GUYANA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
NEOTROPICS GUYANA
| Area (SqMi): | 83,011 |
| # Species: | 809 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 802 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 19 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 9.7 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN THE NEOTROPICS
BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 0 |
| LC | Local | 59 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 6 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 28 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
| 1 | Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubata | LC | NT |
| 2 | Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis | RR | |
| 3 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | RR | |
| 4 | Blue-throated Piping-Guan | Pipile cumanensis | LC | |
| 5 | Crestless Curassow | Mitu tomentosum | LC | NT |
| 6 | Pearly-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus euleri | LC | |
| 7 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | LC | |
| 8 | Least Nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus | RR | |
| 9 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | LC | |
| 10 | Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus | RR | |
| 11 | Rufous Potoo | Phyllaemulor bracteatus | LC | |
| 12 | White-winged Potoo | Nyctibius leucopterus | LC | |
| 13 | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | LC | |
| 14 | White-chinned Swift | Cypseloides cryptus | LC | |
| 15 | Tepui Swift | Streptoprocne phelpsi | RR | |
| 16 | Crimson Topaz | Topaza pella | LC | |
| 17 | Sooty-capped Hermit | Phaethornis augusti | LC | |
| 18 | Green-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | LC | |
| 19 | Green-throated Mango | Anthracothorax viridigula | LC | |
| 20 | Versicolored Emerald | Chrysuronia versicolor | LC | |
| 21 | Plain-bellied Emerald | Chrysuronia leucogaster | RR | |
| 22 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | RR | |
| 23 | Giant Snipe | Gallinago undulata | LC | |
| 24 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus | NT | |
| 25 | /Buff-breasted Sandpiper/ | Calidris subruficollis | NT | |
| 26 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | NT | |
| 27 | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhoa | V | |
| 28 | Sharp-tailed Ibis | Cercibis oxycerca | RR | |
| 29 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | LC | |
| 30 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | V | |
| 31 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
| 32 | Stripe-backed Bittern | Botaurus involucris | LC | |
| 33 | Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | LC | |
| 34 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
| 35 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT | |
| 36 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | V | |
| 37 | Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | RR | |
| 38 | Rufous Crab Hawk | Buteogallus aequinoctialis | LC | NT |
| 39 | Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | LC | |
| 40 | Amazonian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium hardyi | LC | |
| 41 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
| 42 | Brown Jacamar | Brachygalba lugubris | LC | |
| 43 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | LC | |
| 44 | Tepui Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus whitelianus | LC | |
| 45 | Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco | LC | |
| 46 | White-bellied Piculet | Picumnus spilogaster | RR | V |
| 47 | Arrowhead Piculet | Picumnus minutissimus | NE | |
| 48 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | RR | |
| 49 | Blood-colored Woodpecker | Dryobates sanguineus | RR | |
| 50 | Ringed Woodpecker | Celeus torquatus | NT | |
| 51 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | LC | |
| 52 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | LC | NT |
| 53 | /Peregrine Falcon/ | Falco peregrinus | RR | |
| 54 | Tepui Parrotlet | Nannopsittaca panychlora | RR | |
| 55 | Festive Amazon | Amazona festiva | LC | |
| 56 | Blue-cheeked Amazon | Amazona dufresniana | NT | |
| 57 | Sun Parakeet | Aratinga solstitialis | NE | EN |
| 58 | Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | RR | |
| 59 | Brown-bellied Stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla gutturalis | NT | |
| 60 | Guianan Streaked-Antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis | V | |
| 61 | Rusty-winged Antwren | Herpsilochmus frater | RR | |
| 62 | Willis's Antbird | Cercomacroides laeta | NE | |
| 63 | Blackish Antbird | Cercomacroides nigrescens | RR | |
| 64 | Rio Branco Antbird | Cercomacra carbonaria | NE | CR |
| 65 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | LC | |
| 66 | Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper | Dendrexetastes rufigula | LC | |
| 67 | Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus pardalotus | LC | |
| 68 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | RR | |
| 69 | Pale-legged Hornero | Furnarius leucopus | RR | |
| 70 | Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner | Philydor pyrrhodes | LC | |
| 71 | Ruddy Foliage-gleaner | Clibanornis rubiginosus | LC | |
| 72 | Hoary-throated Spinetail | Synallaxis kollari | NE | CR |
| 73 | Tiny Tyrant-Manakin | Tyranneutes virescens | LC | |
| 74 | Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma pallescens | RR | |
| 75 | Guianan Red-Cotinga | Phoenicircus carnifex | LC | |
| 76 | Guianan Cock-of-the-rock | Rupicola rupicola | LC | |
| 77 | Capuchinbird | Perissocephalus tricolor | LC | |
| 78 | Purple-breasted Cotinga | Cotinga cotinga | LC | |
| 79 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | LC | |
| 80 | White-naped Xenopsaris | Xenopsaris albinucha | RR | |
| 81 | Olive-green Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes virescens | RR | |
| 82 | Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | RR | |
| 83 | Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus josephinae | RR | |
| 84 | Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus inornatus | LC | |
| 85 | Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | LC | |
| 86 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | LC | |
| 87 | Bearded Tachuri | Polystictus pectoralis | LC | NT |
| 88 | Sooty-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseiceps | LC | |
| 89 | Euler's Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | LC | |
| 90 | /Olive-sided Flycatcher/ | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 91 | Todd's Sirystes | Sirystes subcanescens | RR | |
| 92 | Pale-bellied Mourner | Rhytipterna immunda | LC | |
| 93 | Dusky-chested Flycatcher | Myiozetetes luteiventris | RR | |
| 94 | Black-collared Swallow | Pygochelidon melanoleuca | LC | |
| 95 | Pantepui Thrush | Turdus murinus | NE | |
| 96 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Chlorophonia cyanocephala | LC | |
| 97 | Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea | RR | |
| 98 | Red Siskin | Spinus cucullatus | LC | EN |
| 99 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | NT | |
| 100 | /Blackpoll Warbler/ | Setophaga striata | NT | |
| 101 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | LC | |
| 102 | Flavescent Warbler | Myiothlypis flaveola | LC | |
| 103 | Yellow-green Grosbeak | Caryothraustes canadensis | LC | |
| 104 | Red-and-black Grosbeak | Periporphyrus erythromelas | LC | |
| 105 | Hooded Tanager | Nemosia pileata | LC | |
| 106 | Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor | NT | |
| 107 | Great-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila maximiliani | RR | EN |
| 108 | Wing-barred Seedeater | Sporophila americana | LC | |
| 109 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | LC |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**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.