SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD LIST
Listed on this page are the families of bird species found in South America.
The family headings are linked to the Wikipedia pages. Listed under the family are birds that
I have seen, and where I managed to get a picture of the bird, it is linked (underlined names).
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If I didn't get a picture but have photographed the bird on another continent, I have linked that too.
Latest updates (year) are in brackets after the bird's name.
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Speckled Chachalaca
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Torrent Duck
Cinnamon Teal
White-cheeked Pintail
Ruddy Duck
Humboldt Penguin
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (2010)
White-vented Storm-Petrel (2010)
Ringed Storm-Petrel (2010)
Markham's Storm-Petrel (2010)
Waved Albatross (2010)
Northern Giant Petrel (2010)
White-chinned Petrel (2010)
Westland Petrel (2010)
Pink-footed Shearwater (2010)
Sooty Shearwater (2010)
Peruvian Diving-Petrel (2010)
White-tufted Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Grebe
Chilean Flamingo
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Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Peruvian Pelican
Peruvian Booby (2010)
Neotropic Cormorant
Red-legged Cormorant
Guanay Cormorant
Anhinga
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
Andean Condor
King Vulture
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Pearl Kite
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Savanna Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Variable Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
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Plumbeous Rail
Common Moorhen
Andean Coot
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Peruvian Thick-knee
American Oystercatcher
Blackish Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
Pied Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Wattled Jacana
Least Seedsnipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Grey-hooded Gull
Grey Gull
Laughing Gull
Belcher's Gull
Kelp Gull
Yellow-billed Tern
Peruvian Tern
Inca Tern
South American Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon
Spot-winged Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Peruvian Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
West Peruvian Dove
Eared Dove
Ecuadorian Ground-Dove
Croaking Ground-Dove
Blue Ground-Dove
Bare-faced Ground-Dove
Black-winged Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Mountain Parakeet
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
Mitred Parakeet
Red-masked Parakeet
Pacific Parrotlet
Red-billed Parrot
Speckle-faced Parrot
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Squirrel Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
West Peruvian Screech-Owl
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
Burrowing Owl
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Lesser Nighthawk
Scrub Nightjar
Swallow-tailed Nightjar
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
White-tipped Swift
Andean Swift
Green-fronted Lancebill
Green Violetear
Sparkling Violetear
Spot-throated Hummingbird
White-bellied Hummingbird
Amazilia Hummingbird
Andean Emerald
Speckled Hummingbird
Ecuadorian Piedtail
Fawn-breasted Brilliant
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Bronzy Inca
Collared Inca
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Giant Hummingbird
Purple-throated Sunangel
Royal Sunangel (Endemic)
Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Booted Racket-tail
Bronze-tailed Comet
Black Metaltail
Long-tailed Sylph
Marvellous Spatuletail (Endemic)
Oasis Hummingbird
Peruvian Sheartail
Purple-collared Woodstar
White-bellied Woodstar
Little Woodstar
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Green Kingfisher
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Emerald Toucanet
Speckle-chested Piculet (Endemic)
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Black-necked Woodpecker (Endemic)
Lineated Woodpecker
Coastal Miner (Endemic)
Greyish Miner
Thick-billed Miner (Endemic)
Bar-winged Cinclodes
Surf Cinclodes
Pale-legged Hornero
Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail (Endemic)
Azara's Spinetail
Rufous Spinetail
Necklaced Spinetail
Canyon Canastero
Cactus Canastero
Rufous-fronted Thornbird
Spotted Barbtail
Pearled Treerunner
Streaked Tuftedcheek
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
Striped Treehunter
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Montane Woodcreeper
Collared Antshrike
Variable Antshrike
White-eyed Antwren (2010)
White-flanked Antwren (2010)
Long-winged Antwren (2010)
Long-tailed Antbird
Silvered Antbird (2010)
Undulated Antpitta (2010)
Stripe-headed Antpitta (2010)
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Rufous-vented Tapaculo
Maranon Crescentchest
Elegant Crescentchest
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
White-tailed Tyrannulet
Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
White-crested Elaenia
Sierran Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
Streak-necked Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Golden-faced Tyrannulet
Peruvian Tyrannulet
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant
Grey-and-white Tyrannulet
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant
Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant
Johnsons Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Cinnamon Flycatcher
Cliff Flycatcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Tyrant
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant
Tumbes Tyrant
Short-tailed Field-Tyrant
Rufous Flycatcher (Endemic)
Pale-edged Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Baird's Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Peruvian Plantcutter (Endemic)
Green-and-black Fruiteater
Andean Cock-of-the-rock
Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
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Barred Becard
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Red-eyed Vireo
Green Jay
White-tailed Jay
White-collared Jay
Blue-and-white Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Grey-breasted Martin
Peruvian Martin
Tumbes Swallow
White-winged Swallow
Fasciated Wren
Sharpe's Wren
Superciliated Wren
House Wren
Mountain Wren
Bar-winged Wood-Wren
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren
Chestnut-breasted Wren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Andean Solitaire
Great Thrush
Chiguanco Thrush
Glossy-black Thrush
Long-tailed Mockingbird
White-capped Dipper
House Sparrow
Yellowish Pipit
Spectacled Redstart
Russet-crowned Warbler
Three-striped Warbler
Bananaquit
Magpie Tanager
White-capped Tanager
Rufous-crested Tanager
Black-eared Hemispingus
Drab Hemispingus
Rufous-chested Tanager
Cinereous Conebill
Common Bush-Tanager
White-lined Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-hooded Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Blue-grey Tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager
Grass-green Tanager
Yellow-throated Tanager
Yellow-scarfed Tanager
Paradise Tanager
Green-and-gold Tanager
Golden Tanager
Saffron-crowned Tanager
Flame-faced Tanager
Spotted Tanager
Metallic-green Tanager
Blue-necked Tanager
Beryl-spangled Tanager
Blue-and-black Tanager
Silver-backed Tanager
Mourning Sierra-Finch
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
Cinereous Finch (Endemic)
Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch
Collared Warbling-Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Parrot-billed Seedeater
Drab Seedeater
Chestnut-throated Seedeater
Band-tailed Seedeater
White-sided Flowerpiercer
Deep-blue Flowerpiercer
Masked Flowerpiercer
Greenish Yellow-Finch
Saffron Finch
Sulphur-throated Finch
Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch (Endemic)
Red-crested Finch
Purple-throated Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Orange-bellied Euphonia
Hooded Siskin
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Peruvian Meadowlark
Scrub Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
White-edged Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Yellow-billed Cacique
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Russet-backed Oropendola
Great Inca-Finch
Little Inca-Finch
Yellow-browed Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Streaked Saltator
Golden-bellied Grosbeak
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