Birds
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
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
English: Black-banded Owl
Dutch: Zwartgestreepte Bosuil
Sranan: Peni-blaka Owrukuku
Trio: Onpë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
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