BIRDS

Some birding places and its checklists

(by Antonio Silveira)

Praia do Tanguá - Angra dos Reis - RJ

  

        From October 24th to 29th, 2005 we (Antonio Silveira and Gianine Luiza) have been observing and raising the birds' species from Praia do Tanguá region, at Angra dos Reis County, Rio de Janeiro State.

        The region where Praia do Tanguá is located is near Angra dos Reis City, and stills conserves a big Atlantic Wood area, where a lot of forestal species can be observed.

        Besides the rainy days, we could observe 96 species.

        Destak to some species as Aegolius harrisii (Buff-fronted Owl), Nyctibius griseus (Commom Potoo) e a Thamnophilus palliatus (Lined Antshrike).

 

PRELIMINARY AND CUMULATIVE BIRDS CHECKLIST FROM PRAIA DO TANGUÁ - ANGRA DOS REIS - RJ

                                                by Antonio Silveira

                                                         

SULIDAE

Brown Booby; Sula leucogaster; Atobá-pardo

 

PHALACROCORACIDAE

Neotropic Cormorant; Phalacrocorax brasilianus; Biguá

 

FREGATIDAE

Magnificent Frigatebird; Fregata magnificens; Fragata-comum

 

ARDEIDAE

Black-crowned Night-heron; Nycticorax nycticorax; Socó-dorminhoco

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; Nytanassa violacea; Matirão

Cattle Egret; Bulbucus ibis; Garça-vaqueira

Great Egret; Ardea alba; Garça-branca-grande

Snowy Egret; Egretta thula; Garcinha-branca   

 

CATHARTIDAE

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

 

RALLIDAE

Gray-Necked Wood-rail; Aramides cajanea; Três-potes

 

SCOLOPACIDAE

Spotted Sandpiper; Actitis macularia; Maçarico-pintado

 

LARIDAE

Kelp Gull; Larus dominicanus; Gaivotão

 

STERNIDAE

Sterna sp; Trinta-réis

 

COLUMBIDAE

Ruddy Ground-dove; Columbina talpacoti; Rolinha

Pale-vented Pigeon; Patagioenas cayennensis; Pomba-galega

Plumbeous Pigeon; Patagioenas plumbea; Caçoroba

White-Tipped Dove; Leptotila verreauxi; Juriti

 

PSITTACIDAE

Blue-winged Parrotlet; Forpus xanthopterygius; Tuim

Plain Parakeet; Brotogeris tirica; Periquito-verde

Scaly-headed Parrot; Pionus maximiliani; Maitaca-verde

 

CUCULIDAE

Squirrel Cuckoo; Piaya cayana; Alma-de-gato

Smooth-billed Ani; Crotophaga ani; Anu-preto  

Striped Cuckoo; Tapera naevia; Saci

 

STRIGIDAE

Tropical Screech-owl; Megascops choliba; Corujinha-do-mato

Buff-fronted Owl; Aegolius harrisii; Caburé-acanelado

 

NYCTIBIIDAE

Commom Potoo; Nyctibius griseus; Urutau

 

CAPRIMULGIDAE

Semicollared Nighthawk; Lurocalis semitorquatus; Tuju

Pauraque; Nyctidromus albicollis; Curiango

 

APODIDADE

Ashy-tailed Swift; Chaetura andrei; Andorinhão-do-temporal

 

TROCHILIDAE

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird; Eupetomena macroura; Tesourão

Black Jacobin; Florisuga fusca; Beija-flor-preto-e-branco

Violet-capped Woodnymph; Thalurania glaucopis; Beija-flor-de-fronte-violeta

 

ALCEDINIDAE

Ringed Kingfisher; Ceryle torquatus; Matraca

 

PICIDAE

White-barred Piculet; Picumnus cirratus; Pica-pau-anão-barrado

Blond-crested Woodpecker; Celeus flavescens; Pica-pau-de-topete-amarelo

 

THAMNOPHILIDAE

Lined Antshrike; Thamnophilus palliatus; Choca-listrada (voice record follows bellow this page)

Spot-breasted Antvireo; Dysithamnus stictothorax; Coquinha-de-peito-pintado

Plain Antvireo; Dysithamnus mentalis; Choquinha-lisa

Ferruginous Antbird; Drymophila ferruginea; Trovoada

White-shouldered Fire-eye; Pyriglena leucoptera; Papa-formiga

 

DENDROCOLAPTIDAE

Olivaceous Woodcreeper; Sittasomus griseicapillus; Arapaçu-verde

 

