GUYANA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
NEOTROPICS
GUYANA
| Area (SqMi): | 83,011 |
| # Species: | 806 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 798 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 40 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 9.6 |
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. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | NT | |
| 2 | Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis sylvicola | RR | |
| 3 | Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubata | LC | NT |
| 4 | Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis | RR | |
| 5 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | RR | |
| 6 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | RR | |
| 7 | Marail Guan | Penelope marail | NE | |
| 8 | Blue-throated Piping-Guan | Pipile cumanensis | LC | |
| 9 | Crestless Curassow | Mitu tomentosum | LC | NT |
| 10 | Black Curassow | Crax alector | V | |
| 11 | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis | NT | |
| 12 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | V | |
| 13 | Pavonine Cuckoo | Dromococcyx pavoninus | RR | |
| 14 | Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus rufipennis | NE | |
| 15 | Pearly-breasted Cuckoo | Coccyzus euleri | LC | |
| 16 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | LC | |
| 17 | Least Nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus | RR | |
| 18 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | LC | |
| 19 | Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga | RR | |
| 20 | Roraiman Nightjar | Setopagis whitelyi | NE | |
| 21 | Ladder-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca | RR | |
| 22 | Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus | RR | |
| 23 | White-winged Potoo | Nyctibius leucopterus | LC | |
| 24 | Rufous Potoo | Nyctibius bracteatus | LC | |
| 25 | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | LC | |
| 26 | White-chinned Swift | Cypseloides cryptus | LC | |
| 27 | Tepui Swift | Streptoprocne phelpsi | NE | |
| 28 | Chapman's Swift | Chaetura chapmani | RR | |
| 29 | Crimson Topaz | Topaza pella | LC | |
| 30 | Streak-throated Hermit | Phaethornis rupurumii | RR | |
| 31 | Little Hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus | RR | |
| 32 | Blue-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera johannae | RR | |
| 33 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | RR | |
| 34 | Green-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | LC | |
| 35 | Fiery-tailed Awlbill | Avocettula recurvirostris | RR | |
| 36 | Green-throated Mango | Anthracothorax viridigula | LC | |
| 37 | Peacock Coquette | Lophornis pavoninus | NE | |
| 38 | Velvet-browed Brilliant | Heliodoxa xanthogonys | NE | |
| 39 | Rufous-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus hyperythrus | NE | |
| 40 | Plain-bellied Emerald | Amazilia leucogaster | RR | |
| 41 | Versicolored Emerald | Amazilia versicolor | LC | |
| 42 | Ash-throated Crake | Mustelirallus albicollis | RR | |
| 43 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | RR | |
| 44 | Gray-winged Trumpeter | Psophia crepitans | NT | |
| 45 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | RR | |
| 46 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | NT | |
| 47 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | NT | |
| 48 | Giant Snipe | Gallinago undulata | RR | |
| 49 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
| 50 | Zigzag Heron | Zebrilus undulatus | NT | |
| 51 | Stripe-backed Bittern | Ixobrychus involucris | LC | |
| 52 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | V | |
| 53 | Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber | RR | |
| 54 | Sharp-tailed Ibis | Cercibis oxycerca | RR | |
| 55 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | RR | |
| 56 | Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | LC | |
| 57 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT | |
| 58 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | NT | |
| 59 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
| 60 | Slender-billed Kite | Helicolestes hamatus | RR | |
| 61 | Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | RR | |
| 62 | Gray-bellied Hawk | Accipiter poliogaster | NT | |
| 63 | Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | RR | |
| 64 | Rufous Crab Hawk | Buteogallus aequinoctialis | LC | NT |
| 65 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | RR | |
| 66 | Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | LC | |
| 67 | Amazonian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium hardyi | LC | |
| 68 | Mottled Owl | Ciccaba virgata | RR | |
| 69 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
| 70 | Stygian Owl | Asio stygius | LC | |
| 71 | Buff-fronted Owl | Aegolius harrisii | LC | |
| 72 | Masked Trogon | Trogon personatus | RR | |
| 73 | Brown Jacamar | Brachygalba lugubris | LC | |
| 74 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | LC | |
| 75 | Tepui Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus whitelianus | LC | |
| 76 | Tawny-tufted Toucanet | Selenidera nattereri | RR | |
| 77 | Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco | LC | |
| 78 | White-throated Toucan | Ramphastos tucanus | V | |
| 79 | Channel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos vitellinus | V | |
