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(89 speciess + 1 form with special treatment that are not is considered at the species level)

Number of records: 192

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Brazil

General Information

Brazil is located in the central-east of South America, being the largest and most populous country on the continent. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and shares borders with all countries in South America, except Chile and Ecuador. Its geographical position is unique, as it covers a large part of the South American territory, from the Amazon rainforest in the north to the pampas in the south. Brazil is a federal country, divided into 26 states and over 5,500 municipalities, which reflects its great geographical and cultural diversity.

As for how to get to Brazil, there are several transportation options. The country has a network of well-connected international airports, with the main ones being São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport. Additionally, Brazil has an extensive network of highways and roads that connect the main cities and regions of the country. The cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are the main transportation hubs, and from there you can take flights, buses, or cars to reach other parts of the country. It is essential to note that, depending on the region and time of year, some roads and highways may be closed or difficult to access due to adverse weather conditions.

Brazil is a country with a great diversity of natural environments and landscapes. The Amazon rainforest, which covers a large part of the north of the country, is one of the richest and most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. In the south, the pampas and fields offer a more open and rolling landscape. The Brazilian coast, which stretches for over 7,000 kilometers, offers a wide variety of beaches, bays, and cliffs. In the interior of the country, there are mountains, plateaus, and valleys, which offer a more rugged and diverse landscape. The vegetation in Brazil is also very varied, from the dense tropical rainforest to the grasslands and savannas. The climate in Brazil is tropical in most of the country, with warm temperatures and high humidity levels throughout the year.

In terms of logistics for visiting and exploring Brazil, it is essential to consider that the country is very large and diverse, and each region has its own characteristics and challenges. In general, the larger and more touristy cities, such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, offer good infrastructure for visitors, with hotels, restaurants, and transportation services. However, in more remote and rural areas, the infrastructure may be more limited, and it is essential to plan ahead and be prepared for more basic conditions. It is recommended to research and plan ahead, especially if you plan to visit more remote areas or during the rainy season. Additionally, it is essential to respect local norms and regulations, especially in protected areas and national parks.

In summary, Brazil is a country with great geographical and cultural diversity, offering a wide variety of landscapes and natural environments. With good planning and preparation, it is possible to explore and enjoy the beauty and richness of this country, from the Amazon rainforest to the beaches and mountains of the south.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 18/07/2026











  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1AraneaeAraneidaeAraña Tejedora DoradaAranha-de-fio-douradoTrichonephila clavipesNative
  
2IsopodaLigiidaeWharf RoachCucaracha de los MuellesLigia exoticaNative
  
3LepidopteraHesperiidaeColudo SimpleSpicauda simpliciusNot listed
  
4NymphalidaePrincesa RojaAnartia amatheaNative
  
5CenicientaAnartia jatrophaeNative
  
6Brazilian Painted LadyDama PintadaVanessa braziliensisNative
  
7SphingidaeErinnyis elloNot listed
  
8Isognathus caricaeNot listed
  
9DipteraSarcophagidaeOxysarcodexia paulistanensisNot listed
  
10HymenopteraApidaeAbejas de las OrquídeasEuglossa sp.Not listed
  
11MandaçaiaMelipona quadrifasciataNot listed
  
12Uruçu-amarelaMelipona rufiventrisNot listed
  
13IraíIraíNannotrigona testaceicornisNot listed
  
14Mandaguari-amarelaScaptotrigona xanthotrichaNot listed
  
15Stingless BeeAbeja AngelitaAbelha Sem FerrãoTetragonisca angustulaNative
  
16StylommatophoraAchatinidaeEast-african Land SnailCaracol Gigante AfricanoCaramujo-gigante-africanoLissachatina fulicaNot listed
  
17SquamataTropiduridaeLagarto Trepador OrientalTropidurus torquatusNative
  
18TestudinesCheloniidaeTortuga CareyEretmochelys imbricataNative
  
19AnseriformesAnatidaeWhite-faced Whistling DuckSirirí PampaIrerêDendrocygna viduataNative
 LC 
20CuculiformesCuculidaeGuira CuckooPirinchoAnu-brancoGuira guiraNative
 LC 
21Smooth-billed AniAnó ChicoAnu-pretoCrotophaga aniNative
 LC 
22ColumbiformesColumbidaeBlue Ground DovePalomita AzuladaPararu-azulClaravis pretiosaNative
 LC 
23Ruddy Ground DoveTorcacita ColoradaRolinha-roxaColumbina talpacotiNative
 LC 
24Grey-fronted DoveYerutí ColoradaJuriti-gemedeiraLeptotila rufaxillaNative
 LC 
25Picazuro PigeonPaloma PicazuróPomba-asa-brancaPatagioenas picazuroNative
 LC 
26Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaExotic
 LC 
27GruiformesRallidaeSlaty-breasted Wood RailSaracuraSaracura-do-matoAramides saracuraNative
 LC 
28CharadriiformesCharadriidaeSouthern LapwingTero ComúnQuero-queroVanellus chilensisNative
 LC 
29LaridaeGrey-headed GullGaviota Capucho GrisGaivota-de-cabeça-cinzaChroicocephalus cirrocephalusNative
 LC 
30Brown-hooded GullGaviota Capucho CaféGaivota-maria-velhaChroicocephalus maculipennisNative
 LC 
31Kelp GullGaviota CocineraGaivotãoLarus dominicanusNative
 LC 
32SuliformesFregatidaeMagnificent FrigatebirdAve FragataFragataFregata magnificensNative
 LC 
33SulidaeBrown BoobyPiquero PardoAtobá-pardoSula leucogasterNative
 LC 
34AnhingidaeAnhingaAningaBiguatingaAnhinga anhingaNative
 LC 
35PelecaniformesArdeidaeSnowy EgretGarcita BlancaGarça-branca-pequenaEgretta thulaNative
 LC 
36Black-crowned Night HeronGarza BrujaSocó-dorminhocoNycticorax nycticoraxNative
 LC 
37Striated HeronGarcita AzuladaSocozinhoButorides striataNative
 LC 
38Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaNative
 LC 
39Cocoi HeronGarza MoraGarça-mouraArdea cocoiNative
 LC 
40ApodiformesTrochilidaeViolet-capped WoodnymphPicaflor Corona VioláceaBeija-flor-de-fronte-violetaThalurania glaucopisNative
 LC 
41Swallow-tailed HummingbirdPicaflor TijeretaBeija-flor-tesouraEupetomena macrouraNative
 LC 
42CathartiformesCathartidaeBlack VultureJote Cabeza NegraUrubu-pretoCoragyps atratusNative
 LC 
43Turkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes auraNative
 LC 
44AccipitriformesAccipitridaeRufous-thighed KiteMilano de CorbataGavião-bombachinhaHarpagus diodonNative
 LC 
45Roadside HawkTaguató ComúnGavião-carijóRupornis magnirostrisNative
 LC 
46Harris´s HawkGavilán MixtoGavião-asa-de-telhaParabuteo unicinctusNative
 LC 
47CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeRinged KingfisherMartín Pescador GrandeMartim-pescador-grandeMegaceryle torquataNative
 LC 
48PiciformesRamphastidaeChannel-billed ToucanTucán de Pico AcanaladoTucano-de-bico-pretoRamphastos vitellinusNative
 LC 
49FalconiformesFalconidaeCrested CaracaraCaranchoCarcaráCaracara plancusNative
 LC 
50Yellow-headed CaracaraChimachimaCarrapateiroDaptrius chimachimaNative
 LC 
51Aplomado FalconHalcón PlomizoFalcão-de-coleiraFalco femoralisNative
 LC 
52PsittaciformesPsittacidaeMonk ParakeetCotorraCaturritaMyiopsitta monachusNative
 LC 
53White-eyed ParakeetCalancate Ala RojaPeriquitão-maracanãPsittacara leucophthalmusNative
 LC 
54PasseriformesTyrannidaeYellow-lored Tody-FlycatcherTeque-tequeTeque-tequeTodirostrum poliocephalumNative
 LC 
55Cattle TyrantPicabueySuiriri-cavaleiroMachetornis rixosaNative
 LC 
56Great KiskadeeBenteveo ComúnBem-te-viPitangus sulphuratusNative
 LC 
57Boat-billed FlycatcherPitanguáNeineiMegarynchus pitanguaNative
 LC 
58Tropical KingbirdSuirirí RealSuiririTyrannus melancholicusNative
 LC 
59Masked Water TyrantViudita EnmascaradaLavadeira-mascaradaFluvicola nengetaNative
 LC 
60ThamnophilidaeWhite-flanked AntwrenHormiguerito FlanquiblancoChoquinha-de-flanco-brancoMyrmotherula axillarisNative
 LC 
61Rufous-margined AntwrenTiluchi Ala RojizaChorozinho-de-asa-vermelhaHerpsilochmus rufimarginatusNative
 LC 
62Sooretama Slaty AntshrikeChoca de SooretamaChoca-de-sooretamaThamnophilus ambiguusNative
 LC 
63FurnariidaeNarrow-billed WoodcreeperChinchero ChicoArapaçu-de-cerradoLepidocolaptes angustirostrisNative
 LC 
64Rufous HorneroHorneroJoão-de-barroFurnarius rufusNative
 LC 
65CorvidaeAzure JayUrraca AzulGralha-azulCyanocorax coeruleusNative
 NT 
66HirundinidaeGrey-breasted MartinGolondrina DomésticaAndorinha-grandeProgne chalybeaNative
 LC 
67Blue-and-white SwallowGolondrina BarranqueraAndorinha-pequena-de-casaPygochelidon cyanoleucaNative
 LC 
68TroglodytidaeSouthern House WrenRatona ComúnCorruiraTroglodytes musculusNative
 LC 
69MimidaeChalk-browed MockingbirdCalandria GrandeSabiá-do-campoMimus saturninusNative
 LC 
70TurdidaePale-breasted ThrushZorzal SabiáSabiá-barrancoTurdus leucomelasNative
 LC 
71Rufous-bellied ThrushZorzal ColoradoSabiá-laranjeiraTurdus rufiventrisNative
 LC 
72PasseridaeHouse SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticusExotic
  
73FringillidaeViolaceous EuphoniaTangará AmarilloGaturamo-verdadeiroEuphonia violaceaNative
 LC 
74PasserellidaeRufous-collared SparrowChingoloTico-ticoZonotrichia capensisNative
 LC 
75IcteridaeShiny CowbirdTordo RenegridoChupimMolothrus bonariensisNative
 LC 
76ParulidaeTropical ParulaPitiayumíMariquitaSetophaga pitiayumiNative
  
77CardinalidaeRed-crowned Ant TanagerFueguero MoradoTiê-do-mato-grossoHabia rubicaNative
 LC 
78ThraupidaeBrazilian TanagerFueguero EscarlataTiê-sangueRamphocelus bresiliaNative
 LC 
79Saffron FinchJilguero DoradoCanário-da-terra-verdadeiroSicalis flaveolaNative
 LC 
80BananaquitMieleroCambacicaCoereba flaveolaNative
 LC 
81Red-cowled CardinalCardenilla DominicaCardeal-do-nordesteParoaria dominicanaNative
 LC 
82Grassland Yellow FinchMistoTipioSicalis luteolaNative
 LC 
83Double-collared SeedeaterCorbatita ComúnColeirinhoSporophila caerulescensNative
 LC 
84Green-headed TanagerSaíra ArcoirisSaíra-sete-coresTangara seledonNative
 LC 
85Palm TanagerCelestino OliváceoSanhaco-do-coqueiroThraupis palmarumNative
 LC 
86Sayaca TanagerCelestino ComúnSanhaço-cinzentoThraupis sayacaNative
 LC 
87PrimatesCallitrichidaeCommon MarmosetMono Tití ComúnSagui-de-tufos-brancosCallithrix jacchusNative
 LC 
88CebidaeBlack-horned CapuchinMono CaíMacaco-pregoSapajus nigritusNative
 NT 
89RodentiaDasyproctidaeAzara´s AgoutiAgutí BayoCutia-de-azaraDasyprocta azaraeNative
 DD 
90SciuridaeGuianan SquirrelArdilla GrisCaxinguelêSciurus aestuansNative
 LC 
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