Sungrebe
Scientific name: Heliornis fulica
English: Sungrebe
Dutch: Kleine Fuutkoet / Vinpootfuutkoet
Sranan: Watra-en
Trio: Tunakoko
Wayana: Pupurë
Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae
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.
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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Gray-breasted Crake
Scientific name: Laterallus exilis
English: Gray-breasted Crake
Dutch: Amazonedwergral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Pirikoko
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
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Russet-crowned Crake
Scientific name: Anurolimnas viridis
English: Russet-crowned Crake
Dutch: Roodkruinral
Sranan: Stonkriko
Trio: Suwisuwime
Wayana: Suwi
Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
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Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Scientific name: Aramides axillaris
English: Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Dutch: Roodnekbosral
Sranan: Anamu
Trio: Kutakaimë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
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Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Scientific name: Aramides cajaneus
English: Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Dutch: Cayennebosral
Sranan: Kriko
Trio: Kuhtaka
Wayana: Tokata
Class: Birds
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
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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.
Sunbittern
Scientific name: Eurypyga helias
English: Sunbittern
Dutch: Zonneral
Sranan: Sonfowru
Trio: Tunarere
Wayana: Hololoimë
Class: Birds
Order: Eurypygiformes
Family: Eurypygidae
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