| 80 | White-bellied Piculet | Picumnus spilogaster | RR | V |
| 81 | Guianan Piculet (Arrowhead Piculet) | Picumnus minutissimus | NE | NT |
| 82 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | RR | |
| 83 | Red-rumped Woodpecker | Dryobates kirkii | RR | |
| 84 | Golden-collared Woodpecker | Dryobates cassini | RR | |
| 85 | Blood-colored Woodpecker | Dryobates sanguineus | NE | |
| 86 | Ringed Woodpecker | Celeus torquatus | NT | |
| 87 | Golden-green Woodpecker | Piculus chrysochloros | RR | |
| 88 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | LC | |
| 89 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | LC | NT |
| 90 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | RR | |
| 91 | Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet | Touit huetii | V | |
| 92 | Tepui Parrotlet | Nannopsittaca panychlora | NE | |
| 93 | Caica Parrot | Pyrilia caica | NT | |
| 94 | Festive Parrot | Amazona festiva | LC | NT |
| 95 | Blue-cheeked Parrot | Amazona dufresniana | NT | |
| 96 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | NT | |
| 97 | Fiery-shouldered Parakeet | Pyrrhura egregia | NE | |
| 98 | Sun Parakeet | Aratinga solstitialis | RR | EN |
| 99 | Rufous-rumped Antwren | Euchrepomis callinota | RR | |
| 100 | Band-tailed Antshrike | Thamnophilus melanothorax | NE | |
| 101 | Streak-backed Antshrike | Thamnophilus insignis | NE | |
| 102 | Spot-winged Antshrike | Pygiptila stellaris | RR | |
| 103 | Brown-bellied Antwren | Epinecrophylla gutturalis | NT | |
| 104 | Guianan Streaked-Antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis | V | |
| 105 | Plain-winged Antwren | Myrmotherula behni | LC | |
| 106 | Spot-tailed Antwren | Herpsilochmus sticturus | NE | |
| 107 | Todd's Antwren | Herpsilochmus stictocephalus | NE | |
| 108 | Roraiman Antwren | Herpsilochmus roraimae | NE | |
| 109 | Rufous-winged Antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus | RR | |
| 110 | Guianan Warbling-Antbird | Hypocnemis cantator | NE | NT |
| 111 | Willis's Antbird | Cercomacroides laeta | NE | |
| 112 | Blackish Antbird | Cercomacroides nigrescens | RR | |
| 113 | Rio Branco Antbird | Cercomacra carbonaria | NE | CR |
| 114 | Black-headed Antbird | Percnostola rufifrons | RR | |
| 115 | Roraiman Antbird | Myrmelastes saturata | NE | |
| 116 | Wing-banded Antbird | Myrmornis torquata | NT | |
| 117 | Variegated Antpitta | Grallaria varia | RR | |
| 118 | Tepui Antpitta | Myrmothera simplex | NE | |
| 119 | Short-tailed Antthrush | Chamaeza campanisona | RR | |
| 120 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | LC | |
| 121 | Long-tailed Woodcreeper | Deconychura longicauda | NT | |
| 122 | Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper | Dendrexetastes rufigula | LC | |
| 123 | Strong-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus | RR | |
| 124 | Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus pardalotus | LC | |
| 125 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | RR | |
| 126 | Slender-billed Xenops | Xenops tenuirostris | RR | |
| 127 | Pale-legged Hornero | Furnarius leucopus | RR | |
| 128 | Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura | LC | |
| 129 | Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner | Philydor pyrrhodes | LC | |
| 130 | Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia ruficaudata | RR | |
| 131 | White-throated Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla roraimae | NE | |
| 132 | Ruddy Foliage-gleaner | Clibanornis rubiginosus | LC | |
| 133 | Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner | Automolus rufipileatus | LC | |
| 134 | Roraiman Barbtail | Roraimia adusta | NE | |
| 135 | Tepui Spinetail | Cranioleuca demissa | NE | |
| 136 | McConnell's Spinetail | Synallaxis macconnelli | LC | |
| 137 | Hoary-throated Spinetail | Synallaxis kollari | NE | CR |
| 138 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | LC | |
| 139 | Bearded Tachuri | Polystictus pectoralis | LC | NT |
| 140 | Gray Elaenia | Myiopagis caniceps | LC | |
| 141 | Rufous-crowned Elaenia | Elaenia ruficeps | RR | |
| 142 | Sierran Elaenia | Elaenia pallatangae | RR | |
| 143 | Chapman's Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes chapmani | NE | |
| 144 | Olive-green Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes virescens | NE | |
| 145 | Black-fronted Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes nigrifrons | NE | |
| 146 | Sooty-headed Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias griseiceps | LC | |
| 147 | Guianan Tyrannulet | Zimmerius acer | NE | |
| 148 | Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | RR | |
| 149 | Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | RR | |
| 150 | Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus josephinae | RR | |
| 151 | White-eyed Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus zosterops | RR | |
| 152 | Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus russatus | RR | |
| 153 | Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant (Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher) | Poecilotriccus sylvia | RR | |
| 154 | Spotted Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum maculatum | RR | |
| 155 | White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | RR | |
| 156 | Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | LC | |
