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GUYANA

Area (SqMi):83,011
# Species:809
# Excl Vagrants:802
# Endemics:0
# Near Endemics:19
Species/1000 SqMi:9.7

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicolaLC 
2Orinoco GooseOressochen jubataLCNT
3Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensisRR 
4Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusRR 
5Blue-throated Piping-GuanPipile cumanensisLC 
6Crestless CurassowMitu tomentosumLCNT
7Pavonine CuckooDromococcyx pavoninusRR 
8Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleriLC 
9Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minorLC 
10Least NighthawkChordeiles pusillusRR 
11Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatusLC 
12Roraiman NightjarSetopagis whitelyiNE 
13Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufusRR 
14Rufous PotooPhyllaemulor bracteatusLC 
15White-winged PotooNyctibius leucopterusLC 
16OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
17White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptusLC 
18Tepui SwiftStreptoprocne phelpsiRR 
19Crimson TopazTopaza pellaLC 
20Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumiiRR 
21Sooty-capped HermitPhaethornis augustiLC 
22Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannaeRR 
23Green-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus theresiaeLC 
24Green-throated MangoAnthracothorax viridigulaLC 
25Peacock CoquetteLophornis pavoninusNE 
26Velvet-browed BrilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonysRR 
27Rufous-breasted SabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrusRR 
28Versicolored EmeraldChrysuronia versicolorLC 
29Plain-bellied EmeraldChrysuronia leucogasterRR 
30Yellow-breasted CrakeHapalocrex flaviventerLC 
31Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
32Giant SnipeGallinago undulataLC 
33/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
34/Buff-breasted Sandpiper/Calidris subruficollis NT
35/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
36Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhoa V
37Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
38Agami HeronAgamia agami V
39Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
40Stripe-backed BitternIxobrychus involucrisLC 
41Sharp-tailed IbisCercibis oxycercaRR 
42Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsoniiLC 
43Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
44Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
45Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
46Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatusRR 
47Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoniRR 
48\Gray-bellied Hawk\Accipiter poliogaster NT
49Rufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialisLCNT
50Crested OwlLophostrix cristataLC 
51Amazonian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium hardyiLC 
52Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
53Stygian OwlAsio stygiusLC 
54Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisiiLC 
55Masked TrogonTrogon personatusRR 
56Brown JacamarBrachygalba lugubrisLC 
57Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficaudaLC 
58Tepui ToucanetAulacorhynchus whitelianusLC 
59Tawny-tufted ToucanetSelenidera nattereriRR 
60Toco ToucanRamphastos tocoLC 
61White-bellied PiculetPicumnus spilogasterRRV
62Arrowhead PiculetPicumnus minutissimusNE 
63Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
64Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiRR 
65Blood-colored WoodpeckerDryobates sanguineusRR 
66Ringed WoodpeckerCeleus torquatus NT
67Aplomado FalconFalco femoralisLC 
68Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucusLCNT
69/Peregrine Falcon/Falco peregrinusRR 
70Tepui ParrotletNannopsittaca panychloraRR 
71Festive ParrotAmazona festivaLC 
72Blue-cheeked ParrotAmazona dufresniana NT
73Sun ParakeetAratinga solstitialisNEEN
74Rufous-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis callinotaRR 
75Streak-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus insignisNE 
76Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalisRR 
77Brown-bellied StipplethroatEpinecrophylla gutturalis NT
78Guianan Streaked-AntwrenMyrmotherula surinamensis V
79Plain-winged AntwrenMyrmotherula behniLC 
80Rusty-winged AntwrenHerpsilochmus fraterRR 
81Willis's AntbirdCercomacroides laetaNE 
82Blackish AntbirdCercomacroides nigrescensRR 
83Rio Branco AntbirdCercomacra carbonariaNECR
84Roraiman AntbirdMyrmelastes saturataRR 
85Tepui AntpittaMyrmothera simplexNE 
86Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillusLC 
87Cinnamon-throated WoodcreeperDendrexetastes rufigulaLC 
88Chestnut-rumped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus pardalotusLC 
89Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetiiRR 
90Pale-legged HorneroFurnarius leucopusRR 
91Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematuraLC 
92Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleanerPhilydor pyrrhodesLC 
93White-throated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla roraimaeNE 
94Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosusLC 
95Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleanerAutomolus rufipileatusLC 
96Roraiman BarbtailRoraimia adustaNE 
97Rusty-backed SpinetailCranioleuca vulpinaRR 
98Tepui SpinetailCranioleuca demissaRR 
99McConnell's SpinetailSynallaxis macconnelliLC 
100Hoary-throated SpinetailSynallaxis kollariNECR
101Tiny Tyrant-ManakinTyranneutes virescensLC 
102Pale-bellied Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma pallescensRR 
103Orange-bellied ManakinLepidothrix suavissimaNE 
104Red-banded FruiteaterPipreola whitelyiRR 
105Guianan Red-CotingaPhoenicircus carnifexLC 
106Guianan Cock-of-the-rockRupicola rupicolaLC 
107Red-ruffed FruitcrowPyroderus scutatusRR 
108Amazonian UmbrellabirdCephalopterus ornatusLC 
109CapuchinbirdPerissocephalus tricolorLC 
110Purple-breasted CotingaCotinga cotingaLC 
111Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitorLC 
112White-naped XenopsarisXenopsaris albinuchaRR 
113Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridisRR 
114Olive-green TyrannuletPhylloscartes virescensRR 
115Black-fronted TyrannuletPhylloscartes nigrifronsNE 
116Chapman's Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus chapmaniRR 
117Double-banded Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus vitiosusRR 
118Boat-billed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus josephinaeRR 
119White-eyed Tody-TyrantHemitriccus zosteropsRR 
120Pelzeln's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus inornatusLC 
121Ruddy Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus russatusRR 
122Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
123Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveolaLC 
124Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisLCNT
125Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseicepsLC 
126Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleriLC 
127/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
128Blackish PeweeContopus nigrescensLC 
129Rufous-tailed TyrantKnipolegus poecilurusRR 
130Todd's SirystesSirystes subcanescensRR 
131Pale-bellied MournerRhytipterna immundaLC 
132Dusky-chested FlycatcherMyiozetetes luteiventrisRR 
133Tepui VireoVireo sclateriRR 
134Violaceous JayCyanocorax violaceusRR 
135White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisLC 
136Black-collared SwallowPygochelidon melanoleucaLC 
137Flutist WrenMicrocerculus ustulatusRR 
138Tepui WrenTroglodytes rufulusNE 
139Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenys EN
140Pantepui ThrushTurdus murinusNE 
141Golden-rumped EuphoniaChlorophonia cyanocephalaLC 
142Blue-naped ChlorophoniaChlorophonia cyaneaRR 
143Red SiskinSpinus cucullatusLCEN
144Tepui BrushfinchAtlapetes personatusNE 
145Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
146Velvet-fronted GrackleLampropsar tanagrinusRR 
147Golden-tufted GrackleMacroagelaius imthurniNE 
148/Blackpoll Warbler/Setophaga striata NT
149Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorusLC 
150Flavescent WarblerMyiothlypis flaveolaLC 
151Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataRR 
152Tepui RedstartMyioborus castaneocapillaNE 
153Olive-backed TanagerMitrospingus oleagineusNE 
154Yellow-green GrosbeakCaryothraustes canadensisLC 
155Red-and-black GrosbeakPeriporphyrus erythromelasLC 
156Magpie TanagerCissopis leverianusLC 
157Hooded TanagerNemosia pileataLC 
158Speckled TanagerIxothraupis guttataLC 
159Yellow-bellied TanagerIxothraupis xanthogastraRR 
160Black-headed TanagerStilpnia cyanopteraLC 
161Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolor NT
162Great-billed Seed-FinchSporophila maximilianiRREN
163Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americanaLC 
164Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisLC 
165Red-crested FinchCoryphospingus cucullatusLC 
166Sooty GrassquitAsemospiza fuliginosusRR 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic0
LCLocal74
NENear Endemic19
RRRestricted Range55

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened5
VVulnerable1
ENEndangered3
CRCritically Endangered2

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.