Brazil · Ceará
Potengi – Sítio Pau Preto
257 species and 24,128 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and October–November, with up to 159 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-cowled CardinalParoaria dominicana
Campo TroupialIcterus jamacaii
Grey Pileated FinchCoryphospingus pileatus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
Greater Wagtail-TyrantStigmatura budytoides
Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
Stripe-backed AntbirdMyrmorchilus strigilatus
Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macrouraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 257 species recorded here
- Red-cowled Cardinal Paroaria dominicana
- Grey Pileated Finch Coryphospingus pileatus
- Campo Troupial Icterus jamacaii
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura
- White-naped Jay Cyanocorax cyanopogon
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Scaled Dove Columbina squammata
- White-throated Seedeater Sporophila albogularis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Pale Baywing Agelaioides fringillarius
- Bahia Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura bahiae
- Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus
- Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius
- Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Caatinga Cacholote Pseudoseisura cristata
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Southern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus
- Scarlet-throated Tanager Compsothraupis loricata
- Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Caatinga Parakeet Eupsittula cactorum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-naped Xenopsaris Xenopsaris albinucha
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Band-tailed Hornero Furnarius figulus
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Small-billed Tinamou Crypturellus parvirostris
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris
- Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Masked Water Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
- Red-shouldered Spinetail Synallaxis hellmayri
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- White Monjita Xolmis irupero
- Ash-throated Casiornis Casiornis fuscus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Grey-eyed Greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus
- Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Copper Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
- White-browed Guan Penelope jacucaca
- Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa
- Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus
- Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphoroides cristatus
- Little Nightjar Setopagis parvula
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Flavescent Warbler Myiothlypis flaveola
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Sick's Swift Chaetura meridionalis
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Caatinga Antwren Radinopsyche sellowi
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Planalto Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus pelzelni
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Great Xenops Megaxenops parnaguae
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Broad-tipped Hermit Anopetia gounellei
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- White-browed Antpitta Hylopezus ochroleucus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Spotted Piculet Picumnus pygmaeus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Ochre-backed Woodpecker Celeus ochraceus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
- Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Planalto Tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatus
- Red-necked Tanager Tangara cyanocephala
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Stripe-breasted Starthroat Heliomaster squamosus
- Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
- Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus mirandae
- Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
- Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana
- Grey-headed Spinetail Cranioleuca semicinerea
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon
- Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis
- Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Orange-fronted Yellow Finch Sicalis columbiana
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus
- Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis
- White-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes cyanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus fumifrons
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Potengi – Sítio Pau Preto?
January–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 159 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Potengi – Sítio Pau Preto?
257 species, from 24,128 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Potengi – Sítio Pau Preto in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-cowled Cardinal, Campo Troupial, Grey Pileated Finch, Great Kiskadee and Rufous-bellied Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.