This page is a tribute to the ornithologists, collectors and taxidermists who dedicated their lives to the study of birds, risking and facing many adversities in the field to produce much of the existing knowledge about birds in Brazil.
Emilie Snethlage (In memoriam)
Wikipédia
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilie_Snethlage
Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929): A German naturalist in the Amazon
PDF
Emilie Snethlage (1868-1929): Heroism as a Strategy for the Legitimation of Science
PDF
Personalities of Brazilian Zoology: Emilie Snethlage
PDF
Life and Legacy of Dra. Emilie Snethlage
PDF
Honored in the description of the species Madeira Parakeet (Pyrrhura snethlageae)
Tiriba-do-madeira (Pyrrhura snethlageae)
Bianca Reinert (In memoriam)
Vídeo
Bianca Reinert – Bicudinho-do-brejo/Parana Antwren (Formicivora acutirostris)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpDEC_IcHuk
Yoshika Oniki
Interview with Dr. Edwin O. Willis and Dr. Yoshika Oniki
http://www.ao.com.br/ao60_8.htm
Yoshika Oniki-Willis: first Brazilian woman to describe a new species of bird.
https://www.facebook.com/2497804436926948/posts/2630697330304324/
The contributions of Edwin Willis and Yoshika Oniki to the natural history and conservation of Brazilian birds
PDF
Elizabeth Höfling – Lattes Summary
Brazilian Biomes – Urban Environments
https://tvcultura.com.br/videos/35114_biomas-do-brasil-ambientes-urbanos-elizabeth-hofling-usp.html
Cristina Miyaki – Atlantic Forest Dimensions of Biodiversity
https://www.afbiota.org/cristina-miyaki
Videos
The importance of interdisciplinarity in Biology studies – UNILA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOXu47SZIsQ
Lenir Alda do Rosário: um breve relato da minha introdução na ornitologia catarinense
PDF
Aves de Santa Catarina – Banco de dados da avifauna catarinense
http://avesdesantacatarina.com.br/a-idealizadora
Inês de Lima Serrano
Inês – Resumo do Lattes
Regina – Resumo do Lattes
Laboratório de Comportamento Animal
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AUIwPirsoM
Helmut Sick: half a century of dedication to Brazilian ornithology
http://www.ao.com.br/ao50_12.htm
Sick was arrested at 42
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/ciencia/fe060405.htm
Tribute
PDF
The loss of the master – Dr. Helmut Sick
http://www.ao.com.br/ao41_5.htm
Helmut Sick – The ornithologist and his work
https://youtu.be/6I24L0vno2g
Honored in the description of the species Orange-bellied Antwren (Terenura sicki)
Zidedê-do-nordeste (Terenura sicki)
Johann Natterer (In memoriam)
Wikipédia
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Natterer
Johann Natterer (1787-1843): major naturalist in Brazil
PDF
Johann Natterer’s ethnographic collection and the representation policy of the Vienna Ethnological Museum: on the limits of museological discourse
PDF
Brazilian bird species described in honor of Johann Nattere
Cinnamon-throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/besourao-de-sobre-amarelo
Tawny-tufted Toucanet (Selenidera nattereri)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/saripoca-de-bico-castanho
Speckle-breasted Antpitta (Hylopezus nattereri)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/pinto-do-mato
Snow-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix nattereri)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/uirapuru-de-chapeu-branco
Ochre-breasted Pipit (Anthus nattereri)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/caminheiro-grande
Rolf Grantsau (In memoriam)
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tucnoyYzh-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMiV8SBfGAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg-BWzYHP0M
Rolf Grantsau and the hummingbirds (Avistar Conecta)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6G009XVMU
Honored in the description of the species Sincora Antwren (Formicivora grantsaui)
Papa-formiga-do-sincorá (Formicivora grantsaui)
Ernst Garbe e Walter Garbe (In memoriam)
Brief chronology of Ernst Garbe and his son, Walter Garbe
http://brasilianafotografica.bn.br/?p=8567
Edwin O. Willis (In memoriam)
Obituary 1
Obituary 2
Necrology
