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
Caprimulgiformes
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
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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
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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.
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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