Zigzag Heron
Scientific name: Zebrilus undulatus
English: Zigzag Heron
Dutch: Zigzagreiger
Sranan: Stontigrifowru
Trio: Rapijo
Wayana: Tolï
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Agami Heron
Scientific name: Agamia agami
Vern: agami heron (En); agamireiger (Du)
Local: sabaku (Sr)
Indig: kujawiwi (Tr); kujawi-pït / tukushime (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Brown Pelican
Scientific name: Pelecanus occidentalis
Vern: brown pelican (En); bruine pelikaan (Du)
Local: kodyo (Sr)
Indig: mamije (Tr)
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
Anhinga
Scientific name: Anhinga anhinga
Vern: anhinga (En); amerikaanse slangenhalsvogel (Du)
Local: doiklari / fisman (Sr)
Indig: kijapokoimë (Tr); Kijapokoimë (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Suliformes
Family: Anhingidae
Neotropic Cormorant
Scientific name: Phalacrocorax brasilianus
English: Neotropic Cormorant
Dutch: Bigua-aalscholver
Sranan: Doiklari / Fisman
Trio: Sukupi
Wayana: Peleire
Class: Birds
Order: Suliformes
Family: Phalacrocoracidae
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Brown Booby
Scientific name: Sula leucogaster
Vern: brown booby (En); bruine gent (Du)
Local:
Indig: tumahena (Tr); Uluma (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
Jabiru
Scientific name: Jabiru mycteria
English: Jabiru
Dutch: Jabiroe / Reuzenooievaar
Sranan: Blasman
Trio: Wara
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone, the rest of the coastal plain and the southern savanna area.
Marbled Wood-Quail
Scientific name: Odontophorus gujanensis
English: Marbled Wood-Quail
Dutch: Gemarmerde Tandkwartel
Sranan: Tok(o)ro
Trio: Tokoro
Wayana: Kului
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
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Crested Bobwhite
Scientific name: Colinus cristatus
English: Crested Bobwhite
Dutch: Kuifbobwhite
Sranan: Sabana-anamu
Trio: Tawakira
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Distribution
Common in the northern savanna area.
Black Curassow
Scientific name: Crax alector
Vern: black curassow (En); zwarte hokko (Du)
Local: powisi (Sr)
Indig: ooko (Tr); ëwok (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae