Cuculiformes

Striped Cuckoo

Scientific name: Tapera naevia
English: Striped Cuckoo
Dutch: Gestreepte Koekoek
Sranan: Kees
Trio: Suhkokoi
Wayana: Towalï

Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae

Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.

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Smooth-billed Ani

Scientific name: Crotophaga ani
English: Smooth-billed Ani
Dutch:Kleine Ani / Gladsnavel ani
Sranan: Kawfutuboi
Trio: Wïne
Wayana: Tuwatuwale

Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae

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Greater Ani

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.

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Mangrove Cuckoo

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.

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Little Cuckoo

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.

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Hoatzin

Scientific name: Opisthocomus hoazin
English: Hoatzin
Dutch: Hoatzin
Sranan: Hoatzin
Trio: Arahkaimë
Wayana: Akawakëimë

Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Opisthocomidae

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