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Sapayoa
Melanopareiidae - a single genus with 5 spp., from Ecuador to Uruguay, M. torquata Wied, 1831 in C Brazil.
Melanopareia
Conopophagidae - Brazil has (1/)8spp. (4⋵), Colombia (2/)3 (none endemics). Absent in Mexico.
Conopophaga
Pittasoma (2, Costa Rica to Ecuador)
Thamnophilidae - 234 spp. and all 65 genera in South America. (54/)177 spp. in Brazil (53⋵), (48/)118 in Colombia (3⋵) and (7/)7 in Mexico (none endemics). Rhopias and Rhopornis are Brazilian endemic genera.
AkletosAmmonastesAmpelornisAprositornisBataraBiatasCercomacraCercomacroidesClytoctantesCymbilaimusDichrozonaDrymophilaDysithamnusEpinecrophyllaEuchrepomisFormicivoraFrederickenaGymnocichlaGymnopithysHafferiaHerpsilochmusHylophylaxHypocnemisHypocnemoidesHypoedaleusIsleriaMackenziaenaMegastictusMicrorhopiasMyrmecizaMyrmelastesMyrmoborusMyrmochanesMyrmoderusMyrmophylaxMyrmorchilusMyrmornisMyrmotherulaNeoctantesOneillornisPercnostolaPhaenostictusPhlegopsisPithysPoliocraniaPygiptilaPyriglenaRadinopsycheRhegmatorhinaRhopiasRhopornisSakesphorusSakesphoroidesSciaphylaxSclateriaSipiaStymphalornisTarabaTerenuraThamnistesThamnomanesThamnophilusWillisornisXenornis
Grallariidae - all genera and 69 spp. in South America. Colombia has (4/)32 spp. (7⋵), Brazil (5/)13 (1⋵) and Mexico only one. All genera in this family occur in Brazil. Brazilian Cryptopezus (Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay) does not occur in Colombia.
GrallariaCyrtopezusGrallariculaHylopezusMyrmothera
Rhinocryptidae - tapaculos; all genera and 64 spp. in South America. Colombia has (4/)19 spp. (6⋵), (5/)Brazil has 13 (10⋵). Absent in Mexico. Eleoscytalopus and Merulaxis are Brazilian endemics.
Acropternis (1, Venezuela to Peru)EleoscytalopusEugrallaLioscelesMerulaxisMyornis (1, Colombia to Peru)PsilorhamphusPteroptochosRhinocryptaScelorchilusScytalopusTeledromas
Formicariidae - both genera and 11 spp. In South America. Colombia has 8 spp. (none endemics) and Brazil 7 (1⋵), in both genera. Only one sp. in Mexico.
Chamaeza
Formicarius
Furnariidae - ovenbirds and woodcreepers; all genera and 303 spp. in South America. (53/)155 spp. in Brazil (34⋵), (46/)115 in Colombia (4⋵) and (12/)19 in Mexico (1⋵). Megaxenops, Cichlocolaptes and Acrobatornis are Brazilian endemic genera.
AcrobatornisAnabacerthiaAnabazenopsAncistropsAnumbiusAphrasturaAsthenesAutomolusBerlepschiaCampylorhamphusCerthiasomusCerthiaxisCichlocolaptesCinclodesClibanornisCoryphisteraCranioleucaDeconychuraDendrexetastesDendrocinclaDendrocolaptesDendromaDendroplexDrymornisDrymotoxeresFurnariusGeocerthiaGeosittaGlyphorynchusHeliobletusHellmayreaHylexetastesLepidocolaptesLeptasthenuraLimnoctitesLimnornisLochmiasMargarornisMazariaMegaxenopsMetopothrixMicroxenopsNasicaOchetorhynchusPhacellodomus
PhilydorPhleocryptesPremnoplexPremnornisPseudasthenesPseudocolaptesPseudoseisuraPygarrhichasRoraimiaSchoeniophylaxSclerurusSiptornisSittasomusSpartonoicaSylviorthorhynchusSynallaxisSyndactylaTarphonomusThripadectesThripophagaUpucerthiaXenerpestesXenopsXiphocolaptesXiphorhynchus
Pipridae - manakins; all genera and 52 spp. in South America. (14/)35 spp. in Brazil (7⋵), (15/)24 in Colombia (none endemics) and (3/)3 in Mexico (none endemics). Illicura is a Brazilian endemic genus.
