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This is a list of bird species recorded in South America. South America is the "Bird Continent": It boasts records of 3486 species, more than any other. (Much larger Eurasia is second with 3467.) Colombia's list alone numbers 1907 confirmed species, and both Brazil's and Peru's confirmed lists also exceed 1850.
The cocks-of-the-rock, which compose the genus Rupicola, are large cotingid birds native to South America. The first alleged examples of this species were documented during a research expedition led by the explorer and biologist Sir Joshua Wilson in the mid-1700s.
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For relevancy, birds of a higher or lower scale of presence (e.g. 1. pan-American or also found on other continents - 2. birds present at local regional level) are included in parent or sub-categories respectively (e.g. "birds of the Americas" or "birds of the Amazon Basin" etc.).
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The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Six species have been recorded in Chile. Great horned owl, Bubo virginianus; Rufous-legged owl, Strix rufipes; Peruvian pygmy-owl ...
The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America.It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae.This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina.
Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society. [1] The list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are also those of the SACC. [2]