked Hawk* Leucopternis lacernulata VU (EBA075)
• Mantled Hawk Leucopternis polionotus NT
• Crowned Eagle Harpyhaliaetus coronatus EN
• Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis NT
• Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja NT
• White-browed Guan* Penelope jacucaca VU
• Black-fronted Piping-guan Pipile jacutinga VU (EBA075)
• Alagoas Curassow* Crax mitu EW EBA071
• Red-billed Curassow* Crax blumenbachii EN EBA075
• Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira LC
• Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura LC
• Purple-winged Ground-dove Claravis godefrida CR (EBA075)
• Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana NT
• Golden-capped Parakeet* Aratinga auricapilla VU (EBA074)
• Blue-throated Parakeet* Pyrrhura cruentata VU (EBA075)
• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis LC
• Plain Parakeet* Brotogeris tirica LC
• Brown-backed Parrotlet* Touit melanonotus EN EBA075
• Golden-tailed Parrotlet* Touit surda EN (EBA075)
• Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata LC
• Red-spectacled Parrot Amazona pretrei VU EBA076
• Red-browed Parrot* Amazona rhodocorytha EN (EBA075)
• Red-tailed Parrot* Amazona brasiliensis VU EBA075
• Vinaceous Parrot Amazona vinacea EN (EBA074)
• Blue-bellied Parrot* Triclaria malachitacea NT EBA075
• Long-tufted Screech-Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae LC
• Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila NT
• Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana LC EBA075
• Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl* Glaucidium mooreorum CR EBA071
• Long-trained Nightjar Macropsalis forcipata LC
• Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus NT
• Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius NT EBA075
• Hook-billed Hermit Glaucis dohrnii EN EBA075
• Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome LC
• Dusky-throated Hermit* Phaethornis squalidus LC
• Minute Hermit Phaethornis idaliae LC EBA075
• Sombre Hummingbird* Campylopterus cirrochloris LC
• Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus LC
• Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi LC
• Long-tailed Woodnymph* Thalurania watertonii NT
• Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis LC
• White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis LC
• Brazilian Ruby* Clytolaema rubricauda LC
• Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura LC
• Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus LC
• Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla VU EBA075
• Crescent-chested Puffbird* Malacoptila striata LC
• Saffron Toucanet Baillonius bailloni NT
• Spot-billed Toucanet Selenidera maculirostris LC
• Red-breasted Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus LC
• Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii LC
• Tawny Piculet* Picumnus fulvescens NT EBA071
• Mottled Piculet* Picumnus nebulosus NT
• Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons LC
• White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster LC
• Yellow-eared Woodpecker* Veniliornis maculifrons LC EBA075
• Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus NT
• Helmeted Woodpecker Dryocopus galeatus EN (EBA075)
• Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus LC
• Long-tailed Cinclodes* Cinclodes pabsti LC EBA076
• Tail-banded Hornero* Furnarius figulus LC
• Striolated Tit-Spinetail* Leptasthenura striolata LC EBA076
• Araucaria Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura setaria NT EBA076
• Bahia Spinetail* Synallaxis cinerea VU EBA076
• Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla LC
• Pinto's Spinetail* Synallaxis infuscata EN EBA071
• Pallid Spinetail* Cranioleuca pallida LC
• Olive Spinetail Cranioleuca obsoleta LC
• Pink-legged Graveteiro* Acrobatornis fonsecai VU EBA075
• Itatiaia Thistletail* Oreophylax moreirae LC EBA076
• Striated Softtail* Thripophaga macroura VU EBA075
• Red-eyed Thornbird* Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus LC EBA075
• Canebrake Groundcreeper Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT EBA075
• Great Xenops* Megaxenops parnaguae VU (EBA070, 073, 074)
• Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus LC
• White-browed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia amaurotis NT EBA075
• Pale-browed Treehunter* Cichlocolaptes leucophrus LC EBA075
• Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner Philydor lichtensteini LC
• Black-capped Foliage-gleaner Philydor atricapillus LC
• Alagoas Foliage-gleaner* Philydor novaesi CR EBA071
• White-collared Foliage-gleaner* Anabazenops fuscus LC
• White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus LC
• Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor LC
• Thrush-like Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina LC
• Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus LC
• Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus LC
• Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius LC
• Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus LC
• Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa LC
• Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii LC
• White-bearded Antshrike Biatas nigropectus VU EBA075
• Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike* Thamnophilus ambiguus NR EBA075
• Spot-breasted Antvireo* Dysithamnus stictothorax NT EBA075
• Rufous-backed Antvireo* Dysithamnus xanthopterus LC EBA076
• Plumbeous Antvireo* Dysithamnus plumbeus VU EBA075
• Star-throated Antwren* Myrmotherula gularis LC EBA075
• Rio de Janeiro Antwren* Myrmotherula fluminensis CR EBA075
• Salvadori's Antwren* Myrmotherula minor VU EBA075
• Unicoloured Antwren* Myrmotherula unicolor NT EBA075
• Alagoas Antwren* Myrmotherula snowi CR EBA071
• Band-tailed Antwren* Myrmotherula urosticta VU EBA075
• Pileated Antwren* Herpsilochmus pileatus VU EBA072
• Pectoral Antwren* Herpsilochmus pectoralis VU (EBA073)
• Parana Antwren* Formicivora acutirostris EN
• Narrow-billed Antwren* Formicivora iheringi NT EBA072
• Serra Antwren* Formicivora serrana LC EBA075
• Restinga Antwren* Formicivora littoralis CR EBA075
• Black-hooded Antwren* Formicivora erythronotos EN EBA075
• Ferruginous Antbird* Drymophila ferruginea LC
• Bertoni's Antbird* Drymophila rubricollis LC EBA075
• Rufous-tailed Antbird* Drymophila genei NT EBA076
• Ochre-rumped Antbird* Drymophila ochropyga NT EBA076
• Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura LC
• Scaled Antbird* Drymophila squamata LC
• Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata LC
• Orange-bellied Antwren* Terenura sicki EN EBA071
• Rio de Janeiro Antbird* Cercomacra brasiliana NT EBA075
• White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera LC
• Fringe-backed Fire-eye* Pyriglena atra EN EBA075
• Slender Antbird* Rhopornis ardesiacus EN EBA072
• Scalloped Antbird* Myrmeciza ruficauda EN EBA071, EBA075
• White-bibbed Antbird* Myrmeciza loricata LC EBA075
• Squamate Antbird* Myrmeciza squamosa LC EBA075
• Brazilian Antthrush* Chamaeza ruficauda LC EBA076
• Such's Antthrush* Chamaeza meruloides LC EBA075
• Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata LC
• Black-cheeked Gnateater* Conopophaga melanops LC
• Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus NT EBA075
• Slaty Bristlefront* Merulaxis ater NT EBA075
• Stresemann's Bristlefront* Merulaxis stresemanni CR EBA075
• Mouse-coloured Tapaculo Scytalopus speluncae LC
• Bahia Tapaculo* Scytalopus psychopompus CR EBA075
• Wetland Tapaculo* Scytalopus iraiensis EN
• White-breasted Tapaculo* Scytalopus indigoticus NT
• Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris NT
• Black-and-gold Cotinga* Tijuca atra NT EBA076
• Grey-winged Cotinga* Tijuca condita VU EBA076
• Hooded Berryeater* Carpornis cucullata NT EBA075
• Black-headed Berryeater* Carpornis melanocephalus VU (EBA075)
• Buff-throated Purpletuft* Iodopleura pipra NT EBA075, EBA071
• Kinglet Calyptura* Calyptura cristata CR EBA075
• Cinnamon-vented Piha* Lipaugus lanioides VU (EBA075)
• Banded Cotinga* Cotinga maculata EN EBA075
• White-winged Cotinga* Xipholena atropurpurea EN EBA071, EBA075
• Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis VU
• Blue Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata LC
• Pin-tailed Manakin* Ilicura militaris LC
• Wied's Tyrant-Manakin* Neopelma aurifrons VU
• Serra Tyrant-Manakin* Neopelma chrysolophum LC EBA073, EBA076
• Black-capped Piprites Piprites pileata VU EBA076
• Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens LC
• Grey-hooded Flycatcher Mionectes rufiventris LC
• Southern Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus eximius NT
• Minas Gerais Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes roquettei CR EBA074
