yasuni birdwatching

	2009	April 2009
	YASUNI NATIONAL PARK LIST

	TINAMOUS	TINAMIDAE
2	Great Tinamou	Tinamus major
6	White-throated Tinamou	Tinamus guttatus
3	Cinereous Tinamou	Crypturellus cinereus
2	Little Tinamou	Crypturellus soui
2	Undulated Tinamou	Crypturellus undulatus
4	Variegated Tinamou	Crypturellus variegatus
4	Bartlett's Tinamou	Crypturellus bartletti
	CORMORANTS & SHAGS	PHALACROCORACIDAE
1	Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus
	DARTERS	ANHINGIDAE
1	Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga
	PELICANS	PELECANIDAE
6	Peruvian Pelican	Pelecanus thagus
	SCREAMERS	ANHIMIDAE
6	Horned Screamer	Anhima cornuta
	DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS	ANATIDAE
4	Muscovy Duck	Cairina moschata
	Black Bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis
	Masked Duck	Nomonyx dominica
6	Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors
	HERONS, BITTERNS, EGRETS	ARDEIDAE
3	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis
5	Zigzag Heron	Zebrilus undulatus
2	Rufescent Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma lineatum
1	Cocoi Heron	Ardea cocoi
6	Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias
1	Great Egret	Ardea alba
1	Snowy Egret	Egretta thula
5	Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea
2	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
1	Striated Heron	Butorides striatus
6	Green Heron	Butorides virescens
4	Agami Heron	Agamia agami
2	Capped Heron	Pilherodius pileatus
1	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
1	Boat-billed Heron	Cochlearius cochlearius
	IBISES & SPOONBILLS	THRESKIORNITHIDAE
4	Green Ibis	Mesembrinibis cayennensis
2	Roseate Spoonbill	Ajaia ajaja
	STORKS	CICONIIDAE
6	Wood Stork	Mycteria americana
	AMERICAN VULTURES	CATHARTIDAE
2	King Vulture	Sarcoramphus papa
1	Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus
4	Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura
1	Greater Yellow-headed Vulture	Cathartes melambrotus
	KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS	ACCIPITRIDAE
2	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
4	Grey-headed Kite	Leptodon cayanensis
4	Hook-billed Kite	Chondrohierax uncinatus
4	Swallow-tailed Kite	Elanoides forficatus
1	Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis
2	Slender-billed Kite	Rostrhamus hamatus
1	Double-toothed Kite	Harpagus bidentatus
2	Plumbeous Kite	Ictinia plumbea
5	Tiny Hawk	Accipiter superciliosus
2	Crane Hawk	Geranospiza caerulescens
2	Slate-colored Hawk	Leucopternis schistacea
4	Black-faced Hawk	Leucopternis melanops
3	White Hawk	Leucopternis albicollis
4	Great Black-Hawk	Buteogallus urubitinga
6	Black-collared Hawk	Busarellus nigricollis
2	Roadside Hawk	Buteo magnirostris
	Plumbeous Hawk	Leucopternis plumbeus
6	Crested Eagle	Morphnus guianensis
6	Harpy Eagle	Harpia harpyja
6	Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle	Spizastur melanoleucus
4	Black Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus tyrannus
2	Ornate Hawk-Eagle	Spizaetus ornatus
	FALCONS AND CARACARAS	FALCONIDAE
1	Black Caracara	Daptrius ater
4	Red-throated Caracara	Ibycter americanus
2	Yellow-headed Caracara	Milvago chimachima
4	Barred Forest-Falcon	Micrastur ruficollis
4	Lined Forest-Falcon	Micrastur gilvicollis
4	Collared Forest-Falcon	Micrastur semitorquatus
4	Buckley's Forest-Falcon	Micrastur buckleyi
2	Laughing Falcon	Herpetotheres cachinnans
1	Bat Falcon	Falco rufigularis
	Slaty-Backed Forest-Falcon	Micrastur mirandollei
6	Orange-breasted Falcon	Falco deiroleucus
6	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
	CURASSOWS, GUANS, ETC.	CRACIDAE
3	Speckled Chachalaca	Ortalis guttata