Antilophia (Brazil and Paraguay to Bolivia)CeratopipraChiroxiphiaChloropipo (2, Colombia to Peru).CorapipoCryptopipo (1, Colombia to Peru).HeterocercusIlicuraLepidothrixMachaeropterusManacusMasius (1, Venezuela to Peru)NeopelmaPipraPseudopipraTyranneutesXenopipo
Cotingidae - cotingas and allies; all genera and 59 spp. in South America. Colombia has (18/)33 spp. (1⋵), Brazil (18/)31 (8⋵), and Mexico (2/)2 (none endemics). Carpornis is a Brazilian endemic genus.
Ampelioides (1, Venezuela to Bolivia)Ampelion (2, Venezuela to Bolivia)Carpodectes (3, Costa Rica to Ecuador)CarpornisCephalopterusConioptilonCotingaDoliornis (2, Colombia to Peru)GymnoderusHaematoderusLipaugusPerissocephalusPhibaluraPhoenicircusPhytotomaPipreolaPorphyrolaemaProcniasPyroderusQuerulaRupicolaSnowornis (2, Colombia to Peru)XipholenaZaratornis (1, Peru)
Tityridae - tityras and allies; all genera and 32 spp. in South America. Colombia has (6/)22 spp. (none endemics), Brazil (7/)21 (4⋵), and Mexico (3/)8 (1⋵). All genera in Brazil.
IodopleuraLaniisomaLanioceraPachyramphusSchiffornisTityraXenopsaris
Oxyruncidae - all genera and 8 spp. in South America. 7 spp. in Colombia, 6 in Brazil, in all genera of family in both countries, and (3/)3 in Mexico. None endemics in this countries.
MyiobiusOnychorhynchusOxyruncusTerenotriccus
Tyrannidae - tyrant flycatchers; 387 spp. and all genera in South America except Deltarhynchus (1, endemic to Mexico) and Xenotriccus (1, Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador). Brazil has (78/)211 spp. (23⋵), Colombia (82/)208 (4⋵), (29/)64 in Mexico (2⋵). Calyptura is a Brazilian endemic genus.
AgriornisAlectrurusAnaireteAphanotriccusArundinicolaAtalotriccusAttilaCalypturaCamptostomaCapsiempisCasiornisCnemarchusCnemotriccusCnipodectesColoniaColorhamphusConopiasContopusCorythopisCulicivoraElaeniaEmpidonaxEmpidonomusEuscarthmusFluvicolaGriseotyrannusGubernetesGuyramemuaHemitriccusHeteroxolmisHirundineaHymenopsIneziaKnipolegusLathrotriccusLegatusLeptopogonLessoniaLophotriccusMachetornisMecocerculusMegarynchusMionectesMitrephanesMuscigrallaMuscipipraMuscisaxicolaMyiarchusMyiodynastesMyiopagisMyiophobusMyiornisMyiotheretesMyiotriccusMyiozetetesNengetusNeopipoNeoxolmisNephelomyiasNesotriccusOchthoecaOchthornisOncostomaOrnithionPhaeomyiasPhelpsiaPhilohydorPhyllomyiasPhylloscartesPipritesPitangusPlatyrinchusPoecilotriccusPogonotriccusPolioxolmisPolystictusPseudelaeniaPseudocolopteryxPseudotriccusPyrocephalusPyrrhomyiasPyropeRamphotrigonRhynchocyclusRhytipternaSatrapaSayornisSerpophagaSilvicultrixSirystesStigmaturaSublegatusSuiririSyrtidicolaTachurisTaeniotriccusTodirostrumTolmomyiasTumbeziaTyrannopsisTyrannulusTyrannusUromyiasXolmisZimmerius
Vireonidae - vireos and allies; 31 spp. in South America. All genera in South America except Asian Erpornis and Pteruthius. Mexico has (5/)26 spp. (4⋵), Colombia (6/)22 (2⋵) and Brazil only (6/)17 (3⋵).
CyclarhisHylophilusPachysylviaTunchiornisVireoVireolanius
Corvidae - seven genera from Mexico southwards: Corvus (subcosmopolitam, 45 spp., 5 in Mexico), Calocitta (2, Mexico to Costa Rica), Psilorhinus (1, Texas to Costa Rica), Aphelocoma (7, U.S.A. to Mexico), Nucifraga (3, 2 in Asia and one from Canada to N Mexico) and two in South America. Mexico has (7/)25 spp. (9⋵, inc. two Corvus), Colombia (2/)7 (none endemics) and Brazil (1/)8 (2⋵).
CyanocoraxCyanolyca (9, 5 in Mesoamerica, 4 in South America, Venezuela to Bolivia, none national endemics)
Alaudidae - larks; 21 genera, only one spp. in South America.
Eremophila
Donacobiidae - a single genus and species, from S Panama to S Brazil.
Donacobius
Hirundinidae - no New World outsiders. Colombia has (10/)20 spp. (none endemics), Brazil (9/)17 (none endemics) and Mexico (8/)13 (1⋵).
AlopochelidonAtticoraHirundoOrochelidon (3, Venezuela to Argentina)PetrochelidonPrognePygochelidonRipariaStelgidopteryxTachycineta
Cinclidae - 5 spp. in a single genus, one from Alaska to Costa Rica, two in Eurasia and two in South America. South America members are C. schulzii Cabanis, 1882 and C. leucocephalus Tschudi, 1844
Cinclus
Turdidae - thrushes and allies; 41 spp. in South America. Outsiders in New World: Ixoreus (1, Canada to Mexico), Ridgwayia (1, Mexico), Sialia (3, U.S.A to Nicaragua). Colombia has (5/)28 spp. (none endemics), Mexico (6/)24 (4⋵) and Brazil only (3/)21 (none endemics). Hylochchla is here not considered in Colombia or Mexico (SEE).
CatharusCichlopsisEntomodestes (2, Colombia to Bolivia)HylocichlaMyadestes (12, Mexico to Bolivia, Caribbean and Hawaii, only one in South America.)PlatycichlaTurdus
Mimidae - mockingbirds and thrashers; 10 spp. in South America. Outsiders: Allenia (5, Caribbean), Cinclocerthia (2, Caribbean), Margarops (1, Caribbean), Melanoptila (1, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala), Melanotis (2, Mexico to Honduras), Dumatella (1, breeding in Canada and U.S.A.), Toxostoma (11, U.S.A to Mexico), Oreoscoptes (1, Canada to Mexico) and Ramphocinclus (1, Caribeban). Mexico has (5/)17 spp. (5⋵), Colombia (1/)1 (none endemics) and Brazil (1/)3 (none endemics). Dumetella is rejeted from Colombia and Mexico (SEE).
Mimus
Polioptilidae - all genera and 14 spp. in South America, all genera in South America. Brazil has (3/)10 spp. (none endemics), Colombia has (3/)7 (none endemics) and Mexico (2/)8 (1⋵).
