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.
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.
Scientific name: Coccyzus melacoryphus
English: Dark-billed Cuckoo
Dutch: Kleine Mangrovekoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Nohkaikare
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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Scientific name: Piaya Melanogaster
English; Black-bellied Cuckoo
Dutch: Zwartbuikkoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Totori
Wayana: Sikare
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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Scientific name: Piaya cayana
English: Squirrel Cuckoo
Dutch: Eekhoornkoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Sikare
Wayana: Sikare
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Scientific name: Coccycua minuta
English: Little Cuckoo
Dutch: Kleine Eekhoornkoekoek
Sranan: Pikinpikan
Trio: Sikare
Wayana: Sikaleimë
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Opisthocomus hoazin
English: Hoatzin
Dutch: Hoatzin
Sranan: Hoatzin
Trio: Arahkaimë
Wayana: Akawakëimë
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Opisthocomidae
Scientific name: Claravis pretiosa
English: Blue Ground Dove
Dutch: Blauwe Grondduif
Sranan: Sabanadoifi
Trio: Arami
Wayana: Ïmiï
Class: Birds
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Scientific name: Columbina talpacoti
English: Ruddy Ground Dove
Dutch: Steenduif
Sranan: Stonka / Stondoifi
Trio: Oorë
Wayana: Ulukwe
Class: Birds
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Distribution
Common in the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Columbina minuta
English: Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Dutch: Dwergduif
Sranan: Kanerstonka / Kanerstondoifi
Trio: Oorë
Wayana: Ulukwe
Class: Birds
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
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