The contributions of Edwin Willis and Yoshika Oniki to the natural history and conservation of Brazilian birds
PDF
Honored in the description of the genus of the species Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) and Xingu Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis vidua)
Rendadinho (Willisornis poecilinotus) – Rendadinho-do-xingu (Willisornis vidua)
José Hidasi (In memoriam)
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GCT7TuAnjE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L99VcMUVDRI
Werner Bokermann (In memoriam)
Video Tribute
https://youtu.be/htoqUvlZjMU
Honored in the description of the species Araripe Manakin (Antilophia bokermanni)
Soldadinho-do-araripe (Antilophia bokermanni)
Werner Bokermann “Uma vida de descobertas” Lançamento
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJSQN0EY7-U
Bokermann e a Herpetologia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o28lJf6zYzA
Bokermann: O legado ornitológico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwWf-RA2IZk
Walter Adolfo Voss (In memoriam)
Jacques M. E. Vielliard (In memoriam)
FNJV – Jacques Vieillard Neotropical Nature Sounds Library
http://ipt1.cria.org.br/ipt/resource?r=fnjv&request_locale=pt
Subjects
Interview with Prof. Jacques Vielliard
http://www.ao.com.br/ao35_6.htm
Jacques Marie Edme Vielliard
http://www.abc.org.br/membro/jacques-marie-edme-vielliard/
Jacques Vielliard’s collection of animal sounds is published on the internet
http://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/noticia/2012/06/acervo-de-jacques-vielliard-de-sons-de-animais-e-publicado-na-internet.html
Unicamp has one of the largest collections of animal sounds
http://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/terra-da-gente/noticia/2015/07/unicamp-tem-uma-das-maiores-colecoes-de-sons-de-animais.html
Honored in the description of the species Bahian Nighthawk ( Nyctiprogne vielliardi)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/bacurau-do-sao-francisco
Videos
Homage to the ornithologist Jacques Vielliard
https://tvcultura.com.br/videos/10404_homenagem-ao-ornitologo-jacques-vielliard.html
The bird painter, Frederico Lencioni Neto
Videos
Featured People – Frederico Lencioni (professor and biologist) – part 1/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJLcUbgCu4
Featured People – Frederico Lencioni (professor and biologist) – part 2/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7vQTMT98Hw
Featured People – Frederico Lencioni (professor and biologist) – part 3/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLrHaIoJYgg
Pedro Salviano Filho (In memoriam)
Pedro Salviano Filho – interview
Grief for the death of the surgeon general Pedro Salviano Filho, one of the pioneers of Ivaiporã
https://www.crmpr.org.br/Pesar-pelo-falecimento-do-cirurgiao-geral-Pedro-Salviano-Filho-um-dos-pioneiros-de-Ivaipo-11-56765.shtml
Alfonso Maria Olalla (In memoriam)
Alfonso Maria Olalla, animal collector
JPEG
Alfonso Olalla and and his family
PDF
Emílio Dente (In memoriam)
Honored in the description of the species Roosevelt Stipple-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla dentei)
Choquinha-do-rio-roosevelt (Epinecrophylla dentei)
Wikipédia
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculano_Alvarenga
The bone collector
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/o-colecionador-de-ossos-2/
Fossil hunter maintains natural history museum in Taubaté
https://g1.globo.com/sp/vale-do-paraiba-regiao/noticia/2016/07/cacador-de-fosseis-mantem-museu-de-historia-natural-em-taubate-sp.html
Taubaté Natural History Museum
https://www.museuhistorianatural.com.br/
Taubaté Natural History Museum (TV USP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ES9v2aRjM
Professor Herculano Alvarenga and the Taubaté Natural History Museum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHdxDFbNno
Comenda Jacques Félix – Herculano Alvarenga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncJZPbekKCw
The origin of the Hoatzin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhvg9ONHZM
Olivério Pinto (In memoriam)
Olivério Pinto, the father of Brazilian ornithology
http://www.ao.com.br/ao76_11.
Interview with Olivério Pinto
Telling him when he got lost in the woods of Espírito Santo.
