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.
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.
Dark-billed Cuckoo
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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Black-bellied Cuckoo
Scientific name: Piaya Melanogaster
Vern: black-bellied Cuckoo (En) ; zwartbuikkoekoek(Du)
Local: pikan (Sr)
Indig: totori (Tr); sikare(Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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Squirrel Cuckoo
Scientific name: Piaya cayana
English: Squirrel Cuckoo
Dutch: Eekhoornkoekoek
Sranan: Pikan
Trio: Sikare
Wayana: Sikare
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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.
Hoatzin
Scientific name: Opisthocomus hoazin
English: Hoatzin
Dutch: Hoatzin
Sranan: Hoatzin
Trio: Arahkaimë
Wayana: Akawakëimë
Class: Birds
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Opisthocomidae
Blue Ground Dove
Scientific name: Claravis pretiosa
Vern: blue ground dove (En) ; blauwe grondduif (Du)
Local: sabanadoifi (Sr)
Indig: arami (Tr); ïmiï (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Ruddy Ground Dove
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.