Arrowpoint Nature Resort Bird Checklist
October 2008
Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Arrowpoint Nature Resort is located on the banks of a black water creek , a couple of miles from the community of Santa Mission and only a short ride from the Demerara River in Northern Guyana. This checklist includes species seen on the resort’s trail network, as well as nearby locations which can be readily reached from there: English Name Scientific name Tinamous Great Tinamou Tinamus major Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus Ducks & Geese Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Curassows & Guans Variable Chachalaca Ortalis motmot Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu Black Curassow Crax alector Anhingas Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Herons Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Striated Heron Butorides striatus Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Ibises Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis Vultures Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Black Vulture Coragyps atratus King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Hawks & Eagles Osprey Pandion haliaetus
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Pearl Kite Gamsonyx swainsonii Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens Gray Hawk Asturina nitida Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Falcons & Caracaras Black Caracara Daptrius ater Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Trumpeters Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans Sungrebes Sungrebe Heliornis fulica Plovers Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Sandpipers Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Jacanas Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Pigeons & Doves Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Parrots Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus Cuckoos Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Greater Ani Crotophaga major Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Typical Owls Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata Potoos Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Nighthawks & Nightjars Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens Swifts Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata Hummingbirds Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Crimson Topaz Topaza pella Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor White-chested Emerald Amazilia chionopectus Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita Trogons Amazonian White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis Amazonian Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Kingfishers Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea Jacamars Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea Puffbirds Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa New World Barbets Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger Toucans White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari Woodpeckers Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Ovenbirds Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus Typical Antbirds Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Great Antshrike Taraba major Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius Rufous-bellied Antwren Myrmotherula guttata White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons Ferruginous-backed Antbird Myrmeciza ferruginea Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax Ground Antbirds Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Tyrant Flycatchers Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus galeatus Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parva Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Cotingas White Bellbird Procnias albus Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans Manakins White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus White-crowned Manakin Pipra pipra Tityras & Becards Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris Vireos Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis Buff-cheeked Greenlet Hylophilus muscicapinus Jays Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus Swallows White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Wrens Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus Southern House-Wren Troglodytes musculus Coraya Wren Thryothorus coraya Gnatwrens & Gnatcatchers Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea Thrushes Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Mockingbirds Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus Tanagers Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______Bananaquits Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Emberizine Finches Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus Grosbeaks & Saltators Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Wood Warblers Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis Riverbank Warbler Phaeothlypis rivularis New World Blackbirds Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivora Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris Cardueline Finches Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
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Arrowpoint Nature Resort: Bird Checklist ______
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The production of this list was made possible by the support of the American People through the Guyana Sustainable Tourism Initiative (GSTI), which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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