Common Potoo
Scientific name: Nyctibius griseus
English: Common Potoo
Dutch: Grijze Reuzennachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Mirokoko
Wayana: Mïlo
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Nyctibiidae
Great Potoo
Scientific name: Nyctibius grandis
English: Great Potoo
Dutch: Vale Reuzennachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Mirokoko
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Nyctibiidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
Rufous Nightjar
Scientific name: Antrostomus rufus
English: Rufous Nightjar
Dutch: Rosse Nachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Kuhpe
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Scientific name: Hydropsalis climacocerca
English: Ladder-tailed Nightjar
Dutch: Trapstaartnachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Pihpë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
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Spot-tailed Nightjar
Scientific name: Hydropsalis maculicaudus
English: Spot-tailed Nightjar
Dutch: Vlekstaartnachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Pihperu
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
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White-tailed Nightjar
Scientific name: Hydropsalis cayennensis
English: White-tailed Nightjar
Dutch: Witstaartnachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Pihpë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Distribution
Common in the nortnern savanna area.
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Lesser Nighthawk
Scientific name: Chordeiles acutipennis
English: Lesser Nighthawk
Dutch: Texasnachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Kuhpe
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Distribution
Common in the nortnern savanna area.
Nacunda Nighthawk
Scientific name: Chordeiles nacunda
English: Nacunda Nighthawk
Dutch: Nacundanachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Makkatau
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae
Striped Owl
Scientific name: Pseudoscops clamator
English: Striped Owl
Dutch: Gestreepte Ransuil
Sranan: Owrukuku
Trio: Popopoimë
Wayana: Mïlo
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Black-banded Owl
Scientific name: Ciccaba huhula
Vern: Black-banded Owl (En) ; Zwartgestreepte Bosuil(Du)
Local: Peni-blaka Owrukuku (Sr)
Indig: Onpë (Tr)
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae