List of Birds of Guyana

List Of Birds Of Guyana

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Guyana. The avifauna of Guyana includes a total of 796 species, of which 1 is endemic and 94 are rare or accidental. 3 species listed are extirpated in Guyana and are not included in the species count.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Accidental species are included in the total species counts for Guyana.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Guyana.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to Guyana.
  • (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer occurs in Guyana although populations exist elsewhere.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Tinamous . Grebes . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Screamers . Ducks, Geese and Swans . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Guans, Chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Hoatzin . Limpkins . Trumpeters . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Sungrebe and Finfoots . Sunbittern . Jacanas . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Oilbird . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Jacamars . Puffbirds . Barbets . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes . Antpittas . Gnateaters . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Vireos . New World warblers . Tanagers . Buntings, Sparrows, and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Guyana:  Tinamous, Grebes, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Screamers, Ducks, Geese and Swans, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Guans, Chachalacas and Allies, New World Quails, Hoatzin, Limpkins, Trumpeters, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe and Finfoots, Sunbittern, Jacanas, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls and Terns, Skimmers, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons and Quetzals, Kingfishers, Motmots, Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Woodpeckers and Allies, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, Gnateaters, Cotingas, Manakins, Tyrant Flycatchers, Becards and Tityras, Sharpbill, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Wrens, Donacobius, Mockingbirds and Thrashers, Thrushes and Allies, Gnatcatchers, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Vireos, New World Warblers, Tanagers, Buntings, Sparrows, and Allies, Saltators, Cardinals and Allies, Troupials and Allies, Siskins, Crossbills and Allies

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