Mottled Owl
Scientific name: Ciccaba virgata
English: Mottled Owl
Dutch: Bonte Bosuil
Sranan: Owrukuku
Trio: Minnë pirëtëtë
Wayana: Kulëu
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Great Horned Owl
Scientific name: Bubo virginianus
English: Great Horned Owl
Dutch: Amerikaanse Oehoe
Sranan: Owrukuku (Granman)
Trio: Sowe
Wayana: Pehpe
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Distribution
Uncommon in the estuarine zone and the southern savanna area.
Spectacled Owl
Scientific name: Pulsatrix perspicillata
English: Spectacled Owl
Dutch: Briluil
Sranan; Krabu-owrukuku
Trio: Susuku / Onpï
Wayana: Kulëu / Pehpe
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Crested Owl
Scientific name: Lophostrix cristata
English: Crested Owl
Dutch: Kuifuil
Sranan: Owrukuku
Trio: Murouri
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Tropical Screech-Owl
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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Barn Owl
Scientific name: Tyto alba
Vern: barn owl (En); kerkuil (Du)
Local: puspusi-owrukuku (Sr)
Indig: maakame / maakane (Tr); miutpë (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
Striped Cuckoo
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.
Smooth-billed Ani
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
Greater Ani
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.
Mangrove Cuckoo
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.