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Alexander Lees
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Alta Floresta hosts one of the most speciose avifaunal assemblages in South America, during the course of the last four summers (2003-2006) I have recorded 534 species (see list appended below) within 60km of the city (and a further 28 within the Alta Floresta municipality but outside of the region covered by Zimmer et al. [1997]). New species continue to be found every year; these include not only genuine low-density enigmatic taxa like Long-tailed Potoo and Fiery-tailed Awlbill but also invaders following in the wake of deforestation such as White Woodpecker and Shiny Cowbird.
English names in italics denote birds heard only.
| Tinamus tao | Gray Tinamou |
| Tinamus major | Great Tinamou |
| Tinamus guttatus | White-throated Tinamou |
| Crypturellus cinereus | Cinereous Tinamou |
| Crypturellus soui | Little Tinamou |
| Crypturellus obsoletus | Brown Tinamou |
| Crypturellus undulatus | Undulated Tinamou |
| Crypturellus strigulosus | Brazilian Tinamou |
| Crypturellus variegatus | Variegated Tinamou |
| Crypturellus parvirostris | Small-billed Tinamou |
| Crypturellus tataupa | Tataupa Tinamou |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling-Duck |
| Dendrocygna autumnalis | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
| Cairina moschata | Muscovy Duck |
| Amazonetta brasiliensis | Brazilian Teal |
| Nomonyx dominicus | Masked Duck |
| Ortalis guttata | Speckled Chachalaca |
| Penelope jacquacu | Spix's Guan |
| Pipile cujubi | Red-throated Piping-Guan |
| Mitu tuberosum | Razor-billed Curassow |
| Crax fasciolata | Bare-faced Curassow |
| Odontophorus gujanensis | Marbled Wood-Quail |
| Tachybaptus dominicus | Least Grebe |
| Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Neotropic Cormorant |
| Anhinga anhinga | Anhinga |
| Tigrisoma lineatum | Rufescent Tiger-Heron |
| Agamia agami | Agami Heron |
| Cochlearius cochlearius | Boat-billed Heron |
| Zebrilus undulatus | Zigzag Heron |
| Ixobrychus exilis | Least Bittern |
| Butorides striata | Striated Heron |
| Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret |
| Ardea cocoi | Cocoi Heron |
| Ardea alba | Great Egret |
| Pilherodius pileatus | Capped Heron |
| Egretta thula | Snowy Egret |
| Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Green Ibis |
| Jabiru mycteria | Jabiru |
| Mycteria americana | Wood Stork |
| Cathartes aura | Turkey Vulture |
| Cathartes burrovianus | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture |
| Cathartes melambrotus | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture |
| Coragyps atratus | Black Vulture |
| Sarcoramphus papa | King Vulture |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey |
| Leptodon cayanensis | Gray-headed Kite |
| Chondrohierax uncinatus | Hook-billed Kite |
| Elanoides forficatus | Swallow-tailed Kite |
| Gampsonyx swainsonii | Pearl Kite |
| Elanus leucurus | White-tailed Kite |
| Rostrhamus sociabilis | Snail Kite |
| Harpagus bidentatus | Double-toothed Kite |
| Harpagus diodon | Rufous-thighed Kite |
| Ictinia plumbea | Plumbeous Kite |
| Accipiter poliogaster | Gray-bellied Hawk |
| Accipiter superciliosus | Tiny Hawk |
| Geranospiza caerulescens | Crane Hawk |
| Leucopternis kuhli | White-browed Hawk |
| Leucopternis albicollis | White Hawk |
| Asturina nitida | Gray Hawk |
| Buteogallus urubitinga | Great Black Hawk |
| Busarellus nigricollis | Black-collared Hawk |
| Buteo magnirostris | Roadside Hawk |
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged Hawk |
| Buteo brachyurus | Short-tailed Hawk |
| Buteo albicaudatus | White-tailed Hawk |
| Morphnus guianensis | Crested Eagle |
| Harpia harpyja | Harpy Eagle |
| Spizastur melanoleucus | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle |
| Spizaetus tyrannus | Black Hawk-Eagle |
| Spizaetus ornatus | Ornate Hawk-Eagle |
| Daptrius ater | Black Caracara |
| Ibycter americanus | Red-throated Caracara |
| Caracara plancus | Southern Caracara |
| Herpetotheres cachinnans | Laughing Falcon |
| Micrastur ruficollis | Barred Forest-Falcon |
| Micrastur mintoni | Cryptic Forest-Falcon |
| Micrastur mirandollei | Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon |
| Micrastur semitorquatus | Collared Forest-Falcon |
| Falco sparverius | American Kestrel |
| Falco rufigularis | Bat Falcon |
| Falco femoralis | Aplomado Falcon |
| Aramus guarauna | Limpkin |
| Psophia viridis | Dark-winged Trumpeter |
| Aramides cajanea | Gray-necked Wood-Rail |
| Anurolimnas viridis | Russet-crowned Crake |
| Laterallus melanophaius | Rufous-sided Crake |
| Laterallus exilis | Gray-breasted Crake |
| Porzana albicollis | Ash-throated Crake |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen |
| Porphyrio martinica | Purple Gallinule |
| Heliornis fulica | Sungrebe |
| Eurypyga helias | Sunbittern |
| Vanellus cayanus | Pied Lapwing |
| Vanellus chilensis | Southern Lapwing |
| Himantopus mexicanus | Black-necked Stilt |
| Pluvialis dominica | American Golden Plover |
| Gallinago paraguaiae | South American Snipe |
| Tringa melanoleuca | Greater Yellowlegs |
| Tringa flavipes | Lesser Yellowlegs |
| Tringa solitaria | Solitary Sandpiper |
| Actitis macularius | Spotted Sandpiper |
| Calidris fuscicollis | White-rumped Sandpiper |
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper |
| Calidris himantopus | Stilt Sandpiper |
| Jacana jacana | Wattled Jacana |
| Sterna superciliaris | Yellow-billed Tern |
| Phaetusa simplex |
Large-billed Tern |
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Rhynchops niger
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Black Skimmer |
| Columbina talpacoti | Ruddy Ground-Dove |
| Columbina squammata | Scaled Dove |
| Claravis pretiosa | Blue Ground-Dove |
| Patagioenas speciosa | Scaled Pigeon |
| Patagioenas picazuro | Picazuro Pigeon |
| Patagioenas cayennensis | Pale-vented Pigeon |
| Patagioenas plumbea | Plumbeous Pigeon |
| Patagioenas subvinacea | Ruddy Pigeon |
| Leptotila verreauxi | White-tipped Dove |
| Leptotila rufaxilla | Gray-fronted Dove |
| Geotrygon violacea | Violaceous Quail-Dove |
| Geotrygon montana | Ruddy Quail-Dove |
| Ara ararauna | Blue-and-yellow Macaw |
| Ara macao | Scarlet Macaw |
| Ara chloropterus | Red-and-green Macaw |
| Ara severus | Chestnut-fronted Macaw |
| Orthopsittaca manilata | Red-bellied Macaw |
| Propyrrhura maracana | Blue-winged Macaw |
| Aratinga leucophthalma | White-eyed Parakeet |
| Pyrrhura perlata | Crimson-bellied Parakeet |
| Pyrrhura picta | Painted Parakeet |
| Forpus sclateri | Dusky-billed Parrotlet |
| Brotogeris chrysoptera | Golden-winged Parakeet |
| Touit huetii | Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet |
| Pionites leucogaster | White-bellied Parrot |
| Pionopsitta barrabandi | Orange-cheeked Parrot |
| Pionus menstruus | Blue-headed Parrot |
| Amazona ochrocephala | Yellow-crowned Parrot |
| Amazona kawalli | Kawall's Parrot |
| Amazona amazonica | Orange-winged Parrot |
| Amazona farinosa | Mealy Parrot |
| Deroptyus accipitrinus | Red-fan Parrot |
| Opisthocomus hoazin | Hoatzin |
| Coccyzus euleri | Pearly-breasted Cuckoo |
| Coccyzus melacoryphus | Dark-billed Cuckoo |
| Piaya cayana | Squirrel Cuckoo |
| Piaya melanogaster | Black-bellied Cuckoo |
| Piaya minuta | Little Cuckoo |
| Crotophaga major | Greater Ani |
| Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani |
| Guira guira | Guira Cuckoo |
| Tapera naevia | Striped Cuckoo |
| Dromococcyx phasianellus | Pheasant Cuckoo |
| Dromococcyx pavoninus | Pavonine Cuckoo |
| Neomorphus geoffroyi | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo |
| Tyto alba | Barn Owl |
| Megascops choliba | Tropical Screech-Owl |
| Megascops watsonii | Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl |
| Lophostrix cristata | Crested Owl |
| Pulsatrix perspicillata | Spectacled Owl |
| Ciccaba virgata | Mottled Owl |
| Ciccaba huhula | Black-banded Owl |
| Glaucidium hardyi | Amazonian Pygmy-Owl |
| Glaucidium brasilianum | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl |
| Athene cunicularia | Burrowing Owl |
| Pseudoscops clamator | Striped Owl |
| Nyctibius grandis | Great Potoo |
| Nyctibius aethereus | Long-tailed Potoo |
| Nyctibius griseus | Common Potoo |
| Lurocalis semitorquatus | Short-tailed Nighthawk |
| Podager nacunda | Nacunda Nighthawk |
| Nyctiphrynus ocellatus | Ocellated Poorwill |
| Caprimulgus rufus | Rufous Nightjar |
| Caprimulgus maculicaudus | Spot-tailed Nightjar |
| Caprimulgus parvulus | Little Nightjar |
| Caprimulgus nigrescens | Blackish Nightjar |
| Hydropsalis climacocerca | Ladder-tailed Nightjar |
| Cypseloides fumigatus | Sooty Swift |
| Cypseloides senex | Great Dusky Swift |
| Streptoprocne zonaris | White-collared Swift |
| Chaetura cinereiventris | Gray-rumped Swift |
| Chaetura egregia | Pale-rumped Swift |
| Chaetura viridipennis | Amazonian Swift |
| Chaetura meridionalis | Sick's Swift |
| Chaetura brachyura | Short-tailed Swift |
| Tachornis squamata | Fork-tailed Palm-Swift |
| Panyptila cayennensis | Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift |
| Glaucis hirsutus | Rufous-breasted Hermit |
| Threnetes leucurus | Pale-tailed Barbthroat |
| Phaethornis sp novo | new hermit |
| Phaethornis ruber | Reddish Hermit |
| Phaethornis hispidus | White-bearded Hermit |
| Phaethornis bourcieri | Straight-billed Hermit |
| Phaethornis superciliosus | Eastern Long-tailed Hermit |
| Campylopterus largipennis | Gray-breasted Sabrewing |
| Florisuga mellivora | White-necked Jacobin |
| Anthracothorax nigricollis | Black-throated Mango |
| Avocettula recurvirostris | Fiery-tailed Awlbill |
| Chrysolampis mosquitus | Ruby-topaz Hummingbird |
| Discosura langsdorffi | Black-bellied Thorntail |
| Thalurania furcata | Fork-tailed Woodnymph |
| Hylocharis sapphirina | Rufous-throated Sapphire |
| Hylocharis cyanus | White-chinned Sapphire |
| Amazilia versicolor | Versicolored Emerald |
| Amazilia fimbriata | Glittering-throated Emerald |
| Heliothryx auritus | Black-eared Fairy |
| Heliomaster longirostris | Long-billed Starthroat |
| Calliphlox amethystina | Amethyst Woodstar |