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Birds of Suriname

From the great kiskadee in every Paramaribo garden to harpy eagles and cock-of-the-rocks deep in the interior.

873 species · 849 profiles

Groups

Parrots & macaws36 speciesToucans, woodpeckers & jacamars49 speciesHummingbirds & swifts59 speciesBirds of prey & vultures55 speciesOwls17 speciesHerons, ibises & storks33 speciesShorebirds, gulls & terns70 speciesSeabirds & cormorants15 speciesDucks & screamers12 speciesRails, limpkin & sunbittern19 speciesGuans, curassows & quails14 speciesTinamous12 speciesPigeons & doves15 speciesCuckoos, anis & hoatzin13 speciesNightjars, potoos & oilbird19 speciesKingfishers, motmots & trogons14 speciesSongbirds & other perching birds419 speciesOther birds2 species

Most observed in Suriname

Great KiskadeeGreat KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusgrikibiSilver-beaked TanagerSilver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carboPale-breasted ThrushPale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelasSmooth-billed AniSmooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniTropical KingbirdTropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusBlue-gray TanagerBlue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopusblawtyiPied Water-TyrantPied Water-TyrantFluvicola picaTropical MockingbirdTropical MockingbirdMimus gilvusBlack VultureBlack VultureCoragyps atratusRuddy Ground DoveRuddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacotiWhite-winged SwallowWhite-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventerSnail KiteSnail KiteRostrhamus sociabilisWing-barred SeedeaterWing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americanaStriated HeronStriated HeronButorides striataGreater Yellow-headed VultureGreater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotusWattled JacanaWattled JacanaJacana jacanaGreen-tailed JacamarGreen-tailed JacamarGalbula galbulaGray-winged TrumpeterGray-winged TrumpeterPsophia crepitanskami-kamiPalm TanagerPalm TanagerThraupis palmarumOrange-winged AmazonOrange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonicaSnowy EgretSnowy EgretEgretta thulaLittle Blue HeronLittle Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaLineated WoodpeckerLineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusGreat Black HawkGreat Black HawkButeogallus urubitingaBlack-necked AracariBlack-necked AracariPteroglossus aracariGreen-backed TrogonGreen-backed TrogonTrogon viridisRoadside HawkRoadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisGray-breasted MartinGray-breasted MartinProgne chalybeaChannel-billed ToucanChannel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinusScarlet IbisScarlet IbisEudocimus ruberOspreyOspreyPandion haliaetusRinged KingfisherRinged KingfisherMegaceryle torquataRusty-margined FlycatcherRusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensisYellow-rumped CaciqueYellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus celaTricolored HeronTricolored HeronEgretta tricolorBlack-collared HawkBlack-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollisSwallow-winged PuffbirdSwallow-winged PuffbirdChelidoptera tenebrosaFork-tailed WoodnymphFork-tailed WoodnymphThalurania furcataBlue-and-yellow MacawBlue-and-yellow MacawAra araraunaAmazon KingfisherAmazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazonaWhite-throated ToucanWhite-throated ToucanRamphastos tucanusBlack NunbirdBlack NunbirdMonasa atraSpotted SandpiperSpotted SandpiperActitis maculariusPlumbeous KitePlumbeous KiteIctinia plumbeaSouthern House WrenSouthern House WrenTroglodytes musculusgadofowruCrested OropendolaCrested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanusSwallow-tailed KiteSwallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusRufous Crab HawkRufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialis