Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Seven Brazilian Bird Species as Endangered Throughout Their Range

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 [FWS-R9-IA-2009-0028; 92210-1111-0000-B6] RIN 1018-AV74 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status for the following seven Brazilian bird species and subspecies (collectively referred to as “species” for purposes of this rule) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ): Black-hooded antwren ( Formicivora erythronotos ), Brazilian merganser ( Mergus octosetaceus ), cherry-throated tanager ( Nemosia rourei ), fringe-backed fire-eye ( Pyriglena atra ), Kaempfer's tody-tyrant ( Hemitriccus kaempferi ), Margaretta's hermit hummingbird ( Phaethornis malaris margarettae ), and southeastern rufous-vented ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi dulcis ). DATES: This rule becomes effective January 27, 2011. ADDRESSES: This final rule is available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov . Comments and materials received, as well as supporting documentation used in the preparation of this rule, will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 400, Arlington, VA 22203. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janine Van Norman, Chief, Branch of Foreign Species, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax…