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Sungrebe

Scientific name: Heliornis fulica
English: Sungrebe
Dutch: Kleine Fuutkoet / Vinpootfuutkoet
Sranan: Watra-en
Trio: Tunakoko
Wayana: Pupurë

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae

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Purple Gallinule

Scientific name: Porphyrio martinica
English: Purple Gallinule
Dutch: Amerikaans Purperhoen
Sranan: Blawkepanki
Trio: Kinotoimë
Wayana: Tokataimë

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.

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Ash-throated Crake

Scientific name:  Porzana albicollis
Vern: ash-throated crake (En); witkeelporseleinhoen (Du)
Local: anamu(Sr)
Indig: sokorope (Tr)

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Common in the coastal plain and the southern savanna area.

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Clapper Rail

Scientific name: Rallus longirostris
English: Clapper Rail
Dutch: Klapperral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Saurawa
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae

Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname, common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.

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Sunbittern

Scientific name: Eurypyga helias
English: Sunbittern
Dutch: Zonneral
Sranan: Sonfowru
Trio: Tunarere
Wayana: Hololoimë

Class: Birds
Order: Eurypygiformes
Family: Eurypygidae

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Zone-tailed Hawk

Scientific name: Buteo albonotatus
English: Zone-tailed Hawk
Dutch: Bandstaartbuizerd
Sranan: Aka
Trio: Torowërë
Wayana: Leleirë

Class: Birds
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae

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