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Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard TINAMOUS 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major H 2 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus H 3 Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus H DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 4 White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata S 5 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata S GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS 6 Variable Chachalaca Ortalis motmot S 7 Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu S 8 Black Curassow Crax alector S NEW WORLD QUAIL 9 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus S GREBES 10 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus S STORKS 11 Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari S 12 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria S 13 Wood Stork Mycteria americana S FRIGATEBIRDS 14 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens S CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 15 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus S ANHINGAS 16 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga S PELICANS 17 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis S HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 18 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi S 19 Great Egret Ardea alba S 20 Snowy Egret Egretta thula S 21 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea S 22 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor S 23 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis S 24 Striated Heron Butorides striata S 25 Agami Agamia agami S 26 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus S 27 Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax S 28 Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea S 29 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius S IBISES AND SPOONBILLS 30 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber S 31 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis S Page 1 of 11 www.eagle-eye.com Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 32 Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus S 33 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja S NEW WORLD VULTURES 34 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus S 35 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura S 36 Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus S 37 Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotus S 38 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa S OSPREY 39 Osprey Pandion haliaetus S HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 40 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii S 41 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus S 42 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus S 43 Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja S 44 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis S 45 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis S 46 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea S 47 Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni S 48 Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis S 49 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis S 50 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga S 51 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris S 52 White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus S 53 White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis S 54 Gray-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus S 55 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus S SUNBITTERN 56 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias S RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 57 Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii H 58 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus S 59 Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis H 60 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus S LIMPKIN 61 Limpkin Aramus guarauna S TRUMPETERS 62 Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans S THICK-KNEES 63 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus S PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 64 Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus S 65 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis S Page 2 of 11 www.eagle-eye.com Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard JACANAS 66 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana S SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 67 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius S 68 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria S 69 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca S GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS 70 Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris S 71 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex S 72 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger S PIGEONS AND DOVES 73 Rock Pigeon Columba livia S 74 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis S 75 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa S 76 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea S 77 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea S 78 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata S 79 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina S 80 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti S 81 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi S HOATZIN 82 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin S CUCKOOS 83 Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta S 84 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana S 85 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia H 86 Rufous-winged Ground-CuckooNeomorphus rufipennis H 87 Greater Ani Crotophaga major S 88 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani S OWLS 89 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba S 90 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus S 91 Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi S 92 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum S NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES 93 Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus S 94 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis S 95 Band-tailed Nighthawk Nyctiprogne leucopyga S 96 Blackish Nightjar Caprimulgus nigrescens S 97 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis S 98 White-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus cayennensis S 99 Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca S POTOOS Page 3 of 11 www.eagle-eye.com Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 100 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis S 101 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus S SWIFTS 102 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura S 103 Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus S 104 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris S 105 Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis S 106 Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata S HUMMINGBIRDS 107 Crimson Topaz Topaza pella S 108 Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus S 109 Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber S 110 Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx auritus S 111 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis S 112 Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus S 113 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris S 114 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata S 115 Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus S 116 White-chested Emerald Amazilia brevirostris S 117 Plain-bellied Emerald Amazilia leucogaster S 118 Glittering-throated EmeraldAmazilia fimbriata S 119 White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus S TROGONS 120 Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis S 121 Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus S KINGFISHERS 122 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata S 123 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona S 124 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana S 125 Green-and-Rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda S PUFFBIRDS 126 Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos S 127 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus S 128 Spotted Puffbird Bucco tamatia S 129 Black Nunbird Monasa atra S 130 Swallow-winged Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa S JACAMARS 131 Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris H 132 Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula S 133 Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra S 134 Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea S 135 Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus S NEW WORLD BARBETS Page 4 of 11 www.eagle-eye.com Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 136 Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger S TOUCANS 137 Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari S 138 Guianan Toucanet Selenidera culiK S 139 White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus S 140 Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus S WOODPECKERS 141 White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus S 142 White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster S 143 Golden-collared WoodpeckerVeniliornis cassini S 144 Blood-colored WoodpeckerVeniliornis sanguineus S 145 Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus S 146 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus S 147 Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis S 148 Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos S FALCONS AND CARACARAS 149 Lined Forest-Falcon Micrastur gilvicollis S 150 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus H 151 Black Caracara Daptrius ater S 152 Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus S 153 Southern Caracara Caracara plancus S 154 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima S 155 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans S 156 American Kestrel Falco sparverius S 157 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis S 158 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis S 159 Merlin Falco columbarius S 160 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus S PARROTS 161 Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera S 162 Caica Parrot Pyrilia caica S 163 Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus S 164 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus S 165 Festive Parrot Amazona festiva S 166 Blue-cheeked Parrot Amazona dufresniana S 167 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala S 168 Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica S 169 Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus S 170 Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus S 171 Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus S 172 Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta S 173 Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax S 174 Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis S Page 5 of 11 www.eagle-eye.com Guyana Birding Tour Leader: Paul Prior Eagle-Eye Tours January 2017 Common Name Scientific Name Seen/ Heard 175 Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata S 176 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao S 177 Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus S 178 Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis S TYPICAL ANTBIRDS 179 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus S 180 Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis S 181 Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus S 182 Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus S 183 Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius H 184 Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata S 185 Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura S 186 Guianan Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensis H 187 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris S 188 White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea S 189 Guianan Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis cantator S 190 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina S 191 Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens S 192 Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria H 193 Black-chinned Antbird
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