BIRDS
Some birding places and its checklists
(by Antonio Silveira)
Avifauna da Praia da Pipa - Tibau do Sul - RN

From September 19th to 26th, 2005, we (Antonio Silveira followed by Gianine Luiza) have been at Tibau do Sul region, Rio Grande do Norte, more exactly at the famous Pipa Beach, national and international touristic route, where we have observed the local avifauna, in 24 observation hours and reaching 61 observed species.
Our observations were made specially at natural areas in Pipa Village, and, mainly, at Pipa Ecological Sanctuary, particular property that is explored for tourism and that still preserves native vegetation im Tibau do Sul, and also, maybe, in the near Counties.
PRELIMINARY AND CUMULATIVE BIRDS CHECKLIST FROM PRAIA DA PIPA REGION - TIBAU DO SUL - RN
by Antonio Silveira
Here follows the English,
Scientific and
Portuguse names.
CRACIDAE
Rusty-margined Guan;
Penelope superciliaris;
Jacupemba
*
FREGATIDAE
Magnificent Frigatebird;
Fregata magnificens;
Fragata-comum
ARDEIDAE
Cattle Egret;
Bulbucus ibis;
Garça-vaqueira
Great
Egret;
Ardea alba;
Garça-branca-grande
Snowy Egret;
Egretta thula;
Garcinha-branca
CATHARTIDAE
Turkey Vulture;
Cathartes aura; Urubu-de-cabeça-vermelha
Black Vulture; Coragyps atratus; Urubu
ACCIPITRIDAE
Roadside Hawk;
Rupornis magnirostris; Gavião-carijó
FALCONIDAE
Crested Caracara;
Caracara plancus; Caracara
Yellow-Headed
Caracara;
Milvago
chimachima;
Gavião-pinhé
American Kestrel;
Falco sparverius; Quiriquiri
JACANIDAE
Wattled Jacana;
Jacana jacana; Jaçanã
COLUMBIDAE
Ruddy Ground-dove;
Columbina talpacoti; Rolinha
Scaled Dove; Columbina squammata; Fogo-apagou
White-Tipped Dove; Leptotila verreauxi; Juriti
PSITTACIDAE
Peach-fronted Parakeet;
Aratinga aurea;
Aratinga-estrela
Cactus Parakeet; Aratinga cactorum; Aratinga-vaqueira
CUCULIDAE
Squirrel Cuckoo;
Piaya cayana; Alma-de-gato
Smooth-billed Ani;
Crotophaga ani; Anu-preto
Guira Cuckoo; Guira
guira; Anu-branco
STRIGIDAE
Burrowing Owl;
Athene cunicularia; Buraqueira
CAPRIMULGIDAE
Pauraque;
Nyctidromus albicollis;
Curiango
TROCHILIDAE
Reddish Hermit; Phaethornis ruber; Rabo-branco-rubro
Planalto Hermit; Phaethornis pretrei; Rabo-branco-de-sobre-amarelo
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird;
Eupetomena macroura;
Tesourão
Blue-chinned Sapphire;
Chlorestes notata;
Safira-de-garganta-azul
TROGONIDAE
Blue-crowned Trogon;
Trogon curucui;
Surucuá-de-coroa-azul
ALCEDINIDAE
Ringed Kingfisher;
Ceryle torquatus; Matraca
GALBULIDAE
Rufous-tailed Jacamar; Galbula ruficauda; Ariramba-de-cauda-ruiva
THAMNOPHILIDAE
Pectoral Antwren;
Herpsilochmus
pectoralis;
Chororozinho-distinto
White-fringed Antwren; Formicivora grisea; Formigueiro-pardo
CONOPOPHAGIDAE
Rufous Gnateater; Conopophaga lineata; Chupa-dente
TYRANNIDAE
Yellow-bellied Elaenia; Elaenia flavogaster; Guaracava-de-barriga-amarela
Southern
Beardless Tyrannulet;
Camptostoma
obsoletum;
Risadinha
Masked Water-Tyrant;
Fluvicola nengeta;
Lavadeira-mascarada
Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher; Myiozetetes similis; Bentevizinho
Great Kiskadee;
Pitangus sulphuratus;
Bentevi
Boat-billed Flycatcher;
Megarynchus pitangua;
Neinei
Tropical Kingbird;
Tyrannus melancholicus;
Suiriri
VIREONIDAE
Rufous-browed Peppershrike;
Cyclarhis gujanensis;
Pitiguari
Red-eyed Vireo;
Vireo olivaceus; Juruviara
HIRUNDINIDAE
White-winged Swallow;
Tachycineta albiventer;
Andorinha-de-rio
Gray-breasted Martin;
Progne chalybea;
Andorinha-grande
Rough-winged Swallow;
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis;
Andorinha-serrador
TROGLODYTIDAE
House Wren;
Troglodytes musculus;
Corruira
Long-billed Wren;
Thryothorus longirostis; Corruira-do-brejo
POLIOPTILIDAE
Tropical Gnatcatcher; Polioptila plumbea; Balança-rabo-de-chapéu-preto
MIMIDAE
Tropical Mockingbird;
Mimus gilvus;
Tejo-da-praia
Chalk-browed Mockingbird; Mimus saturninus; Sabiá-do-campo
COEREBIDAE
Bananaquit; Coereba flaveola; Cambacica
THRAUPIDAE
Orange-headed Tanager; Thlypopsis sordida; Saíra-canário
White-lined Tanager; Tachyphonus rufus; Pipira-preta
Sayaca Tanager;
Thraupis sayaca;
Sanhaço
Palm Tanager;
Thraupis palmarum; Sanhaço-do-coqueiro
Blue Dacnis; Dacnis cayana; Saí-azul
EMBEREZIDAE
Yellow-billed Seedeater; Sporophila nigricollis; Papa-capim-capuchinho
Pectoral Sparrow; Arremon taciturnus; Tico-tico-da-mata
PARULIDAE
Flavescent Warbler;
Basileuterus
flaveolus;
Pula-pula-amarelo
ICTERIDAE
Chopi Blackbird;
Gnorimopsar chopi;
Melro
*
Shiny Cowbird;
Molothrus bonariensis;
Chopim
*
FRINGILIDAE
Purple-throated Euphonia; Euphonia chlorotica; Vivi
PASSERIDAE
House Sparrow;
Passer domesticus;
Pardal
*
PS: systematic amd scientific names adopted acccording to Brazilian Ornithological Registers Comitee. Listas das aves do Brasil. Version 02.10.2006. (http://www.cbro.org.br/CBRO/listabr.htm), English names: R.M.de Schauensee. A guide to the birds of South America. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1970, and Portuguese names: H. Sick, 1997. Ornitologia Brasileira. RJ, Ed. Nova Fronteira.
Text
by Antônio Silveira Ribeiro dos Santos
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