FURNARIIDAE

Rufous Hornero; Furnarius rufus; João-de-barro

Rufous-capped Spinetail; Synallaxis ruficapilla; Pichororé

Sooty-fronted Spinetail; Synallaxis frontalis; João-crispim

Chicli Spinetail; Synallaxis spixi; João-teneném

White-eyed Foliage Gleaner; Automolus leucophthalmus; Barranqueiro-de-olho-branco

 

TYRANNIDAE

Drab-breasteed Pygmy-tyrant; Hemitriccus diops; Maria-de-olho-falso

Common Tody-flycatcher; Todirostrum cinereum; Sebinho-relógio

Yellow-bellied Elaenia; Elaenia flavogaster; Guaracava-de-barriga-amarela

Olivaceous Elaenia; Elaenia mesoleuca; Tuque

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet; Camptostoma obsoletum; Risadinha

White-crested Tyrannulet; Serpophaga subcristata; Alegrinho

Eared Pygmy-tyrant; Myiornis auricularis; Miudinho

Yellow-olive Flycatcher; Tolmomyias sulphurescens; Bico-chato-de-orelha-preta

White-throated Spadebill; Platyrinchus mystaceus; Patinho

Cliff flycatcher; Hirundinea ferruginea; Birro

Euler's Flycatcher; Lathrotriccus euleri; Enferrujado

Masked Water-Tyrant; Fluvicola nengeta; Lavadeira-mascarada

Cattle Tyrant; Machetornis rixosa; Suiriri-cavaleiro

Vermilion-crowned (or Social) Flycatcher; Myiozetetes similis; Bentevizinho

Great Kiskadee; Pitangus sulphuratus; Bentevi

Streaked Flycatcher; Myiodynastes maculatus; Bentevi-rajado

Boat-billed Flycatcher; Megarynchus pitangua; Neinei

Tropical Kingbird; Tyrannus melancholicus; Suiriri

Short-crested Flycatcher; Myiarchus ferox; Maria-cavaleira

        

TITYRIDAE

White-winged Becard; Pachyramphus polychopterus; Caneleiro-preto

 

VIREONIDAE

Rufous-browed Peppershrike; Cyclarhis gujanensis; Pitiguari

Chivi Vireo; Vireo chivi; Juruviara-oliva

Rufous-crowned Greenlet; Hylophilus poicilotis; Verdinho-coroado

 

HIRUNDINIDAE

Blue-and-white Swallow; Pygochelidon cyanoleuca; Andorinha-comum

Rough-winged Swallow; Stelgidopteryx ruficollis; Andorinha-serrador

 

TROGLODYTIDAE

House Wren; Troglodytes musculus; Corruíra

Long-billed Wren; Thryothorus longirostris; Corruira-do-brejo

 

TURDIDAE

Rufous-bellied Thrush; Turdus rufiventris; Sabiá-laranjeira

Pale-breasted Thrush; Turdus leucomelas; Sabiá-branco

Creamy-bellied Thrush; Turdus amaurochalinus; Sabiá-poca

 

COEREBIDAE

Bananaquit; Coereba flaveola; Cambacica

 

THRAUPIDAE

Black-goggled Tanager; Trichothraupis melanops; Tie-de-topete

Red-crowned Ant-Tanager; Habia rubica; Tie-da-mata

Ruby-crowned Tanager; Tachyphonus coronatus; Tiê-preto

Brazilian Tanager; Ramphocelus bresilius; Tiê-sangue  

Sayaca Tanager; Thraupis sayaca; Sanhaço

Palm Tanager; Thraupis palmarum; Sanhaço-do-coqueiro

Green-headed Tanager; Tangara seledon; Saíra-sete-cores

Red-necked Tanager; Tangara cyanocephala; Saíra-militar

Swallow-Tanager; Tersina viridis; Saí-andorinha

 

EMBEREZIDAE

Rufous-collared Sparrow; Zonotrichia capensis; Tico-tico

Saffron Finch; Sicalis flaveola; Canário-da-terra

Double-collared Seedeater; Sporophila caerulescens; Papa-capim

 

PARULIDAE

Tropical Parula; Parula pitiayumi; Mariquita

 

ICTERIDAE

Shiny Cowbird; Molothrus bonariensis; Chopim

 

FRINGILLIDAE

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.

 

 

Know here some birds' voices from the region

(Recorded there by Antonio Silveira)

 

=> Lined Antshrike; Thamnophilus palliatus; Choca-listrada

 

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