2	Spix's Guan	Penelope jacquacu
2	Common Piping-Guan	Pipile pipile
5	Nocturnal Curassow	Nothocrax urumutum
3	Salvin's Curassow	Mitu salvini
	NEW WORLD QUAILS	ODONTOPHORIDAE
3	Marbled Wood-Quail	Odontophorus gujanensis
	RAILS, GALLINULES, COOTS	RALLIDAE
5	Gray-breasted Crake	Laterallus exilis
	Rufous-sided Crake	Laterallus melanophaius
4	Black-banded Crake	Laterallus fasciatus
4	Chestnut-headed Crake	Anurolimnas castaneiceps
2	Gray-necked Wood-Rail	Aramides cajanea
3	Purple Gallinule	Porphyrula martinica
4	Azure Gallinule	Porphyrula flavirostris
	SUNBITTERN	EURYPYGIDAE
4	Sunbittern	Eurypyga helias
	FINFOOTS	HELIORNITHIDAE
2	Sungrebe	Heliornis fulica
	LIMPKIN	ARAMIDAE
1	Limpkin	Aramus guarauna
	TRUMPETERS	PSOPHIIDAE
5	Gray-winged Trumpeter	Psophia crepitans
	JACANAS	JACANIDAE
1	Wattled Jacana	Jacana jacana
	SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES	SCOLOPACIDAE
2	Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca
2	Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes
3	Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria
1	Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularia
4	Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla
	Sanderling Sandpiper
	Whimbrel Sandpiper
	PLOVERS & LAPWINGS	CHARADRIIDAE
5	Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis
3	Pied Plover	Hoploxypterus cayanus
3	Collared Plover	Charadrius collaris
	GULLS AND TERNS	LARIDAE
6	Laughing Gull	Larus atricilla
1	Yellow-billed Tern	Sterna superciliaris
2	Large-billed Tern	Phaetusa simplex
	SKIMMERS	RYNCHOPIDAE
3	Black Skimmer	Rynchops niger
	PIGEONS AND DOVES	COLUMBIDAE
1	Pale-vented Pigeon	Columba cayennensis
4	Ruddy Pigeon	Columba subvinacea
4	Plumbeous Pigeon	Columba plumbea
	Ruddy Ground Dove	Columbina talpacoti
5	Blue Ground-Dove	Claravis pretiosa
3	White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi
1	Gray-fronted Dove	Leptotila rufaxilla
5	Sapphire Quail-Dove	Geotrygon saphirina
4	Ruddy Quail-Dove	Geotrygon montana
	PARROTS AND MACAWS	PSITTACIDAE
1	Blue-and-yellow Macaw	Ara ararauna
2	Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao
4	Red-and-green Macaw	Ara chloroptera
1	Chestnut-fronted Macaw	Ara severa
1	Red-bellied Macaw	Orthopsittaca manilata
3	White-eyed Parakeet	Aratinga leucophthalmus
2	Dusky-headed Parakeet	Aratinga weddellii
2	Maroon-tailed Parakeet	Pyrrhura melanura
2	Blue-winged Parrotlet	Forpus xanthopterygius
4	Dusky-billed Parrotlet	Forpus sclateri
1	Cobalt-winged Parakeet	Brotogeris cyanoptera
6	Tui Parakeet	Brotogeris sanctithomae
2	Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet	Touit huetii
2	Black-headed Parrot	Pionites melanocephala
2	Orange-cheeked Parrot	Pionopsitta barrabandi
2	Blue-headed Parrot	Pionus menstruus
2	Yellow-crowned Amazon	Amazona ochrocephala
1	Orange-winged Amazon	Amazona amazonica
1	Mealy Amazon	Amazona farinosa
	CUCKOOS AND ANIS	CUCULIDAE
6	Black-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus
4	Dark-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus
2	Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana
	Black-bellied Cuckoo	Piaya melanogaster
2	Little Cuckoo	Piaya minuta
1	Greater Ani	Crotophaga major
1	Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani
5	Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi
	HOATZIN	OPISTHOCOMIDAE
1	Hoatzin	Opisthocomus hoazin
	TYPICAL OWLS	STRIGIDAE
2	Tropical Screech-Owl	Otus choliba
2	Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl	Otus watsonii
2	Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium brasilianum
3	Crested Owl	Lophostrix cristata
2	Spectacled Owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata