Agami Heron
Scientific name: Agamia agami
English: Agami Heron
Dutch: Agamireiger
Sranan: Sabaku
Trio: Kujawiwi
Wayana: Kujawi-pït / Tukushime
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Brown Pelican
Scientific name: Pelecanus occidentalis
English: Brown Pelican
Dutch: Bruine Pelikaan
Sranan: Kodyo
Trio: Mamije
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Pelecanidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
Anhinga
Scientific name: Anhinga anhinga
English: Anhinga
Dutch: Amerikaanse Slangenhalsvogel
Sranan: Doiklari / Fisman
Trio: Kijapokoimë
Wayana: Kijapokoimë
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
English Brown Booby
Dutch Bruine Gent
Sranan
Trio Tumahena
Wayana Uluma
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
English: Black Curassow
Dutch: Zwarte Hokko
Sranan: Powisi
Trio: Ooko
Wayana: Ëwok
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Variable Chachalaca
Scientific name: Ortalis motmot
English: Variable Chachalaca
Dutch: Kleine Chachalaca
Sranan: Wakago
Trio: Arahku
Wayana: Alakwa
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
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