This is a list of the bird species recorded in Venezuela. The avifauna of Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

 includes a total of 1417 species, of which 48 are endemic

Endemism in birds

An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....

, 6 have been introduced

Introduced species

An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

 by humans, and 34 are rare or accidental. 27 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic

Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements

James Clements

Dr. James Franklin Clements was an ornithologist, author and very successful businessman. He was born in New York....

's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Venezuela.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

• (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Venezuela.
• (E) Endemic A species endemic to Venezuela.
• (I) Introduced A species introduced to Venezuela as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.

Table of contents
Non-passerines: Tinamous . Grebes . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Flamingos . Screamers . Ducks, Geese and Swans . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Guans, Chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Hoatzin . Limpkins . Trumpeters . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Sungrebe and Finfoots . Sunbittern . Jacanas . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and Doves . Parrots, Macaws and allies . Cuckoos and Anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Oilbird . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and Quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Jacamars . Puffbirds . Barbets . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies .
Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes and Antpittas . Tapaculos . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Mockingbirds and Thrashers . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Weavers and allies . Waxbills and allies . Vireos . New World warblers . Bananaquit . Tanagers . Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies . Saltators, Cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins, Crossbills and allies .
See also       References

Tinamous

Order: Tinamiformes. Family: Tinamidae

The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family Tinamidae within their own order, the Tinamiformes. They are distantly related to the ratites (order Struthioniformes), that includes the rhea

Rhea (bird)

The rheas are ratites in the genus Rhea, native to South America. There are two existing species: the Greater or American Rhea and the Lesser or Darwin's Rhea. The genus name was given in 1752 by Paul Möhring and adopted as the English common name. Möhring's reason for choosing this name, from the...

s, emu

Emu

The Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. There are three subspecies of Emus in Australia...

, and kiwi

Kiwi

Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world...

. There are 47 species worldwide and 14 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Gray Tinamou Tinamus tao
• Great Tinamou
  Great Tinamou
  The Great Tinamou Tinamus major, also called Mountain hen is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration:-Description:...
  
   Tinamus major
• White-throated Tinamou
  White-throated Tinamou
  The White-throated Tinamou, Tinamus guttatus is a species of bird native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil, northern Bolivia, southeastern Colombia, northeastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and southern Venezuela.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Tinamus guttatus
• Highland Tinamou
  Highland Tinamou
  The Highland Tinamou or Bonaparte's Tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over altitude.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Nothocercus bonapartei
• Tawny-breasted Tinamou
  Tawny-breasted Tinamou
  The Tawny-breasted Tinamou Nothocercus julius is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Nothocercus julius
• Cinereous Tinamou
  Cinereous Tinamou
  The Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus is a type of ground bird found in swamp and lowland forests in northern South America. Cinereous Tinamou’s have been around for many centuries. They are part of the oldest families of the world today, and have fossils discovered dating back tens of...
  
   Crypturellus cinereus
• Red-legged Tinamou
  Red-legged Tinamou
  The Red-legged Tinamou or Red-footed Tinamou,Crypturellus erythropus, is a dumpy, ground-dwelling bird found in the tropics and lower subtropics of northern South America..-Description:...
  
   Crypturellus erythropus
• Little Tinamou
  Little Tinamou
  The Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui, is found in Central America and South America.-Etymology:Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive...
  
   Crypturellus soui
• Tepui Tinamou
  Tepui Tinamou
  The Tepui Tinamou Crypturellus ptaritepui is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest on tepuis, in southeastern Venezuela.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Crypturellus ptaritepui (E)
• Brown Tinamou
  Brown Tinamou
  The Brown Tinamou is a dumpy, brownish ground bird found in humid lowland and montane forest in tropical and subtropical South America.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Crypturellus obsoletus
• Undulated Tinamou
  Undulated Tinamou
  The Undulated Tinamou is a species of ground bird found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America.-Etymology:...
  
   Crypturellus undulatus
• Gray-legged Tinamou Crypturellus duidae
• Variegated Tinamou
  Variegated Tinamou
  The Variegated Tinamou, Crypturellus variegatus, a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forest lowlands in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.-Etymology:...
  
   Crypturellus variegatus
• Barred Tinamou
  Barred Tinamou
  The Barred Tinamou, Crypturellus casiquiare, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forest in subtropical and tropical regions of northern South America.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Crypturellus casiquiare

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes. Family: Podicipedidae

Grebe

Grebe

A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...

s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Least Grebe
  Least Grebe
  The Least Grebe , an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.-Description:The Least Grebe ranges in length from...
  
   Tachybaptus dominicus
• Pied-billed Grebe
  Pied-billed Grebe
  The Pied-billed Grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.-Description:...
  
   Podilymbus podiceps

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

. Family: Procellariidae

Procellariidae

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black-capped Petrel
  Black-capped Petrel
  The Black-capped Petrel is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. It is also known as the Diablotín. The extinct Jamaica Petrel was a related dark form, often considered a subspecies of this bird.This long-winged petrel has a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump...
  
   Pterodroma hasitata
• Great Shearwater
  Great Shearwater
  The Great Shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. Its relationships are unclear. It belongs in the group of large species that could be separated as genus Ardenna ; within these, it might be allied with the other black-billed, blunt-tailed species Short-tailed...
  
   Puffinus gravis
• Audubon's Shearwater
  Audubon's Shearwater
  Audubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, is a common tropical seabird from the family Procellariidae. Sometimes called Dusky-backed Shearwater, the scientific name of this species commemorates the French naturalist Félix Louis L'Herminier....
  
   Puffinus lherminieri

Storm-Petrels

Order: Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

. Family: Hydrobatidae

The storm-petrel

Storm-petrel

Storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes. These smallest of seabirds feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.Storm petrels have a cosmopolitan...

s are relatives of the petrel

Petrel

Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group...

s, and are the smallest of sea-birds. They feed on plankton

Plankton

Plankton are any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. That is, plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...

ic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

-like. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Wilson's Storm-Petrel
  Wilson's Storm-petrel
  Wilson's Storm Petrel , also known as Wilson's Petrel, is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly in the seas of the southern hemisphere but extending northwards during the summer of the northern...
  
   Oceanites oceanicus
• Leach's Storm-Petrel
  Leach's Storm-petrel
  The Leach's Storm Petrel or Leach's Petrel is a small seabird of the tubenose family. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach....
  
   Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Tropicbirds

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbird

Tropicbird

Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon...

s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Red-billed Tropicbird
  Red-billed Tropicbird
  The Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Phaethon aethereus

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelican

Pelican

A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....

s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Brown Pelican
  Brown Pelican
  The Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:...
  
   Pelecanus occidentalis

Boobies and gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Sulidae

Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

The sulids comprise the gannet

Gannet

Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads. They have long pointed wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up...

s and boobies

Booby

A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...

. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Masked Booby
  Masked Booby
  The Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...
  
   Sula dactylatra
• Red-footed Booby
  Red-footed Booby
  The Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...
  
   Sula sula
• Brown Booby
  Brown Booby
  The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...
  
   Sula leucogaster

Cormorants

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Phalacrocoracidae

The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Neotropic Cormorant
  Neotropic Cormorant
  The Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the USA south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America. It also breeds on the...
  
   Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Darters

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Anhingidae

Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Anhinga
  Anhinga
  The Anhinga , sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.It is a cormorant-like bird with an average body length of , a...
  
   Anhinga anhinga

Frigatebirds

Order: Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebird

Frigatebird

The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...

s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Magnificent Frigatebird
  Magnificent Frigatebird
  The Magnificent Frigatebird was sometimes previously known as Man O'War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds....
  
   Fregata magnificens

Bitterns, herons and egrets

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bittern

Bittern

Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

s, heron

Heron

The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

s and egret

Egret

An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species named as herons rather than egrets...

s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds suck as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 22 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Whistling Heron
  Whistling Heron
  The Whistling Heron is a medium-sized, often terrestrial heron of South America. There are two subspecies, the southern S. s. sibilatrix and the northern S. s. fostersmithi.-Description:...
  
   Syrigma sibilatrix
• Capped Heron
  Capped Heron
  The Capped Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus Pilherodius.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes....
  
   Pilherodius pileatus
• Great Blue Heron
  Great Blue Heron
  The Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England...
  
   Ardea herodias
• Cocoi Heron
  Cocoi Heron
  The Cocoi Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a non-breeding visitor to Trinidad and Tobago and a vagrant to the Falkland...
  
   Ardea cocoi
• Great Egret
  Great Egret
  The Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
  
   Ardea alba
• Reddish Egret
  Reddish Egret
  The Reddish Egret is a small heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range...
  
   Egretta rufescens
• Tricolored Heron
  Tricolored Heron
  The Tricolored Heron formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru...
  
   Egretta tricolor
• Little Blue Heron
  Little Blue Heron
  The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern USA or beyond in winter...
  
   Egretta caerulea
• Snowy Egret
  Snowy Egret
  The Snowy Egret is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas....
  
   Egretta thula
• Cattle Egret
  Cattle Egret
  The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
  
   Bubulcus ibis
• Striated Heron
  Striated Heron
  The Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...
  
   Butorides striata
• Green Heron
  Green Heron
  The Green Heron is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron , and together they were called "Green-backed Heron"...
  
   Butorides virescens
• Agami Heron
  Agami Heron
  The Agami Heron is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil.It is sometimes known as the Chestnut-bellied Heron, and is the only member of the genus Agamia .The Agami Heron's habitat is forest swamps and similar wooded wetlands...
  
   Agamia agami
• Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
• Boat-billed Heron
  Boat-billed Heron
  The Boat-billed Heron - colloquially known as the Boatbill - is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly thought to be in a monotypic family, Cochlearidae....
  
   Cochlearius cochlearius
• Fasciated Tiger-Heron
  Fasciated Tiger-heron
  The Fasciated Tiger Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, and a vagrant in Nicaragua...
  
   Tigrisoma fasciatum
• Rufescent Tiger-Heron
  Rufescent Tiger-heron
  The Rufescent Tiger Heron , also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Tigrisoma lineatum
• Zigzag Heron
  Zigzag Heron
  The Zigzag Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family, also including egrets and bitterns. It is in the monotypic genus Zebrilus....
  
   Zebrilus undulatus
• Stripe-backed Bittern
  Stripe-backed Bittern
  The Stripe-backed Bittern is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.Its natural habitat is swamps.- References : Database...
  
   Ixobrychus involucris
• Least Bittern
  Least Bittern
  The Least Bittern is a small wading bird, the smallest heron found in the Americas.This bird's underparts and throat are white with light brown streaks. Their face and the sides of the neck are light brown; they have yellow eyes and a yellow bill. The adult male is glossy greenish black on the...
  
   Ixobrychus exilis
• Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Wood Stork
  Wood Stork
  The Wood Stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "Wood Ibis", though it is not really an ibis.-Appearance:...
  
   Mycteria americana
• Maguari Stork
  Maguari Stork
  The Maguari Stork is a species of stork in the Ciconiidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It is a vagrant to Chile, Trinidad, the Falkland Islands and probably Peru...
  
   Ciconia maguari
• Jabiru
  Jabiru
  The Jabiru is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru...
  
   Jabiru mycteria

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis

Ibis

The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....

es and spoonbill

Spoonbill

Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...

s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Buff-necked Ibis
  Buff-necked Ibis
  The Buff-necked Ibis , also known as the White-throated Ibis, is a fairly large ibis found widely in open habitats of eastern and northern South America...
  
   Theristicus caudatus
• Sharp-tailed Ibis
  Sharp-tailed Ibis
  The Sharp-tailed Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Cercibis.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Cercibis oxycerca
• Green Ibis
  Green Ibis
  The Green Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus Mesembrinibis....
  
   Mesembrinibis cayennensis
• Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
• American White Ibis
  American White Ibis
  The American White Ibis is a species of wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It occurs from the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States south through most of the New World tropics...
  
   Eudocimus albus
• Scarlet Ibis
  Scarlet Ibis
  The Scarlet Ibis is a species of ibis that inhabits tropical South America and also Trinidad and Tobago. It is the national bird of Trinidad and is featured on the Trinidad and Tobago coat of arms along with Tobago's national bird, the Rufous-vented Chachalaca.-Taxonomy:This species is very...
  
   Eudocimus ruber
• Glossy Ibis
  Glossy Ibis
  The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
  
   Plegadis falcinellus
• White-faced Ibis
  White-faced Ibis
  The White-faced Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western USA south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to...
  
   Plegadis chihi
• Roseate Spoonbill
  Roseate Spoonbill
  The Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae...
  
