Brazil

Total	Major seabird families
Diomedeidae Albatrosses	8	Spheniscidae Penguins	1	Procellariidae Petrels and shearwaters	18	Phalacrocoracidae Cormorants	1
Hydrobatidae Storm-petrels	1	Alcidae Auks	0	Laridae Gulls and terns	24	Anatidae Ducks, geese and swans	0

IUCN Red List Status

The numbers in brackets refer to the country's rank when compared to other countries and territories globally.

Brazil at a glance

Land area

8,514,877 km²

BirdLife Partner

SAVE Brasil

Species
Total number of birds	1,816
Globally threatened birds	153
Country endemics	257
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	233
Total IBA area	923,217 km²
IBA area as % of land area	11%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	25

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2023) Country profile: Brazil. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/country/brazil on 24/09/2023.