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Scientific names: C
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- cacicus chrysopterus Golden-winged Cacique
- cacicus haemorrhous Red-rumped Cacique
- cacicus solitarius Solitary Cacique
- calliphlox amethystina Amethyst Woodstar
- calyptura cristata Kinglet Calyptura
- campephilus melanoleucos Crimson-crested Woodpecker
- campephilus robustus Robust Woodpecker
- campephilus rubricollis Red-necked Woodpecker
- camptostoma obsoletum Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
- campylopterus cirrochloris Sombre Hummingbird
- campylorhamphus falcularius Black-billed Scythebill
- caprimulgus candicans White-winged Nightjar
- caprimulgus longirostris Band-winged Nightjar
- caprimulgus maculicaudus Spot-tailed Nightjar
- caprimulgus parvulus Little Nightjar
- caprimulgus rufus Rufous Nightjar
- caprimulgus sericocaudatus Silky-tailed Nightjar
- Capsiempis flaveola Yellow Tyrannulet
- caracara plancus Southern Caracara
- carduelis magellanica Hooded Siskin
- cariama cristata Red-legged Seriema
- carpornis cucullatus Hooded Berryeater
- carpornis melanocephalus Black-headed Berryeater
- caryothraustes canadensis Yellow-green Grosbeak
- casiornis rufa Rufous Casiornis
- cathartes aura Turkey Vulture
- cathartes burrovianus Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
- catharus fuscescens Veery
- catharus ustulatus Swainson's Thrush
- celeus flavescens Blond-crested Woodpecker
- cercomacra brasiliana Rio de Janeiro Antbird
- certhiaxis cinnamomea Yellow-chinned Spinetail
- ceryle torquata Ringed Kingfisher
- chaetura cinereiventris Gray-rumped Swift
- chaetura meridionalis Ashy-tailed Swift
- chaetura meridionalis Sick's Swift
- chamaeza campanisoma Short-tailed Antthrush
- chamaeza meruloides Such's Antthrush
- chamaeza ruficauda Rufous-tailed Antthrush
- charitospiza eucosma Coal-crested Finch
- chelidoptera tenebrosa Swallow-wing
- chiroxiphia caudata Swallow-tailed Manakin
- chiroxiphia pareola Blue-backed Manakin
- chloroceryle aenea American Pygmy Kingfisher
- chloroceryle amazona Amazon Kingfisher
- chloroceryle americana Green Kingfisher
- chloroceryle inda Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
- chlorophanes spiza Green Honeycreeper
- chlorophonia cyanea Blue-naped Chlorophonia
- chlorostilbon aureoventris Glittering-bellied Emerald
- chlorostilbon notatus Blue-chinned Sapphire
- chondrohierax uncinatus Hook-billed Kite
- chordeiles acutipennis Lesser Nighthawk
- chordeiles minor Common Nighthawk
- chrysolampis mosquitus Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- ciccaba huhula Black-banded Owl
- ciccaba virgata Mottled Owl
- cichlocolaptes leucophrus Pale-browed Treehunter
- circus buffoni Long-winged Harrier
- circus cinereus Cinereous Harrier
- cissopis leveriana Magpie Tanager
- cistothorus platensis Grass Wren
- claravis godefrida Purple-winged Ground-Dove
- claravis pretiosa Blue Ground-Dove
- clibanornis dendrocolaptoides Canebrake Groundcreeper
- clytolaema rubricauda Brazilian Ruby
- cnemotriccus fuscatus Fuscous Flycatcher
- coccyzus americanus Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- coccyzus cinereus Ash-colored Cuckoo
- coccyzus euleri Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
- coccyzus melacoryphus Dark-billed Cuckoo
- coereba flaveola Bananaquit
- colaptes campestris Campo Flicker
- colaptes melanochloros Green-barred Woodpecker
- colibri serrirostris White-vented Violet-ear
- colonia colonus Long-tailed Tyrant
- columba cayennensis Pale-vented Pigeon
- columba livia Rock Dove
- columba maculosa Spot-winged Pigeon
- columba picazuro Picazuro Pigeon
- columba plumbea Plumbeous Pigeon
- columba speciosa Scaled Pigeon
- columbina minuta Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
- columbina picui Picui Ground-Dove
- columbina squammata Scaled Dove
- columbina talpacoti Ruddy Ground-Dove
- conirostrum bicolor Bicolored Conebill
- conirostrum speciosum Chestnut-vented Conebill
- conopias trivirgata Three-striped Flycatcher
- conopophaga lineata Rufous Gnateater
- conopophaga melanops Black-cheeked Gnateater
- contopus cinereus Tropical Pewee
- contopus cooperi Olive-sided Flycatcher
- coragyps atratus Black Vulture
- coryphaspiza melanotis Black-masked Finch
- coryphospingus cucullatus Red-crested Finch
- coryphospingus pileatus Pileated Finch
- corythopis delalandi Southern Antpipit
- coturnicops notatus Speckled Crake
- cranioleuca obsoleta Olive Spinetail
- cranioleuca pallida Pallid Spinetail
- cranioleuca vulpina Rusty-backed Spinetail
- crax fasciolata Bare-faced Curassow
- crotophaga ani Smooth-billed Ani
- crotophaga major Greater Ani
- crypturellus noctivagus Yellow-legged Tinamou
- crypturellus obsoletus Brown Tinamou
- crypturellus parvirostris Small-billed Tinamou
- crypturellus soui Little Tinamou
- crypturellus tataupa Tataupa Tinamou
- crypturellus undulatus Undulated Tinamou
- culicivora caudacuta Sharp-tailed Tyrant
- cyanerpes cyaneus Red-legged Honeycreeper
- cyanocompsa brissonii Ultramarine Grosbeak
- cyanocorax caeruleus Azure Jay
- cyanocorax chrysops Plush-crested Jay
- cyanocorax cristatellus Curl-crested Jay
- cyanocorax cyanopogon White-naped Jay
- cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea Indigo Grosbeak
- cyclarhis gujanensis Rufous-browed Peppershrike
- cypseloides fumigatus Sooty Swift
- cypseloides senex Great Dusky Swift
- cypsnagra hirundinacea White-rumped Tanager
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