Filling gaps in the distribution of Atlantic Forest birds in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil

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Filling gaps in the 
distribution of Atlantic 
Forest birds in Minas Gerais, 
southeastern Brazil
Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni1, Marcelo Ferreira de 
Vasconcelos1, Alyne Perillo1, Rodrigo Morais1, 
Gustavo Bernardino Malacco2, Carlos Eduardo Ribas 
Tameirão Benfica3 & Frederico Innecco Alves Garcia1
Introduction
Even if an area has been extensively sampled, researchers 
must bear in mind that its avifauna will never be completely 
known (Remsen 1994). This is particularly true for the state 
of Minas Gerais, which harbors approximately 800 species of 
birds (Mattos et al. 1993, Fundação Biodiversitas 2007, En-
drigo & Silveira 2013). In recent years, several papers have 
been published concerning range extensions and noteworthy 
bird records for this state (e.g., Kirwan et al. 2001, Raposo et 
al. 2002, Vasconcelos et al. 2006, Luiz et al. 2006, Firme et 
al. 2008, Lopes et al. 2010, Lombardi et al. 2012, Mazzoni et 
al. 2012, Valério et al. 2015). Notwithstanding these records, 
basic knowledge on the distribution of many species remains 
obscure, and this type of information is essential for conserva-
tion (Bibby et al. 1992, Develey & Goerck 2009). For this re-
ason, almost 10% of the bird species in Minas Gerais are con-
sidered to be data deficient, i.e., current knowledge available is 
not sufficient for an assessment of their extinction risk facing 
the criteria adopted in the last review of threatened species in 
this state (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007). Herein, we present 
new data on the geographic distribution of 29 species that are 
either endemic or are associated with the Atlantic Forest in the 
state of Minas Gerais. We also present information about novel 
specimens which are rare or little represented in ornithological 
collections.
Methods
The records presented in this paper were obtained during 
field work by the authors in the state of Minas Gerais between 
the years 1998 and 2015. Detailed information on each record, 
as well as geographic coordinates and altitude, are presen-
ted in the species accounts, below. Coordinates and altitude 
were obtained in the field using a GPS and from the softwa-
re Google EarthTM (http://www.google.com/earth/download/
ge/). Coordinates of records obtained from the literature or 
from museum specimens collected by others were based on the 
Brazilian Ornithological Gazetteer (Paynter & Traylor 1991). 
Birds were identified using binoculars, by their vocalizations, 
and, whenever possible, they were photographed and/or tape-
-recorded. Sound-recordings were made with Sony PCM-M10, 
Tascam DR40 and Sony TCM-5000 recorders and Sennheiser 
ME-66 and Sony ECM-674 microphones. Copies of these 
recordings have been deposited in the Arquivo Sonoro Prof. 
Elias Coelho (ASEC), Departamento de Zoologia, Universi-
dade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and at 
Xeno-canto (XC: www.xeno-canto.org). Specimens were col-
lected using mist-nets and rifles under IBAMA permit numbers 
079/99, 117/2000, 197/2001, 192/2002, 207/2003, 201/2005, 
015/2007, 007/2008, 564/2009, 594/2009, 864/2009, 
909/2009, 411/2011; and SISBio permit numbers 14496-3 
and 28301-1. Voucher specimens were deposited in the orni-
thological collections of the Museu de Ciências Naturais da 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (MCNA), 
and of the Departamento de Zoologia da Universidade Federal 
de Minas Gerais (DZUFMG), both in Belo Horizonte, Minas 
Gerais, Brazil. Taxonomic nomenclature and order follow the 
Brazilian Ornithological Records Committee (Piacentini et al. 
2015). The conservation status of threatened species was based 
on global (IUCN 2015), national (MMA 2014) and state (CO-
PAM 2010) lists. Data deficient and near threatened species 
were searched, respectively, in Fundação Biodiversitas (2007), 
for the state of Minas Gerais, and IUCN (2015), concerning 
global status.
Species accounts
East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan (Spix, 1825)
This cracid is currently considered as data deficient in Mi-
nas Gerais (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007). Between 23-27 
November 2000, and 9-15 January 2001, MFV observed and 
tape-recorded several groups in two forest fragments located 
in the municipalities of São Pedro do Suaçuí (18o24’33”S; 
42o32’04”W, 610 m) and Peçanha (18o21’07”S; 42o31’29”W, 
585 m), eastern Minas Gerais. LGM photographed and tape-re-
corded the species in two localities within Conceição do Mato 
Dentro and Dom Joaquim municipalities on 20 and 30 Janua-
ry 2011, respectively. At the first, small groups of individuals 
were recorded in dense scrubs next to the eastern slope of Serra 
do Sapo (18o54’18”S; 43o24’25”W, 690 m) and around a small 
farm north of the district of São Sebastião do Bom Sucesso 
(18o54’30”S; 43o24’18”W, 700 m). In Dom Joaquim, a couple 
was observed in a semideciduous forest fragment at Fazenda 
Estiva (18o53’50”S; 43o19’18”W, 650 m). A road-killed speci-
men (MCNA-4762 – Figure 1), collected by M. F. O. Passos 
on 9 October 2013, was found close to the Anglo-Ferrous Mine 
(18º51’24’’S; 43º25’20’’W, 675 m), Conceição do Mato Den-
tro. GBM also tape-recorded this species on 11 October 2006 
in a semideciduous forest in Fazenda Arruda (18o50’08”S; 
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43o24’26”W, 684 m), Alvorada de Minas municipality, near 
MG-010 road. Between 12-17 January and 19-23 June 2010, 
and 12-16 January 2011, this species was recorded by LGM, 
AP and RM along riparian thickets and forests on both banks 
of Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 42o56’53”W, 590 m), Dores de 
Guanhães municipality, and Rio Corrente Grande (18o53’34”S; 
42o43’16”W, 690 m, tape-recording XC-189706), Virginópolis 
municipality. 
The East Brazilian Chacalaca was relatively common in the 
sampled localities described above, all of them located in the 
upper Rio Doce basin, a region where the Atlantic Forest was 
severely degraded and fragmented. These records represent a 
range extension of over 120 km to the south in relation to the 
nearest published locality, which is São Domingos (17o53’S; 
42o59’W) (Pinto 1952, Paynter & Traylor 1991). Elsewhere, 
at the Rio Pardo basin, in northeastern Minas Gerais, MFV 
observed and heard vocalizations of the species between 1-3 
September 2001, 5-10 December 2006, and 27-28 December 
2007, in the foothills of Serra do Pau D’Arco (15°03’27”S; 
42°39’28”W, 965 m), Santo Antônio do Retiro municipality. 
The vegetation of this area consists of a transitional forest of 
arboreal caatinga, cerradão and Atlantic Forest. Apart from 
these records, this species is known to occur in the eastern 
Espinhaço Range, at Acauã Ecological Station, Leme do Pra-
do municipality (17°08’S; 42°44’W, 940 m) (Vasconcelos & 
D’Angelo Neto 2007).
Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira (Spix, 
1825)
This species is considered endangered in Minas Gerais 
(COPAM 2010). Recent state records were from the eastern 
slopes of Serra do Cipó (Carrara & Faria 2012), in Araucaria 
forest fragments in the Serra da Mantiqueira (Vasconcelos & 
D’Angelo Neto 2009), at Acauã Ecological Station, Leme do 
Prado and Turmalina municipalities (Vasconcelos & D’Angelo 
Neto 2007, Carrara et al. 2013), at four localities along the 
Rios Mucuri and Jequitinhonha hydrographic basins, northeas-
tern Minas Gerais (Ribon et al. 2006), and at Serra do Caraça 
(Vasconcelos 1999). An old specimen from Mariana municipa-
lity was also reported (Vasconcelos et al. 2014). On 2 Septem-
ber 2007, GBM tape-recorded this species in a riparian forest 
at Rio Santo Antônio (19o09’49”S; 43o19’26”W, 514 m), Mor-
ro do Pilar municipality. AP and T. Souza recorded O. capueira 
in two localities at Conceição do Mato Dentro municipality: 
on 15 November 2010, a group was heard and tape-recorded(XC-293172) at the border of a semideciduous forest frag-
ment on the western slope of Serra da Ferrugem (19o05’25”S; 
43o23’21”W, 710 m). On 18 November 2010, another group 
was heard and tape-recorded from dense scrubs on the border 
of a semideciduous forest fragment near the district of Meloso 
(19o03’00”S; 43o21’24”W, 720 m). A local farmer reported that 
this species used to be much more common in the region seve-
ral years ago, but it has become very rare nowadays, probably 
due to hunting and deforestation.
Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870
This uncommon cuckoo has a patchy and discontinuous 
distribution (Payne 1997, 2005) and has only recently been 
discovered in the states of Rio Grande do Sul (Albuquerque 
1996) and Santa Catarina (Azevedo & Ghizoni-Jr 2005). It was 
mentioned from Minas Gerais by Mattos et al. (1993), without 
a precise locality, and by Ribon et al. (2003) from forest frag-
ments of the Viçosa region. MFV heard this species on 24 July 
1998 and 24 June 2011 in a secondary forest at Fazenda Bo-
caina (19o59’49”S; 43o28’27”W, 835 m), a small farm near the 
district of Sumidouro, Santa Bárbara municipality. One indivi-
dual was heard early at dawn by LGM on 28 August 2009 in 
a semidecidous forest near the district of Cocais (19o53’18”S; 
43o26’19”W, 838 m), Barão de Cocais municipality. LGM and 
AP recorded the species on 7 and 8 August 2009, when an indi-
vidual was attracted to playback, photographed (Figure 2) and 
tape-recorded (XC-293175) in the foothills of Serra da Pie-
dade (19o51’16”S; 43o47’51”W, 930 m), Sabará municipality. 
On this occasion, the species was seen in the dense understory 
of an abandoned Eucalyptus plantation, amongst dense entan-
glements of vines and lianas. This record extends its range c. 
135 km to the northwest in relation to the Viçosa municipality. 
On 23 August 2010, LGM and AP tape-recorded D. pavoninus 
near the district of Santa Rita Durão (20o10’39”S; 43o27’35”W, 
922 m), Mariana municipality. The bird responded to playback 
and remained singing even after twilight. The vegetation of 
this area was much similar to that of Sabará. An additional 
record was obtained on 10 October 2011, when one individual 
was heard by LGM, MFV and E. C. Dutra at the main road of 
Figure 1. Specimen of East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis aracuan 
(MCNA-4762) found dead on a road in Conceição do 
Mato Dentro municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 2. Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus 
photographed in the foothills of Serra da Piedade, 
Sabará municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural (RPPN) Santuário 
do Caraça (20o03’20”S; 43o30’28”W, 950 m). Based on the 
scarcity of records in Minas Gerais, we recommend that the 
Pavonine Cuckoo be placed into the data deficient category on 
the red list of threatened species of Minas Gerais until further 
information is available to confirm its real situation in the state.
Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila Temminck, 1825
This species is considered near threatened globally because 
its population is suspected to be declining (IUCN 2015). On the 
nights of 6 and 7 October 2007 (between 20:00 h and 22:00 h), 
a couple was tape-recorded by MFV and A. Nemésio in a mon-
tane forest in the Taboões region (20o04’40”S; 43o30’31”W, 
1,215 m), RPPN Santuário do Caraça, at the Serra do Caraça, 
Santa Bárbara municipality. These birds were very responsi-
ve to playback and approached the observers. On 17 February 
2009 LGM and AP tape-recorded (XC-37226) a couple in a 
montane semideciduous forest located east of the district of 
Morro Vermelho (19o57’10”S; 43o36’40”W, 1,300 m), at the 
limits between Barão de Cocais and Caeté municipalities. On 
15 February 2012, GBM and E. Luciano also tape-recorded 
this species at Rio Paraopeba basin in a semidecidous forest 
at Brumadinho municipality (20o10’09”S; 43o58’52”W, 1,400 
m). LGM also sound-recorded the species (XC-293177) in the 
late afternoon of 6 March 2013, on the border of a montane se-
mideciduous forest at Serra da Gandarela, Santa Bárbara mu-
nicipality (20o06’30”S; 43o39’25”W, 1,370 m). There is also a 
recent study skin collected by L. E. Lopes in Itacolomi State 
Park (20°25’40”S; 43°30’35”W, 1,380 m) (DZUFMG-6182, 
Figure 3B), Ouro Preto municipality. These appear to be the 
northernmost records of this species, which is endemic to the 
southern Atlantic Forest of Brazil, east and south Paraguay and 
extreme north-east Argentina (Holt et al. 1999). Rusty-barred 
Owl is known from a few localities in Minas Gerais: Levanti-
na, Viçosa, Poços de Caldas plateau, Serra do Brigadeiro State 
Park, Serra do Juncal, Pedra de São Domingos, Bicho do Mato, 
Lua de Pedra, Sertão do Cantagalo (DZUFMG-5661, Figure 
3A), and Monte Verde/São Francisco Xavier region (Schubart 
et al. 1965, Erickson & Mumford 1976, Monteiro et al. 1983, 
Monteiro & Mattos 1984, Lara et al. 1990, Simon et al. 1999, 
Bencke et al. 2006, Vasconcelos & D’Angelo-Neto 2009), the 
last one on the border with São Paulo state.
Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus aethereus (Wied, 
1820)
The Long-tailed Potoo is a large and cryptic species typi-
cal of lowland forests (Cleere 2010). Three subspecies are 
recognized in South America, of which two occur in Brazil 
(Cohn-Haft 1999, Grantsau 2010a): Nyctibius aethereus longi-
caudatus, restricted to the Amazonian region; and N. a. aethe-
reus, endemic to the Atlantic Forest. The latter is considered 
endangered in Brazil (MMA 2014) and data deficient in Minas 
Gerais (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007). It was included as an 
endangered species only in the last revision of the Brazilian red 
list (MMA 2014), although Cohn-Haft (1999) already argued 
that it should be considered threatened due to its restricted 
range and ongoing deforestation of the Atlantic Forest region 
(Cohn-Haft 1999). It has only recently been rediscovered at 
the Serra dos Órgãos massif, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, af-
ter 117 years without records in the region (Mallet-Rodrigues 
et al. 2007, Pimentel 2011). Ribon et al. (2006) recorded this 
species at Fazenda Duas Barras, Santa Maria do Salto munici-
pality, northeastern Minas Gerais. We found only three other 
mentions of the species for the state: a female collected by P. 
W. Lund in Lagoa Santa municipality in the 19th century (Kra-
bbe 2007); a record by E. Garbe in Teófilo Otoni municipality 
(Pinto 1952); and an undocumented record for Serra do Cara-
ça (Carnevalli 1980), although in this last location the species 
has never been recorded subsequently despite the considerable 
effort made by ornithologists in the region (Vasconcelos 2001; 
Vasconcelos & Melo-Júnior 2001; Vasconcelos et al. 2003). 
Furthermore, Vasconcelos & Melo-Júnior (2001) argued that 
this species might have been misidentified by Carnevalli 
(1980), as its range does not appear to reach Serra do Caraça. 
On the night of 3 September 2009 LGM and RM heard this 
species in a submontane rain forest near Santana do Deserto 
municipality (21o56’28”S; 43o13’33”W, 500 m). The bird was 
attracted to playback and perched in the mid-canopy of the fo-
rest, where it was photographed (Figure 4) and tape-recorded 
(XC-293186). The night was clear with full moon, and the bird 
seemed very active in this situation, a fact already noticed by 
Cohn-Haft (1993) for other potoos. At a given moment, the 
Figure 4. Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus aethereus 
photographed in Santana do Deserto municipality, 
Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 3. A: Specimen of Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila (DZUFMG-5661) 
collected in Sertão do Cantagalo, Gonçalves municipality. B: Specimen of 
Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila (DZUFMG-6182) collected in Itacolomi 
StatePark, Ouro Preto municipality. Photos: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso.
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bird performed a quick sally upward (“aerial hawking”, sensu 
Fitzpatrick 1980) and returned to its perch after grabbing what 
seemed to be a large moth.
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus ariel Vigors, 
1826
This toucan is currently considered data deficient in Minas 
Gerais (Fundação Biodiversitas 2007) and critically endange-
red in the Viçosa region (Ribon et al. 2003). The subspecies 
R. v. ariel is also considered endangered by the IUCN (2015). 
AP, LGM and RM observed and tape-recorded the species on 
January and July 2010 and January 2011 along riparian forests 
in the Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 42o56’53”W, 590 m), Dores 
de Guanhães municipality. LGM and J. C. de Azevedo also 
heard it in a forest fragment on the right bank of Rio Corrente 
Grande (18o53’34”S; 42o43’16”W, 690 m), Virginópolis mu-
nicipality, on 15 January 2010. On 16 November 2010 AP and 
T. Souza tape-recorded the species on the western slope of 
Serra da Ferrugem (19o01’13”S; 43o24’39”W, 800 m), Con-
ceição do Mato Dentro municipality. On 12 April 2011, on 
a subsequent visit to this area, AP and T. O. Almeida heard 
the species in a forest fragment next to the Rio Santo Antônio 
(19o06’09”S; 43o24’30”W, 620 m). Elsewhere, at Barro Bran-
co (20o27’08”S; 43o15’50”W, 580 m), Mariana municipality, 
MFV heard the vocalizations of one individual in a secondary 
forest on the left bank of Rio Gualaxo do Sul, on 4 May 2004. 
