Birds
Turkey Vulture
Scientific name: Cathartes aura
English: Turkey Vulture
Dutch: Roodkopgier / Kalkoengier
Sranan: Redi-ede Tingifowru
Trio: Wajaka
Wayana: Alankwan / Awïla
Class: Birds
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Green Ibis
English: Green Ibis
Dutch: Groene Ibis
Sranan: Korokoro
Trio: Kurukë
Wayana: Toko(toko)
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Scarlet Ibis
Scientific name: Eudocimus ruber
English: Scarlet Ibis
Dutch: Rode Ibis
Sranan: Korikori / Flamingo
Trio: Kurukë
Wayana: Takpilem Toko
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
Boat-billed Heron
Scientific name: Cochlearius cochlearius
English: Boat-billed Heron
Dutch: Schuitbekreiger
Sranan: Arapapa
Trio: Warapahpa
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Capped Heron
Scientific name: Pilherodius pileatus
English: Capped Heron
Dutch: Kapreiger
Sranan: Sabaku
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana: Tuna aklo
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Great Egret
Scientific name: Ardea alba
English: Great Egret
Dutch: Grote Zilverreiger
Sranan: Galin / Sabaku
Trio: Wara Ineku Apihpë
Wayana: Warala / Wakalaimë
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.
Cocoi Heron
Scientific name: Ardea cocoi
English: Cocoi Heron
Dutch: Sokoireiger
Sranan: Kumawari
Trio: Wara Ineku Apihpë
Wayana: Tuna aklo / Makwali / Mapaiwale
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Striated Heron
Scientific name: Butorides striata
English: Striated Heron
Dutch: Mangrovereiger
Sranan: Tyontyon
Trio: Sokoto
Wayana: Tolï
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Scientific name: Nyctanassa violacea
English: Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Dutch: Geelkruinkwak
Sranan: Dikkop
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Scientific name: Nycticorax nycticorax
English: Black-crowned Night-Heron
Dutch: Kwak
Sranan: Dikkop
Trio: Kurairuimë
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.