| 157 | Roraiman Flycatcher | Myiophobus roraimae | RR | |
| 158 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | RR | |
| 159 | Euler's Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | LC | |
| 160 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 161 | Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus | RR | |
| 162 | Blackish Pewee | Contopus nigrescens | LC | |
| 163 | Rufous-tailed Tyrant | Knipolegus poecilurus | RR | |
| 164 | Amazonian Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus poecilocercus | RR | |
| 165 | Drab Water Tyrant | Ochthornis littoralis | RR | |
| 166 | Todd's Sirystes | Sirystes subcanescens | RR | |
| 167 | Pale-bellied Mourner | Rhytipterna immunda | LC | |
| 168 | Dusky-chested Flycatcher | Myiozetetes luteiventris | RR | |
| 169 | Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | RR | |
| 170 | Red-banded Fruiteater | Pipreola whitelyi | RR | |
| 171 | Guianan Red-Cotinga | Phoenicircus carnifex | LC | |
| 172 | Guianan Cock-of-the-rock | Rupicola rupicola | LC | |
| 173 | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | Pyroderus scutatus | RR | |
| 174 | Amazonian Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus ornatus | LC | |
| 175 | Capuchinbird | Perissocephalus tricolor | LC | |
| 176 | Rose-collared Piha | Lipaugus streptophorus | RR | |
| 177 | Bearded Bellbird | Procnias averano | RR | |
| 178 | Tiny Tyrant-Manakin | Tyranneutes virescens | LC | |
| 179 | Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma pallescens | NE | |
| 180 | Olive Manakin | Xenopipo uniformis | RR | |
| 181 | Orange-bellied Manakin | Lepidothrix suavissima | RR | |
| 182 | White-fronted Manakin | Lepidothrix serena | NE | |
| 183 | Crimson-hooded Manakin | Pipra aureola | RR | |
| 184 | Scarlet-horned Manakin | Ceratopipra cornuta | RR | |
| 185 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | LC | |
| 186 | Olivaceous Schiffornis | Schiffornis olivacea | NE | |
| 187 | Dusky Purpletuft | Iodopleura fusca | RR | |
| 188 | White-naped Xenopsaris | Xenopsaris albinucha | RR | |
| 189 | Green-backed Becard | Pachyramphus viridis | RR | |
| 190 | Tepui Vireo | Vireo sclateri | NE | |
| 191 | Violaceous Jay | Cyanocorax violaceus | RR | |
| 192 | Black-collared Swallow | Pygochelidon melanoleuca | LC | |
| 193 | White-thighed Swallow | Atticora tibialis | LC | |
| 194 | Flutist Wren | Microcerculus ustulatus | NE | |
| 195 | Tepui Wren | Troglodytes rufulus | NE | |
| 196 | Sedge Wren | Cistothorus platensis | RR | |
| 197 | Guianan Gnatcatcher | Polioptila guianensis | RR | |
| 198 | Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | NT | |
| 199 | Rufous-brown Solitaire | Cichlopsis leucogenys | RR | |
| 200 | Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes | RR | |
| 201 | Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | LC | |
| 202 | Black-hooded Thrush | Turdus olivater | RR | |
| 203 | Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea | RR | |
| 204 | Golden-rumped Euphonia | Euphonia cyanocephala | LC | |
| 205 | Red Siskin | Spinus cucullatus | LC | EN |
| 206 | Hooded Siskin | Spinus magellanicus | RR | |
| 207 | Tepui Brushfinch | Atlapetes personatus | NE | |
| 208 | Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris | RR | |
| 209 | Epaulet Oriole | Icterus cayanensis | RR | |
| 210 | Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis | RR | |
| 211 | Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | RR | |
| 212 | Velvet-fronted Grackle | Lampropsar tanagrinus | RR | |
| 213 | Golden-tufted Grackle | Macroagelaius imthurni | NE | |
| 214 | Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus | RR | |
| 215 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | LC | |
| 216 | Flavescent Warbler | Myiothlypis flaveola | LC | |
| 217 | Two-banded Warbler | Myiothlypis bivittata | RR | |
| 218 | Tepui Redstart | Myioborus castaneocapilla | NE | |
| 219 | Olive-backed Tanager | Mitrospingus oleagineus | NE | |
| 220 | Yellow-green Grosbeak | Caryothraustes canadensis | LC | |
| 221 | Red-and-black Grosbeak | Periporphyrus erythromelas | LC | NT |
| 222 | Magpie Tanager | Cissopis leverianus | LC | |
| 223 | Hooded Tanager | Nemosia pileata | LC | |
| 224 | Blue-backed Tanager | Cyanicterus cyanicterus | NE | |
| 225 | Dotted Tanager | Ixothraupis varia | RR | |
| 226 | Speckled Tanager | Ixothraupis guttata | LC | |
| 227 | Yellow-bellied Tanager | Ixothraupis xanthogastra | RR | |
| 228 | Black-headed Tanager | Tangara cyanoptera | LC | |
| 229 | Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor | RR | NT |
| 230 | Slaty Finch | Spodiornis rustica | LC | |
| 231 | Great-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila maximiliani | RR | V |
| 232 | Large-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila crassirostris | RR | |
| 233 | Wing-barred Seedeater | Sporophila americana | LC | |
| 234 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | LC | |
| 235 | Red-crested Finch | Coryphospingus cucullatus | LC |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through September 2014 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.
OTHER COUNTRIES
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| E | Endemic |
| LC | Local |
| NE | Near Endemic |
| RR | Range Restricted |
STATUS CODES
| NT | Near Threatened |
| V | Vulnerable |
| EN | Endangered |
| CR | Critically Endangered |