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  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      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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