Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Mar 2018)

An overview of migratory birds in Brazil

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2018.58.03
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 0

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Abstract 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.

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