   Platalea ajaja

Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes. Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingo

Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus , the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae...

s are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet high, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. They are more numerous in the latter. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly-shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume, and are uniquely used upside-down. There are 6 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Caribbean Flamingo
  Caribbean Flamingo
  The American Flamingo is a large species of flamingo closely related to the Greater Flamingo and Chilean Flamingo. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Greater Flamingo, but that treatment is now widely viewed as incorrect due to a lack of evidence...
  
   Phoenicopterus ruber

Screamers

Order: Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

. Family: Anhimidae

The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and territorial disputes. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Horned Screamer
  Horned Screamer
  The Horned Screamer is a member of a small family of birds, the Anhimidae, which occurs in wetlands of tropical South America...
  
   Anhima cornuta
• Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria

Ducks, geese and swans

Order: Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

. Family: Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

The family Anatidae includes the duck

Duck

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...

s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese

Goose

The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....

 and swan

Swan

Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
• White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
• Orinoco Goose
  Orinoco Goose
  The Orinoco Goose is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae, and is the only living member of the genus Neochen...
  
   Neochen jubata
• Muscovy Duck
  Muscovy Duck
  The Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas...
  
   Cairina moschata
• Comb Duck
  Comb Duck
  The Knob-billed Duck , or Comb Duck, is an unusual, pan-tropical duck, found in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China...
  
   Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
• Torrent Duck
  Torrent Duck
  The Torrent Duck is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus Merganetta. Today it is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblage where it was formerly assigned to was dissolved because it turned out to be...
  
   Merganetta armata
• American Wigeon
  American Wigeon
  The American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again...
  
   Anas americana
• Speckled Teal
  Speckled Teal
  The Yellow-billed Teal is a South American species of duck. Like other teals, it belongs to the diverse genus Anas; more precisely it is one of the "true" teals of subgenus Nettion. It occurs in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil...
  
   Anas flavirostris
• Northern Pintail
  Northern Pintail
  The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
  
   Anas acuta (A)
• White-cheeked Pintail
  White-cheeked Pintail
  The White cheeked Pintail or Bahama Pintail is a dabbling duck of the Caribbean, South America, and the Galápagos Islands....
  
   Anas bahamensis
• Blue-winged Teal
  Blue-winged Teal
  The Blue-winged Teal is a small dabbling duck from North America.-Description:The Blue-winged Teal is long, with a wingspan of , and a weight of . The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail. The adult...
  
   Anas discors
• Cinnamon Teal
  Cinnamon Teal
  The Cinnamon Teal is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America.thumb|left|Female Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium...
  
   Anas cyanoptera (A)
• Northern Shoveler
  Northern Shoveler
  The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
  
   Anas clypeata
• Southern Pochard
  Southern Pochard
  The Southern Pochard is a duck.There are two subspecies, the South American Pochard N. e. erythrophthalma and the African Pochard N. e...
  
   Netta erythrophthalma
• Ring-necked Duck
  Ring-necked Duck
  The Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...
  
   Aythya collaris (A)
• Lesser Scaup
  Lesser Scaup
  The Lesser Scaup is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill...
  
   Aythya affinis
• Masked Duck
  Masked Duck
  The Masked Duck is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean...
  
   Nomonyx dominica

New World vultures

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution

Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution describes the acquisition of the same biological trait in unrelated lineages.The wing is a classic example of convergent evolution in action. Although their last common ancestor did not have wings, both birds and bats do, and are capable of powered flight. The wings are...

. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion

Carrion

Carrion refers to the carcass of a dead animal. Carrion is an important food source for large carnivores and omnivores in most ecosystems. Examples of carrion-eaters include vultures, hawks, eagles, hyenas, Virginia Opossum, Tasmanian Devils, coyotes, Komodo dragons, and burying beetles...

. There are 7 species worldwide, all of which are found only in the Americas, and 6 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black Vulture
  Black vulture
  Black vulture may refer to:* American Black Vulture* Eurasian Black Vulture...
  
   Coragyps atratus
• Turkey Vulture
  Turkey Vulture
  The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
  
   Cathartes aura
• Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
  Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
  The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes burrovianus, also known as the Savannah Vulture, is a species of bird in the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture until they were split in 1964...
  
