List Of Birds Of Paraguay
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Paraguay. The avifauna of Paraguay includes a total of 700 species, of which 1 is endemic, 2 have been introduced by humans, and 12 are rare or accidental. 27 species are globally threatened.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Paraguay.
The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.
- (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Paraguay.
- (E) Endemic A species endemic to Paraguay.
- (I) Introduced A species introduced to Paraguay as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
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Non-passerines: Rheas . Tinamous . Grebes . Cormorants . Darters . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Screamers . Ducks, Geese and Swans . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Guans, Chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Limpkins . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Sungrebe and Finfoots . Seriemas . Jacanas . Painted snipe . Avocets and Stilts . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Puffbirds . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies . |
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Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes and Antpittas . Gnateaters . Tapaculos . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Vireos . New World warblers . Tanagers . Buntings, Sparrows, and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies . Sparrows . |
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Read more about List Of Birds Of Paraguay: Rheas, Tinamous, Grebes, Cormorants, Darters, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Screamers, Ducks, Geese and Swans, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Guans, Chachalacas and Allies, New World Quails, Limpkins, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe and Finfoots, Seriemas, Jacanas, Painted Snipe, Avocets and Stilts, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Gulls and Terns, Skimmers, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons and Quetzals, Kingfishers, Motmots, Puffbirds, Toucans, Woodpeckers and Allies, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, Gnateaters, Tapaculos, Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant Flycatchers, Sharpbill, Becards and Tityras, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Wrens, Donacobius, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Thrushes and Allies, Gnatcatchers, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Vireos, New World Warblers, Tanagers, Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies, Saltators, Cardinals and Allies, Troupials and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies, Sparrows
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