A Field Checklist of the Birds of Guyana

Michael J. Braun, Davis W. Finch, Mark B. Robbins, and Brian K. Schmidt

Biological Diversity of the Guianas Publication Number 41

Sp. No. English Name Scientific Name Habitat EN/MI ABU

Shearwaters Procellariidae

10 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea MA ?

11 Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis* MA ?

12 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri MA ?

Storm-Petrels Hydrobatidae

13 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus MA ?

14 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa MA ?

Boobies Sulidae

15 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster MA ?

Pelicans Pelecanidae

16 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis MA F

Frigatebirds Fregatidae

19 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens MA, MN C

Herons Ardeidae

27 Great Egret Ardea alba MU, FW C

28 Snowy Egret Egretta thula MU, MN, FW C

29 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea MN, MU, FW C

30 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor MN, MU C

31 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis HU C

32 Striated Heron Butorides striatus FW, MN, RI C

35 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax FW, MU C

36 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea MN, FW, MU U

37 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius FW, MN F

Ibises Threskiornithidae

38 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber FW, MN, HU C

43 Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus FW, HU, SV F

44 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja MU, FW F

Storks Ciconiidae

47 Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari SV, HU, FW F

Vultures Cathartidae

48 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus SC, HU C

49 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura HU, SC, SV C

Flamingos Phoenicopteridae

53 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber MU, MA ?

Ducks, Geese Anatidae

63 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis FW, MN S

Hawks, Eagles Accipitridae

70 Pearl Kite Gamsonyx swainsonii SV, SC, HU U

71 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus HU, SV, SC F

72 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis FW, HU C

86 Gray Hawk Asturina nitida SC, HU F

87 Rufous Crab-Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis MN, HU F

91 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris HU, SC F

Falcons, Caracaras Falconidae

107 Crested Caracara Caracara plancus SV, HU, SC C

108 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima SV, SC, HU F

110 American Kestrel Falco sparverius SV, SC, HU F

111 [Merlin Falco columbarius] HU, MU NEA S

115 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus MU, SC, HU NEA U

Curassows, Guans Cracidae

121 Black Curassow Crax alector LF, MF AMN F

Quails Odontophoridae

122 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus SV, SC, HU F

Rails Rallidae

128 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris MN F

129 Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris MN, LF U

130 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea FW, MN, LF F

135 Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops HU, FW U

Thick-knees Burhinidae

144 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus SV, HU F

Plovers Charadriidae

146 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis FW, HU, SV C

147 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola MU NEA C

148 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica SV, HU NEA F

149 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris MU, RI F

150 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia MU U

151 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus MU NEA C

Jacanas Jacanidae
153 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana FW C

Sandpipers Scolopacidae

154 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca FW, MU, HU NEA C

155 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes FW, MU, HU NEA C

157 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus MU, MN NEA F

158 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia RI, MN, FW NEA C

159 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda SV, HU NEA S

161 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus MU, MN, HU NEA F

162 [Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica] MU, FW NEA S

163 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres MU NEA C

164 Red Knot Calidris canutus MU NEA C

165 Sanderling Calidris alba MU NEA C

166 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla MU NEA C

167 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri MU NEA C

168 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla MU, FW NEA F

169 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis MU, FW NEA C

170 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos MU, FW, HU NEA F

171 [Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus] MU, FW NEA U

172 [Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis] SV, HU NEA S

173 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus MU NEA C

Gulls, Terns, Skimmers Laridae

177 Great Skua Catharacta skua MA NEA ?

178 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus MA NEA ?

179 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla MA, MU C

180 [Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus] MA, MU NEA U

181 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica MA, MU, FW U

182 [Royal Tern Sterna maxima] MA, MU C

183 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis MA, MU C

184 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii MA, MU NEA C

185 Common Tern Sterna hirundo MA, MU NEA C

186 Least Tern Sterna antillarum MA, MU NEA F

188 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus* MA ?

189 Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata MA S

191 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus MA S

192 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger MA, MU, RI C

Pigeons, Doves Columbidae

193 Rock Dove Columba livia HU CL

198 Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata SC, HU, SV C

199 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina SC, HU, SV C

201 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti SC, HU C

Parrots Psittacidae

218 Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus LF, HU C

Cuckoos Cuculidae

237 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor MN U

242 Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia SC, SV, HU F

245 Greater Ani Crotophaga major RI, MN, FW C

246 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani SC, HU C

Hoatzins Opisthocomidae
247 Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin RI, FW CL

Barn Owls Tytonidae

248 Barn Owl Tyto alba SC, HU U

Typical Owls Strigidae

254 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus LF, SC, MN U

261 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus SV, HU S

Nighthawks, Nightjars Caprimulgidae

268 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis SC, HU C

269 Nightjar Caprimulgus spp SC, LF F

Potoos Nyctibiidae

276 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus LF, SC, MN F

Swifts Apodidae

285 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura LF, SC, HU C

Hummingbirds Trochilidae

304 Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula MN, SC U

321 Plain-bellied Emerald Amazilia leucogaster LF, MN, HU F

Kingfishers Alcedinidae

335 Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata RI, FW, MN F

337 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona RI, FW, MN F

338 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana RI, FW, MN F

Woodpeckers Picidae

366 White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster MN, HU F

368 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus LF, SC, HU F

369 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus LF, HU F

370 Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus LF, MN ?

372 Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus LF, MN, HU GUI F

377 Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula RI, MN, SC F

382 Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis LF, MF F

383 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos LF, HU F

Ovenbirds Furnariidae

385 Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens SV, HU, SC F

387 Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis SC, HU F

Woodcreepers Dendrocolaptidae

419 Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus MN, RI, SC F

Typical Antbirds Thamnophilidae

428 Great Antshrike Taraba major HU, SC F

429 Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis SC, MN F

431 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus HU, SC F

456 Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina LF, SC, HU F

460 White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys LF, RI, HU F

468 Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax LF, SC, HU F

Tyrant Flycatchers Tyrannidae

490 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster SC, HU F

496 Pale-tipped Tyrannulet Inezia subflava SC, MN, RI F

505 Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum MN, SC F

515 Spotted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum maculatum MN, SC, RI C

516 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum SC, HU F

524 Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris SC, MN F

556 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus SC, RI, MN F

557 Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor FW, RI F

558 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus HU, SC, MN C

559 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua LF, RI F

560 Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris LF, RI S

561 Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis HU, SC, RI C

562 Yellow-throated Flycatcher Conopias parva LF AMN F

563 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus LF AUS U

564 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius LF, HU AUS F

565 Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius LF, SC AUS F

566 Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus SC, SV AUS S

567 Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea PA F

568 White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis SV, RI AUS U

569 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus SC, HU, SV AUS C

570 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus SC, HU, LF NEA S

571 Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis HU, SC, MN NEA F

572 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana SV, HU, SC AUS C

Vireos Vireonidae

620 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus LF, MN NEA U

622 Ashy-headed Greenlet Hylophilus pectoralis SC, MN C

627 Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis SC, HU F

Swallows Hirundinidae

630 Purple Martin Progne subis SC, HU, RI NEA S

631 [Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis]* SC, HU NEA ?

632 Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea HU, SC C

636 Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca SC, HU AUS C

641 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia SV, HU, FW NEA F

642 [Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota] HU, FW NEA ?

643 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica SV, HU, SC NEA C

Wrens Troglodytidae

648 Southern House-Wren Troglodytes musculus SC, HU C

Thrushes Turdidae

663 Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas HU, SC C

666 Bare-eyed Robin Turdus nudigenis SC, HU F

Mockingbirds Mimidae

668 Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus SC, HU C

Pipits Motacillidae

669 Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens SV, HU F

Wood Warblers Parulidae

671 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia MN, SC, HU NEA F

675 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla LF, MF, MN NEA U

676 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea MN NEA S

677 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis MN NEA C

Bananaquits Coerebidae

686 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola LF, SC, HU C

Tanagers Thraupidae

688 Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor MN F

691 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana LF, HU UL

701 White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus SC, HU F

707 Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo SC, HU C

708 Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus SC, HU C

709 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum SC, HU, PA C

714 Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea LF, HU F

720 Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana LF, HU F

726 Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana SC, SV, HU C

Emberizine Finches Emberizidae

738 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina HU, FW, SC C

742 Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana SC, HU F

745 Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis SC, HU CL

746 Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta SC, FW, HU C

747 Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris SC, HU F

750 Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis SC, HU, LF F

753 Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch Sicalis citrina SV, HU ?

754 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola SC, HU ?

755 Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola SV, HU F

760 Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis SV, HU C

761 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis SC, HU FL

Grosbeaks, Saltators Cardinalidae

764 Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens SC, HU F

768 Dickcissel Spiza americana HU, SV NEA ?

New World Blackbirds Icteridae

771 Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris HU, FW, SV C

772 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna SV, HU C

773 Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus LF, MN U

775 Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris SC, HU, MN C

776 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis SC, HU C

777 Giant Cowbird Scaphidura oryzivora LF, SC, HU C

778 Moriche Oriole Icterus chrysocephalus SC, PA, HU F

779 Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis SC, PA, HU U

780 Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis SC, HU, MN F

782 Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela RI, LF, HU C