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Guyana 2014 Main Tour & Extension Eagle-Eye Tours BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Richard Knapton Guyana 2013 and Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES S/H Common Name Scientific Name TINAMOUS 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major h 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui h 3 Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus s 4 Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus h 5 Red-legged Tinamou Crypturellus erythropus s DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS 6 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata s 7 Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis s 8 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata s GUANS, CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS 9 Little (Variable) Chachalaca Ortalis motmot s 10 Marail Guan Penelope marail s 11 Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu s 12 Crestless Curassow Mitu tomentosum s 13 Black Curassow Crax alector s 14 Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumarensis s NEW WORLD QUAIL 15 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus s GREBES 16 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps s CORMORANTS 17 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus s PELICANS 18 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis s ANHINGAS 19 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga s FRIGATEBIRDS 20 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens s HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS 21 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus s 22 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum s 23 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi s 24 Great Egret Ardea alba s 25 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor s 26 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea s 27 Snowy Egret Egretta thula s 28 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s 29 Striated Heron Butorides striata s 30 Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus s 31 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax s 32 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea s 33 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius s IBIS AND SPOONBILLS 34 Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus s 35 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis s 36 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber s STORKS 37 Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari s 38 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria s 39 Wood Stork Mycteria americana s NEW WORLD VULTURES 40 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus s 41 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura s Page 1 of 11 Eagle-Eye Tours BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Richard Knapton Guyana 2013 and Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES S/H Common Name Scientific Name 42 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus s 43 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus s 44 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa s OSPREY 45 Osprey Pandion haliaetus s HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES 46 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis s 47 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus s 48 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii s 49 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis s 50 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus s 51 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea s 52 Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni s 53 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens s 54 Black-faced Hawk Leucopternis melanops s 55 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis s 56 Rufous Crab-Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis s 57 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga s 58 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis s 59 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis s 60 Gray Hawk Asturina nitida s 61 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris s 62 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus s 63 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus s 64 Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja s 65 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus s 66 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus s 67 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus s FALCONS AND CARACARAS 68 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus h 69 Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus s 70 Southern Caracara Caracara plancus s 71 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima s 72 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans s 73 American Kestrel Falco sparverius s 74 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis s 75 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis s 76 Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus h 77 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus s RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS 78 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea s 79 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica s SUNBITTERN 80 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias s LIMPKIN 81 Limpkin Aramus guarauna s TRUMPETERS 82 Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans s THICK-KNEES 83 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus s PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 84 Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus s 85 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis s 86 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola s Page 2 of 11 Eagle-Eye Tours BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Richard Knapton Guyana 2013 and Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES S/H Common Name Scientific Name 87 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus s JACANAS 88 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana s SANDPIPERS 89 South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae s 90 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata s 91 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus s 92 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus s 93 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca s 94 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes s 95 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria s 96 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia s 97 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla s 98 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla s TERNS 99 Royal Tern Sterna maxima s 100 Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris s 101 Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex s SKIMMERS 102 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger s PIGEONS AND DOVES 103 Rock Pigeon Columba livia s 104 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa s 105 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis s 106 Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea s 107 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea s 108 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata s 109 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina s 110 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta s 111 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti s 112 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi s 113 Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla s 114 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana s PARROTS 115 Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna s 116 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao s 117 Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera s 118 Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata s 119 Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis s 120 Brown-throated Parakeet Aratinga pertinax s 121 Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis s 122 Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta s 123 Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysopterus s 124 Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephala s 125 Caica Parrot Pionopsitta caica s 126 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus s 127 Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus s 128 Blue-cheeked Parrot Amazona dufresniana s 129 Festive Parrot Amazona festiva s 130 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala s 131 Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica s 132 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa s 133 Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus s HOATZIN Page 3 of 11 Eagle-Eye Tours BIRD CHECKLIST Leaders: Richard Knapton Guyana 2013 and Paul Prior BIRD SPECIES S/H Common Name Scientific Name 134 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin s CUCKOOS 135 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana s 136 Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster s 137 Greater Ani Crotophaga major s 138 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani s 139 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia h OWLS 140 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba h 141 Northern Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii h 142 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus h 143 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata h 144 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum s 145 Burrowing Owl Athene 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Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda h 184 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea s PUFFBIRDS 185 White-necked/Guianan Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos s 186 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus s 187 Spotted Puffbird Bucco tamatia s 188 Black Nunbird Monasa atra s 189 Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa s JACAMARS 190 Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra s 191 Yellow-billed Jacamar Galbula albirostris s 192 Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula s 193 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda s 194 Paradise Jacamar Galbula dea s 195 Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus s BARBETS 196 Black-spotted Barbet Capito niger s TOUCANS 197 Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis s 198 Black-necked Aracari
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