East Brazilian Chachalaca (Ortalis araucuan) - 13&23Feb2026

I don't need to describe where this Brazilian endemic lives because it's in the name.  We had them in several spots on my second trip to Brazil including Mucuge and then Porto Seguro in Bahia State.  There are 16 species of Chachalaca in the genus.

Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) - 13Feb2026

It was really good to get a second crack at this species after missing on my first trip to Brazil. They have a wide range across central South America in Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil.  However, they are notorious skulkers and difficult to see.  There are 4 species in this genus. We had ours near Mucuge in Bahia State, Brazil. 

Rufous-sided Scrub Tyrant (Euscarthmus rufomarginatus) - 14Feb2026

This little cutie has one main population spread across the middle of South America from Bolivia and Paraguay to east Brazil, and some little disjunct populations in Suriname.  We had them in the rain near Mucugê in Bahia State, Brazil. There are three species in this genus, all equally as cute and living in South America.

Wedge-tailed Grass Finch (Emberizoides herbicola) - 13Feb2026

The Wedge-tailed Grass Finch is a widespread species in most of South America and also Colombia and Panama. There are two other Grass Finches in this genus too, both in South America. I got this one in Chapada Diammantina in Bahia State, Brazil.

Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil) - 13Feb2026

The Copper Seedeater is mostly an eastern Brazil species but there are some disjunction populations in Suriname, Paraguay and some vagrants in French Guiana. Although it is widespread, it seems it is not common within its range.  We only saw this species once on our trip to northeast Brazil.  We had this one near Chapada Diamantina in Bahia State. 

Dubois's Seedeater (Sporophila ardesiaca) -13Feb2026

Dubois's Seedeater is a Brazilian endemic in the southeast including Bahia State which is where I got mine.  Some taxonomies have it as a subspecies of Yellow-bellied Seedeater, but the taxonomy of eBird (Clements) has it as a separate species. Dubois's flavor has a more white versus yellow belly and a darker back.  We had this one in the Chapada Diamantina mountain range in Bahia State. 

Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus) - 19Sep2026

Smith's Longspur was a long awaited lifer for me and the last of the North American Longspurs to add for my ABA list but also my North Carolina list.  Someone found this beauty at Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge in Currituck County and got the word out.  I couldn't get out there for a week but luckily it stuck around.  They normally breed in far northern Alaska and Canada and spend winters in the US Southern states including Texas and Oklahoma.