Interview and recording made by his son in August 1976
File shared by Prof. Luís Fábio Silveira
Archive treated by the researcher Vitor Q. Piacentini
A trajetória científica de Olivério Pinto: a zoologia de campo no Brasil em meados do século XX (1929-1979)
Dissertação
Willian Belton (In memoriam)
From diplomacy around the world to RS birds
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/cotidian/ff0711200914.htm
Songbirds’ Diplomat
https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=30058
The birds of Belton
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/opiniao/fz1911200906.htm
The American who deciphered the birds of Rio Grande do Sul die
http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/noticia/2009/11/morre-o-americano-que-decifrou-as-aves-no-rs-2709113.html
William Belton, Self-Taught Ornithologist, Dies at 95
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/science/05belton.html
Honored in the description of the species Tropeiro Seedeater (Sporophila beltoni)
Patativa-tropeira (Sporophila beltoni)
Hermann von Ihering (In Memoriam)
Wikipédia
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_von_Ihering
Hermann Friedrich Albrecht von Ihering
http://www.dichistoriasaude.coc.fiocruz.br/iah/pt/verbetes/iheherm.htm
Hermann von Ihering (1850-1930), the naturalist
PDF
Dr. Hermann von Ihering
PDF
Brazilian bird species described in honor of Hermann von Ihering
Ihering’s Antwren (Myrmotherula iheringi)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/choquinha-de-ihering
Narrow-billed Antwren (Formicivora iheringi)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/formigueiro-do-nordeste
Fernando Costa Novaes (In memoriam)
Wikipédia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_da_Costa_Novaes
Honored in the description of the species Alagoas Foliage-gleaner (Philydor novaesi)
Limpa-folha-do-nordeste (Philydor novaesi)
Helmuth Pinder (In memoriam)
Helmuth Pinder, the first bird collector and taxidermist at the Museu Paulista
PDF
Beasts in the Mist
https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/beasts-in-the-mist
Howling Amazon Monster Just an Indian Legend?
http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/brazil.htm
Legendary Giant Sloth Sought by Scientists In Amazon Rain Forest
https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/08/science/legendary-giant-sloth-sought-by-scientists-in-amazon-rain-forest.html
Homenagem na descrição da espécie choquinha-do-bambu (Myrmotherula oreni)
Choquinha-do-bambu (Myrmotherula oreni)
Note of Condolence
https://www.gov.br/museugoeldi/pt-br/arquivos/noticias/nota-de-pesar-pela-partida-de-david-conway-oren
Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo (In memoriam)
Manifestation of Dr. Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo in the celebrations of 10 years of the CEO – Center for Ornithological Studies (São Paulo, Brazil)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veA9Gt8pq1c
Eurico de Oliveira Santos (In memoriam)
The great promoter Eurico Santos
PDF
A bio-bibliographic view of Eurico Santos: disseminator of Brazilian nature
PDF
Eurico Santos, promoter of the Brazilian nature
https://www.oeco.org.br/colunas/silvio-marchini/26923-eurico-santos-divulgador-da-natureza-brasilica/
Pedro Scherer Neto
Birds of Paraná: 25 years. A tribute to Pedro Scherer Neto – 2005
PDF
Interviews
Meet one of the pioneers of contemporary Brazilian ornithology – 2019
http://papagaiosdobrasil.com.br/2019/10/30/conheca-um-dos-pioneiros-da-ornitologia-brasileira-contemporanea/
Interview with Pedro Scherer Neto – 2018
http://www.avesderapinabrasil.com/entrevistas/scherer_neto.htm
An interview with Pedro Scherer Neto – 1992
http://www.ao.com.br/ao45_9.htm
Videos
Drop the verb for conservation units – Pedro Scherer Neto – 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0SRF2R3MCc
Tribute – Fausto Pires de Campos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9iw1_V9U1Q
Statement by Biologist Fausto Pires de Campos about Alcatrazes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGAZPYUzg-Y
Alcatrazes-history
https://infograficos.estadao.com.br/especiais/alcatrazes/historia
Alcatrazes por Fausto Pires de Campos
https://marsemfim.com.br/alcatrazes-por-fausto-pires-de-campos/
Interview with Roberto Brandão Cavalcanti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZDOdlDkvn8
Bird inventory, a fundamental job
https://brasildasaves.com.br/2012/10/18/levantamento-de-avifauna-um-trabalho-fundamental/
What is the importance of the Araguaia UCs for the Orinoco Goose?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JxOJaCS9yw&feature=emb_title
Fernando Costa Straube
CFBio grants researcher Fernando Straube the title of Honorary Biologist – 2018
http://www.crbio05.gov.br/noticias-detalhe/cfbio-concede-ao-pesquisador-fernando-straube-titulo-de-biologo-honorario/4302
High flight
https://www.oeco.org.br/reportagens/2253-oeco_27673/
José Eduardo Simon (In memoriam)
Interview with José Fernando Pacheco – 1999
http://www.ao.com.br/ao90_12.htm
Honored in the description of the species Planalto Tapaculo (Scytalopus pachecoi)
Tapaculo-ferreirinho (Scytalopus pachecoi)
COA-RJ 30 years (by José Fernando Pacheco)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmUwKAlTBOo
Avistar Conecta 2021 – Jeremy Minns, Ricardo Parrini and Fernando Pacheco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adBCJOxfIE
Videos
#DestinosSilvestres Ep04 – O Brasil por um americano e o mundo por um brasileiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw0mhYiSdyo
Rio Roosevelt, Brazil
https://www.facebook.com/fieldguides/videos/rio-roosevelt-brazil-bret-whitney/875775545803636/
Hooded Visorbearer from NE Brazil by guide Bret Whitney
https://www.facebook.com/fieldguides/videos/hooded-visorbearer-from-ne-brazil-by-guide-bret-whitney/1016668588380997/
Visiting with Bret Whitney: Bret’s screech-owl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LiSeG_ccUo
Avistar 2007 – Great lecture by Jeremy Minns on bird calling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UbtDurabzE
Avistar Conecta 2021 – Jeremy Minns, Ricardo Parrini and Fernando Pacheco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2adBCJOxfIE
He adopted the bike after surgery and rides 70 km a week at 78
https://www.uol.com.br/carros/colunas/pedala/2020/03/06/ele-adotou-a-bike-apos-uma-cirurgia-e-pedala-70-km-por-semana-aos-78-anos.htm
Website
https://www.dantebuzzetti.com.br/
Dante Buzzetti and the Bird's Nest (O Eco)
https://oeco.org.br/fotografia/15282-oeco_19858/
Sharp ear: more than 250 birds identified by song (WWF)
https://www.wwf.org.br/?27228/Ouvido-agucado-mais-de-250-aves-identificadas-pelo-canto
Lecture at the Center for Ornithological Studies – SP
(With a presentation by Hélio Ferraz de Almeida Camargo)
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwCCFZ5c3o
Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKYTOOg_sB8
Honored in the description of the species Boa Nova Tapaculo (Scytalopus gonzagai)
https://www.wikiaves.com.br/wiki/tapaculo-preto-baiano
Marcos Bornschein – Lattes Summary
Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos
Marcelo Vasconcelos – Lattes Summary
Internet Matters
New species of bird is discovered in the mountains of Minas Gerais
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/ciencia-e-saude/2010/12/22/interna_ciencia_saude,228851/nova-especie-de-ave-e-descoberta-nas-montanhas-de-minas-gerais.shtml
Videos
nterview: Marcelo Vasconcelos, a true naturalist in the 21st century
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq_X6XieDnM
Interview: Marcelo Vasconcelos – PUCMG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFco4p8ZH0
Marcelo Vasconcelos: Management Plans and Conservation Units
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vAgcXnHXYs
Marcelo Vasconcelos – let’s talk about the Quadrilátero Ferrífero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iC3lt-3fL8
Marcelo Vasconcelos – 20 years of case study
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZzK3lplwU
Marcelo Vasconcelos – the importance of bamboos (taquaruçus) in forest fragments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoErIG5i8Wg
Marcelo Vasconcelos – the importance of arboreal termite mounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN02Z5Xh2hU
Marcelo Vasconcelos – natural regeneration in abandoned pasture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbSzwLeQAYs
Marcelo Vasconcelos – the importance of matayba (Farinha-seca) for the attraction of avifauna
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No-59PejOlY
Marcelo Vasconcelos – Pito Canudo (Mabea fistulifera)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu0fa_w9SfM
Santos D’Angelo Neto (In memoriam)
Santos D’Angelo – Lectures and Tribute (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM3ui5WhjiM
Santos D’Angelo – Lectures and Tribute (part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_-mVHGjEVk
Interview with Santos D´Angelo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5etbmWCD5mE
Glayson Bencke – Lattes Summary
Rio Grande do Sul fauna: extinct and threatened species – Glayson Bencke at Ecodebate
https://anacarolinapontolivre.wordpress.com/2013/07/08/fauna-gaucha-especies-extintas-e-ameacadas-glayson-bencke-no-ecodebate/
Videos
Interview – Glayson Bencke – FZB / RS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gAhcauWy00
Unisinos – 40 years, 40 lives (Glayson Bencke)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc18lN5y9Ak
Alianza del Pastizal – Pampa sustentável
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIHkpFShY_E
MP in defense of fauna (interview with Glayson Bencke)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Lwjso6nzA
Professor Antonio Pergola and the MHNPAP ornithological collection
PDF
Entrevista – Revista FAPESP
https://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/arte-que-imita-a-vida