• São Paulo Tyrannulet Phylloscartes paulistus VU (EBA075)
• Oustalet's Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes oustaleti NT EBA075
• Restinga Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes kronei VU EBA075
• Serra do Mar Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes difficilis NT EBA076
• Alagoas Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes ceciliae EN EBA071
• Bahia Tyrannulet* Phylloscartes beckeri EN EBA076
• Bay-ringed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes sylviolus NT
• Greenish Tyrannulet Phyllomyias virescens LC
• Grey-capped Tyrannulet* Phyllomyias griseocapilla NT EBA076
• Eared Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis auricularis LC
• Drab-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant Hemitriccus diops LC
• Brown-breasted Bamboo-Tyrant* Hemitriccus obsoletus LC EBA076
• Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant* Hemitriccus orbitatus NT
• Hangnest Tody-Tyrant* Hemitriccus nidipendulus LC
• Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant* Hemitriccus mirandae VU EBA071
• Kaempfer's Tody-Tyrant* Hemitriccus kaempferi CR EBA075
• Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant* Hemitriccus furcatus VU EBA075
• Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher* Todirostrum poliocephalum LC
• Russet-winged Spadebill Platyrinchus leucoryphus VU (EBA075)
• Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus swainsoni VU
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher* Myiobius mastacalis LC
• Velvety Black-Tyrant* Knipolegus nigerrimus LC
• Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant Muscipipra vetula LC
• Grey-hooded Attila* Attila rufus LC
• Eastern Slaty-Thrush Turdus subalaris LC
• Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lactea NT
• Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus NT
• Grey-eyed Greenlet* Hylophilus amaurocephalus LC
• White-rimmed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus LC
• Brown Tanager* Orchesticus abeillei NT
• Chestnut-headed Tanager Pyrrhocoma ruficeps LC
• Rufous-headed Tanager* Hemithraupis ruficapilla LC
• Cherry-throated Tanager* Nemosia rourei CR EBA075
• Olive-green Tanager* Orthogonys chloricterus LC EBA076
• Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus LC
• Brazilian Tanager* Ramphocelus bresilius LC
• Azure-shouldered Tanager* Thraupis cyanoptera NT EBA075
• Golden-chevroned Tanager* Thraupis ornata LC
• Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea NT
• Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis LC
• Seven-coloured Tanager* Tangara fastuosa VU EBA071
• Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon LC
• Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala LC
• Brassy-breasted Tanager* Tangara desmaresti LC EBA076
• Gilt-edged Tanager* Tangara cyanoventris LC EBA075
• Black-backed Tanager* Tangara peruviana VU EBA075
• Black-legged Dacnis* Dacnis nigripes NT EBA075
• Bay-chested Warbling-Finch* Poospiza thoracica LC EBA076
• Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis VU EBA075
• Temminck's Seedeater* Sporophila falcirostris VU EBA075
• Dubois's Seedeater* Sporophila ardesiaca LC EBA075
• Black-bellied Seedeater* Sporophila melanogaster NT EBA076
• Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta NT
• Uniform Finch Haplospiza unicolor LC
• Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus LC
• Thick-billed Saltator Saltator maxillosus LC
• Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea LC
• Forbes's Blackbird* Curaeus forbesi EN EBA071

* indicates endemic 

EBAs 
EBA071 Atlantic slopes of Alagoas and Pernambuco 
EBA072 Deciduous Forests of Bahia 
EBA074 Deciduous forests of Minas Gerais and Goiás 
EBA075 Atlantic Forest Lowlands 
EBA076 Atlantic Forest Mountains 
non-restricted range species have the EBAs in which they may be found in brackets 

References 
Avibase www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp

BirdLife International (2005) Data Zone. www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html www.birdlife.org/datazone/ebas/index.html 

Brooks, T. Tobias, J. and Balmford, A. (1999) Deforestation and Bird Extinctions in the Atlantic Forest. Animal Conservation 2: 211-222 

Author: B.P. Wainwright 

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