Brown Booby
Scientific name: Sula leucogaster
Vern: brown booby (En); bruine gent (Du)
Local:
Indig: tumahena (Tr); Uluma (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Distribution
Unknown in southern Suriname.
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Jabiru
Scientific name: Jabiru mycteria
English: Jabiru
Dutch: Jabiroe / Reuzenooievaar
Sranan: Blasman
Trio: Wara
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Ciconiiformes
Family: Ciconiidae
Distribution
Common in the estuarine zone, the rest of the coastal plain and the southern savanna area.
Marbled Wood-Quail
Scientific name: Odontophorus gujanensis
English: Marbled Wood-Quail
Dutch: Gemarmerde Tandkwartel
Sranan: Tok(o)ro
Trio: Tokoro
Wayana: Kului
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
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Crested Bobwhite
Scientific name: Colinus cristatus
English: Crested Bobwhite
Dutch: Kuifbobwhite
Sranan: Sabana-anamu
Trio: Tawakira
Wayana:
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Distribution
Common in the northern savanna area.
Black Curassow
Scientific name: Crax alector
Vern: black curassow (En); zwarte hokko (Du)
Local: powisi (Sr)
Indig: ooko (Tr); ëwok (Way)
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Variable Chachalaca
Scientific name: Ortalis motmot
English: Variable Chachalaca
Dutch: Kleine Chachalaca
Sranan: Wakago
Trio: Arahku
Wayana: Alakwa
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
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Marail Guan
Scientific name: Penelope marail
English: Marail Guan
Dutch: Marailsjakohoen
Sranan: Marai
Trio: Marasi
Wayana: Akawak / Malasi
Class: Birds
Order: Galliformes
Family: Cracidae
Muscovy Duck
Scientific name: Cairina moschata
English: Muscovy Duck
Dutch: Muskuseend / Barbarie Eend
Sranan: Busdoksi
Trio: Naponumë / Urumaimë
Wayana: Ulumaimë
Class: Birds
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Variegated Tinamou
Scientific name: Crypturellus variegatus
English: Variegated Tinamou
Dutch: Bonte Tinamoe
Sranan: Tigri-anamu / Redi-anamu
Trio: Sorosoroi
Wayana: Maipo
Class: Birds
Order: Tinamiformes
Family: Tinamidae
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Linnaeus’ Caecilian
Scientific name: Caecilia tentaculata
Vern: Linnaeus’ caecilian (En); blauwe Wormsalamander (Du)
Local:
Indig: mosokoroi
Class: Amphibians
Order: Gymnophiona
Family: Caeciliidae
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