List of birds of Brazil

Brazil has one of the richest bird diversities in the world. The avifauna of Brazil include a total of 1799 species, of which 228 are endemic. Four have been introduced by humans, 69 are rare or accidental, and four are extinct or extirpated. An additional 24 species are hypothetical (see below).

Brazil hosts about 60% of the bird species recorded for all of South America. These numbers are still increasing almost every year, due to new occurrences, new species being described, or splits of existing species. About 10% of the bird species found in Brazil are, nonetheless, threatened.

In June 2013 a simultaneous discovery of fifteen bird species in Brazil was announced, the first such since 1871, when August von Pelzeln described forty new species. The birds were from the families Corvidae, Thamnophilidae, Dendrocolaptidae, Tyrannidae, and Polioptilidae. Eleven of the new species are endemics of Brazil and four also inhabit Peru and Bolivia.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2016 edition. Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithologists' Union. The taxonomy used by the SACC differs from "Clements", and significant differences in names are noted. Especially see typical antbirds and puffbirds; entries in those families increase the above total species count by two and decrease the endemic count by one, respectively.

Differences from "Clements" in the sequence of orders, families, and species within families are not noted. Several new species have been proposed and are under consideration by the SACC; one is listed here.

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