• Lists of Plates
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1: Brazil: The Area Covered
• 1.1: Country Profile
• 1.2: Biogeography
• 1.2.1: Climate
• 1.2.2: Geomorphology
• 1.2.3: Natural Vegetation
• 2.: Brazil: The Birds
• 2.1: Classification and Names
• 2.2: Field Identification
• 2.2.1: Plates
• 2.2.2: Captions
• 2.2.3: Distribution Maps
• 2.3: Short Introduction to Selected Bird Groups and Families of the Neotropics
• 2.3.1: Worldwide Families and Groups
• 2.3.2: Typical American Families and Groups
• Symbols, Abbreviations, and Glossary
• Parts of a Bird
• SPECIES ACCOUNTS, PLATES, AND DISTRIBUTION MAPS
• PROTECTED AREAS OF BRAZIL
• NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER REFERENCES
• Appendix 1: The Endemics of Brazil
• Appendix 2: English-Portuguese Dictionary
• Index