Later, on 2 September 2004, another individual was observed 
and tape-recorded in this same area. On 30 August 2014, LGM 
recorded the species in a semideciduous forest fragment in 
the eastern slope of the Espinhaço Range, Serro municipality 
(18o33’02”S; 43o25’11”W, 880 m). There are historical records 
of the species from Viçosa municipality, Rio Piracicaba, and 
Santa Fé, the last one in the Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, extreme 
southeastern Minas Gerais (Pinto 1952). More recently it has 
been recorded by Ribon et al. (2006) in five localities along 
the Rio Mucuri and Rio Jequitinhonha hydrographic basins, 
northeastern Minas Gerais. Therefore, the records presented 
here are probably the most inland occurrences of this species 
in the state.
Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni (Vieillot, 1819)
This species is considered near threatened globally (IUCN 
2015) and vulnerable in the state of Minas Gerais (COPAM 
2010). On 8 June 2010, during a bird survey at Santana do De-
serto municipality, LGM and AP photographed (Figure 5) and 
tape-recorded (XC-293188) a couple of this species on the bor-
der of a submontane rain forest (21o56’28”S; 43o13’33”W, 500 
m). The birds responded to playback and vocalized for several 
minutes. This record adds a new locality for the Saffron Touca-
net in Minas Gerais, where it has previously been recorded at 
Viçosa municipality (Pinto 1952, Ribon et al. 2003), Fazenda 
Boa Esperança, close to Nova Era municipality (Pinto 1952) 
and Fazenda Duas Barras, Santa Maria do Salto municipality, 
northeastern Minas Gerais (Ribon et al. 2006).
Yellow-browed Woodpecker Piculus aurulentus (Temmin-
ck, 1821)
This species is near threatened globally (IUCN 2015). A male 
collected by MFV and LGM on 13 August 2012 (MCNA-2419, 
Figure 6), on the eastern slope of Serra da Gandarela, San-
ta Bárbara municipality (20o16’14”S; 43o38’08”W, 1,348 m), 
represents the second specimen collected in the state of Mi-
nas Gerais (Vasconcelos et al. 2008, Vasconcelos & D’Angelo 
Neto 2009), and the first for the Espinhaço Range. This is also 
probably the northern limit of its distribution.
Vinaceous-breasted Parrot Amazona vinacea (Kuhl, 1820)
This species is classified as globally endangered (IUCN 
2015) and vulnerable in Brazil (MMA 2014) and Minas Gerais 
(COPAM 2010). Its presence in the eastern Serra do Cipó re-
gion was recently reported by Carrara & Faria (2012). LGM, 
RM and AP observed and tape-recorded the species between 
19-23 July 2010, 12-16 January 2011 and 29-31 July 2011 at 
Dores de Guanhães municipality, where birds were always 
seen in small groups of one or two couples flying over ripa-
rian forests along the Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 42o56’53”W, 
590 m). LGM sighted and tape-recorded a flock of 10 birds 
on 2 February 2011 flying over Fazenda Estiva (18o53’50”S; 
43o19’18”W, 650 m), Dom Joaquim municipality. On 27 Ja-
nuary 2011 a couple was photographed (Figure 7) in the same 
area sitting atop a dead tree on the border of a semideciduous 
forest. The largest flock was observed and tape-recorded by 
AP and T. O. Almeida on 10 April 2011 at Conceição do Mato 
Dentro municipality. On that occasion, more than 20 birds 
were seen flying over a small farm, next to the Rio Santo An-
tônio (19o07’47”S; 43o24’50”W, 760 m). Between 8-9 October 
Figure 5. Saffron Toucanet Pteroglossus bailloni photographed in Santana 
do Deserto municipality, Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 6. Specimen of Yellow-browed Woodpecker 
Piculus aurulentus (MCNA-2419) collected on the eastern 
slope of Serra da Gandarela, Santa Bárbara municipality, 
Minas Gerais. Photo: Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos.
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2006 three groups of six to eight individuals were seen and 
tape-recorded twice by GBM near Fazenda Frade (20o16’54”S; 
42o37’05”W, 396 m and 20o16’34”S; 42o37’33”W, 404 m), at 
Santo Antônio do Grama municipality. Another group with c. 
eight individuals was recorded in a semideciduous forest frag-
ment intermixed with riparian forests at Fazenda Ponte Cober-
ta (20o16’53”S; 42o38’07”W, 350 m). Landscapes around those 
fragments were composed of pastures and Eucalyptus plan-
tations. On 5 September 2007 GBM also tape-recorded and 
photographed the species at Itabira municipality (19o30’28”S; 
43o15’12”W, 758 m). These records show that the upper Rio 
Doce region may still harbor considerable populations of the 
Vinaceous-breasted Parrot. Nevertheless, it is important to em-
phasize that none of our records was made inside protected 
areas. Moreover, the species suffers from poaching in the re-
gion, as related to us by local residents. We also observed some 
individuals in captivity in those regions where we recorded the 
species. The establishment of reserves in the region, associa-
ted with environmental education with the local population, is 
urgently needed in order to preserve the remaining populations 
of this threatened species.
Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax (Temmin-
ck, 1823)
This near threatened species (IUCN 2015) was observed 
regularly by LGM, AP and RM in the municipalities of Do-
res de Guanhães (Figure 8) and Virginópolis between 12-17 
January, 19-23 June 2010, and 12-16 January 2011, being 
tape-recorded on all occasions. Birds were usually found in 
well preserved semideciduous forest fragments with bamboo 
stands (Merostachys sp. and Guadua sp.) along the Rio Cor-
rente Grande (18o53’34”S; 42o43’16”W, 690 m), at Virginó-
polis municipality, and along the Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 
42o56’53”W, 590 m), at Dores de Guanhães municipality. On 
14 February 2011, LGM and AP observed and tape-recorded 
(XC-293194) a couple of D. stictothorax in a semideciduous 
forest fragment on the western slope of Serra da Ferrugem 
(19o06’22”S; 43o22’40”W, 723 m), Conceição do Mato Dentro 
municipality. The record made in Conceição do Mato Dentro 
is the most inland occurrence of this species in Minas Gerais, 
and expands its range about 100 km westward in relation to 
the nearest published locality, which is Rio Piracicaba (see 
Pinto 1952, Paynter & Traylor 1991). Other records from Fa-
zenda da Prata, Além Paraíba municipality, are based on two 
specimens collected by FIAG on 3 September2010 (MCNA-
1960; 21o55’30”S; 42o53’41”W, 486 m) and by MFV, LGM 
and FIAG on 4 September 2011 (MCNA-1957; 21o54’39”S; 
42o52’35”W, 674 m) (Figure 9).
Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus (Wied, 1831)
In Minas Gerais, there are historical published records of 
this species (based on specimens) for Rio Matipó (19o53’S; 
42o33’W), São Benedito (19o30’S, 41o16’W, 110 m), Rio Pira-
cicaba (19o30’S; 42o31’W), Rio Doce (19o30’S; 42o30’W) and 
Rio Suaçuí (18o50’S; 41o46’W) (Pinto 1952). Recent records 
not involving specimen collecting were made at the Caratin-
ga Biological Station (19o44’S; 41o49’W), Caratinga muni-
cipality, Rio Doce State Park (19o45’S; 42o37’W), Marliéria 
municipality (Machado & Fonseca 2000), Bandeira complex, 
Jordânia and Bandeira municipalities, and Fazenda Duas Bar-
ras, Santa Maria do Salto municipality (Ribon et al. 2006). Al-
though these authors did not collect specimens in these sites, 
there are three unreported male specimens: DZUFMG-1024, 
collected on 30 April 1985 by N. E. D. Carnevalli at Caratinga 
Biological Station (mentioned as “Fazenda Montes Claros”, 
the ancient name of this reserve); DZUFMG-1025, collected 
on 16 August 1978 by G. T. Mattos at Rio Doce State Park 
Figure 7. Two individuals of Vinaceous-breasted Parrot 
Amazona vinacea, photographed at Dom Joaquim 
municipality, Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 8. Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax 
photographed at Dores de Guanhães municipality, 
Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 9. Specimens of Spot-breasted Antvireo 
Dysithamnus stictothorax (MCNA-1960 and 1957) collected 
in Além Paraíba municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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(Lagoa do Aníbal); and DZUFMG-1026, collected on 26 Sep-
tember 1975 by N. E. D. Carnevalli also in Rio Doce State Park 
(Figure 10A). On 24 September 2009, CERTB collected a cou-
ple (found dead in mist-net) on the right margin of Rio Doce 
(20o00’47”S; 42o43’58”W, 296 m), Rio Casca municipality. 
