On the occurrence in Acre of four poorly-known bird species in southwestern Brazilian Amazon

Abstract

The geographical ranges of many bird species are neither uniform nor continuous. Species that are common in some regions may be rare in others, or their status of occurrence may be uncertain. Here, we present the first documented record of Azure Gallinule (Porphyrio flavirostris) as well as details and discussion on the distribution and status of previous records of the Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis), Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops), and Plain-breasted Ground-dove (Columbina minuta) in the Brazilian state of Acre. While all these species have relatively wide ranges, little is known of their distribution in the southwestern Amazon basin.

New records of Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, 1867) (Aves, Rallidae) from Espírito Santo state, Brazil

“…Neocrex erythrops (Sclater, 1867) has a wide distribution, with records ranging from North America (Arnold 1978) to South America, where it occurs in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru (Taylor and Van Perlo 1998;BirdLife International 2016). In Brazil, there are a few scattered records in the states of São Paulo, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Ceará, Pará, Rio Grande do Sul, Acre, Minas Gerais (Silva and Olmos 2007;Pereira et al 2008;Kirwan 2009;Lopes et al 2012;Bertin et al 2017;Guilherme et al 2017;Tonini et al 2020). Despite being widely distributed in the country, records of this species are few and far between.…”