Species

Photo: Fernando Moraes The Black Jacobin is a Trochilidae apodiform bird. Also known as the Black-and-white Jacobin. This hummingbird species averages about 12.6 centimeters. The striking contrasting coloring of the tail feathers is displayed when the bird fans out...

Photo: Antonio Amaral The Tufted Coquette is a Trochilidae apodiform bird. The Tufted Coquette is a small hummingbird measuring between 7.5 to 8.5 centimeters and weighing only 3 grams! The males of this species are elegant and have long tufts of green feathers with...

Photo: Antonio Amaral The Streamertail is a Trochilidae apodiform bird. Due to habitat loss, it is classified as near-threatened (source: BirdLife International). It measures between 14 and 16 centimeters in length and weighs between 5.3 and 9 grams (Hinkelmann,...

Photo: Antonio Amaral The Ruddy Ground Dove is a columbiform bird of the Columbidae family. Also known as Taquara dove, Red-rumped Dove, Red Turtle-Dove, Barreirinha Dove, Mourning Dove (Paraíba), Cabocla Dove, and Parari Dove. It measures about 23 cm in length. The...

Photo: Antonio Amaral The Short-tailed Antthrush is a passerine bird of the Formicariidae family. Also known as Tovaca (Rio de Janeiro). It measures around 20 cm in length and weighs 69 g. This species belongs to a genus that is morphologically challenging to...

Photo: Fernando Moraes The Laughing Falcon is an accipitriform bird of the Accipitridae family. It is also known as the Laughing Hawk, Tauató-Caçador, Hunting Hawk, Laughing Hawk, and Tauató-Cinza. The Laughing Falcon is a species exclusively found in forests,...

Photo: Fernando Moraes The Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle is an Accipitriform bird of the Accipitridae family. The Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle is a forest species that measures between 58 and 66 cm. The average weight of the species ranges between 900g (males) and 1100g...

Photo: Fernando Moraes The Hook-billed Kite is an accipitriform bird of the Accipitridae family, also known as the Hook-billed Kite, Hook-billed, Hookbill, and Quequé. It measures between 39 and 51 centimeters and weighs between 215 and 277 grams for male individuals...

Photo: Fernando Moraes Endangered species. Endemic to Brazil. The White Hawk, also known as the White Dove Hawk, is an Accipitriform bird of the Accipitridae family. It formerly had the scientific name Leucopternis lacernulata. Also known as the White Hawk, White Dove...

Photo: Fernando Moraes The White-browed Antbird is a Passerine bird of the Thamnophilidae family. Also known as the White-browed Antbird and Brujajara. A large species in the family, it measures 22 centimeters in length. Both the male and female have reddish irises.