Both specimens were deposited in MCNA under the numbers 
MCNA-1471 (male) and 1472 (female) (Figure 10B). These 
records, confirmed by specimens, represent a range extension 
of c. 50 km to the interior of Brazil.
Black-cheeked Gnateater Conopophaga melanops (Vieillot, 
1818)
The known range of this species in Minas Gerais is in the 
easternmost state boundaries with Bahia, Espírito Santo and 
Rio de Janeiro (IUCN 2015). There are historical published 
records for São Benedito (19o30’S; 41o16’W, 110 m), Rio Pi-
racicaba (19o30’S; 42o31’W), Rio Doce (19o30’S; 42o30’W) 
and Rio Suaçuí (18o50’S; 41o46’W) (Pinto 1952). Ribon et al. 
(2006) also recorded the species in three localities along the 
Rio Jequitinhonha hydrographic basin in northeastern Minas 
Gerais. On 25 September 2009, CERTB collected a male speci-
men (MCNA-1473, Figure 11) on the right margin of Rio Doce 
(20o01’17”S; 42o46’14”W, 320 m), Rio Casca municipality. 
This record represents a range extension of c. 110 km to the in-
terior of Brazil. Furthermore, there are recent sight records, not 
involving collecting, in the Rio Paraíba do Sul basin, at Poço 
D’Anta Municipal Biological Reserve (21o45’S; 43o19’W), 
Juiz de Fora municipality (Manhães & Loures-Ribeiro 2011). 
Other records in the Paraíba do Sul basin are represented by 
recent specimens collected by FIAG at Fazenda Cachoeirão 
(MCNA-1952, 21o56’02”S; 42o53’21”W, 390 m) and Fazenda 
da Prata (MCNA-1953, 1954, 1955, 21o54’39”S; 42o52’35”W, 
675 m), both in Além Paraíba municipality (Figure 11).
Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus (Ménétriès, 
1835)
This species is considered near threatened globally (IUCN 
2015) and data deficient in Minas Gerais (Fundação Biodi-
versitas 2007). Parker et al. (1996) considered it uncommon 
throughout its range and Ribon et al. (2003) listed the Spot-
ted Bamboowren as critically endangered in the forest frag-
ments of Viçosa region. The species was mentioned for Minas 
Gerais by Mattos et al. (1993) without any locality or source 
of information, although it is not present in the compilation 
made by Pinto (1952). On 5 April 2010 AP and LGM obser-
ved and tape-recorded a couple of P. guttatus in dense bamboo 
stands (Merostachys sp.) in the understory of an abandoned 
Eucalyptus plantation near the district of Santa Rita Durão 
(20o12’03”S; 43o25’39”W, 900 m), Mariana municipality. On 
22, 24 and 26 August 2010 the species was found and tape-
-recorded in two new localities in this region (20o10’34”S; 
43o26’17”W, 850 m and 20o10’38”S; 43o27’24”W, 920 m), 
also in Mariana municipality. These records were conducted 
in the shaded and fern-dominated understory of semideciduous 
forests, habitat shared in the same area by two other species of 
Rhinocryptidae: the White-breasted Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus 
indigoticus (Wied, 1831) and the recently described Rock Ta-
paculo Scytalopus petrophilus Whitney, Vasconcelos, Silveira 
& Pacheco, 2010. An adult male was collected on 27 October 
2010 by LGM and AP next to the right bank of Rio Piracica-
ba (20o10’03”S; 43o27’05”W, 920 m), Mariana municipality, 
in dense understory of a semideciduous forest dominated by 
bamboos and grasses. This male specimen was prepared as 
Figure 10. A: Specimens of Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus 
(DZUFMG-1024, 1025 and 1026) collected in Caratinga Biological Station 
and Rio Doce State Park. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso. B: Specimens 
of Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus (MCNA-1471 and 1472) 
collected in Rio Casca municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 11. Specimens of Black-cheeked Gnateater Conopophaga melanops 
(MCNA-1473, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955) collected in the municipalities 
of Rio Casca and Além Paraíba. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 12. Specimen of Spotted Bamboowren 
Psilorhamphus guttatus (MCNA-1362) collected in 
Mariana municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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a study skin (MCNA-1362, Figure 12). An additional record 
was obtained on 10 October 2011, when one individual was 
heard by LGM, MFV and E. C. Dutra at the main road insi-
de RPPN Santuário do Caraça (20o03’25”S; 43o30’10”W, 990 
m), Santa Bárbara municipality. LGM found this species to be 
reasonably common in the eastern slopes of the Serra da Gan-
darela, Santa Bárbara municipality, being found year-round in 
five localities (20o03’58”S; 43o35’20”W, 920 m; 20o06’02”S; 
43o37’03”W, 1,100 m; 20o05’23”S; 43o37’18”W, 1,274 m; 
20o06’54”S; 43o38’16”W, 1,400 m) between 31 October 2011 
and 21 November 2012 (XC-189522). The records in the Ser-
ra da Gandarela also establish a new altitudinal limit for the 
species (1,400 m), which was proposed to be 900 m (Parker 
et al. 1996). Psilorhamphus guttatus was described in 1835 
by Edouard Ménétriès, but its type-locality remains a mystery, 
which was originally designated as “Cuyabá”. This could be 
the capital of Mato Grosso state (where the Langsfdorff Ex-
pedition stayed for almost one year) or the Cuiabá gold mine 
(see Pacheco 2004), in Sabará, Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, 
Minas Gerais. However, Pacheco (2004) discussed the validi-
ty of this information, assigning it to a probable mislabelled 
specimen. Thus, our records are probably the first ones for the 
Quadrilátero Ferrífero region and expand its distribution about 
100 km to the northwest in relation to Viçosa (Ribon et al. 
2003). Alternatively, the type specimen of Ménétriès was not 
mislabeled and was actually collected at Cuiabá gold mine.
Such’s Antthrush Chamaeza meruloides Vigors, 1825
On 15 November 2010 AP heard the species in a patch of 
semidecidous forest on the western slope of Serra da Ferrugem 
(19o05’25”S; 43o23’21”W, 710 m), Conceição do MatoDentro 
municipality. Later, in February 2011, the species was regular-
ly recorded by LGM and AP in forest patches along both slopes 
of that mountain, and it was tape-recorded on all occasions. At 
the same municipality, three individuals were heard and tape-
-recorded on 12 February 2011 on the understory of a semi-
deciduous forest next to the Rio Santo Antônio (19o06’09”S; 
43o24’30”W, 620 m). AP and LGM heard and tape-recorded 
a single individual vocalizing from a dense hillside semide-
ciduous forest on 11 February 2011 at Morro do Pilar muni-
cipality (19o10’06”S; 43o24’49”W, 800 m). It has also been 
tape-recorded (XC-189707) by LGM on 31 October 2011 in 
the eastern slope of Serra da Gandarela, Santa Bárbara muni-
cipality (20o05’51”S; 43o37’55”W, 1,370 m). Elsewhere, LGM 
and AP heard the species on 15 November 2013 in the left bank 
of the Rio Gualaxo do Sul, Mariana municipality (20o27’58”S; 
43o26’05”W, 680 m). Our records from Conceição do Mato 
Dentro, together with those recently presented for the eastern 
slopes of Serra do Cipó (Carrara & Faria 2012) are even more 
interior then those presented for Itamarandiba municipality 
(Vasconcelos et al. 2006) and for Serra do Caraça (Vasconce-
los & Melo-Júnior 2001), emphasizing the occurrence of this 
species throughout the humid forests of the eastern border of 
the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais.
Plain-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina (Li-
chtenstein, 1820)
Ribon et al. (2003) considered this species extinct in the fo-
rest fragments of Viçosa region, although it has recently been 
recorded at the Rio Mucuri hydrographic basin (Ribon et al. 
2006), and in the upper Rio Jequitinhonha basin (Vasconce-
los & D’Angelo Neto 2007, Carrara et al. 2013), both on the 
northeastern part of the state. The Plain-winged Woodcreeper 
was recorded in large patches of semideciduous forest in the 
western slope of Serra da Ferrugem, Conceição do Mato Den-
tro municipality, by AP and T. Souza on 15 November 2010 
(19o05’25”S; 43o23’21”W, 710 m), and by LGM and AP on 
14 February 2011 (19o06’22”S; 43o22’40”W, 723 m). In both 
occasions individuals were observed vocalizing in the unders-
tory and were tape-recorded. On 12 February 2011 LGM and 
AP collected a male (MCNA-1310, Figure 13A) with a mist-
-net on the understory of a semideciduous forest next to the 
Rio Santo Antônio (19o06’09”S; 43o24’30”W, 620 m), also 
in Conceição do Mato Dentro. Another specimen (MCNA-
4640), collected in this same municipality by FIAG, was ob-
tained at Fazenda Passa Sete (18o51’20”S; 43o23’45”W, 655 
m). Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto (2007) collected speci-
mens of D. turdina at Fazenda do Sr. Onofre Sandinha, Leme 
do Prado municipality (DZUFMG-3567, 4007, Figure 13B). 
As proposed by these authors, this species seems to be as-
sociated with the humid forests along the eastern slope of 
the Espinhaço Range. Elsewhere, at the medium Rio Para-
íba do Sul basin, this species is relatively common on the 
submontane rain forests of Santana do Deserto (21o56’28”S; 
43o13’33”W, 500 m), where it was regularly observed, being 
tape-recorded by LGM and AP on 8 June 2010. In this same 
hydrographic basin, there are also specimens collected by 
FIAG at Fazenda Barra do Peixe (MCNA-2080, 21o54’50”S; 
42o50’03”W, 287 m) and Fazenda da Prata (MCNA-2103, 
21o54’39”S; 42o52’35”W, 674 m), both located in Além Para-
íba municipality (Figure 13A). 
Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius 
(Vieillot, 1822)
On 22 July 2010 LGM, AP and RM tape-recorded a single 
individual calling from the understory of a semideciduous fo-
rest with the presence of Guadua bamboo stands next to the 
Rio Guanhães (18o59’54”S; 42o56’53”W, 590 m), Dores de 
Guanhães municipality. On 17 January 2011 the species was 
Figure 13. A: Specimens of Plain-winged Woodcreeper 
Dendrocincla turdina (MCNA-1310, 2080, 2103 and 4640) collected 
in the municipalities of Conceição do Mato Dentro and Além Paraíba. 
Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni. B: Specimens of Plain-winged 
Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina (DZUFMG-3567 and 4007) collected 
in Leme do Prado municipality. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso.
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heard by AP in a patch of semideciduous forest with bamboos 
(Merostachys sp.) on the right bank of Rio Corrente Grande 
(18o53’34”S; 42o43’16”W, 690 m), Virginópolis municipa-
lity. In the municipality of Conceição do Mato Dentro the 
species was tape-recorded by AP and LGM on 12 February 
2011 in a small forest fragment with bamboo stands next to 
the Rio Santo Antônio (19o06’09”S; 43o24’30”W, 620 m). 
MFV and LGM collected a female specimen (MCNA-1316, 
Figure 14A) on 1 March 2010 at Fazenda Estiva, Dom Joa-
quim (18°53’41”S; 43°19’23”W, 656 m). This bird was shot 
when foraging in dense stands of Guadua bamboo in the un-
derstory. LGM also tape-recorded (XC-307301) this species 
on 2 May 2012 on the eastern slope of Serra da Gandarela, 
Santa Bárbara municipality (20°06’00”S; 43°36’50”W, 1,040 
m), which appears to be the rediscovery of this bird in the 
Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, almost 40 years after the spe-
cies was collected in the Serra do Caraça. Although recor-
ded in many of the sampled areas, this species was always 
present in low densities and associated with bamboo stands. 
It appears that the border of distribution of this species is 
represented by the semideciduous forests along the eastern 
slopes of the Espinhaço Range, as also attested to by spe-
cimens collected in the Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais state 
(DZUFMG-673, 674, Figure 14B), and in Andaraí, Chapada 
Diamantina, Bahia state (MPEG-47247). Recent records were 
also reported from the eastern slope of Serra do Cipó (Car-
rara & Faria 2012). Additional specimens from the Atlantic 
Forest of Minas Gerais were obtained by A. C. F. Alves and 
A. Lamounier (MCNA-1105) on 31 October 2013 in a forest 
fragment in Piedade de Caratinga municipality (19o44’09”S; 
42o00’59”W, 911 m) and by FIAG (MCNA-2099) at Fazenda 
da Prata (21o54’39”S; 42o52’35”W, 674 m), Além Paraíba 
municipality (Figure 14A).
White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus 
(Vieillot, 1816)
Despite the range map of this species showing its distri-
bution extending to central Minas Gerais (Ridgely & Tudor 
1994, Remsen 2003), it has scarce records in the innermost 
areas of the Atlantic Forest, and a lack of published specimens. 
We present four additional specimens collected along the 
border of the species’ range. On 2 April 2008, MFV collected 
a couple (male DZUFMG-5896 and female DZUFMG-5897, 
Figure 15A) in a secondary forest with understory domina-
ted by Merostachys bamboos, in the surroundings of Bento 
Rodrigues (20o12’24”S; 43o26’17”W, 945 m), Mariana mu-
nicipality. On 30 September 2009, MFV and A. D. Epifânio 
collected an additional male specimen (DZUFMG-6538, Fi-
gure 15A) in a montane forest with Merostachys bamboo, lo-
cated on the southern slope of Serra do Caraça (20o09’13”S; 
43o30’37”W, 1,260 m), Mariana municipality. Carnevalli 
(1980) recorded the White-collared Foliage-gleaner in the 
Serra do Caraça, a record that was later considered as proba-
ble based on a misidentification by Vasconcelos & Melo-Jú-
nior (2001) in a revision of the avifauna checklist of this area. 
Thus, this specimen confirms the presence of this bird in the 
Serra do Caraça. On 8 March 2010, LGM collected another 
male specimen (MCNA-1317, Figure 15B) at Fazenda Estiva 
(18°53’31”S; 43°19’37”W, 670 m), Dom Joaquim municipa-
lity. FIAG obtained another specimen (MCNA-2098, Figure 
15B) at Fazenda da Prata (21°54’39”S; 42°52’35”W, 674 m), 
Além Paraíba municipality, on 21 October 2010. LGM and 
E. C. Dutra also tape-recorded two individuals on 1 October 
2011 in a secondary forest with stands of Merostachys bam-
boo, close to theleft bank of Rio das Velhas (20o10’20”S; 
43o49’27”W, 920 m), Rio Acima municipality.
Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysolophum 
Pinto, 1944
On 13 August 2012 a male was collected (MCNA-2418) on 
the eastern slope of Serra da Gandarela, Santa Bárbara muni-
cipality (20°05’45”S; 43°37’50”W, 1,375 m, Figure 16). Al-
though recorded in two localities in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero 
region (Serra do Caraça and Itabirito municipality) (Whitney 
et al. 1995), this species is represented by specimens by only 
four additional skins from the Serra do Caraça, deposited at 
Figure 14. A: Specimens of Black-billed Scythebill 
Campylorhamphus falcularius (MCNA-1316, 1105 and 2099) collected 
in the municipalities of Dom Joaquim, Piedade de Caratinga and 
Além Paraíba. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni. B: Specimens of 
Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius (DZUFMG-673 
and 674) collected at Serra do Caraça. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso.
Figure 15. A: Specimens of White-collared Foliage-gleaner 
Anabazenops fuscus (DZUFMG-5896, 5897 and 6538) collected 
in Mariana municipality. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso. 
B: Specimens of White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus 
(MCNA-1317 and 2098) collected in Dom Joaquim and Além 
Paraíba municipalities. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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DZUFMG (DZUFMG-1298 and 5747) and at MCNA (MCNA-
4500, 4501, Figure 16).
Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater (Ferrusac, 1829)
This species’ range is restricted to the eastern mountains of 
Serras do Mar and da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil (Pinto 
1951, 1954, Mallet-Rodrigues et al. 2007, 2010, Mallet-Ro-
drigues & Noronha 2009, IUCN 2015). Interior-most recor-
ds were obtained at São Francisco, Minas Gerais (22o36’S; 
45o18’W, 1,580 m – Pinto 1952, Paynter & Traylor 1991), Pico 
do Itaguaré, on the boundaries of the states of Minas Gerais 
and São Paulo (c. 22o29’S; 45o04’W) (Olmos 2007), and at 
Maromba (22o25’42”S; 44o37’10”S, 1,120 m) and Macieiras 
(22o25’06”; 44o38’36”, 1,860 m), the last two inside Itatiaia 
National Park, state of Rio de Janeiro (Pinto 1951, 1954). On 
5 April 2007, MFV tape-recorded at least three individuals of 
this species (not observed) in the highlands of Itatiaia Natio-
nal Park, in the hinterlands of Minas Gerais state, municipa-
lity of Itamonte (22o21’09”S; 44o44’09”W, 2,165 m). On 22 
April 2007, a female was photographed by P. L. Viana in an 
elfin forest at Serra do Funil, on the boundaries of Rio Preto 
and Lima Duarte municipalities, Minas Gerais (21o57’49”S; 
43o51’54”W, 1,590 m, Figure 17). This record represents an 
extension of c. 100 km northeast from those conducted in Ita-
tiaia and c. 100 km northwest of Serra dos Órgãos.
Rough-legged Tyrannulet Tyranniscus burmeisteri (Caba-
nis & Heine, 1859)
On 4 June 2008, MFV collected a female specimen (DZU-
FMG-5940, Figure 18A) in a fragment of secondary forest in 
the surroundings of Bento Rodrigues (20o12’24”S; 43o26’17”W, 
945 m), Mariana municipality. Despite having been recorded 
in the adjacent Serra do Caraça (Vasconcelos et al. 2003) ba-
sed on vocalizations, this is the first documented record for this 
species in one of the interior-most ranges of the Atlantic Forest 
(see maps in Ridgely & Tudor 1994 and Clay et al. 1998). On 
25 September 2008, MFV heard the vocalizations of one indi-
vidual in a forest fragment in the municipality of Rio Acima 
(20o06’47”S; 43o45’36”W, 892 m). One individual was col-
lected by LGM, MFV and E. C. Dutra (MCNA-1799, Figure 
18B) on 9 October 2011 on the Taboões trail, within the RPPN 
Santuário do Caraça, Santa Bárbara municipality (20o04’50”S; 
43o40’15”W, 1,195 m). Between October 2011 and August 
2012, LGM regularly recorded this species in many localities 
within the Quadrilátero Ferrífero region, namely: on the eastern 
slopes of the Serra da Gandarela, Santa Bárbara municipality 
(20o03’49”S; 43o35’32”W, 1,013 m; 20o06’53”S; 43o38’17”W, 
1,376m); on the western slopes of Serra da Gandarela, Rio Aci-
ma municipality (20o03’55”S; 43o46’29”W, 996 m; 20o04’31”S; 
43o42’35”W, 1,219 m); at Condominium Pasárgada, Nova Lima 
municipality (20o04’05”S; 43o56’38”W, 1,045 m, tape-recor-
ding XC-189524); and on the western slope of Serra da Moeda, 
Moeda municipality (20o16’04”S; 43o58’03”W, 1,238 m), where 
one individual was also collected on 11 July 2012 (MCNA-495, 
Figure 18B). The species was also tape-recorded (XC-189681) 
by LGM and AP on 22 May 2014 on the eastern slope of Serra 
da Piedade, Caeté municipality (19o48’52”S; 43o39’20”W, 1,275 
m). Elsewhere, LGM heard its vocalizations on 29 August 2014 
on the eastern slope of the Espinhaço Range, Serro municipality 
(18o32’49”S; 43o25’21”W, 953 m).
Figure 16. Specimens of Serra do Mar Tyrant-Manakin 
Neopelma chrysolophum¸ collected on the eastern slope of Serra 
da Gandarela (MCNA-2418), and at Campo de Fora, Serra do 
Caraça (MCNA-4500 and 4501). Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 17. Female Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater 
photographed on the boundaries of Rio Preto and Lima Duarte 
municipalities, Minas Gerais. Photo: Pedro Lage Viana.
Figure 18. A: Specimen of Rough-legged Tyrannulet Tyranniscus 
burmeisteri (DZUFMG-5940) collected in Mariana municipality. Photo: 
Letícia Ferreira Pedroso. B: Specimens of Rough-legged Tyrannulet 
Tyranniscus burmeisteri collected at Serra da Moeda (MCNA-495) and 
at Serra do Caraça (MCNA-1799). Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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Greenish Tyrannulet Phyllomyias virescens (Temminck, 
1824)
On 24 September 2007 and 7 October 2007, MFV heard the 
vocalizations and observed a couple of this species along the 
trail to Tanque Grande (20o06’08”S; 43o29’36”W, 1,278 m), on 
the Serra do Caraça. This is the first record of this species in 
this ornithologically well studied area (Carnevalli 1980, Vas-
concelos 2001, Vasconcelos & Melo-Júnior 2001, Vasconcelos 
et al. 2003). On 1 November 2009, MFV, FIAG and L. N. Sou-
za photographed, tape-recorded and collected a specimen in a 
gallery forest located on the eastern slope of Serra da Moeda 
(20o16’06”S; 43o56’07”W, 1,155 m), Itabirito municipality. 
The specimen (DZUFMG-6527, Figure 19) was a male. On 3 
September 2014 LGM and AP heard the species in a montane 
semideciduous forest on the western slope of Serra de Itabirito, 
Itabirito municipality (20o15’46”S; 43o53’23”W, 1,320 m). La-
ter, on 17 September 2014 one bird was attracted by playback 
and photographed by LGM and AP in a riparian forest along 
Ribeirão do Silva, a small stream east of Serra da Moeda, Ita-
birito municipality (20o19’44”S; 43o54’33”W, 1,060 m). The-
se appear to be the interior-most records for this species (see 
maps in Ridgely & Tudor 1994 and Clay et al. 1998).
Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalum 
(Swainson, 1835)
On 1 March 2010, MFV and LGM collected a male (MCNA-
1315, Figure 20) in the understory dominated by Guadua bam-
boo in a semideciduous forest at Fazenda Estiva (18°53’41”S; 
43°19’23”W, 656 m), Dom Joaquim municipality. Its tail was 
in molt. There are probably only two previous records of this 
species in Minas Gerais: a male collected by E. Kaempfer on 
the main trail to Pico da Bandeira (AMNH-316955) at Serra do 
Caparaó, on the boundary with Espírito Santo state (20°26’S; 
41°47’W, Pinto 1952), and another specimen collected by 
E. Snethlage at Fazenda Nova Aurora, Muriaé municipality 
(21°08’S; 42°22’W) (Schneider & Sick 1962). It is important 
to stress that Aleixo (1997) recorded the species in central Bra-
zil in a riparian forest with bamboo at Barra do Garças muni-
cipality, Mato Grosso state. Nevertheless, based on analysis 
of tape-recordings, his record is probably from a relict Ama-
zonian, but notAtlantic,population (Aleixo 1997). Thus, the 
record in Dom Joaquim is the interior-most for this species 
in the Atlantic Forest region, extending its range c. 230 km to 
the northwest (see maps in Ridgely & Tudor 1994 and IUCN 
2015).
Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex (Lichtenstein, 1823)
A little known species in Minas Gerais, the Grayish Mourner 
occurs mainly in lowland forests. Two specimens (a couple) 
obtained by G. T. Mattos in Rio Doce State Park on 9 Oc-
tober 1978 (DZUFMG-1489, 1490) represent one of the few 
specimen-based records for the species in this hydrographic 
basin (Pinto 1952). Additionally, FIAG collected a female 
(MCNA-1956, Figure 21) at Fazenda Cachoeirão (21°56’02”S; 
42°53’21”W, 391 m), Além Paraíba municipality, in the Rio 
Paraíba do Sul hydrographic basin.
Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris longirostris 
(Vieillot, 1819)
Apart from the subspecies C. l. bahiae, which is common 
in northern Minas Gerais, associated with the Caatinga bio-
me (Kirwan et al. 2004, Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto 2007), 
the nominate subspecies is restricted to the Atlantic Forest 
lowlands (Grantsau 2010b) and is very rare in Minas Gerais 
Figure 19. Specimen of Greenish Tyrannulet 
Phyllomyias virescens (DZUFMG-6527) collected at Serra da 
Moeda, Itabirito municipality. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso.
Figure 20. Specimen of Large-headed Flatbill 
Ramphotrigon megacephalum (MCNA-1315) collected in 
Dom Joaquim municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 21. Specimen of Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna 
simplex (MCNA-1956) collected in Além Paraíba 
municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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state. Ribon et al. (2003) considered it critically endangered at 
Viçosa region. On 12 June 2010, LGM and AP observed and 
tape-recorded (XC-293200) a couple of the species amongst 
scrubs on the border of a submontane rain forest near Santana 
do Deserto (21o58’59”S; 43o11’48”W, 470 m), at the medium 
Rio Paraíba do Sul basin.
Half-collared Sparrow Arremon semitorquatus Swainson, 
1838
GBM tape-recorded this species on 10 October 2006 in a semi-
deciduous forest bordered with Eucalyptus plantations in Santa 
Maria de Itabira municipality (19°33’24”S; 43°03’14”W, 788 m). 
On 8 April 2008, MFV observed and tape-recorded one individual 
of this species in a montane forest in the surroundings of Sarame-
nha (20°23’47”S’; 43°32’43”W, 1,218 m), Ouro Preto municipa-
lity. On 4 April 2010, LGM and AP collected a male specimen 
(MCNA-1321, Figure 22) in a secondary forest south of MG-129 
road (20°10’33”S; 43°27’33”W, 941 m), Mariana municipality. 
It is also important to mention that E. Snethlage also collected 
a specimen of A. semitorquatus at Fazenda Taveira (20°17’S; 
43°27’W), Mariana municipality (see Vanzolini 1992), close to 
our records (Raposo 1997, Raposo & Parrini 1997). An additional 
male (MCNA-4446, Figure 22) was also obtained by LGM and 
AP at Bela Vista de Minas municipality, on 16 December 2014 
(19°47’21”S’; 43°07’42”W, 670 m). On 12 November 2013 LGM 
and AP heard and photographed the species on the right bank of 
Rio Maynart, district of Santo Antônio do Salto, Ouro Preto mu-
nicipality (20°29’43”S; 43°28’46”W, 820 m). It was also tape-re-
corded (XC-293263) by LGM on 25 January 2011 at Fazenda Es-
tiva, Dom Joaquim municipality (18°53’09”S; 43°18’53”W, 650 
m). Other records in Minas Gerais were obtained by LGM and AP 
in Juiz de Fora (21°37’06”S; 43°25’21”W, 805 m, tape-recording 
(XC-293276), Antônio Carlos (21°32’47”S; 43°47’06”W, 900 m) 
and Passa-Vinte (22°09’55”S; 44°14’23”W, 790 m) municipali-
ties. Despite the published range maps of this species showing 
its distribution to be associated with the coastal Atlantic Forest, 
reaching Minas Gerais only on its eastern boundaries (Ridgely & 
Tudor 1989, IUCN 2015), our record from Dom Joaquim muni-
cipality shows that the Half-collared Sparrow’s range extends c. 
230 km westwards and also sets a new northern limit to its distri-
bution.
Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 
1869)
In Minas Gerais, the known range of this species is concen-
trated on the easternmost boundaries with the states of Espírito 
Santo, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. These include records in 
the following localities: Fazenda Campo Grande (not located), 
Passa Tempo municipality (Mattos et al. 1991); São Miguel 
do Anta municipality (Mattos et al. 1991); Rio Preto munici-
pality (Collar et al. 1992); Fazenda Ponderosa (not located), 
Volta Grande municipality (Collar et al. 1992); Bocaina de 
Minas municipality (Mattos et al. 1991); Serra do Brigadeiro 
State Park (20o42’S, 42o29’W) (Collar et al. 1992, Simon et 
al. 1999), Fazenda do Pinhão Assado (22°17’S, 44°52’W) and 
Pousada Alsene (22°22’S, 44°42’W), both in Itamonte munici-
pality (Lombardi et al. 2012); Fazenda Duas Barras, Santa Ma-
ria do Salto municipality (Ribon et al. 2006); and Poço D’Anta 
Municipal Biological Reserve (21o45’S, 43o19’W), Juiz de 
Fora municipality (Manhães & Loures-Ribeiro 2011). On 5 
February 2010, MFV observed and tape-recorded at least four 
individuals in a montane forest located on the southern slope 
of Serra do Caraça (20°09’06”S, 43°30’46”W, 1,120 m), Ma-
riana municipality. In this area there was an intense fruiting of 
a bamboo species of the genus Chusquea. Between 25 March 
and 6 April 2010, and between 18-29 August 2010, LGM and 
AP recorded several individuals of this species during a mast-
-seeding of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.) in a large semideci-
duous forest fragment intermixed with abandoned Eucalyptus 
plantations south of the MG-129 road, Mariana municipality 
(20°10’33”S, 43°27’27”W, 940 m). On 31 March 2010, MFV 
heard c. 30 individuals of this species in a forest with dense 
stands of a bamboo mast-seeding (Merostachys sp.) north of 
MG-129 road (20°10’00”S, 43°27’00”W, 920 m), Mariana mu-
nicipality. On 7 January 2011 LGM and AP tape-recorded one 
individual singing in an abandoned Eucalyptus plantation next 
to the MG-129 road, Ouro Preto municipality (20°14’24”S, 
43°28’35”W, 790 m). Elsewhere, LGM, AP and RM recorded 
the species on January 2010 and August 2011, during intense 
fruiting of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.) in semideciduous and 
riparian forests along the Rio Corrente Grande, Virginópolis 
municipality (18°53’S, 42°42’W, 650 m). LGM, AP and RM 
also recorded S. frontalis on January and July 2010, and Ja-
Figure 22. Specimens of Half-collared Sparrow Arremon semitorquatus 
(MCNA-1321 and 4446) collected in the municipalities of Mariana 
and Bela Vista de Minas. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
Figure 23. Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis, 
photographed in the Serra da Piedade, Caeté municipality, 
Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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nuary and August 2011, in a large semideciduous forest frag-
ment on the left bank of Rio Guanhães, Dores de Guanhães 
municipality (18°59’55”S, 42°56’51”W, 590 m), during in-
tense fruiting of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.). On 22 January 
2011 one individual was attracted by playback and tape-recor-
ded (XC-293965) by LGM on the border of a semideciduous 
forest in the Serra da Ferrugem, Conceição do Mato Dentro 
municipality (19°02’18”S, 43°24’26”W, 985 m). No seeding 
bamboos were observed on this occasion. Between 25-28 Fe-
bruary 2014, and 20-23 May 2014, LGM and AP observed and 
photographed (Figure 23) several individuals of this species 
during mast-seeding of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.) in a large 
semideciduous forest fragment in the eastern slope of Serra da 
Piedade, Caeté municipality (19°48’48”S, 43°39’14”W, 1,275 
m). Between December 2011 and August 2012 LGM regularly 
recorded this species during a mast-seeding event of a bamboo(Merostachys sp.) in many localities within the Quadrilátero 
Ferrífero region, all located in the Rio das Velhas hydrographic 
basin, namely: in gallery forests along the Rio de Pedras, Ita-
birito municipality (20o11’19”S; 43o46’21”W, 800 m); in the 
western slopes of Serra da Gandarela, Rio Acima municipality 
(20o03’55”S; 43o46’29”W, 996 m; 20o08’12”S; 43o43’22”W, 
1,100 m and 20o08’22”S; 43o39’38”W, 1,350 m); in gallery 
and riparian forests along the Rio das Velhas, Rio Acima muni-
cipality (20o10’09”S; 43o47’37”W, 800 m); on the eastern slo-
pes of Serra de Itabirito, Rio Acima municipality (20o10’23”S; 
43o49’29”W, 950 m); at Condominium Pasárgada, Nova Lima 
municipality (20o04’05”S; 43o56’38”W, 1,045 m), and at Fe-
chos Ecological Station, Nova Lima municipality (20o03’53”S; 
43o57’43”W, 1,200 m and 20o04’14”S; 43o58’18”W, 1,375 m). 
On 22 August 2012 a single individual was heard by LGM and 
F. A. Valério in a seeding clump of exotic bamboo (Bambusa 
sp.) in the Rio Manso Special Protection Area, Brumadinho 
municipality (20o07’49”S; 44o16’46”W, 950 m). On 13 Febru-
ary 2015, MFV heard the typical species’ song in a montane 
forest at Taboões, Serra do Caraça (20°04’37”S; 43°30’37”W, 
1,222 m), Santa Bárbara municipality, despite the fact that no 
seeding bamboos were observed. On 21 April 2015, MFV and 
G. A. Silva tape-recorded another individual in a montane fo-
rest at Campo de Fora, also in the Serra do Caraça (20º06’53’’S; 
43º31’00’’W, 1,504 m), Catas Altas municipality. This bird 
was in a dense clump of Chusquea bamboo without seeding 
(Santos et al. 2015).
