CURITIBA
BRAZIL
PARANA (near), (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (time visited)
Birding Site Guide
There are a network of small protected sites around the city where people can observe birds, and these are.
1 GUIERREZ 1.8km square Atlantic forest
2 JOÃO PAULO 5km square forest with pine
3 PASSEIO PÚBLICO 6.9km square native and exotic
4 REINHARD MAACK 7.8km square
5 IBERÉ DE MATTOS 7.8m square
6 SÃO LOURENÇO 20.3km square
7 PASSAÚNA 23.7km square
8 BARRERINHA 38.0km square
9 ZOOLÓGICO IGUAÇU 30.0km square
10 BARIGUI 140.0km square
These 10 areas form a network of parks around the city of Curitiba, which can all be easily reached by bus. Leaflets with maps can be picked up from the tourist information centres.
Species list
- CURITIBA
- TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae
- Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- FALCONIFORMES: Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipter striatus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
- FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
- Southern Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- GALLIFORMES: Cracidae
- Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura
- GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
- Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail Aramides saracura
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
- South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
- Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis
- CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
- Barn Owl Tyto alba
- STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
- Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
- Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator
- CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Steatornithidae
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Nyctibiidae
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus
- APODIFORMES: Apodidae
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- TROCHILIFORMES: Trochilidae
- Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus
- White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
- Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura
- CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
- Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- PICIFORMES: Picidae
- Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Araucaria Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura setaria
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
- Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
- Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla
- Gray-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens
- Pallid Spinetail Cranioleuca pallida
- Olive Spinetail Cranioleuca obsoleta
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
- Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
- Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
- Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
- Pale-browed Treehunter Cichlocolaptes leucophrus
- Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura
- PASSERIFORMES: Dendrocolaptidae
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Planalto Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes platyrostris
- Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus
- Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus
- PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae
- Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea
- PASSERIFORMES: Conopophagidae
- Rufous Gnateater Conopophaga lineata
- PASSERIFORMES: Cotingidae
- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutatus
- PASSERIFORMES: Pipridae
- Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia caudata
- PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Gray Monjita Xolmis cinerea
- Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens
- Chestnut-crowned Becard Pachyramphus castaneus
- PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
- Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
- PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
- Yellow-legged Thrush Platycichla flavipes
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
- Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus
- Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
- PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- White-rimmed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblepharus
- Neotropical River Warbler Basileuterus rivularis
- PASSERIFORMES: Coerebidae
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae
- Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
- Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
- PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
- Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
- Red-rumped Warbling-Finch Poospiza lateralis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Uniform Finch Haplospiza unicolor
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
- Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis
- Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus
- PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
- White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Yellow-rumped Marshbird Pseudoleistes guirahuro
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
- Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
- PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: BSG
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