Author name: Editor

Scientific name: Cochlearius cochlearius
English: Boat-billed Heron
Dutch: Schuitbekreiger
Sranan: Arapapa
Trio: Warapahpa
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Scientific name: Pilherodius pileatus
English: Capped Heron
Dutch: Kapreiger
Sranan: Sabaku
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana: Tuna aklo

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Scientific name: Ardea alba
English: Great Egret
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger
Sranan: Galin / Sabaku
Trio: Wara Ineku Apihpë
Wayana: Warala / Wakalaimë

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.

Scientific name: Ardea cocoi
English: Cocoi Heron
Dutch: Sokoireiger
Sranan: Kumawari
Trio: Wara Ineku Apihpë
Wayana: Tuna aklo / Makwali / Mapaiwale

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Scientific name: Nyctanassa violacea
English: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Dutch: Geelkruinkwak
Sranan: Dikkop
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.

Scientific name: Nycticorax nycticorax
English: Black-crowned Night-Heron
Dutch: Kwak
Sranan: Dikkop
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.

Scientific name: Ixobrychus involucris
English: Stripe-backed Bittern
Dutch: Gestreepte Woudaap
Sranan: Stontyontyon
Trio: Sokotoimë
Wayana:

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.

Scientific name: Ixobrychus exilis
English: Least Bittern
Dutch: Amerikaanse Woudaap
Sranan: Stontyontyon
Trio: Kujawiwi
Wayana: Kujawi

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Scientific name: Botaurus pinnatus
English: Pinnated Bittern
Dutch: Zuid-Amerikaanse Roerdomp
Sranan: Stontigrifowru
Trio: Grore
Wayana: Onole

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae

Scientific name: Zebrilus undulatus
English: Zigzag Heron
Dutch: Zigzagreiger
Sranan: Stontigrifowru
Trio: Rapijo
Wayana: Tolï

Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae