The yellow-bellied elaenia is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula through Central and South America as far as northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago.
The white-headed marsh tyrant, also known as simply the marsh tyrant, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, the only species of the genus Arundinicola. It breeds in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay.
Paulo Emilio Vanzolini was a Brazilian scientist and music composer. He was best known for his samba compositions, including the famous "Ronda", "Volta por Cima", and "Boca da Noite", and for his scientific works in herpetology. He is considered one of the greatest samba composers from São Paulo. Until his death, he still conducted research at the University of São Paulo (USP).
The social flycatcher is a passerine bird from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family (Tyrannidae).
Microstigmatidae is a small family of spiders with about 25 described species in eight genera. They are small ground-dwelling and free-living spiders that make little use of silk.
The brown tent-making bat is a bat species from South and Central America.
The curl-crested jay is a jay from South America.
Giovanella is a genus of blow fly in the family Mesembrinellidae.
Fernando da Costa Novaes was a Brazilian ornithologist who worked on the Amazonian bird fauna.
Stomoxyini is a tribe of flies from the family Muscidae.
Osvaldo Rodrigues da Cunha was a Brazilian paleontologist and herpetologist. Da Cunha was born in Belém, and studied zoology at the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) of Manaus.
Antônio Domingos Brescovit is a Brazilian arachnologist. His first name, Antônio may also be spelt António. He develops academic activities at the 'arthropodae laboratorium' at the Butantan Institute, and he is a specialist in Neotropical Arachnida.
Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins was a Brazilian entomologist.
Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus was a German zoologist and drawer.
Eudóxia Maria Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.
Claudio Gilberto Froehlich is a Brazilian zoologist.
The Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, founded in 1978, is a scientific society devoted to Zoology. It publishes the journal Zoologia.
Edwin O'Neill Willis was an American ornithologist who studied the birds of Central and South America.
Mesembrinellidae is a family of Neotropical flies in the order Diptera, and formerly included in the Calliphoridae. There are 36 described species.
Mesembrinellinae is a subfamily of Neotropical flies in the order Diptera, and formerly included in the Calliphoridae. There are 33 described living species.