Temminck’s Seedeater Sporophila falcirostris (Temminck, 
1820)
The known range of this species in Minas Gerais is very si-
milar to that of Sporophila frontalis. There is an old specimen 
(July 1936) from Lagoa Piçarra, Rio Casca, Caratinga (not 
located) deposited in the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 
(Collar et al. 1992). Recent records were made at Garganta 
do Registro and Agulhas Negras Road, both in Itamonte mu-
nicipality (Lombardi et al. 2012); at Fazenda Duas Barras, 
Santa Maria do Salto municipality, at Fazenda Mumbuca and 
Fazenda das Araras, Ladainha and Novo Cruzeiro munici-
palities (Ribon et al. 2006); and at Poço D’Anta Municipal 
Biological Reserve (21o45’S; 43o19’W), Juiz de Fora muni-
cipality (Manhães & Loures-Ribeiro 2011). On 9 June 2009 
LGM photographed and tape-recorded a group of the species 
during a bamboo (Merostachys sp.) mast-seeding event in a 
semideciduous forest fragment along the banks of Rio Pi-
cão, Morro do Pilar municipality (19°14’36”S; 43°24’15”W, 
670 m). LGM, AP and RM recorded the species on Janua-
ry 2010 and January 2011, during intense fruiting of a bam-
boo (Merostachys sp.) in semideciduous and riparian forests 
along the Rio Corrente Grande, Virginópolis municipality 
(18°53’S; 42°42’W, 650 m). LGM, AP and RM also recor-
ded S. falcirostris on January and July 2010, and January and 
August 2011, in a large semideciduous forest fragment on 
the left bank of Rio Guanhães, Dores de Guanhães municipa-
lity (18°59’55”S; 42°56’51”W, 590 m), during intense frui-
ting of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.). Elsewhere, on 8 June 
2010 LGM and AP photographed a female of the species in 
a dense clump of seeding bamboos (Merostachys sp.) in a 
submontane rain forest near Santana do Deserto municipa-
lity (21o56’28”S; 43o13’33”W, 500 m). Between 25 March 
and 6 April 2010, and between 18-29 August 2010, LGM 
and AP recorded several individuals of this species during 
the mast-seeding of a bamboo (Merostachys sp.) in a large 
semideciduous forest fragment intermixed with abandoned 
Eucalyptus plantations south of the MG-129 road, Mariana 
municipality (20°10’33”S; 43°27’27”W, 940 m). Between 
September 2011 and September 2012 LGM regularly recor-
ded this species during a mast-seeding event of a bamboo 
(Merostachys sp.) in many localities within the Quadrilátero 
Ferrífero region, all located in the Rio das Velhas hydrogra-
phic basin, namely: in gallery forests along the Rio de Pe-
dras, Itabirito municipality (20o11’19”S; 43o46’21”W, 800 
m, Figure 24); on the western slopes of Serra da Gandarela, 
Rio Acima municipality (20o08’12”S; 43o43’22”W, 1,100 m); 
in gallery and riparian forests along the Rio das Velhas, Rio 
Acima municipality (20o10’09”S; 43o47’37”W, 800 m); on 
the eastern slopes of Serra de Itabirito, Rio Acima municipa-
lity (20o10’23”S; 43o49’29”W, 950 m); at Condominium Pa-
sárgada, Nova Lima municipality (20o04’05”S; 43o56’38”W, 
1,045 m), and at Fechos Ecological Station, Nova Lima mu-
nicipality (20o03’53”S; 43o57’43”W, 1,200 m). On 8 October 
2011, LGM, MFV and E. C. Dutra heard the vocalizations of 
a single individual in a secondary semideciduous forest close 
to a clump of the bamboo Guadua tagoara (not in seeding) at 
Fazenda Bocaina (19°59’50”S; 43°28’18”W, 775 m), Santa 
Figure 24. A male Temminck’s Seedeater Sporophila 
falcirostris, feeding on seeds of Merostachys sp. at Itabirito 
municipality, Minas Gerais. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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Bárbara municipality. On the next day, one individual was 
heard among a dense clump of an exotic bamboo of the genus 
Bambusa, in a nearby site of the same property (19°59’58”S; 
43°28’14”W, 745 m).
Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus (Daudin, 
1800)
This species has scarce documented records in the state of 
Minas Gerais. It has been previously recorded in the Serra do 
Itatiaia (Holt 1928, Pinto 1952), Serra do Brigadeiro (Simon 
et al. 1999) and in four localities along the Rios Mucuri and 
Jequitinhonha hydrographic basins, northeastern Minas Gerais 
(Ribon et al. 2006). GBM observed and tape-recorded this spe-
cies on 10 October 2006 in a semideciduous forest intermixed 
with riparian forests at Fazenda da Serra, Sem Peixe muni-
cipality (20º02’57”S; 42º52’48”W, 924 m). On 15 December 
2014 LGM and AP tape-recorded (XC-293279) the species in 
a semideciduous forest on the left bank of Rio Santa Bárbara, 
along the boundaries between Itabira and Bela Vista de Minas 
municipalities (19º46’33”S; 43º09’54”W, 635 m). These recor-
ds extend the Black-throated Grosbeak’s distribution c. 100 km 
westward (IUCN 2015).
Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis (Lin-
naeus, 1766)
Yellow-green Grosbeak is a little known species in Minas 
Gerais, with collected specimens by Pinto (1952) in Rio Pi-
racicaba and Rio Suçuí [sic]. Ribon et al. (2006) recorded the 
species in five localities along the Rios Mucuri and Jequiti-
nhonha hydrographic basins, northeastern Minas Gerais. Since 
we could not locate any additional specimen of this species in 
the state, here we present two: an unsexed individual (DZU-
FMG-2257, Figure 25A) collected by G. T. Mattos at Joaíma 
municipality on 12 January 1971, and a female (MCNA-1354, 
Figure 25B) collected by A. C. F. Alves in a semideciduous fo-
rest at Fazenda do Sr. Carnielli (19º26’19”S; 41º10’41”W, 327 
m), Itueta municipality, on 14 November 2009. This species 
was also recorded by GBM in Volta Grande municipality in a 
riparian forest at Rio Paraíba do Sul (21º48’08”S; 42º30’09”W, 
120 m), between 20-23 November 2006, and on 11 December 
2009, where flocks with more than three individuals were do-
cumented by tape-recordings and photographs. 
 
Concluding Remarks
The state of Minas Gerais harbors three of the major mor-
phoclimatic domains of Brazil, namely the Atlantic Forest, the 
Cerrado and the Caatinga (Drummond et al. 2005). The Atlan-
tic Forest covers roughly 41% of the state (IEF 2016), main-
ly represented by semideciduous forests (Oliveira Filho et al. 
2006). Nevertheless, most range maps presented in field guides 
and online databases usually depict some Atlantic Forest bird 
species occurring only in the extreme eastern or southernparts 
of the state, along the boundaries of Minas Gerais with Espí-
rito Santo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia. Although this 
is correct for many species, especially those associated with 
more humid rainforests, which actually occur in these parts of 
the state, our records show that many Atlantic Forest taxa pe-
netrate the state, with their distributional limits reaching cen-
tral Minas Gerais, usually in the Espinhaço Mountain Range.
The Espinhaço Range generally coincides with the distri-
butional limits of the morphoclimatic domains that it crosses, 
with the Atlantic Forest located in the east, and the Cerrado in 
the west. The eastern slopes of the Espinhaço suffer the orogra-
phical effects from the penetration of hot and humid air masses 
originating from the Atlantic Ocean (Gontijo 2008), fostering 
the existence of humid forests on its oriental side (Ribeiro et 
al. 2009). Many studies, made in different parts of the Espi-
nhaço Range, showed that a higher concentration of Atlantic 
Forest endemics is found in its eastern slopes (Melo-Júnior et 
al., 2001; Vasconcelos & D’Angelo Neto 2007; Rodrigues et 
al., 2011; Carrara & Faria, 2012; Carrara et al. 2013; Mazzoni 
2013). Accordingly, for many of the taxa recorded in our study, 
it seems that the Espinhaço Range represents their most inland 
distributional limit in Minas Gerais, such as the East Brazilian 
Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan, Channel-billed Toucan Ram-
phastos vitellinus ariel, Vinaceous-breasted Parrot Amazona 
vinacea, Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax, 
Plain-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla turdina, Black-bil-
led Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius, White-collared 
Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus and Half-collared Spar-
row Arremon semitorquatus.
From a biogeographical perspective, this paper has filled 
some gaps in the distributional knowledge of many bird taxa 
that are either endemic or associated with the Atlantic Forest 
in Minas Gerais. It also sheds light on specimens which are 
rare or little represented in ornithological collections. The or-
nithological knowledge of Minas Gerais has increased rapidly 
in the past few years, with many new papers been published 
concerning range extensions and noteworthy bird records for 
this state.
 
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the following people who accompanied 
us during some field expeditions: F. A. Valério, T. O. Almeida, 
T. Souza, J. C. Azevedo, D. Silva, P. Diniz, E. C. Dutra, S. 
D’Angelo Neto, A. Nemésio, C. Cienfuegos, A. D. Epifânio, L. 
N. Souza, C. F. Santos, G. A. Silva, F. F. Carmo, J. D. F. Leite, 
J. E. M. Dias, L. M. Costa, L. N. Perillo, M. A. Machado, V. C. 
Rodrigues and J. F. Silva. Pedro L. Viana shared his record of 
Figure 25. A: Specimen of Yellow-green Grosbeak 
Caryothraustes canadensis (DZUFMG-2257) collected in Joaíma 
municipality. Photo: Letícia Ferreira Pedroso. B: Specimen of 
Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis (MCNA-1354) 
collected in Itueta municipality. Photo: Luiz Gabriel Mazzoni.
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Black-and-gold Cotinga from Serra do Funil. LGM is grateful 
to CNPq for his master’s fellowship (process 134779/2011-8) 
and research funding (process 473338/2010-6). MFV thanks 
Pe. L. Palú and A. Abreu for facilitating research in RPPN 
Santuário do Caraça. We thank three anonymous referees for 
criticizing the manuscript.
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