Purple Gallinule, Frango-d"aqua-azul, Porphyrio martinica, 30 cm. / 11.8 in. COMMON. Well-vegetted wetlands, grassy swamps and water with floating and emergent plants.

Rua Coronel Bautista de Queira, Ceará, Brazil.

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Male Variable Antshrike, Choca-da-mata, Thamnophilus caerulescens cearensis, 15 cm. 5.9 in. UNCOMMON (cearensis) locally. Low to mid-levels of forest, woodland, second growth and riverine belts. Avoids arid habitat.

Rua Coronel Bautista de Queira, Ceará, Brazil.

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Female Great Antshrike, Choró-boi, Taraba major semifasciatus, 20 cm. / 7.9 in. COMMON. Undergrowth of virtually any habitat with thickets.

Rua Coronel Bautista de Queira, Ceará, Brazil.

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Female Variable Antshrike, Choca-de-mata, Thamnophilus caerulescens cearensis, 15 cm. / 5.9 in. UNCOMMON (cearensis). Low to mid-levels of forest, woodland, second growth and riparian growth. Avoids arid habitat.

Rua Coronel Bautista de Queira, Ceará, Brazil.

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Large Elaenia, Guaracava-grande, Elaenia spectabilis, 18 cm. / 7.1 in. UNCOMMON in clearings and edges of forest, riverine belts and thickets.

Rua Coronel Bautista de Queira, Ceara, Brazil.

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