Scientific name: Falco peregrinus
English: Peregrine Falcon
Dutch: Slechtvalk
Sranan: Aka / onti aka
Trio: Sawarena
Wayana: Heliyek
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname, common in the estuarine zone and the rest of the coastal plain.
Scientific name: Falco deiroleucus
English: Orange-breasted Falcon
Dutch: Bonte Slechtvalk
Sranan: Aka
Trio: Nerëikë
Wayana: Leleirë
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
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Scientific name: Falco rufigularis
Vern: bat falcon (En); vleermuisvalk (Du)
Local: fremusu-aka (Sr)
Indig: nereikë (Tr); lele ïkë / makuipiyan(Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Milvago chimachima
English: Yellow-headed Caracara
Dutch: Geelkopcaracara
Sranan: Tingifowru-aka
Trio: Tohkaka
Wayana: Kaukau
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
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Scientific name: Daptrius ater
Vern: black caracara (En); zwarte caracara (Du)
Local: gerfutu-busikaka(Sr)
Indig: sawataru (Tr); Kalau (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Scientific name: Ibycter americanus
English: Red-throated Caracara
Dutch: Roodkeelcaracara
Sranan: Gowtuman / Busikaka
Trio: Kakau
Wayana: Kalau
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
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Scientific name: Caracara cheriway
English: Crested Caracara
Dutch: Noordelijke Kuifcaracara
Sranan: Aka
Trio: Karaipï
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family:Falconidae
Scientific name: Micrastur semitorquatus
English: Collared Forest-Falcon
Dutch: Grote Bosvalk
Sranan: Aka
Trio: Tohkaka
Wayana: Kaukau
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
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Scientific name: Micrastur mirandollei
English: Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Dutch: Mirandolles Bosvalk
Sranan: Aka
Trio: Kaokane
Wayana: Wïlo
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
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Scientific name: Herpetotheres cachinnans
English: Laughing Falcon
Dutch: Lachvalk
Sranan: Alen-aka
Trio: Wiuikane / Winikane
Wayana: Kutkutuli
Class: Birds
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae