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Guyana Wildlife

October 2011

This trip was organised by Adventure Travel. Starting in Georgetown we travelled south to Iwokrama River Lodge for two nights. Then one night at Atta Rainforest Lodge. The next stop was at Surama Eco-lodge for four nights. The last two in hammocks under a tarpaulin. It rained heavily! Two more nights were up river at Rewa Eco-lodge and then the luxury of Rock View Lodge for two nights to see the Guyanian Cock of the Rock before flying back to Georgetown. Here we had a day trip to Kaieteur and Orinduik falls. Then home to the UK.

Wildlife Photos Click on relevant heading to go to these areas. These pages are still being assembled.

Birds

Flowers

Animals Some labelling still outstanding!

Insects and other wildlife

Fish and water animals

Birds List of birds seen with photos where taken.

Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu

Black Curassow Crax alector

Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

Striated Heron Buturides striatus

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

Great Egret Ardea alba
Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus

Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Buff-necked Ibis Theresticus caudatus

Jabiru Jabiru mycteria

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis

Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga

Savannah Hawk Buteogallus meridionlis
Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis

Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris

Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus

Red-throated Caracara    Daptrius americanus
Northern Crested Caracara    Caracara cheriway

Yellow-headed Caracara    Milvago chimachima

Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans

American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

Sungrebe Heliornis fulica

Pied Lapwing (Pied Plover) Vanellus cayanus Hoploxypterus cayanus

Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus

Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris

Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Common (Scaly) Ground-Dove Colunbina passerina
Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis

White-tipped Dove Leptotilla verreauxi
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao

Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera

Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilus

Painted Parakeet Pyrrhura picta
Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysopterus
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus

Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica

Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

Juv
Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicauda
Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventis
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
Crimson Topaz Topaza pella
Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notatus
Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus

Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata

White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis

Poor photo! But may be good enough for a record!
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
Jacamars Galbulidae
............Jacamar -possibly Green-tailed

Green-tailed Jacamar Galbula galbula
Swallow-winged Puffbird (Swallow-wing) Chelidoptera tenebrosa

White-throated (Red-billed) Toucan Ramphastos t. tucanus

Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus

Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
Black-necked Aracari Pteroglossus aracari

Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus

Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolinatus
White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster

Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana

Pied Water Tyrant Fluricola pica

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola

Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata

Crimson Fruitcrow Haematoderus militaris

Dusky Purpletuft Lodopleura fusca

White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer

White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea

Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas

Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo

for the record!
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum

Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi

Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia

Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis

Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis
Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus

Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela

Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis

Giant Cowbird Scaphidura oryzivora

Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris
Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna

Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris

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Unidentified Birds

It would be helpful if any one viewing these pages could give a positive identification of these birds. I have numbered them and given a location within Guyana. Please contact me at rob@robs-journeys.co.uk or robburton@hotmail.co.uk By clicking on the photo it should be possibly to reach Flikr wher an enlargement is possible.

1. Possibly Roadside Hawk? Rock View Lodge