Scientific name: Megascops watsonii
English: Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
Dutch: Donkerbruine Schreeuwuil
Sranan: Owrukuku
Trio: Jehkurutu / Jeepurutu
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
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Scientific name: Megascops choliba
English: Tropical Screech-Owl
Dutch: Cholibaschreeuwuil
Sranan: Owrukuku
Trio: Pupuri / Sowe
Wayana: Pupuri
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
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Scientific name: Tyto alba
English: Barn Owl
Dutch: Kerkuil
Sranan: Puspusi-owrukuku
Trio: Maakame / Maakane
Wayana: Miutpë
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Tapera naevia
English: Striped Cuckoo
Dutch: Gestreepte Koekoek
Sranan: Kees
Trio: Suhkokoi
Wayana: Towalï
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Crotophaga ani
English: Smooth-billed Ani
Dutch:Kleine Ani / Gladsnavel ani
Sranan: Kawfutuboi
Trio: Wïne
Wayana: Tuwatuwale
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Scientific name: Crotophaga major
English: Greater Ani
Dutch: Grote Ani
Sranan: Busikawfutuboi / Bigikawfutuboi
Trio: Wineimi
Wayana: Tuwatuwaleimë
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Coccyzus minor
English: Mangrove Cuckoo
Dutch: Mangrovekoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Matïtïkïri
Wayana: Wiwipsik
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname, rare in the estuarine zone and the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Coccyzus melacoryphus
English: Dark-billed Cuckoo
Dutch: Kleine Mangrovekoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Nohkaikare
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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Scientific name: Piaya Melanogaster
English; Black-bellied Cuckoo
Dutch: Zwartbuikkoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Totori
Wayana: Sikare
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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Scientific name: Piaya cayana
English: Squirrel Cuckoo
Dutch: Eekhoornkoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Sikare
Wayana: Sikare
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae