Birds

*** Parrots, Hummingbirds and Birds of Prey have their own page. 

Tinamous

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)

Nest of the Great Tinamou (Tinamus major). No nest was made, the eggs were lying on the ground next to a tree.

Ducks

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

Chachalacas & Guans

Little Chachalaca (Ortalis motmot)

Blue-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis)

Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)

Curassow 

Black Curassow (Crax alector)

Grebes

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Cormorants & Anhinga's

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) - female

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga ) - juvenile

Herons, Egrets & Ibis

Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)

Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)

Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)

Great Egret (Ardea Alba)

Rufescent Tiger Heron immature (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Rufescent Tiger Heron adult (Tigrisoma lineatum)

Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

Black-crowned Night Heron juvenile (Nycticorax nycticorax)

Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)

Vultures

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes Melambrotus)

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Caracara's

Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)

Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)

Crakes & Rails

Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops)

Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea)

Sunbittern

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias)

Trumpeters

Grey-winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans)

Sungrebe

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)

Plovers, Lapwings, Jacana's & Sandpipers

American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)

Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris)

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)

Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Terns & Black Skimmer

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)

Pigeons & Doves

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea)

White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

Cuckoo's & Ani's

Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Owls

Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)

Tawny-bellied Screech Owl (Megascops watsonii)

Amazonian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium hardyi)

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Potoos

Nightjars

Ladder-tailed Nightjar - male & females (Hydropsalis climacocerca)

Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca) - female

Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Trogons

Amazonian Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)

Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus)

Amazonian White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis)

Kingfishers

Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazon)

Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)

Green-and-Rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda)

Motmots

Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)

Jacamars

Brown Jacamar (Brachygalba lugubris

Paradise Jacamar (Galbula dea)

Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula)

Puffbirds, Swallow-wings & Nunbirds

Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis)

Pied Puffbird (Notharchus tectus)

Swallow-winged Puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)

Black Nunbird (Monasa atra)

Toucanets, Aracaris & Toucans

Green Aracari (Pteroglossus viridis)

Black-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari)

Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus)

Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

Piculets & Woodpeckers

Golden-spangled Piculet (Picumnus exilis)

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)

Yellow-throated Woodpecker (Piculus flavigula)

Cream-colored Woodpecker (Celeus flavus)

Golden-collared Woodpecker (Veniliornis cassini)

Chestnut Woodpecker (Celeus elegans) - male

Ringed Woodpecker (Celeus torquatus)

Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus

Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)

Ovenbirds

Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis)

McConnell's Spinetail (Synallaxis macconnelli)

Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris)

Woodcreepers

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)

Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhunchus guttatus)

 Antshrikes, Antbirds, Antwrens & Antpittas

Great Antshrike - male (Taraba major)

Great Antshrike - female (Taraba major)

Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)

Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)

Black-crested Antshrike - female

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)

Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus) - female

Mouse-coloured Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus)

Guianan Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis)

Guianan Streaked Antwren - male

Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)

Black-chinned Antbird (Hypocnemoides melanopogon)

Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator)

Silvered Antbird (Sclateria naevia)

Spot-winged Antbird (Schistocichla leucostigma)

White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons)

Thrush-like Antpitta (Myrmothera campanisona)

Ferruginous-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza ferruginea)

Flycatchers

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes olegineus)

Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)

Spotted tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum maculatum)

White-lored Tyrannulet (Ornithion inerme)

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus)

Cinnamon Attila (Attila cinnamomeus)

Todd's Sirystes (Sirystes subcanescens)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)

Fork-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus savana)

Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)

Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)

Cotinga

Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana)

Piha

Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans)

Fruitcrow

Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)

Manakins

White-crowned Manakin (Dixiphia pipra)

Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala)

Crimson-hooded Manakin (Pipra aureola)

White-bearded Manakin (Manacus manacus)

White-bearded Manakin

Becards, Tityra's & Peppershrikes

Black-capped Becard - juvenile (Pachyramphus marginatus)

Cinereous Becard - male (Pachyramphus rufus)

Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus)

Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)

Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)

Swallows and Martins

White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)

Grey-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)

White-banded Swallows (Atticora fasciata)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Wrens

Buff-breasted Wren (Thryothorus leucotis)

Thrushes

White-necked Thrush (Turdus albicollis)

Cocoa Thrush (Turdus fumigatus)

Mockingbirds

Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)

Tanagers

White-lined tanager - female (Tachyphonus rufus)

White-shouldered tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)

Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)

Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)

Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)

Swallow Tanager (Tersine Viridis)

Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana)

Bananaquit

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)

Seedeaters

Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)

Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris)

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta)

Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch (Oryzoborus angolensis)

Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)

Warblers

Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata)

Cardinals

Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)

Saltators

Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)

Oropendola's & Orioles

Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)

Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis)

Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis)

Cowbirds & Bobolink

Giant Cowbird (Scaphidura oryzivora)

Red-breasted Blackbird - female (Sturnella militaris)

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Euphonia's

Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) - male and female

Finsch's Euphonia (Euphonia finschi)

Exotics

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)