| Guyana Amazon Tropical Birds Society | |||||
| A Field Checklist of the Birds at Sloth Island Resort - Update Feb 2011 | |||||
| By: Gajendra Nauth Narine (Andy) founder of G.A.T.B.S and other members | |||||
| No.Checklist of Guyana | Location: | Guiana's | Date | ||
| Name: Sloth Island - Essequibo River | Tepui | Time | |||
| Wetland | Weather | ||||
| G.P.S Coordinates: | IBAs | ||||
| Migrant | GPS | ||||
| English Name | Scientific Name | Abu. Code | |||
| 1 | Tinamous | Tinamidae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ID | |
| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | |||
| 2 | Cinerous Tinamou | Crypturellus cinereus | |||
| 2 | Curassows, Guans | Cracidae | No. Sub Family - 3 | ||
| 3 | Little Chachalaca | Ortalis motmot | |||
| 4 | Spix's Guan | Penelope granti | |||
| 5 | Black Curassow | Crax alector | IBAs | ||
| 3 | Cormorants | Phalacrocoracidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 6 | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |||
| 4 | Anhingas | Anhingidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 7 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |||
| 5 | Herons | Ardeidae | No. Sub Family - 8 | ||
| 8 | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |||
| 9 | Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |||
| 10 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |||
| 11 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | M | ||
| 12 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | M | ||
| 13 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta cearulea | |||
| 14 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |||
| 15 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |||
| 6 | Ibises | Threskiornithidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 16 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | IBAs | ||
| 7 | Vultures | Catharidae | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 17 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |||
| 18 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |||
| 19 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |||
| 20 | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |||
| 8 | Osprey | Pandionidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 21 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | M | ||
| 9 | Hawks, Eagles | Accipitridae | No. Sub Family - 5 | ||
| 22 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | M | ||
| 23 | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | M | ||
| 24 | Gray Hawk | Asturina nitida | |||
| 25 | Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |||
| 26 | Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |||
| 10 | Falcons, Caracaras | Falconidae | No. Sub Family - 5 | ||
| 27 | Black Caracara | Daptrius ater | |||
| 28 | Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus | |||
| 29 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | |||
| 30 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |||
| 31 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |||
| 11 | Rails | Rallidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 32 | Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea | |||
| 12 | Sunbitterns | Eurypygidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 33 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | |||
| 13 | Sandpipers | Scolopacidae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 34 | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | M | ||
| 35 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | M | ||
| 14 | Gulls, Terns | Laridae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 36 | Yellow-billed Tern | Sterna superciliaris | M/IBAs | ||
| 37 | Large- billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | M | ||
| 15 | Pigeons, Doves | Columbidae | No. Sub Family - 6 | ||
| 38 | Scaled Pigeon | Patagionenas specious | |||
| 39 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagionenas subvinacea | |||
| 40 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagionenas cayennensis | |||
| 41 | Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagionenas plumbea | |||
| 42 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |||
| 43 | White -tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |||
| 16 | Parrots | Psittacidae | No. Sub Family - 12 | ||
| 44 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Aratinga pertinax | |||
| 45 | Red -bellied Macaw | Orthopsittaca manilata | |||
| 46 | Red-shouldered Macaw | Diopsittaca nobillis | GUI | ||
| 47 | Red- and- Green Macaw | Ara chloropterus | |||
| 48 | Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | |||
| 49 | Golden-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris chrysoptera | |||
| 50 | Black-headed Parrot | Pionites melanocephalus | IBAs | ||
| 51 | Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |||
| 52 | Dusky Parrot | Pionus fuscus | |||
| 53 | Orange -winged Parrot | Amazona amazonica | |||
| 54 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | |||
| 55 | Red- fan Parrot | Deroptyus accipitrinus | |||
| 17 | Cuckoos | Cuculidae | No. Sub Family - 3 | ||
| 56 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |||
| 57 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |||
| 58 | Smoothed-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |||
| 18 | Typical Owls | Strigidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 59 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | |||
| 19 | Nighthawks, Nightjar | Caprimulgidae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 60 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |||
| 61 | Ladder-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca | |||
| 20 | Swifts | Apodidae | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 62 | Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | |||
| 63 | Band-rumped Swift | Caetura spinicauda | |||
| 64 | Gray-Rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | |||
| 65 | Fork-Tailed Palm-Swift | Tachornis squamata | |||
| 21 | Hummingbirds | Trochilidae | No. Sub Family - 14 | ||
| 66 | Long-tailed Hermit | Phaethornis supercilliosus | |||
| 67 | Reddish Hermit | Phaethornis ruber | |||
| 68 | Gray-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus laripennis | |||
| 69 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |||
| 70 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | |||
| 71 | Blue-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes notata | |||
| 72 | Blue - tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | |||
| 73 | Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | |||
| 74 | Rufous-throated Sapphire | Hylocharis sapphirina | |||
| 75 | White-chinned Sapphire | Hylocharis cyanus | |||
| 76 | White - chested Emerald | Amazilia chionopectus | |||
| 77 | Glitering - throated Emerald | Amazilia fimbriata | |||
| 78 | Black - eared Fairy | Heliothryx auritus | |||
| 79 | Crimson Topaz | Topaza pella | |||
| 22 | Trogons | Trogonidae | No. Sub Family - 3 | ||
| 80 | White - tailed Trogon | Trogon viridis | |||
| 81 | Violaceous Trogon | Trogon violaceus | |||
| 82 | Black- throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | |||
| 23 | Kingfishers | Alcedinidae | No. Sub Family - 3 | ||
| 83 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryly torquata | |||
| 84 | Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | |||
| 85 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |||
| 24 | Jacamars | Galbulidae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 86 | Green-tailed Jacamar | Galbula galbula | |||
| 87 | Paradise Jacamar | Galbula dea | |||
| 25 | Puffbirds | Puffbirds | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 88 | White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus macrorhynchos | IBAs | ||
| 89 | Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus | |||
| 90 | Black Nunbird | Monasa atra | GUI/IBAs | ||
| 91 | Swallow-wing Puff Bird | Chelidoptera tenebrosa | |||
| 26 | Toucans | Ramphastidae | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 92 | Green Aracari | Pteroglossus viridis | GUI/IBAs | ||
| 93 | Black - necked Aracari | Pteroglossus aracari | |||
| 94 | Channel - billed Toucan | Ramphastos vitellinus | |||
| 95 | R ed-billed Toucan | Ramphastos tucanus | GUI | ||
| 27 | Woodpeckers | Picidae | No. Sub Family - 6 | ||
| 96 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |||
| 97 | Yellow-tufted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cruentatus | |||
| 98 | Cream-colored Woodpecker | Celeus flavus | |||
| 99 | Ringed Woodpecker | Celeus torquatus | |||
| 100 | Red-necked Woodpecker | Campephilus rubricollis | |||
| 101 | Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | |||
| 28 | Woodcreepers | Dendrocolaptidae | No. Sub Family - 6 | ||
| 102 | Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | |||
| 103 | Striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus obsoletus | |||
| 104 | Buff-throated Woodcreeper | Xiphorpynchus guttatus | |||
| 105 | Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorynchus spirurus | |||
| 106 | Strong-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus | |||
| 107 | Curve-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus procurvoides | |||
| 29 | Typical Antbirds | Thamnophilidae | No. Sub Family - 12 | ||
| 108 | Mouse-colored Antshrike | Thamnophilus cayennensis | |||
| 109 | Eastern Slaty-Antshrike | Thamnophilus punctatus | |||
| 110 | Cinereous Antshrike | Thamnomanes caesius | |||
| 111 | Dusky-throated Antshrike | Thamnomanes ardesiacus | |||
| 112 | Guianan Streaked Antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis | GUI | ||
| 113 | Brown-bellied Antwren | Myromotherula gutturalis | GUI/IBAs | ||
| 114 | Long-winged Antwren | Myromotherula longipennis | |||
| 115 | Plain-winged Antwren | Myromotherula behni | |||
| 116 | Gray Antwren | Myromotherula menetriesii | |||
| 117 | Grey Antbird | Cercomacra cinerascens | |||
| 118 | Silvered Antbird | Sclateria naevia | |||
| 119 | Dusky Antbird | Cercomacra saturiatior | |||
| 30 | Tyrant Flycatchers | Tyrannidae | No. Sub Family - 22 | ||
| 120 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |||
| 121 | Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Phaeomyias murina | |||
| 122 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capseimpis flaveola | |||
| 123 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | |||
| 124 | Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant | Atalotriccus griseiceps | |||
| 125 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |||
| 126 | Yellow-margined Flycatcher | Tolmomyias assimilis | |||
