Northeast Brazil
Peter R. Bono  February 2000 Field Guides Trip


Little Tinamou   Crypturellus soui
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      heard only
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      heard in forest near Valença
h Yellow-legged Tinamou   Crypturellus noctivagus
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      several heard only; some quite close in forest
h Small-billed Tinamou   Crypturellus parvirostris
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      heard only in high grasslands
h Tataupa Tinamou   Crypturellus tataupa
    2/13/2000   Caatinga scrub near Ouricuri; evening 20km north of Petrolina      heard only
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      heard only
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      heard only
h Red-winged Tinamou   Rhynchotus rufescens
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      heard only in grasslands at Lear's Macaw ranch
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      heard only
h White-bellied Nothura   Nothura boraquira
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      heard only
Least Grebe   Tachybaptus dominicus
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      2
Pied-billed Grebe   Podilymbus podiceps
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      6 including one on nest
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      2
Neotropic Cormorant   Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1 flying by at ferry landing
Great Egret   Ardea alba
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      1
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
Little Blue Heron   Egretta caerulea
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      several
Snowy Egret   Egretta thula
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      3
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      2
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      1
Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      1
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      2
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      many
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      many
Striated Heron   Butorides striatus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      1
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      6
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Nyctanassa violacea
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
White-faced Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna viduata
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      4
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      6
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      10
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      5
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      3
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      3
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna autumnalis
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      2 flew overhead
Muscovy Duck   Cairina moschata
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1 male flying by near Curaça town
Comb Duck   Sarkidiornis melanotos
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      3 flew overhead; strange growth on bill seen
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1
White-cheeked Pintail   Anas bahamensis
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      15
Southern Pochard   Netta erythrophthalma
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      9
F Masked Duck   Nomonyx dominica
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      30 including adult males, females, and downy young
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      1
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      1
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
Black Vulture   Coragyps atratus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      many
    2/11/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Barbalha & Araripe Nat'l Forest Hdqtrs      several
    2/12/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Araripe Nat'l Forest: trails and airstrip      8
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      several
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      several
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      many
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      many
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      many
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      many
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      many
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      many
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      many
    2/24/2000   mate de cípo (vine forest) near Boa Nova (900m elevation)      many
    2/24/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m elev) & caatinga      many
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      many
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      many
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      several
Turkey Vulture   Cathartes aura
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1
    2/11/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Barbalha & Araripe Nat'l Forest Hdqtrs      1
    2/12/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Araripe Nat'l Forest: trails and airstrip      2
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      many
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      many
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      several
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      1
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      several
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      several
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      several
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      several
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      2
F Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture   Cathartes burrovianus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      2 seen very well perched and flying
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      1
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      4
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      several
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      1
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      2
King Vulture   Sarcoramphus papa
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1 seen well from bus; being harrassed by LesserYellow-headed Vultures
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      1 soaring high overhead
White-tailed Kite   Elanus leucurus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1 hovering
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      2
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      1
    2/17/2000   Alagoas: remnant lowland forest nr Murici (Pedra Blanca)      1
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1
Snail Kite   Rostrhamus sociabilis
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      2
Crane Hawk   Geranospiza caerulescens
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      1 flew over forest road in late afternoon
Savanna Hawk   Buteogallus meridionalis
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      1
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      1
Harris' Hawk   Parabuteo unicinctus
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      pair at nest
Gray Hawk   Asturina nitida
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1 Gray-lined
Roadside Hawk   Buteo magnirostris
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      1
    2/11/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Barbalha & Araripe Nat'l Forest Hdqtrs      1 carrying prey as it flew overhead
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      1
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      1
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      heard only
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      1
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      1
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      heard only
    2/26/2000   Cocoa plantation between Ipiaú and Ibirataia, Bahia      2
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      2
Short-tailed Hawk   Buteo brachyurus
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1
    2/24/2000   mate de cípo (vine forest) near Boa Nova (900m elevation)      1
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      1
White-tailed Hawk   Buteo albicaudatus
    2/11/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Barbalha & Araripe Nat'l Forest Hdqtrs      1
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      1
Zone-tailed Hawk   Buteo albonotatus
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      2 soaring over ridge near hotel
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1
Southern Caracara   Caracara plancus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      1
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      2
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many including one on a nest
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      many
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      2
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      1
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      2
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      1
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      several
Yellow-headed Caracara   Milvago chimachima
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      2
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      2
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      2
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      2
    2/24/2000   mate de cípo (vine forest) near Boa Nova (900m elevation)      several
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      several
Laughing Falcon   Herpetotheres cachinnans
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      heard only
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1 seen through scope
    2/24/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m elev) & caatinga      heard only
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      heard only
American Kestrel   Falco sparverius
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      2
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      1
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      2
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      2
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      1
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      1
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1
    2/24/2000   mate de cípo (vine forest) near Boa Nova (900m elevation)      1
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      1
F Aplomado Falcon   Falco femoralis
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      2 seen well through scope
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      3
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      1
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      2
Peregrine Falcon   Falco peregrinus
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1 flying by near Curaça town
Speckled Chachalaca   Ortalis guttata
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      2 seen briefly in trees by roadside as we passed by in the bus at dawn
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      heard only at dawn
h White-browed Guan   Penelope jacucaca
    2/12/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Araripe Nat'l Forest: trails and airstrip      briefly heard wings at dusk; never seen
F Spot-winged Wood-Quail   Odontophorus capueira
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      1 seen occasionally as a small flock worked theforest floor keeping mostly out of sight and vocalizing constantly
Limpkin   Aramus guarauna
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      1 flew over
h Rufous-sided Crake   Laterallus melanophaius
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      heard only in marsh by roadside
Gray-necked Wood-Rail   Aramides cajanea
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      heard only
h Spotted Rail   Pardirallus maculatus
    2/26/2000   Cocoa plantation between Ipiaú and Ibirataia, Bahia      heard only in marsh near where we saw the Pink-legged Graveteiro
F Blackish Rail   Pardirallus nigricans
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      heard only calling from marsh by side of road
Purple Gallinule   Porphyrula martinica
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      several
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      several
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/26/2000   Cocoa plantation between Ipiaú and Ibirataia, Bahia      2
Common Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      several
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      many
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      several
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      2
    2/26/2000   Cocoa plantation between Ipiaú and Ibirataia, Bahia      1
Wattled Jacana   Jacana jacana
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      several
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      2
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      many
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      many
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      many
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      1
    2/26/2000   Cocoa plantation between Ipiaú and Ibirataia, Bahia      1
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      several
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      several
Black-necked Stilt   Himantopus mexicanus
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      1
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
Southern Lapwing   Vanellus chilensis
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      1
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      2
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      4
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/24/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m elev) & caatinga      3
    2/26/2000   All day drive from Jequié to Salvador, Bahia; stop in forest      3
Semipalmated Plover   Charadrius semipalmatus
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      1
Greater Yellowlegs   Tringa melanoleuca
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      7
Lesser Yellowlegs   Tringa flavipes
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      3
Solitary Sandpiper   Tringa solitaria
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      2
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      1
Spotted Sandpiper   Actitis macularia
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      4
Willet   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      1
Ruddy Turnstone   Arenaria interpres
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      2
Sanderling   Calidris alba
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      several along beach in early am
Semipalmated Sandpiper   Calidris pusilla
    2/17/2000   mud flats in Aracaju; Crato forest nr. Santa Luzia do Itanhi      many
Rock Dove   Columba livia
    2/9/2000   Fortaleza; Serra de Baturité, Hotel Remanso, Mulungu, Ceará      2
    2/10/2000   Hotel Remanso grounds & nearby roads; pm drive to Fortaleza      several
    2/11/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Barbalha & Araripe Nat'l Forest Hdqtrs      several
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      several
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      several
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several
    2/20/2000   drive from Salvador to Lençóis; grounds of Pousada do Lençóis      several
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      many
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      many
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      several
    2/24/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m elev) & caatinga      several
    2/25/2000   Atlantic moist forest near Boa Nova (700m - 900m elevation)      several
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      several
Scaled Pigeon   Columba speciosa
    2/18/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1 seen well thru x20 scope
    2/19/2000   Murici Biological Forest, 59km nw of Maceió, Alagoas--500m el      1 seen well thru scope
Picazuro Pigeon   Columba picazuro
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      1 flying by
    2/23/2000   drive from Lençóis to Jequié; caatinga & dry forest; streams      8 in one flock flew over
    2/24/2000   mate de cípo (vine forest) near Boa Nova (900m elevation)      1
Pale-vented Pigeon   Columba cayennensis
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      3 seen through scope perched
    2/22/2000   Chapada Diamantina; hotel Lençóis; caatinga nr Seabra      2
    2/27/2000   Coastal rasinga & white sand scrub 65km n. of Salvador, Bahia      2
Eared Dove   Zenaida auriculata
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      many
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      6
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many thousands
    2/21/2000   Chapada Diamantina (Morro do Oraçâo); forest nr Lençóis      2
Common Ground-Dove   Columbina passerina
    2/13/2000   drive from Juazeiro do Norte to Petrolina: roadside & ponds      4
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove   Columbina minuta
    2/12/2000   Juazeiro do Norte: Araripe Nat'l Forest: trails and airstrip      1
    2/14/2000   Caatinga, ponds, & marshes within 20km n.e. of Petrolina      several
    2/15/2000   Caatinga nr Curaçá; drive: Petrolina to ferry nr Belím      many thousands
    2/16/2000   Raso da Catarina, 50 km w of Jeremoabo; drive to Aracaju      several