MicrobatesRamphocaenusPolioptila
Troglodytidae - 50 spp. in South America. Outsiders: Catherpes (1, Canada to Mexico), Ferminia (1, Cuba), Hylorchilus (2, endemic to Mexico), Salpinctes (1, Canada to Honduras), Thryomanes (1, Canada to Mexico), Thryothorus (1, Canada to Mexico), Thryorchilus (1, Costa Rica and Panama), Uropsila (1, Mexico to Honduras). (11/)35 in Colombia (7⋵), (14/)33 in Mexico (13⋵) and (9/)17 in Brazil (2⋵).
CampylorhynchusCantorchilusCinnycerthia (4, Venezuela to Peru)CistothorusCyphorhinusHenicorhinaMicrocerculusOdontorchilusPheugopediusThryophilus (5, Mexico to Colombia).Troglodytes
Rhodinocichlidae - a single species, Rhodinocichla rosea Lesson, 1832, highly disjunct in Mexico, Panama, Colombia and Venezuela.
Thraupidae - tanagers and allies, 387 spp. in South America; all genera in South America except Acanthidops (1, Costa Rica and Panama), Euneornis (1, Jamaica), Loxigilla (2, Caribbean), Rowettia (1, Gough Is.), Pinaroloxias (1, Cocos, Costa Rica), Nesospiza (3, Tristan de Cunha), Loxipasser (1, Jamaica) and Melopyrrha (5, Caribbean).
(61/)176 spp. in Colombia (8⋵), (51/)150 in Brazil (24⋵) and (15/)25 in Mexico (1⋵). Compsothraupis, Orchesticus and Castanozoster are Brazilian endemic genera.
AnisognathusAsemospizaBangsiaButhraupisCalochaetesCamarhynchusCastanozoster
CatamblyrhynchusCatameniaCerthideaCharitospizaChalcothraupisChlorochrysaChlorophanesChlorornisChrysothlypisCissopisCnemathraupisCnemoscopusCoerebaCompsospizaCompsothraupisConirostrumConothraupisCoryphaspizaCoryphospingusCreurgopsCyanerpesCyanicterusCypsnagraDacnisDiglossaDiucaDolospingusDonacospizaDubusiaEmberizoidesEmbernagraEucometisGeospizaGeospizopsisGubernatrixHaplospizaHeliothraupisHemithraupisHeterospingusIdiopsarIncaspizaIridophanesIridosornisIxothraupisKleinothraupisLanioLophospingusLoriotusMelanoderaMelanospizaMicrospingusNemosiaNeothraupisNephelornisOrchesticusParkerthraustesParoariaPhrygilusPiezorinaPipraeideaPlatyspizaPoecilostreptusPoospizaPseudosaltatorPseudospingusPyrrhocomaRamphocelusRaueniaRhodospingusRhopospinaSaltatorSaltatriculaSchistochlamysSericossyphaSicalisSphenopsisSporathraupisSporophilaStephanophorusStilpniaTachyphonusTangaraTersinaThephropilusThlypopsisThraupisTiarisTrichothraupisUrothraupisVolatiniaWetmorethraupisXenodacnisXenospingus
Parulidae - New World warblers. (6/)24 spp. breeds in Mexico (6⋵), (5/)20 in Colombia (4⋵), and only (5/)11 in Brazil (1⋵). In Mexico breeds Oreothlypis (1), Leiothlypis (3), Geothlypis (7), Basileuterus (5), Cardellina (3) and Setophaga (5). In Colombia breeds Geothlypis (2), Basileuterus (4), Myioborus (4), Myiothlypis (9) and Setophaga (1). In Brazil breeds Geothlypis (2), Basileuterus (1), Myioborus (2), Myiothlypis (5) and Setophaga (1)
BasileuterusGeothlypisMyioborusMyiothlypisSetophaga
Icteridae - grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles; only three genera absents in South Ameria: Agelaius (5, Canada to Costa Rica and Caribbean), Euphagus (2, U.S.A. to Mexico), Nesopsar (1, Jamaica). (15/)41 spp. in Colombia (4⋵), (19/)40 in Brazil (4⋵) and (12/)37 in Mexico (3⋵). Anamura is a Brazilian endemic genus, and Hypopyrrhus a Colombia endemic.
AgelaioidesAgelasticusAmblycercusAmblyramphusAnumaraCacicusChrysomusCuraeusDivesDolichonyxGnorimopsarGymnomystaxHypopyrrhusIcterusLampropsarLeistesMacroagelaiusMolothrusOreopsarPsarocoliusPseudoleistesQuiscalusSturnellaXanthocephalusXanthopsar
Passerellidae - New World sparrows; 62 spp. in South America. Ousiders: Aimophila (3, Mexico to Nicaragua), Amphispiza (1, U.S.A. to Mexico), Artemisiospiza (2, U.S.A to Mexco), Calamospiza (1, Canada to Mexico), Chondestes (1, Canada to Mexico), Junco (5, Canada to Panamá), Melospiza (3, Canada to Mexico), Melozone (8, U.S.A. to Costa Rica), Oriturus (1, Mexico), Passerculus (1, breeding from Canada to U.S.A., vagant up to Mexico), Passerella (1, Canada, U.S.A.), Peucaea (8 U.S.A. to Costa Rica), Pezopetes (1, Panama to Costa Rica), Pipilo (4, Canada to Mexico), Pooecetes (1, Canada to Mexico), Spizella (6, Canada to Nicaragua), Spizelloides (1, Canada to U.S.A.), Torreornis (1, Cuba) and Xenospiza (1, Mexico).
(24/)61 spp. in Mexico (17⋵; excluded Passerella), (7/)36 in Colombia (6⋵), and (5/)9 in Brazil (2⋵).
AmmodramusArremonArremonopsAtlapetesChlorospingus (8, S Mexico to NW Argentina, absent in Brazil)Oreothraupis (1, Colombia to Ecuador)RhynchospizaZonotrichia
Fringillidae - true finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers. Outsiders: Coccothraustes (North America, Mexico, Central America), Pinicola (Holartic inc. North America), Leucosticte (Old World and North America), Acanthis (Holartic, North America), Loxia (North America, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean) and Haemorhous (North America, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean).
(3/)22 spp. in Colombia, (6/)16 in Mexico, and only (3/)16 in Brazil, one endemic in each country. Mexico includes breeding species in Euphonia (5), Chlorophonia (2), Coccothraustes (2), Haemohous (1), Loxia (1), Spinus (5).
ChlorophoniaEuphoniaSpinus
Cardinalidae - cardinals and allies; outsiders: Cyanocompsa (1, Mexico to Nicaragua), Spiza, Passerina and Rhodothraupis (1, Mexico). (12/)27 in Mexico (7⋵), (9/)21 in Colombia (2⋵; excludes Pheucticus ludovicianus, Passerina and Spiza) and (7/)11 in Brazil (1⋵; excludes Pheucticus aureoventris).
Mexico breeds in Piranga (7), Habia (2), Periporphyrus (1), Caryothraustes (1), Cardinalis (1), Periporphyrus (1), Pheucticus (2), Granatellus (2), Amaurospiza (1), Cyanolaxa (1), Cyanocompsa (1) and Passerina (7).
AmaurospizaCardinalis (3, two from Canada to Belize, one in Colombia to Venezuela)CaryothraustesChlorothraupis (4, Nicaragua to Bolivia).CyanoloxiaGranatellusHabiaPeriporphyrusPheucticusPiranga
Motacillidae - 11 spp. in South America, Motacilla is a outsider (breeding only in Alaska at New World). Mexico has 4 spp., Brazil has 5, and Colombia has 2, all in Anthus, none national endemics.
Anthus
Mitrospingidae - 4 spp. in South America, in all genera. Brazil has 3 spp. in all genera, Colombia only one. Absent in Mexico. Orthogonys is a Brazilian endemic genus.
LamprospizaMitrospingusOrthogonys