An overview of migratory birds in Brazil

Somenzari, Marina; do Amaral, Priscilla Prudente; Cueto, Víctor R.; Guaraldo, André de Camargo; Jahn, Alex E. [UNESP]; Lima, Diego Mendes; Lima, Pedro Cerqueira; Lugarini, Camile; Machado, Caio Graco; Martinez, Jaime; do Nascimento, João Luiz Xavier; Pacheco, José Fernando; Paludo, Danielle; Prestes, Nêmora Pauletti; Serafini, Patrícia Pereira; Silveira, Luís Fábio; de Sousa, Antônio Emanuel Barreto Alves; de Sousa, Nathália Alves; de Souza, Manuella Andrade; Telino-Júnior, Wallace Rodrigues; Whitney, Bret Myers

An overview of migratory birds in Brazil

Arquivos

S0031-10492018000100202.pdf (514.6 KB)

Data

2018-01-01

Autores

Somenzari, Marina

do Amaral, Priscilla Prudente

Cueto, Víctor R.

Guaraldo, André de Camargo

Jahn, Alex E.

Lima, Diego Mendes

Lima, Pedro Cerqueira

Lugarini, Camile

Machado, Caio Graco

Martinez, Jaime

Tipo

Artigo

Direito de acesso

Acesso aberto

Resumo

We reviewed the occurrences and distributional patterns of migratory species of birds in Brazil. A species was classified as migratory when at least part of its population performs cyclical, seasonal movements with high fidelity to its breeding grounds. Of the 1,919 species of birds recorded in Brazil, 198 (10.3%) are migratory. Of these, 127 (64%) were classified as Migratory and 71 (36%) as Partially Migratory. A few species (83; 4.3%) were classified as Vagrant and eight (0,4%) species could not be defined due to limited information available, or due to conflicting data.