Birds
Crimson Topaz
Scientific name: Topaza pella
English: Crimson Topaz
Dutch: Topaaskolibrie
Sranan: Kownubri / Korke
Trio: Tukui taamiiren
Wayana: Tukui
Class: Birds
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Scientific name: Panyptila cayennensis
English: Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Dutch: Cayennegierzwaluw
Sranan:
Trio: Suruta
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Short-tailed Swift
Scientific name: Chaetura brachyura
English: Short-tailed Swift
Dutch: Kortstaartgierzwaluw
Sranan:
Trio: Siwiriwiri
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
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
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
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.
Blackish Nightjar
Scientific name: Nyctipolus nigrescens
English: Blackish Nightjar
Dutch: Roetnachtzwaluw
Sranan: Yorkafowru / Butabuta
Trio: Tukujunpë
Wayana: Oklai
Class: Birds
Order: Caprimulgiformes
Family: Caprimulgidae