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The table below lists species recorded at this locale and indicates frequency of occurrence there. It also indicates whether each species is threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

Presence Codes
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Occurrence Codes
A=Abundant/Very Common; C=Common; FC=Fairly Common
UC=Uncommon; R=Rare; VR=Very Rare; X=Accidental
Blank=Unknown; ?=Uncertain

 
Tinamous: Tinamidae

1Little TinamouCrypturellus souiFC
2Undulated TinamouCrypturellus undulatus 
3Red-legged TinamouCrypturellus erythropusUC

 
Ducks: Anatidae

4White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataC
5Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisC
6Muscovy DuckCairina moschataC
7Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensisC
8Blue-winged TealAnas discorsR
9Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusUC

 
Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows: Cracidae

10Little Chachalaca
(Variable Chachalaca)
Ortalis motmotC
11Spix's GuanPenelope jacquacuFC
12Crestless CurassowMitu tomentosumUC
13Black CurassowCrax alectorFC

 
New World Quail: Odontophoridae

14Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusFC

 
Grebes: Podicipedidae

15Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicusFC
16Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsR

 
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae

17Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianusC

 
Anhingas: Anhingidae

18AnhingaAnhinga anhingaC

 
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae

19Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusFC
20Least BitternIxobrychus exilisFC
21Stripe-backed BitternIxobrychus involucris 
22Rufescent Tiger-HeronTigrisoma lineatumFC
23Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiC
24Great EgretArdea albaC
25Snowy EgretEgretta thulaC
26Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaC
27Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisC
28Striated HeronButorides striataC
29Agami HeronAgamia agamiUC
30Capped HeronPilherodius pileatusFC
31Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticoraxC
32Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusFC

 
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae

33#Sharp-tailed Ibis#Cercibis oxycercaFC
34Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensisC
35Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatusFC
36Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaFC

 
Storks: Ciconiidae

37Maguari StorkCiconia maguariFC
38JabiruJabiru mycteriaFC
39Wood StorkMycteria americanaC

 
New World Vultures: Cathartidae

40Black VultureCoragyps atratusC
41Turkey VultureCathartes auraC
42Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusC
43Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotusC
44King VultureSarcoramphus papaFC

 
Osprey: Pandionidae

45OspreyPandion haliaetusFC

 
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae

46Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatusUC
47Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusFC
48Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsoniiUC
49White-tailed KiteElanus leucurusFC
50Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisC
51Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbeaFC
52Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollisFC
53Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoniR
54Tiny HawkAccipiter superciliosusR
55Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescensFC
56White HawkLeucopternis albicollisFC
57Great Black-HawkButeogallus urubitingaFC
58Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalisC
59Roadside HawkButeo magnirostrisFC
60Gray HawkButeo nitidusFC
61Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurusUC
62White-tailed HawkButeo albicaudatusFC
63Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatusUC
64Crested EagleMorphnus guianensisR
65Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannusUC
66Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatusUC
67Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucusUC

 
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae

68Collared Forest-FalconMicrastur semitorquatusUC
69Black CaracaraDaptrius aterFC
70Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanusFC
71Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayC
72Yellow-headed CaracaraMilvago chimachimaFC
73Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnansUC
74American KestrelFalco sparveriusFC
75Aplomado FalconFalco femoralisUC
76Bat FalconFalco rufigularisFC
77Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucusR
78Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusUC

 
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae

79Gray-necked Wood-RailAramides cajaneaFC
80Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaFC
81Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostrisUC

 
Finfoots: Heliornithidae

82SungrebeHeliornis fulicaFC

 
Sunbittern: Eurypygidae

83SunbitternEurypyga heliasFC

 
Limpkin: Aramidae

84LimpkinAramus guaraunaFC

 
Thick-knees: Burhinidae

85Double-striped Thick-kneeBurhinus bistriatusFC

 
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae

86Pied LapwingVanellus cayanusFC
87Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisC
88Collared PloverCharadrius collarisFC

 
Jacanas: Jacanidae

89Wattled JacanaJacana jacanaC

 
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae

90Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariusC
91Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaFC
92Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaC
93Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesC
94Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaR
95South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiaeFC

 
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae

96Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliarisC
97Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplexFC
98Black SkimmerRynchops nigerC

 
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae

99Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensisC
100Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosaFC
101Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinaceaFC
102Eared DoveZenaida auriculataC
103Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerinaC
104Plain-breasted Ground-DoveColumbina minutaUC
105Ruddy Ground-DoveColumbina talpacotiC
106Blue Ground-DoveClaravis pretiosaFC
107White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxiC
108Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montanaUC

 
Parrots: Psittacidae

109Brown-throated ParakeetAratinga pertinaxC
110Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterusFC
111Blue-and-yellow MacawAra araraunaFC
112Red-bellied MacawOrthopsittaca manilataC
113Red-shouldered MacawDiopsittaca nobilisC
114Golden-winged ParakeetBrotogeris chrysopteraC
115Dusky ParrotPionus fuscusC
116Orange-winged ParrotAmazona amazonicaC
117Mealy ParrotAmazona farinosaC
118Yellow-crowned ParrotAmazona ochrocephalaC

 
Cuckoos: Cuculidae

119Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayanaFC
120Black-bellied CuckooPiaya melanogasterUC
121Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphusUC
122Striped CuckooTapera naeviaFC
123Greater AniCrotophaga majorC
124Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniC

 
Barn-Owls: Tytonidae

125Barn OwlTyto albaUC

 
Owls: Strigidae

126Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops cholibaFC
127Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillataUC
128Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusUC
129Amazonian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium hardyiUC
130Ferruginous Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium brasilianumFC
131Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaFC

 
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae

132Least NighthawkChordeiles pusillusC
133Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisC
134Band-tailed NighthawkNyctiprogne leucopygaC
135Nacunda NighthawkPodager nacundaC
136Common PauraqueNyctidromus albicollisC
137Rufous NightjarCaprimulgus rufusFC
138White-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus cayennensisFC

 
Potoos: Nyctibiidae

139Great PotooNyctibius grandisUC
140Common PotooNyctibius griseusFC

 
Swifts: Apodidae

141White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonarisC
142Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyuraC
143Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventrisC
144White-tipped SwiftAeronautes montivagusR
145Fork-tailed Palm-SwiftTachornis squamataC

 
Hummingbirds: Trochilidae

146Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes leucurusUC
147Straight-billed HermitPhaethornis bourcieriFC
148Long-tailed HermitPhaethornis superciliosusFC
149Gray-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus largipennisFC
150White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivoraFC
151Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollisFC
152Ruby-topaz HummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitusFC
153Blue-chinned SapphireChlorestes notataFC
154Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugusFC
155Fork-tailed WoodnymphThalurania furcataFC
156Rufous-throated SapphireHylocharis sapphirinaUC
157White-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus guainumbiFC
158Green-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus theresiaeFC
159White-chested EmeraldAmazilia brevirostrisFC
160Glittering-throated EmeraldAmazilia fimbriataC
161Black-eared FairyHeliothryx auritusUC
162Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostrisFC

 
Trogons: Trogonidae

163Amazonian White-tailed Trogon
(Green-backed Trogon)
Trogon viridisFC
164Amazonian Violaceous Trogon
(Violaceous Trogon)
Trogon violaceusFC

 
Motmots: Momotidae

165Blue-crowned MotmotMomotus momotaFC

 
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae

166Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquataFC
167Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazonaFC
168Green KingfisherChloroceryle americanaFC
169Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle indaUC
170American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aeneaUC

 
Puffbirds: Bucconidae

171Guianan PuffbirdNotharchus macrorhynchosUC
172Spotted PuffbirdBucco tamatiaFC
173Black NunbirdMonasa atraC
174Swallow-winged PuffbirdChelidoptera tenebrosaC

 
Jacamars: Galbulidae

175Brown JacamarBrachygalba lugubrisC
176Green-tailed JacamarGalbula galbulaFC
177Paradise JacamarGalbula deaFC

 
Toucans: Ramphastidae

178Green AracariPteroglossus viridisFC
179Black-necked AracariPteroglossus aracariFC
180Toco ToucanRamphastos tocoUC
181White-throated ToucanRamphastos tucanusC
182Channel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinusC

 
Woodpeckers: Picidae

183Golden-spangled PiculetPicumnus exilisFC
184Golden-collared WoodpeckerVeniliornis cassiniFC
185Yellow-throated WoodpeckerPiculus flavigulaFC
186Golden-green WoodpeckerPiculus chrysochlorosUC
187Spot-breasted WoodpeckerColaptes punctigulaFC
188Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegansFC
189Cream-colored WoodpeckerCeleus flavusFC
190Ringed WoodpeckerCeleus torquatusUC
191Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusFC
192Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucosFC

 
Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers: Furnariidae

193Pale-legged HorneroFurnarius leucopusFC
194Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensFC
195Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeusC
196Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosaFC
197Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurusFC
198Black-banded WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes picumnusUC
199Straight-billed WoodcreeperDendroplex picusFC
200Striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus obsoletusFC
201Buff-throated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus guttatusFC
202Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetiiUC

 
Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae

203Great AntshrikeTaraba majorFC
204Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensisFC
205Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatusFC
206Guianan Slaty-Antshrike
(Northern Slaty-Antshrike)
Thamnophilus punctatusFC
207Pygmy AntwrenMyrmotherula brachyuraFC
208Guianan Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensisUC?
209White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillarisFC
210Gray AntwrenMyrmotherula menetriesiiFC
211White-fringed AntwrenFormicivora griseaFC
212Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyranninaFC
213White-browed AntbirdMyrmoborus leucophrysFC
214Black-chinned AntbirdHypocnemoides melanopogonFC
215White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipesFC
216Ferruginous-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza ferrugineaFC
217Scale-backed AntbirdWillisornis poecilinotusFC

 
Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyrannidae

218White-lored TyrannuletOrnithion inermeFC
219Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumFC
220Mouse-colored TyrannuletPhaeomyias murinaFC
221Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveolaR
222Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisUC
223Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusFC
224Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardiiFC
225Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicataFC
226Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogasterC
227Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostrisUC
228Plain-crested ElaeniaElaenia cristataFC
229Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineusFC
230McConnell's FlycatcherMionectes macconnelliFC
231Guianan TyrannuletZimmerius acerFC
232Pale-tipped Inezia
(Pale-tipped Tyrannulet)
Inezia caudataFC
233Short-tailed Pygmy-TyrantMyiornis ecaudatusFC
234Helmeted Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus galeatusFC
235Pale-eyed Pygmy-TyrantAtalotriccus pilarisFC
236Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant
(Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher)
Poecilotriccus sylviaFC
237Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereumFC
238Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceusUC
239Yellow-margined FlycatcherTolmomyias assimilisFC
240Yellow-breasted FlycatcherTolmomyias flaviventrisFC
241Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaUC
242Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinusFC
243Drab Water TyrantOchthornis littoralisC
244Pied Water-TyrantFluvicola picaFC
245White-headed Marsh-TyrantArundinicola leucocephalaFC
246Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceusUC
247Grayish MournerRhytipterna simplexFC
248Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus feroxFC
249Lesser KiskadeePitangus lictorFC
250Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusC
251Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitanguaFC
252Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensisC
253Yellow-throated FlycatcherConopias parvusFC
254Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatusUC
255Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusC
256Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaC

 
Cotingas: Cotingidae

257Guianan Cock-of-the-rockRupicola rupicolaUC
258CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolorFC
259Screaming PihaLipaugus vociferansC
260Bare-necked FruitcrowGymnoderus foetidusUC

 
Manakins: Pipridae

261Pale-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma pallescensUC
262Blue-backed ManakinChiroxiphia pareolaC
263White-crowned ManakinPipra pipraFC

 
Tityras and Allies: Tityridae

264Black-tailed TityraTityra cayanaUC
265Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitorUC
266Cinereous MournerLaniocera hypopyrraUC
267White-naped XenopsarisXenopsaris albinuchaVR
268Cinereous BecardPachyramphus rufusFC
269White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterusFC
270Black-capped BecardPachyramphus marginatusFC

 
Vireos: Vireonidae

271Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceusFC
272Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusFC
273Ashy-headed GreenletHylophilus pectoralisC
274Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensisFC

 
Swallows: Hirundinidae

275Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleucaUC
276Black-collared SwallowPygochelidon melanoleucaFC
277Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollisC
278Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybeaC
279Brown-chested MartinProgne taperaFC
280White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventerC
281Bank SwallowRiparia ripariaFC
282Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaC

 
Wrens: Troglodytidae

283Bicolored WrenCampylorhynchus griseusFC
284Buff-breasted WrenThryothorus leucotisFC
285House WrenTroglodytes aedonC
286White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucostictaFC

 
Gnatcatchers: Polioptilidae

287Long-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurusFC
288Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbeaFC

 
Donacobius: Donacobiidae

289Black-capped DonacobiusDonacobius atricapillaFC

 
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae

290Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelasC
291Bare-eyed Thrush
(Spectacled Thrush)
Turdus nudigenisFC

 
Mockingbirds and Thrashers: Mimidae

292Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusC

 
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae

293Yellowish PipitAnthus lutescensFC

 
New World Warblers: Parulidae

294Yellow WarblerDendroica petechiaFC
295Blackpoll WarblerDendroica striataUC
296Masked YellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialisFC
297Flavescent WarblerBasileuterus flaveolusFC

 
Bananaquit: Coerebidae

298BananaquitCoereba flaveolaC

 
Tanagers and Allies: Thraupidae

299Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopisUC
300Hooded TanagerNemosia pileataFC
301Chestnut-vented ConebillConirostrum speciosumFC
302Red-shouldered TanagerTachyphonus phoeniciusFC
303Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carboC
304Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopusC
305Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumC
306Burnished-buff TanagerTangara cayanaC
307Black-faced DacnisDacnis lineataUC
308Blue DacnisDacnis cayanaUC
309Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spizaC
310Short-billed HoneycreeperCyanerpes nitidusR
311Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleusFC
312Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneusFC
313Grayish SaltatorSaltator coerulescensFC
314Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossusFC

 
Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies: Emberizidae

315Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarinaC
316Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaC
317Gray SeedeaterSporophila intermediaFC
318Plumbeous SeedeaterSporophila plumbeaFC
319Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineolaUC
320Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisC
321Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaC
322Chestnut-bellied SeedeaterSporophila castaneiventrisFC
323Chestnut-bellied Seed-FinchOryzoborus angolensisFC
324Large-billed Seed-FinchOryzoborus crassirostrisUC
325Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaFC
326Wedge-tailed Grass-FinchEmberizoides herbicolaFC
327Red-capped CardinalParoaria gularisC
328Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralisC

 
Cardinals and Allies: Cardinalidae

329Hepatic TanagerPiranga flavaUC
330Rose-breasted ChatGranatellus pelzelniUC

 
Troupials and Allies: Icteridae

331Red-breasted BlackbirdSturnella militarisC
332Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magnaC
333Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalusC
334Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensisC
335Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorusC
336Moriche Oriole**Icterus chrysocephalusUC
337Orange-backed TroupialIcterus croconotusR
338Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularisFC
339Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus celaC
340Green OropendolaPsarocolius viridisC
341Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanusC

 
Siskins, Crossbills, and Allies: Fringillidae

342Plumbeous EuphoniaEuphonia plumbeaUC
343Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chloroticaUC
344Finsch's EuphoniaEuphonia finschiFC
345Violaceous EuphoniaEuphonia violaceaFC

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2009 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.


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