Brazil is a union of 27 federative units (Portuguese: unidades federativas): 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal). Each of these units has designated an official state bird, which are listed below.
List
Federative unit | English name | Portuguese name | Scientific name | |
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Acre | Red-and-green macaw | Arara-vermelha | Ara chloropterus | ![]() |
Alagoas | Alagoas curassow | Mutum-do-nordeste | Mitu mitu | ![]() |
Amapá | American flamingo | Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | ![]() |
Amazonas | Musician wren | Uirapuru-verdadeiro | Cyphorhinus arada | ![]() |
Bahia | Chestnut-bellied seed finch | Curió | Oryzoborus angolensis | ![]() |
Ceará | Jandaya parakeet | Jandaia-verdadeira | Aratinga jandaya | ![]() |
Distrito Federal | Harpy eagle | Gavião-real | Harpia harpyja | ![]() |
Espírito Santo | White-vented violetear | Beija-flor-de-orelha-violeta | Colibri serrirostris | ![]() |
Goiás | Horned screamer | Anhuma | Anhima cornuta | ![]() |
Maranhão | Tropical mockingbird | Sabiá-da-praia | Mimus gilvus | ![]() |
Mato Grosso | Southern screamer | Tachã | Chauna torquata | ![]() |
Mato Grosso do Sul | Jabiru | Tuiuiú | Jabiru mycteria | ![]() |
Minas Gerais | Red-legged seriema | Seriema | Cariama cristata | ![]() |
Pará | Sunbittern | Pavãozinho-do-pará | Eurypyga helias | ![]() |
Paraíba | Eared dove | Pomba-de-bando | Zenaida auriculata | ![]() |
Paraná | Azure jay | Gralha-azul | Cyanocorax caeruleus | ![]() |
Pernambuco | Magnificent frigatebird | Fragata | Fregata magnificens | ![]() |
Piauí | Blue-crowned trogon | Surucuá-de-barriga-vermelha | Trogon curucui | ![]() |
Rio de Janeiro | Ariel toucan | Tucano-de-bico-preto | Ramphastos vitellinus ariel | ![]() |
Rio Grande do Norte | Greater rhea | Ema | Rhea americana | ![]() |
Rio Grande do Sul | Southern lapwing | Quero-quero | Vanellus chilensis | ![]() |
Rondônia | Dark-winged trumpeter | Jacamim-das-costas-verdes | Psophia viridis | ![]() |
Roraima | Guianan cock-of-the-rock | Galo-da-serra | Rupicola rupicola | ![]() |
Santa Catarina | Bare-throated bellbird | Araponga | Procnias nudicollis | ![]() |
São Paulo | Rufous-bellied thrush | Sabiá-laranjeira | Turdus rufiventris | ![]() |
Sergipe | Campo troupial | Corrupião | Icterus jamacaii | ![]() |
Tocantins | Hoatzin | Cigana | Opisthocomus hoazin | ![]() |
References
- "A Ave Símbolo de Cada Estado". Ornithos. (2017). Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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