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Amazon Jungle Bird Field Guide with Photos (Updated)
This is a list that i made with the common and scientific name. Some birds are really common and easy to spot when you visit the Amazon.
Family Tinamous (Tinamidae)
Common Name: Variegated Tinamou (Tinamú abigarrado)
Scientific Name: (Crypturellus variegatus)
Family Screamers (Anhimidae)
Common Name: Horned Screamer (Español: Gritón Aruco)
Scientific Name: (Anhima cornuta)
Family Tinamous (Tinamidae) Least Concern
Common Name: Cinereous Tinamou (Tinambú café o ceniza)
Scientific Name: (Crypturellus cinereus)
Common Name: Little Tinamou (Tinamu Chico)
Scientific Name: (Crypturellus soui)
Common Name: Undulated Tinamou (tinamú ondulado)
Scientific Name: (Crypturellus undulatus)
Common Name: Great Tinamou (tinamú grande)
Scientific Name: (Tinamus major)
Common Name: Spotted Bamboowren (gallito overo)
Scientific Name: (Psilorhamphus guttatus)
Family Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows (Cracidae)
Common Name: Andean Guan (pava andina)
Scientific Name: (Penelope montagnii)
Common Name: Blue-throated Piping-guan (La pava rajadora)
Scientific Name: (Pipile cumanensis)
Common Name: Nocturnal Curassow (paujil nocturno)
Scientific Name: (Nothocrax urumutum)
Common Name: Black Curassow (Paujil negro)
Scientific Name: (Crax alector)
Common Name: Speckled chachalaca (chachalaca moteada)
Scientific Name: (Ortalis guttata)
Family New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
Common Name: Marbled Wood-quail (corcovado común)
Scientific Name: (Odontophorus gujanensis)
Family Herons (Ardeidae)
Common Name: Rufescent Tiger-heron (avetigre colorada)
Scientific Name: (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Common Name: Fasciated Tiger-heron (hocó oscuro)
Scientific Name: (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
Common Name: Least Bittern (avetorillo panamericano)
Scientific Name: (Ixobrychus exilis)
Common Name: Agami Heron (garza agamí)
Scientific Name: (Agamia agami)
Common Name: Boat-billed Heron (Arapapá)
Scientific Name: (Cochlearius cochlearius)
Common Name: Zigzag Heron (garza cebra)
Scientific Name: (Zebrilus undulatus)
Common Name: Green-backed Heron (garcita azulada)
Scientific Name: (Butorides striata)
Common Name: Capped Heron (garza pileada)
Scientific Name: (Pilherodius pileatus)
Common Name: Cattle Egret (Garcita del Ganado)
Scientific Name: (Bubulcus ibis)
Common Name: Great White Egret (garza blanca)
Scientific Name: (Ardea alba)
Common Name: Cocoi Heron (garza cuca)
Scientific Name: (Ardea cocoi)
Common Name: Snowy Egret (garceta nívea)
Scientific Name: (Egretta thula)
Common Name: Little Blue Heron (garza azul)
Scientific Name: (Egretta caerulea)
Common Name: Nycticorax (martinete común)
Scientific Name: (nycticorax nycticorax)
Family Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
Common Name: Green Ibis ( ibis verde)
Scientific Name: (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
Common Name: Roseate Spoonbill (Espátulas)
Scientific Name: (Platea Ajaja)
Family Storks (Ciconiidae)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Wood Stork (cigüeña de cabeza pelada) – (Mycteria americana)
Family New World Vultures (Cathartidae)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Turkey Vulture (urubú de cabeza roja) – (Cathartes aura)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (aura selvática) – (Cathartes melambrotus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: American Black Vulture (buitre negro americano) – (Coragyps atratus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: King Vulture (cóndor de la selva) – (Sarcoramphus papa)
Family Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Hook-billed Kite (milano picogarfio) – (Chondrohierax uncinatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Grey-headed Kite (milano cabecigrís) – (Leptodon cayanensis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Swallow-tailed Kite (elanio tijereta) – (Elanoides forficatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Snail Kite (caracolero común) – (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Slender-billed Kite (Helicolestes hamatus) – (Helicolestes hamatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Double-toothed Kite (milano bidentado) – (Harpagus bidentatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Plumbeous Kite (elanio plomizo) – (Ictinia plumbea)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Grey-bellied Goshawk (azor ventrigrís) – (Accipiter poliogaster)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Tiny Hawk (azor de ceño amarillo) – (Accipiter superciliosus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Bicolored Hawk (azor bicolor) – (Accipiter bicolor)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Crane Hawk (azor zancón) – (Geranospiza caerulescens)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Slate-colored Hawk (gavilán pizarroso) – (Buteogallus schistaceus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Black-faced Hawk (gavilán carinegro) – (Leucopternis melanops)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Black-collared Hawk (gavilán carinegro) – (Busarellus nigricollis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis) – (Pseudastur albicollis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Roadside Hawk (gavilán pollero) – (Rupornis magnirostris)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Short-tailed Hawk (gavilán rabicorto) – (Buteo brachyurus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Zone-tailed Hawk (aguilucho negro) – (Buteo albonotatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Harpy Eagle (Aguila Arpia) – (Harpia harpyja)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Ornate Hawk-eagle (águila crestuda real) – (Spizaetus ornatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Black hawk-eagle (águila azor negra) – (spizaetus tyrannus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Cooper’s Hawk (gavilán de Cooper) – (Accipiter cooperii)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Crane Hawk (azor zancón ) – (Geranospiza caerulescens)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Great Black Hawk (gavilán cangrejero grande) – (Buteogallus urubitinga)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Broad-winged Hawk (gavilán aliancho ) – (Buteo platypterus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (águila viuda) – (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Laughing Falcon () – (halcón reidor)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Lined Forest-Falcon (halcón-montés cabecigrís) – (Micrastur gilvicollis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon (halcón-montés dorsigrís ) – (Micrastur mirandollei)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Collared Forest-Falcon (halcón montés collarejo) – (Micrastur semitorquatus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Buckley’s Forest-Falcon (halcón-montés de Buckley) – (Micrastur buckleyi)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Red-throated Caracara (caracara gorgirrojo) – (Ibycter americanus)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Black Caracara (caracara negro) – (Daptrius ater)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Yellow-headed Caracara (chimachima) – (Milvago chimachima)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Barred Forest-Falcon (halcón montés chico) – (Micrastur ruficollis)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Bat Falcon (halcón murcielaguero) – (Falco rufigularis)
Family Limpkin (Aramidae)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Limpkin (Carrao) – (Aramus guarauna)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Gray-winged Trumpeter (trompetero aligrís) – (Psophia crepitans)
Family Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Rallidae) Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Common Name / Scientific Name: Purple Gallinule (calamoncillo americano) – (Porphyrio martinicus)
Family Jacana
Common Name / Scientific Name: Wattled Jacana (jacana suramericana) – (Jacana jacana)
Family Parrots
- Red-and-green Macaw (guacamayo rojo) (Ara chloropterus)
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (guacamayo azulamarillo) – (Ara ararauna)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (maracaná grande) – (Ara severus)
- Scarlet Macaw (guacamayo macao) – (Ara macao)
- Red-bellied Macaw (guacamayo de vientre rojo) – (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
- White-eyed Parakeet (cotorra ojiblanca) – (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
- Dusky-headed Parakeet (lorita pico negro) – (Aratinga weddellii)
- Blue-winged Parrotlet (cotorrita aliazul) – (Forpus xanthopterygius)
- Maroon-tailed Parakeet (perico de cola negra) – (Pyrrhura melanura)
- white-eyed parakeet or white-eyed conure (otorra ojiblanca ) – (Psittacara leucophthalma)
- Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (periquito zafiro) – (Touit purpuratus)
- White-winged Parakeet (La catita versicolor) – (Brotogeris versicolurus)
Family Hoatzin (Opisthocomidae)
- Hoatzin (pava jedionda) – (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Greater Ani (garrapatero mayor) – (Crotophaga major)
- Little Cuckoo (cuco ardilla menor) – (Coccycua minuta)
- Black-bellied Cuckoo (Cuco Ventrinegro) (Piaya melanogaster)
- Squirrel Cuckoo (Cucu Ardilla) (Piaya cayana)
- Smooth-billed Ani (garrapatero aní) – (Crotophaga ani)
- Dark-billed Cuckoo (cuclillo canela) – (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
Family Trogons
- Green-backed Trogon ( trogón coliblanco) -(Trogon viridis)
- Pavonine Quetzal (Quetzal Guatemalteco) (Pharomachrus pavoninus)
- Blue-crowned Trogon (surucuá aurora) – (Trogon curucui)
- Black-tailed Trogon (trogón coliblanco) – (Trogon melanurus)
- Collared Trogon (trogón acollarado) – (Trogon collaris)
- Amazonian Trogon ( trogón violáceo) – (Trogon ramonianus)
Family King Fishers
- American Pygmy Kingfisher (martín pescador enano) – (Chloroceryle aenea)
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (martín pescador verdirrufo ) – (Chloroceryle inda)
- Ringed Kingfisher (martín pescador de collar) – (Megaceryle torquata)
- Amazon Kingfisher (martín pescador amazónico) – (Chloroceryle amazona)
Family Toucans
- White-throated Toucan (tucán de pico rojo) – (Ramphastos tucanus)
- Lettered Aracari (arasarí marcado) – (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
- Channel-billed Toucan (tucán de pico acanalado ) – (Ramphastos vitellinus)
- Chestnut-eared Aracari (tucanillo) – (Pteroglossus castanotis)
- Many-banded Aracari (arasarí fajado) – (Pteroglossus pluricinctus)
Family Woodpeckers
- Lineated Woodpecker (picamaderos listado) – (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Carpintero ruidoso) – (Melanerpes cruentatus)
- Chestnut Woodpecker (carpintero elegante) – (Celeus elegans)
- Red-stained Woodpecker (Veniliornis affinis)
- Scale-breasted Woodpecker (carpintero rojizo) – (Celeus grammicus)
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Carpintero de pecho punteado) – (Colaptes punctigula)
- Little Woodpecker (carpintero chico) – (Veniliornis passerinus)
- Ringed Woodpecker (carpintero pechinegro) – (Celeus torquatus)
- Red-necked Woodpecker ( picamaderos cuellirrojo) – (Campephilus rubricollis)
Family Tanager
- Palm Tanager (azulejo de palmeras) – (Thraupis palmarum)
- Yellow-bellied Tanager ( tangara ventriamarilla) – (Tangara xanthogastra)
- Bay-headed Tanager (tángara cabecirroja) – (Tangara gyrola)
- Paradise Tanager (Tangara Sietecolores) – (Tangara chilensis)
- Opal-crowned Tanager ( tangara opalina) – (Tangara callophrys)
- Masked Tanager (tangara pechinegra) – (Tangara nigrocincta)
- Swallow Tanager (tángara golondrina) – (Tersina viridis)
- Magpie Tanager (tangará urraca) – (Cissopis leverianus)
- Masked Crimson Tanager ( tángara enmascarada) – (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
- Purple Honeycreeper (mielero cerúleo) – (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
- Blue Dacnis (mielero turquesa) – (Dacnis cayana)
- Opal-rumped Tanager (tangará culiopalina) – (Tangara velia)
- Black-faced Dacnis (dacnis carinegra) – (Dacnis lineata)
- Red-capped Cardinal (cardenal pantanero)- (Paroaria gularis)
- Yellow-bellied Dacnis (Dacnis flaviventer)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Sangretoro apagado)- (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Short-billed Honeycreeper (mielero piquicorto) – (Cyanerpes nitidus)
- Turquoise Tanager (tángara turquesa)- (Tangara mexicana)
- Green Honeycreeper (mielero verde) – (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Gray-headed Tanager (tangara cabecigrís)- (Eucometis penicillata)
Family Arependolas
- Epaulet Oriole (turpial boyerito) – (Icterus cayanensis)
- Russet-backed (cacique dorsirrufo) – Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Green Oropendola (oropéndola verde) – (Psarocolius viridis)
- Oriole Blackbird (El maicero) – (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Olive Oropendola (oropéndola del Amazonas) – (Psarocolius bifasciatus)
- Solitary Black Cacique (cacique solitario) (Cacicus solitarius)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (cacique lomiamarillo) – (Cacicus cela)
- Crested Oropendola (oropéndola crestada) – (Psarocolius decumanus)
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