| 127 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |||
| 128 | Dusky-chested Flycatcher | Myiozetetes luteiventris | |||
| 129 | Grey-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis | |||
| 130 | Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |||
| 131 | Yellow-throated Flycatcher | Conopias parvus | IBAs | ||
| 132 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |||
| 133 | Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |||
| 134 | Sulphury Flycatcher | Tyrannopsis sulphurea | |||
| 135 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |||
| 136 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |||
| 137 | Lesser Kiskadee | Philohydor lictor | |||
| 138 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |||
| 139 | White-throated Kingbird | Tyrannus albogularis | |||
| 140 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |||
| 141 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | M | ||
| 31 | Mourners, Becards, Tityras | Incertae Sedis | No. Sub Family - 3 | ||
| 142 | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | |||
| 143 | Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana | |||
| 144 | Cinnamon Attila | Attilla cinnamomeus | |||
| 32 | Manakins | Pipridae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 145 | White-crowned Manakin | Dixiphia pipra | |||
| 146 | Golden-headed Manakin | Pipra erythrocephala | |||
| 33 | Vireos | Vireonidae | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 147 | Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |||
| 148 | Ashy-headed Greenlet | Hylophilus pectoralis | |||
| 149 | Lemon-chested Greenlet | Hylophilus thoracicus | |||
| 150 | Buff-cheeked Greenlet | Hylophilus muscicapinus | |||
| 34 | Jays | Corvidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 151 | Cayenne Jay | Cyanocorax cayanus | |||
| 35 | Swallows | Hirundinidae | No. Sub Family - 4 | ||
| 152 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |||
| 153 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |||
| 154 | White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | |||
| 155 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |||
| 36 | Wrens | Troglodytidae | No. Sub Family -3 | ||
| 156 | Coraya Wren | Thryothorus coraya ridgwayi | |||
| 157 | Buff-breasted Wren | Thryothorus leucotis albipectus | |||
| 158 | Southern House-Wren | Troglodytes musculus tobagensis | |||
| 37 | Thrushes | Turdidae | No. Sub Family -1 | ||
| 159 | Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas | |||
| 38 | Mockingbirds | Mimidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 160 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus melanopterus | |||
| 39 | Tanagers | Tharupidae | No. Sub Family - 14 | ||
| 161 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | |||
| 162 | Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |||
| 163 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus nesophilus | |||
| 164 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |||
| 165 | Turquiose Tanager | Tanagra mexicana lateralis | |||
| 166 | Bay-headed Tanager | Tanagra gyrola | |||
| 167 | Burnished-buff Tanager | Tanagra cayana | |||
| 168 | Yellow-bellied Tanager | Tanagra phelpsi | |||
| 169 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | |||
| 170 | Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | |||
| 171 | Short-billed Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes nitidus | |||
| 172 | Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | |||
| 173 | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus dispar | |||
| 174 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |||
| 40 | Emberizine Finches | Emberizidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 175 | Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | |||
| 41 | Grosbeaks, Saltators | Cardinalidae | No. Sub Family - 2 | ||
| 176 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |||
| 177 | Greyish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | |||
| 42 | Wood Warblers | Parulidae | No. Sub Family - 1 | ||
| 178 | Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia morcomi | |||
| 43 | New World Blackbirds | Icteridae | No. Sub Family - 8 | ||
| 179 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |||
| 180 | Giant Cowbird | Scaphidura oryzivora | |||
| 181 | Moriche Oriole | Icterus chrysocephalus | |||
| 182 | Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis | |||
| 183 | Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | |||
| 184 | Red-rumped Cacique | Cacicus haemorrhous | |||
| 185 | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | |||
| 186 | Green Oropendola | Psarocolius viridis | |||
| 44 | Cardueline Finches | Fringillidae | No. Sub Family -2 | ||
| 187 | Plumbeous Euphonia | Euphonia plumbea | GUI/IBAs | ||
| 188 | Violaceous Euphonia | Euphonia violacea | |||
| LEGEND | |||||
| Guiana's (GUI) | Species endemic to the Guiana Sheild | ||||
| Tepui (TEP) | Specieis endemic to the Tepuis | ||||
| Wetland | Species inhabits marine and freshwater | ||||
| IBAs | Species that qualify under international criteria for Important Bird Areas | ||||
| Migrant | North Amerincian winter Migrants | ||||
| Abu. Code | Population presence | ||||
| Highlights | Highlight Species for the Resort (Make posters with these birds | ||||
| No. Sub Family | Number of specie in sub family | ||||