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