Brazil

Introduction: The importance of birds to biodiversity

State: What we know about the changing state of birds

Pressure: Why birds are declining

Response: What can be done to improve the status of birds

Key publications

References

Bencke, G. A., MaurÃcio, G. N., Develey, P. F. and Goerck, J. M. (2006). Ãreas Importantes para a ConservaÃ§Ã£o das Aves no Brasil. Parte I - Estados do DomÃnio da Mata AtlÃ¢ntica [Important Bird Areas in Brazil. Part 1 - the Atlantic Coast]. SÃ£o Paulo: SAVE Brasil. [In Portuguese]
De Luca, A. C., Develey, P. F., Bencke, G. A. and Goerck, J. M. (eds) (2009) Ãreas Importantes para a ConservaÃ§Ã£o das Aves no Brasil. Parte II - AmazÃ´nia, Cerrado e Pantanal [Important Bird Areas in Brazil. Part 2 - Amazonia, Cerrado and the Pantanal]. SÃ£o Paulo: SAVE Brasil. [In Portuguese]
YÃ©pez, I., Devenish, C. and Clay, R. P. (2010) Important Bird Areas in the Amazon Basin. Quito: BirdLife International Americas Secretariat.
Pereira, G. A., Dantas, S. D. M., Silveira, L. F., Roda, S. A., Albano, C., Sonntag, F. A., Leal, S., Periquito, M. C., Malacco, G. B., Lees, A. C. (2014) Status of the globally threatened forest birds of northeast Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 54: 177‑194

Brazil at a glance

Land area

8,514,877 km²

BirdLife Partner

SAVE Brasil

Species
Total number of birds	1,816
Globally threatened birds	149
Country endemics	257
Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas
Number of IBAs	231
Total IBA area	923,096 km²
IBA area as % of land area	11%
Endemic Bird Areas
Number of EBAs	25

Recommended Citation
BirdLife International (2024) Country profile: Brazil. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/country/brazil on 22/12/2024.