field checklist of the birds of venezuela

FIELD CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTH EASTERN VENEZUELA

Taxonomy follows Birds of Venezuela (Hilty 2003).

List follows An annotated database of the birds of SE Venezuela (Ascanio in prep.).

Prepared by David Ascanio

www.ascaniobirding.com

Last update: October 2009

Harpy Eagle. Harpia harpyja. Sub-adult individual. Photo: R. Bathurst

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Field checklist of the Birds of South Eastern Venezuela • www.ascaniobirding.com

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FIELD CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SOUTH EASTERN VENEZUELA Species highlighted with an asterisk (*) means Endemic, near-endemic or restricted distribution.

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1 Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

1

2 Little Tinamou

Crypturellus soui

2

3 * Tepui Tinamou

Crypturellus ptaritepui

3

4 Variegated Tinamou

Crypturellus variegatus

4

5 Red-legged Tinamou

Crypturellus erythropus

5

6 Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

6

7 Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

7

8 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga

8

9 Horned Screamer

Anhima cornuta

9

10 White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

10

11 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

11

12 Orinoco Goose

Neochen jubata

12

13 Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

13

14 Blue-winged Teal

Anas discors

14

15 Masked Duck

Nomonyx dominica

15

16 Pinnated Bittern

Botaurus pinnatus

16

17 Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

17

18 Zigzag Heron

Zebrilus undulatus

18

19 Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

19

20 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum

20

21 Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

21

22 Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

22

23 Great Egret

Ardea alba

23

24 Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

24

25 Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

25

26 Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

26



27 Striated Heron

Butorides striatus

27

28 Agami Heron

Agamia agami

28

29 Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

29

30 Capped Heron

Pilherodius pileatus

30

31 Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

31

32 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax violaceus

32

33 Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

33

34 Buff-necked Ibis

Theristicus caudatus

34

35 Green Ibis

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

35

36 White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

36

37 Wood-Stork

Mycteria americana

37

38 Maguari Stork

Euxenura maguari

38

39 Jabiru

Jabiru mycteria

39

40 King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

40

41 Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

41

42 Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

42

43 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus

43

44 Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

44

45 Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

45

46 Gray-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

46

47 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus

47

48 Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

48

49 Pearl Kite

Gampsonyx swainsonii

49

50 White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

50

51 Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

51

52 Slender-billed Kite

Rostrhamus hamatus

52

53 Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

53



54 Plumbeous Kite

Ictinia plumbea

54

55 Crane Hawk

Geranospiza caerulescens

55

56 Plain-breasted Hawk

Accipiter ventralis

56

57 Tiny Hawk

Accipiter superciliosus

57

58 Bicolored Hawk

Accipiter bicolor

58

59 Gray-bellied Hawk

Accipiter poliogaster

59

60 White Hawk

Leucopternis albicollis

60

61 Black-faced Hawk

Leucopternis melanops

61

62 Savanna Hawk

Buteogallus meridionalis

62

63 Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga

63

64 Harri's (Bay-winged) Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

64

65 Black-collared Hawk

Busarellus nigricollis

65

66 Gray Hawk

Buteo nitidus nitidus

66

67 Roadside Hawk

Buteo magnirostris

67

68 Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

68

69 Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

69

70 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus

70

71 White-tailed Hawk

Buteo albicaudatus

71

72 Crested Eagle

Morphnus guianensis

72

73 Harpy Eagle

Harpia harpyja

73

74 Black-and-white Hawk Eagle

Spizastur melanoleucus

74

75 Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

75

76 Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

76

77 Black Caracara

Daptrius ater

77

78 Red-throated Caracara

Ibycter americanus

78

79 Northern Crested Caracara

Caracara cheriway

79

80 Yellow-headed Caracara

Milvago chimachima

80



81 Barred Forest-Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

81

82 * Lined Forest-Falcon

Micrastur gilvicollis

82

83 Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon

Micrastur mirandollei

83

84 Collared Forest-Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

84

85 [Buckley's Forest-Falcon]

Micrastur buckleyi

85

86 Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

86

87 American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

87

88 Merlin

Falco columbarius

88

89 Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

89

90 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis

90

91 Orange-breasted Falcon

Falco deiroleucus

91

92 Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

92

93 * Little Chachalaca Ortalis motmot

93

94 Marail Guan

Penelope marail

94

95 Spix's Guan

Penelope jacquacu

95

96 Common Piping Guan

Pipile pipile

96

97 * Black Curassow

Crax alector

97

98 Crested Bobwhite

Colinus cristatus

98

99 Marbled Wood-Quail

Odontophorus gujanensis

99

100 Russet-crowned Crake

Laterallus viridis

100

101 Ash-throated Crake

Porzana albicollis

101

102 Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer

102

103 Paint-billed Crake

Neocrex erythrops

103

104 Ocellated Crake

Micropygia schomburgkii

104

105 Gray-necked Wood-Rail

Aramides cajanea

105

106 Purple Gallinule

Porphyrula martinica

106

107 Common Gallinule (Moorhen)

Gallinula chloropus

107



108 Sungrebe

Heliornis fulica

108

109 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

109

110 Limpkin

Aramus guarauna

110

111 * Gray-winged Trumpeter

Psophia crepitans

111

112 Double-striped Thrick-Knee

Burhinus bistriatus

112

113 Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

113

114 American Golden Plover

Pluvialis dominica

114

115 Pied Plover

Hoploxypterus cayanus

115

116 Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

116

117 Wattled Jacana

Jacana jacana

117

118 Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

118

119 Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

119

120 Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

120

121 Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularia

121

122 Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicauda

122

123 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

123

124 White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

124

125 Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotos

125

126 Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopus

126

127 Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinago

127

128 South American Snipe

Gallinago paraguaiae

128

129 Giant Snipe

Gallinago undulata

129

130 Yellow-billed Tern

Sterna superciliaris

130

131 Large-billed Tern

Phaetusa simplex

131

132 Black Skimmer

Rynchops niger

132

133 Band-tailed Pigeon

Columba fasciata

133

134 Scaled Pigeon

Columba speciosa

134



135 Pale-vented Pigeon

Columba cayennensis

135

136 Ruddy Pigeon

Columba subvinacea

136

137 Plumbeous Pigeon

Columba plumbea

137

138 Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

138

139 Scaled Dove

Scardafella squammata

139

140 Common Ground-Dove

Columbina passerina

140

141 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

Columbina minuta

141

142 Ruddy Ground-Dove

Columbina talpacoti

142

143 Blue Ground-Dove

Claravis pretiosa

143

144 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verrauxi

144

145 Gray-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

145

146 * Violaceous Quail-Dove

Geotrygon violacea

146

147 Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

147

148 Red-and-green Macaw

Ara chloroptera

148

149 Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Ara severa

149

150 Red-bellied Macaw

Orthopsittaca manilata

150

151 Red-shouldered Macaw

Diopsittaca nobilis

151

152 Blue-crowned Parakeet

Aratinga acuticaudata

152

153 White-eyed Parakeet

Aratinga leucophthalmus

153

154 [Sun Parakeet] Aratinga solstitialis

154

155 Brown-throated Parakeet

Aratinga pertinax

155

156 Painted Parakeet

Pyrrhura picta

156

157 * Fiery-shouldered Parakeet

Pyrrhura egregia

157

158 Green-rumped Parrotlet

Forpus passerinus

158

159 Dusky-billed Parrotlet

Forpus sclateri

159

160 Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

160

161 Golden-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris chrysopterus

161



162 * Tepui Parrotlet

Nannopsittaca panychlora

162

163 * Lilac-tailed Parrotlet

Touit batavica

163

164 Saphire-rumped Parrotlet

Touit purpurata

164

165 Black-headed Parrot

Pionites melanocephala

165

166 Caica Parrot

Pionopsitta caica

166

167 Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

167

168 Dusky Parrot

Pionus fuscus

168

169 * Blue-cheeked Parrot

Amazona dufresniana

169

170 Festive Parrot

Amazona festiva

170

171 Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala

171

172 Orange-winged Parrot

Amazona amazonica

172

173 Mealy Parrot

Amazona farinosa

173

174 Red-fan Parrot

Deroptyus accipitrinus

174

175 Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

175

176 Pearly-breasted Cuckoo

Coccyzus euleri

176

177 Dark-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus melacoryphus

177

178 Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana

178

179 Black-bellied Cuckoo

Piaya melanogaster

179

180 Little Cuckoo

Piaya minuta

180

181 Greater Ani Crotophaga major

181

182 Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

182

183 Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

183

184 Striped Cuckoo

Tapera naevia

184

185 Pheasant Cuckoo

Dromococcyx phasianellus

185

186 Pavonine Cuckoo

Dromococcyx pavoninus

186

187 * Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo

Neomorphus rufipennis

187

188 Hoatzin

Opisthocomus hoazin

188



189 Barn Owl

Tyto alba hellmayri

189

190 * Foothill Screech-Owl Otus roraimae

190

191 Tropical Screech-Owl

Otus choliba

191

192 * Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl

Otus watsonii

192

193 Great Horned Owl

Bubo virginianus

193

194 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

194

195 Amazonian Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium hardyi

195

196 Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

196

197 * Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata

197

198 Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

198

199 Black-banded Owl

Strix huhula

199

200 Mottled Owl

Strix virgata

200

201 Striped Owl

Asio clamator

201

202 Stygian Owl

Asio stygius

202

203 Buff-fronted Owl

Aegolius harrisii

203

204 Oilbird

Steatornis caripensis

204

205 Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

205

206 Long-tailed Potoo Nyctibius aethereus

206

207 Common Potoo

Nyctibius griseus

207

208 Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocallis semitorquatus

208

209 Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus

209

210 Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

210

211 Band-tailed Nighthawk

Nyctiprogne leucopyga

211

212 Nacunda Nighthawk

Podager nacunda

212

213 Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

213

214 Rufous Nightjar

Caprimulgus rufus

214

215 Blackish Nightjar

Caprimulgus nigrescens

215



216 * Band-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus longirostris

216

217 * Roraiman Nightjar

Caprimulgus whitelyi

217

218 White-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus cayennensis

218

219 Spot-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus maculicaudus

219

220 Little Nightjar

Caprimulgus parvulus

220

221 Ladder-tailed Nightjar

Hydropsalis climacocerca

221

222 White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

222

223 * Tepui Swift

Cypseloides phelpsi

223

224 White-chinned Swift

Cypseloides cryptus

224

225 Chapman's Swift

Chaetura chapmani

225

226 Short-tailed Swift

Chaetura brachyura

226

227 Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi (C. andrei)

227

228 Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicauda

228

229 Gray-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

229

230 White-tipped Swift

Aeronautes montivagus

230

231 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

231

232 Neotropical Palm-Swift

Tachornis squamata

232

233 Rufous-breasted Hermit

Glaucis hirsuta

233

234 Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Threnetes niger

234

235 White-bearded Hermit

Phaethornis hispidus

235

236 Eastern Long-tailed Hermit

Phaethornis superciliosus

236

237 Straight-billed Hermit

Phaethornis bourcieri

237

238 Sooty-capped Hermit

Phaethornis augusti

238

239 Rupurumi Hermit

Phaethornis rupurumii

239

240 Reddish Hermit

Phaethornis ruber

240

241 Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis

241

242 Little Hermit

Phaethornis longuemareus

242



243 Blue-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera johannae

243

244 Gray-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis

244

245 Rufous-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus hyperythrus

245

246 White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

246

247 Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

247

248 Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

248

249 Black-throated Mango

Anthracothorax nigricollis

249

250 Fiery-tailed Awlbill

Avocettula recurvirostris

250

251 Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

Chrysolampis mosquitus

251

252 * Crimson Topaz Topaza pella

252

253 Tufted Coquette

Lophornis ornatus

253

254 Festive Coquette

Lophornis chalybeus

254

255 * Peacock Coquette

Lophornis pavoninus

255

256 * Racket-tailed Coquette

Discosura longicauda

256

257 Blue-chinned Sapphire

Chlorestes notatus

257

258 Blue-tailed Emerald

Chlorostilbon mellisugus

258

259 Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata

259

260 Rufous-throated Sapphire

Hylocharis sapphirina

260

261 White-chinned Sapphire

Hylocharis cyanus

261

262 White-tailed Goldenthroat

Polytmus guainumbi

262

263 * Tepui Goldenthroat

Polytmus milleri

263

264 Green-tailed Goldenthroat

Polytmus theresiae

264

265 White-chested Emerald

Amazilia chionopectus

265

266 Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor

266

267 Glittering-throated Emerald

Amazilia fimbriata

267

268 Sapphire-spangled Emerald

Amazilia lactea

268

269 Copper-rumped Hummingbird

Amazilia tobaci

269



270 * Copper-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia cupreicauda

270

271 Gould's Jewelfront

Polyplancta aurescens

271

272 * Velvet-browed Brilliant

Heliodoxa xanthogonys

272

273 Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx aurita

273

274 Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

274

275 Amethyst Woodstar

Calliphlox amethystina

275

276 Black-tailed Trogon

Trogon melanurus

276

277 Amazonian White-tailed Trogon

Trogon viridis

277

278 Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

278

279 Masked Trogon

Trogon personatus

279

280 Black-throated Trogon

Trogon rufus

280

281 Amazonian Violaceous Trogon

Trogon violaceus

281

282 Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

282

283 Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazon

283

284 Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

284

285 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda

285

286 American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

286

287 Blue-crowned Motmot

Momotus momota

287

288 Brown Jacamar

Brachygalba lugubris

288

289 Yellow-billed Jacamar

Galbula albirostris

289

290 Green-tailed Jacamar

Galbula galbula

290

291 Paradise Jacamar

Galbula dea

291

292 Great Jacamar

Jacamerops aureus

292

293 White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus macrorhynchus

(See at end of the checklist for a recent

split: Guianan Puffbird)

293

294 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus

294

295 Chestnut-capped Puffbird

Bucco macrodactylus

295

296 Spotted Puffbird

Bucco tamatia

296



297 Collared Puffbird

Bucco capensis

297

298 Russet-throated Puffbird

Hypnelus ruficollis

298

299 Black Nunbird

Monasa atra

299

300 Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

300

301 Black-spotted Barbet

Capito niger

301

302 Gilded Barbet Capito auratus

302

303 Chestnut-tipped Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus derbianus

303

304 * Guianan Toucanet

Selenidera culik

304

305 Tawny-tufted Toucanet

Selenidera natterei

305

306 Black-necked Aracari

Pteroglossus aracari

306

307 Many-banded Aracari

Pteroglossus pluricinctus

307

308 Green Aracari

Pteroglossus viridis

308

309 Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus

309

310 White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

310

311 * Golden-spangled Piculet

Picumnus exilis

311

312 Scaled Piculet Picumnus squamulatus

312

313 White-bellied Piculet

Picumnus spilogaster

313

314 Golden-Olive Woodpecker

Piculus rubiginosus

314

315 Yellow-throated Woodpecker

Piculus flavigula

315

316 Chestnut Woodpecker

Celeus elegans

316

317 Scale-breasted Woodpecker

Celeus grammicus

317

318 Waved Woodpecker

Celeus undatus

318

319 Cream-colored Woodpecker

Celeus flavus

319

320 Ringed Woodpecker

Celeus torquatus

320

321 Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

321

322 Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus

322

323 Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus

323



324 Little Woodpecker

Veniliornis passerinus

324

325 * Golden-collared Woodpecker

Veniliornis cassini

325

326 Red-rumped Woodpecker

Veniliornis kirkii

326

327 Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

327

328 Red-necked Woodpecker

Campephilus rubricollis

328

329 * Macconell’s Spinetail Synallaxis macconelli

329

330 Pale-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albescens

330

331 Plain-crowned Spinetail

Synallaxis gujanensis

331

332 Ruddy Spinetail

Synallaxis rutilans

332

333 Yellow-chinned Spinetail

Certhiaxis cinnamomea

333

334 * Tepui Spinetail

Cranioleuca demissa

334

335 Rusty-backed Spinetail

Cranioleuca vulpina

335

336 Speckled Spinetail Cranioleuca gutturata

336

337 Point-tailed Palmcreeper

Berlepschia rikeri

337

338 * Roraiman Barbtail

Roraimia adusta

338

339 Eastern Striped Woodhaunter

Hyloctistes subulatus

339

340 Chestnut-winged Foliage-Gleaner

Philydor erythropterus

340

341 Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-Gleaner

Philydor pyrrhodes

341

342 Rufous-tailed Foliage-Gleaner

Philydor ruficaudatus

342

343 * Tepui Foliage-Gleaner Automolus roraimae

343

344 Olive-backed Foliage-Gleaner

Automolus infuscatus

344

345 Buff-throated Foliage-Gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

345

346 * Chestnut-crowned Foliage-Gleaner

Automolus rufipileatus

346

347 Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner

Automolus rubiginosus

347

348 Slender-billed Xenops

Xenops tenuirostris

348

349 Plain Xenops

Xenops minutus

349

350 Rufous-tailed Xenops

Xenops milleri

350



351 Tawny-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus mexicanus

351

352 * Short-billed Leaftosser

Sclerurus rufigularis

352

353 * Black-tailed Leaftosser

Sclerurus caudacutus

353

354 Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper

Lochmias nematura

354

355 Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

355

356 White-chinned Woodcreeper Dendrocincla merula

356

357 Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Deconychura longicauda

357

358 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

358

359 Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

359

360 Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper

Dendrexetastes rufigula

360

361 * Red-billed Woodcreeper

Hylexetastes perrotii

361

362 Strong-billed Woodcreeper

Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus

362

363 Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia

363

364 Black-banded Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes picumnus

364

365 Straight-billed Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus picus

365

366 Striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

366

367 Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

367

368 Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

368

369 Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

369

370 Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus

370

371 Red-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

371

372 Curve-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus procurvoides

372

373 Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

373

374 * Black-throated Antshrike

Frederickena viridis

374

375 Great Antshrike

Taraba major

375

376 Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis

376

377 Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

377



378 White-shouldered Antshrike

Thamnophilus aethiops

378

379 Mouse-colored Antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus

379

380 Guianan Slaty-Antshrike

Thamnophilus punctatus

380

381 Amazonian Antshike

Thamnophilus amazonicus

381

382 * Streak-backed Antshrike

Thamnophilus insignis

382

383 Spot-winged Antshrike

Pygiptila stellaris

383

384 Plain Antvireo

Dysithamnus mentalis

384

385 Dusky-throated Antshrike

Thamnomanes ardesiacus

385

386 Cinereous Antshrike

Thamnomanes caesius

386

387 Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura

387

388 * Guianan Streaked-Antwren

Myrmotherula surinamensis

388

389 * Rufous-bellied Antwren

Myrmotherula guttata

389

390 Brown-bellied Antwren

Myrmotherula gutturalis

390

391 Stipple-throated Antwren

Myrmotherula haematonota

391

392 White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

392

393 Long-winged Antwren

Myrmotherula longipennis

393

394 * Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni

394

395 Gray Antwren

Myrmotherula menetriestii

395

396 * Spot-tailed Antwren

Herpsilochmus sticturus

396

397 Todd's Antwren

Herpsilochmus stictocephalus

397

398 Spot-backed Antwren

Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus

398

399 * Roraiman Antwren

Herpsilochmus roraimae

399

400 Rufous-winged Antwren

Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus

400

401 Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia

401

402 Ash-winged Antwren

Terenura spodioptila

402

403 Gray Antbird

Cercomacra cinerascens

403

404 Dusky Antbird

Cercomacra tyrannina

404



405 White-browed Antbird

Myrmoborus leucophrys

405

406 Black-faced Antbird

Myrmoborus myotherinus

406

407 Guianan Warbling-Antbird

Hypocnemis cantator


split: Imeri Warbling Antbird)

407

408 408

409 Black-chinned Antbird

Hypocnemoides melanopogon

409

410 Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevia naevia

410

411 Scale-backed Antbird Hylophylax poecilinota

411

412 Spot-winged Antbird

Schistocichla (Pernocstola) leucostigma


split: Roraiman Antbird)

412

413 Caura Antbird

Schistocichla caurensis

413

414 Silvered Antbird

Sclateria naevia

414

415 White-bellied Antbird

Myrmeciza longipes

415

416 Ferruginous-backed Antbird

Myrmeciza ferruginea

416

417 Black-throated Antbird

Myrmeciza atrothorax

417

418 * White-plumed Antbird

Pithys albifrons

418

419 Rufous-throated Antbird

Gymnopithys rufigula

419

420 * Wing-banded Antbird

Myrmornis torquata

420

421 Rufous-capped Antthrush

Formicarius colma

421

422 Black-faced Antthrush

Formicarius analis

422

423 Short-tailed Antthrush

Chamaeza campanisona

423

424 Variegated Antpitta

Grallaria varia

424

425 Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis

425

426 Spotted Antpitta

Hylopezus macularius

426

427 Thrush-like Antpitta

Myrmothera campanisona

427

428 * Tepui Antpitta

Myrmothera simplex

428

429 * Slate-crowned Antpitta

Grallaricula nana

429

430 White-fronted Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias zeledoni

430



431 Sooty-headed Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias griseiceps

431

432 Slender-footed Tyrannulet

Zimmerius gracilipes

(See note at end about a recent split:

Guianan Tyrannulet)

432

433 White-lored Tyrannulet

Ornithion inerme

433

434 Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum

434

435 Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

Phaeomyias murina

435

436 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Tyrannulus elatus

436

437 Forest Elaenia

Myiopagis gaimardii

437

438 Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

438

439 * Great Elaenia

Elaenia dayi

439

440 Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

440

441 Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis

441

442 Sierran Elaenia

Elaenia pallatangae

442

443 Small-billed Elaenia

Elaenia parvirostris

443

444 Plain-crested Elaenia

Elaenia cristata

444

445 * Rufous-crowned Elaenia

Elaenia ruficeps

445

446 Slaty Elaenia

Elaenia strepera

446

447 Northern Scrub-Flycatcher

Sublegatus arenarum orinocensis

447

448 Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher

Sublegatus obscurior sordidus

448

449 White-throated Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus leucophrys

449

450 Pale-tipped Inezia

Inezia caudata

450

451 Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola

451

452 Bearded Tachuri

Polystictus pectoralis

452

453 Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant

Euscarthmus meloryphus

453

454 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

454

455 McConnell's Flycatcher

Mionectes macconnelli macconnelli (See note at end about a future split: Sierra

de Lema Flycatcher)

455

456 Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

456



457 * Black-fronted Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes nigrifrons

457

458 * Chapman’s Bristle-Tyrant

Pogonotriccus chapmani

458

459 Ringed Antpipit

Corythopis torquata

459

460 Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant

Myiornis ecaudatus

460

461 Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant

Lophotriccus galeatus

461

462 Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant

Lophotriccus pilaris

462

463 Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant

Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer

463

464 Black-chested Tyrant

Taeniotriccus andrei

464

465 Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus russatum

465

466 Slate-headed Tody-Flycather Poecilotriccus sylvia

466

467 Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

467

468 Painted Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum pictum

468

469 Rufous-tailed Flatbill

Ramphotrigon ruficauda

469

470 Olivaceous Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus olivaceus

470

471 Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

471

472 Zimmer’s Flatbill

Tolmomyias assimilis

472

473 Gray-crowned Flatbill Tolmomyias poliocephalus

473

474 Ochre-lored Flatbill

Tolmomyias flaviventris

474

475 White-crested Spadebill

Platyrinchus platyrhynchos

475

476 * Cinnamon-crested Spadebill

Platyrinchus saturatus

476

477 White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus

477

478 * Golden-crowned Spadebill

Platyrinchus coronatus

478

479 Amazonian Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus

479

480 * Cinnamon Neopipo Neopipo cinnamomea

480

481 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

481

482 Whiskered Flycatcher

Myiobius barbatus

482

483 Black-tailed Flycatcher

Myiobius atricaudus

483



484 * Roraiman Flycatcher

Myiophobus roraimae

484

485 Bran-colored Flycatcher

Myiophobus fasciatus

485

486 Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

486

487 Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

487

488 Smoke-colored Pewee

Contopus fumigatus

488

489 Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

489

490 Euler’s Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

490

491 Fuscous Flycatcher

Cnemotriccus fuscatus

491

492 Vermilion Flycatcher

Pyrocephalus rubinus

492

493 Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis

493

494 Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

494

495 Rufous-tailed Tyrant

Knipolegus poecilurus

495

496 Yellow-browed Tyrant

Satrapa icterophrys

496

497 Long-tailed Tyrant

Colonia colonus

497

498 Cattle Tyrant

Machetornis rixosus

498

499 Pied Water-Tyrant

Fluvicola pica

499

500 White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala

500

501 Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

501

502 Cinnamon Attila

Attila cinnamomeus

502

503 Grayish Mourner

Rhytipterna simplex

503

504 Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

504

505 Swainson's Flycatcher

Myiarchus swainsoni

505

506 Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

506

507 Venezuelan Flycatcher Myiarchus venezuelensis

507

508 Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

508

509 Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

509

510 Lesser Kiskadee

Phylohydor lictor

510



511 Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarhynchus pitangua

511

512 Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

512

513 Rusty-margined Flycatcher

Myiozetetes cayanensis

513

514 Yellow-throated Flycatcher

Conopias parva

514

515 Three-striped Flycatcher

Conopias trivirgata

515

516 Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

516

517 Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

517

518 Variegated Flycatcher

Empidonomus varius

518

519 Sulphury Flycatcher

Tyrannopsis sulphurea

519

520 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

520

521 White-throated Kingbird

Tyrannus albogularis

521

522 Gray Kingbird

Tyrannus dominicensis

522

523 Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

523

524 Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

524

525 Thrush-like Schiffornis

Schiffornis turdinus

525

526 Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

526

527 Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans

527

528 * Rose-collared Piha

Lipaugus streptophorus

528

529 Cinereous Mourner

Laniocera hypopyrrra

529

530 White-naped Xenopsaris

Xenopsaris albinucha

530

531 Green-backed Becard

Pachyramphus viridis

531

532 White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

532

533 Black-capped Becard

Pachyramphus marginatus

533

534 Cinereous Becard Pachyramphus rufus

534

535 Chestnut-crowned Becard

Pachyramphus castaneus

535

536 Pink-throated Becard

Platypsaris

536

537 Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

537



538 Black-tailed Tityra

Tityra cayana

538

539 * Sharpbill

Oxyruncus cristatus

539

540 * Red-banded Fruiteater

Pipreola whitelyi

540

541 * Dusky Purpletuft

Iodopleura fusca

541

542 * Purple-breasted Cotinga

Cotinga cotinga

542

543 Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana

543

544 * Pompadour Cotinga

Xipholena punicea

544

545 * Bearded Bellbird

Procnias averano

545

546 * White Bellbird

Procnias alba

546

547 Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Querula purpurata

547

548 Red-ruffed Fruitcrow

Pyroderus scutatus

548

549 * Capuchinbird

Perissocephalus tricolor

549

550 * Guianan Red-Cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex

550

551 * Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock

Rupicola rupicola

551

552 * Olive Manakin

Chloropipo uniformis

552

553 Striped Manakin

Machaeropterus regulus

553

554 Black Manakin

Saltarín Negro

Xenopipo atronitens

554

555 White-bearded Manakin

Manacus manacus

555

556 White-throated Manakin

Corapipo gutturalis

556

557 Blue-backed Manakin

Chiroxiphia pareola

557

558 Crimson-hooded Manakin

Pipra aureola

558

559 * Scarlet-horned Manakin

Pipra cornuta

559

560 Golden-headed Manakin Pipra erythrocephala

560

561 White-crowned Manakin

Dixiphia pipra

561

562 Blue-crowned Manakin

Lepidothrix coronata

562

563 Orange-bellied Manakin

Lepidothrix suavissima

563

564 * Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes stolzmanni

564



565 Tiny Tyrant-Manakin

Tyranneutes virescens

565

566 Saffron-crested Tyrant Manakin

Neopelma chrysocephalum

566

567 Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

567

568 Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius leucotis

568

569 Red-eyed (Chivi) Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

569

570 Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus

570

571 Scrub Greenlet

Hylophilus flavipes

571

572 Lemon-chested Greenlet

Hylophilus thoracicus

572

573 * Tepui Greenlet

Hylophilus sclateri

573

574 Buff-cheeked Greenlet

Hylophilus muscicapinus

574

575 Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Hylophilus ochraceiceps

575

576 Violaceous Jay

Cyanocorax violaceus

576

577 Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus

577

578 Brown-chested Martin

Progne tapera

578

579 Gray-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

579

580 White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

580

581 Blue-and-white Swallow

Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

581

582 White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

582

583 Black-collared Swallow

Atticora melanoleuca

583

584 White-thighed Swallow

Neochelidon tibialis

584

585 Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

585

586 Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata

586

587 Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

587

588 Black-capped Donacobius

Donacobius atricapillus

588

589 Bicolored Wren

Campylorhynchus griseus

589

590 Grass Wren

Cistothorus platensis

590

591 * Coraya Wren

Thryothorus coraya

591



592 Buff-breasted Wren

Thryothorus leucotis

592

593 House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

593

594 Tepui Wren

Troglodytes rufulus

594

595 White-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

595

596 Musician Wren

Cyphorhinus arada

596

597 * Wing-banded Wren

Microcerculus bambla

597

598 * Flutist Wren

Microcerculus ustulatus

598

599 Collared Gnatwren

Microbates collaris

599

600 Long-billed Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

600

601 Tropical Gnatcatcher

Polioptila plumbea

601

602 Rufous brown Solitaire

Cichlopsis leucogenys

602

603 Gray-cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimus

603

604 Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

604

605 Yellow-legged Thrush

Platycichla flavipes

605

606 Pale-eyed Thrush

Platycichla leucops

606

607 Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater

607

608 Bare-eyed Thrush

Turdus nudigenis

608

609 Black-billed Thrush

Turdus ignobilis

609

610 Lawrence's Thrush

Turdus lawrencii

610

611 Pale-breasted Thrush

Turdus leucomelas

611

612 Cocoa Thrush

Turdus fumigatus

612

613 White-necked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

613

614 Tropical Mockingbird

Mimus gilvus

614

615 Yellowish Pipit

Anthus lutescens

615

616 Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

616

617 Tennessee Warbler

Vermivora peregrina

617

618 Tropical Parula

Parula pitiayumi

618



619 Yellow Warbler

Dendroica aestiva

619

620 Bay-breasted Warbler

Dendroica castanea

620

621 Blackpoll Warbler

Dendroica striata

621

622 Blackburnian Warbler

Dendroica fusca

622

623 Cerulean Warbler

Dendroica cerulea

623

624 Black-and-White Warbler

Mniotilta varia

624

625 American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

625

626 Northern Waterthrush

Seiurus noveboracensis

626

627 Masked Yellowthroat

Geothlypis aequinoctialis

627

628 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis

628

629 Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus miniatus

629

630 * Tepui Whitestart

Myioborus castaneocapillus

630

631 * Roraiman Warbler

Basileuterus roraimae

631

632 Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

632

633 Riverside Warbler

Basileuterus rivularis

633

634 * Rose-breasted Chat

Granatellus pelzelni

634

635 * Bananaquit (race roraimae) Coereba flaveola

635

636 Chestnut-vented Conebill

Conirostrum speciosum

636

637 Black-faced Tanager

Schistochlamys melanopis

637

638 Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana

638

639 Guira Tanager

Hemithraupis guira

639

640 Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

640

641 Hooded Tanager

Nemosia pileata

641

642 * Olive-backed Tanager

Mitrospingus oleagineus

642

643 Fulvous Shrike-Tanager

Lanio fulvus

643

644 White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

644

645 Flame-crested Tanager

Tachyphonus cristatus

645



646 Fulvous-crested Tanager

Tachyphonus surinamus

646

647 Red-shouldered Tanager

Tachyphonus phoenicius

647

648 White-shouldered Tanager

Tachyphonus luctuosus

648

649 Red-crowned Ant-Tanager

Habia rubica

649

650 Highland Hepatic Tanager

Piranga lutea

650

651 Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

651

652 White-winged Tanager

Piranga leucoptera

652

653 Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

653

654 Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

654

655 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum

655

656 * Blue-backed Tanager

Cyanicterus cyanicterus

656

657 Golden-rumped Euphonia

Euphonia cyanocephala

657

658 Violaceous Euphonia

Euphonia violacea

658

659 Orange-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia xanthogaster

659

660 White-vented Euphonia

Euphonia minuta

660

661 Trinidad Euphonia

Euphonia trinitatis

661

662 Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

662

663 Finsch's Euphonia

Euphonia finschi

663

664 Rufous-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia rufiventris

664

665 Golden-sided Euphonia

Euphonia cayennensis

665

666 Plumbeous Euphonia

Euphonia plumbea

666

667 White-lored Euphonia

Euphonia chrysopasta

667

668 Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea

668

669 * Black-headed Tanager (race whitelyi) Tangara cyanoptera

669

670 Burnished-buff Tanager

Tangara cayana

670

671 Masked Tanager

Tangara nigrocincta

671

672 Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

672



673 Opal-rumped Tanager

Tangara velia

673

674 Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

674

675 Green-and-Gold Tanager

Tangara schrankii

675

676 Spotted Tanager

Tangara punctata

676

677 Speckled Tanager

Tangara guttata

677

678 Yellow-bellied Tanager

Tangara xanthogastra

678

679 Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

679

680 Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

680

681 Black-faced Dacnis

Dacnis lineata

681

682 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza

682

683 Short-billed Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes nitidus

683

684 Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

684

685 Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

685

686 * Greater Flower-Piercer

Diglossa major

686

687 Swallow-Tanager

Tersina viridis

687

688 Southern Grayish-Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

688

689 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus

689

690 Orinocan Saltator

Saltator orenocensis

690

691 Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

691

692 * Red-and-Black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

692

693 Blue-black Grosbeak

Cyanocompsa cyanoides

693

694 Yellow-green Grosbeak

Caryothraustes canadensis

694

695 Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis

695

696 Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

696

697 Sooty Grassquit

Tiaris fuliginosa

697

698 Lesser Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis

698

699 Carrizal Blue-black Seedeater

Amaurospiza carrizalensis

699



700 Large-billed Seed-Finch

Oryzoborus crassirostris

700

701 Great-billed Seed-Finch

Oryzoborus maximiliani

701

702 Gray Seedeater

Sporophila intermedia

(See note at end about a proposed split:

Ring-necked Seedeater)

702

703 Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea

703

704 Plumbeous Seedeater

Sporophila plumbea

704

705 Lined Seedeater

Sporophila lineola

705

706 Lesson’s Seedeater

Sporophila bouvronides

706

707 Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila nigricollis

707

708 Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Sporophila minuta

708

709 Páramo Seedeater

Catamenia homochroa

709

710 Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola

710

711 Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch

Sicalis columbiana

711

712 Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch

Sicalis citrina

712

713 Grassland Yellow-Finch

Sicalis luteola

713

714 Slaty Finch

Haplospiza rustica

714

715 Gray Pileated-Finch

Coryphospingus pileatus

715

716 * Tepui Brush-Finch

Atlapetes personatus

716

717 Pectoral Sparrow

Arremon taciturnus

717

718 Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

718

719 Grassland Sparrow

Ammodramus humeralis

719

720 Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons

720

721 Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

721

722 Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch

Emberizoides herbicola

722

723 Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorus

723

724 Yellow-hooded Blackbird

Agelaius icterocephalus

724

725 Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

725

726 Red-breasted Blackbird

Sturnella militaris

726



727 * Golden-tufted Mountain-Grackle

Macroagelaius imthurni

727

728 Carib Grackle

Quiscalus lugubris

728

729 Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

729

730 Giant Cowbird

Molothrus oryzivora

730

731 Moriche Oriole

Icterus chrysocephalus

731

732 Venezuelan Troupial

Icterus icterus

732

733 Yellow Oriole

Icterus nigrogularis

733

734 Orange-crowned Oriole

Icterus auricapillus

734

735 Oriole Blackbird

Gymnomystax mexicanus

735

736 Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela cela

736

737 Red-rumped Cacique

Cacicus haemorrhous

737

738 Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

738

739 Green Oropendola

Psarocolius viridis

739

740 Hooded Siskin

Carduelis magellanica

740

741 Lesser Goldfinch

Carduelis psaltria

741

New species since the publication of Birds of Venezuela (Hilty 2003):

742 White-winged Potoo

Nyctibius leucopterus (Marantz in prep.)

742

743 Rufous Potoo

Nyctibius bracteatus

(Marantz in prep.)

743

744 Guianan Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

(K. Zimmer. SACC proposal #157)

744

745 * River Island Spinetail

Synallaxis beverlyae

(Hilty & Ascanio 2009)

745

746 * Unnamed Softtail Thripophaga sp. nov

(Hilty, Ascanio & Whittaker in prep.)

746

747 Roraiman Antbird

Pernocstola saturata

(Braun et al. 2005)

747

748 Imeri Warbling-Antbird

Hypocnemis flavescens

(Isler et al. 2007)

748

749 Guianan Tyrannulet

Zimmerius acer

(Rheindt et al. 2008)

749



750 Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum fumifrons

(Salcedo et al. 2006)

750

751 *? Sierra de Lema Flycatcher

Mionectes macconelli

(Hilty & Ascanio in prep.)

751

752 * Carrizal Blue-black Seedeater

Amaurospiza carrizalensis

(Lentino & Restall 2003)

752

753 Ring-necked Seedeater

Sporophila insularis

(Restall 2001)

753

754 754

755 755

756 756

757 757

758 758

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