   Cathartes burrovianus
• Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
  Greater Yellow-headed Vulture
  The Greater Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes melambrotus, also known as the Forest Vulture, is a species of bird in the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture until they were split in 1964. It is found in South America in...
  
   Cathartes melambrotus
• Andean Condor
  Andean Condor
  The Andean Condor is a species of South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur...
  
   Vultur gryphus (A)
• King Vulture
  King Vulture
  The King Vulture is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, though some believe that William Bartram's Painted...
  
   Sarcoramphus papa

Osprey

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Pandionidae

The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor

Bird of prey

Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....

 which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

• Osprey
  Osprey
  The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
  
   Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, kites and eagles

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk

Hawk

The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

s, eagle

Eagle

Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

s, kites

Kite (bird)

Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....

, harriers

Harrier (bird)

A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....

 and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 46 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Gray-headed Kite
  Gray-headed Kite
  The Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis, is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests. It shares the genus Leptodon with the extremely rare White-collared Kite. It breeds from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia,Brazil and northern Argentina.The nest is made of sticks lined...
  
   Leptodon cayanensis
• Hook-billed Kite
  Hook-billed Kite
  The Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers...
  
   Chondrohierax uncinatus
• Swallow-tailed Kite
  Swallow-tailed Kite
  The Swallow-tailed Kite is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round...
  
   Elanoides forficatus
• Pearl Kite
  Pearl Kite
  The Pearl Kite is a very small raptor found in open savanna habitat adjacent to deciduous woodland. It is the only member of the genus Gampsonyx...
  
   Gampsonyx swainsonii
• White-tailed Kite
  White-tailed Kite
  The White-tailed Kite is an elanid kite of genus Elanus found in western North America and parts of South America.Their coloration is gull-like, but their shape and flight falcon-like, with a rounded tail...
  
   Elanus leucurus
• Snail Kite
  Snail Kite
  The Snail Kite is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Its relative, the Slender-billed Kite, is now again placed in Helicolestes, making the genus Rostrhamus monotypic...
  
   Rostrhamus sociabilis
• Slender-billed Kite
  Slender-billed Kite
  The Slender-billed Kite is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. It is found near water in forested parts of tropical northern and central South America, and far eastern Panama...
  
   Rostrhamus hamatus
• Double-toothed Kite
  Double-toothed Kite
  The Double-toothed Kite is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.This fairly...
  
   Harpagus bidentatus
• Rufous-thighed Kite
  Rufous-thighed Kite
  The Rufous-thighed Kite is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, and Suriname....
  
   Harpagus diodon
• Mississippi Kite
  Mississippi Kite
  The Mississippi Kite is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet . Weight is from 214 to 388 grams . Adults are gray with darker gray on their tail feathers and outer wings and lighter gray on their heads...
  
   Ictinia mississippiensis
• Plumbeous Kite
  Plumbeous Kite
  The Plumbeous Kite is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures....
  
   Ictinia plumbea
• Long-winged Harrier
  Long-winged Harrier
  The Long-winged Harrier is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, native to South America.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry...
  
   Circus buffoni
• Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus (A)
• Gray-bellied Goshawk Accipiter poliogaster
• Tiny Hawk
  Tiny Hawk
  The Tiny Hawk is a small diurnal bird of prey found in or near forests, primarily humid, throughout much of the Neotropics. It is primarily a bird-eater, and is known to prey on hummingbirds....
  
   Accipiter superciliosus
• Semicollared Hawk
  Semicollared Hawk
  The Semi-collared Hawk is a bird of prey species of in the Accipitridae family. Usually named Accipiter collaris, it is the sister species of the Tiny Hawk . The latter is the only species of the genus Accipiter yet studied which has a large procoracoid foramen...
  
   Accipiter collaris
• Plain-breasted Hawk Accipiter ventralis
• Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
• Crane Hawk
  Crane Hawk
  The Crane Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Geranospiza....
  
   Geranospiza caerulescens
• Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
• Black-faced Hawk
  Black-faced Hawk
  The Black-faced Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. This low-density species has traditionally been believed to be restricted to Amazon Basin north of the Amazon River, but there are several records south of this river, in, for example, the Brazilian states of Pará and...
  
   Leucopternis melanops
• White Hawk
  White Hawk
  The White Hawk , a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World, belongs to the family Accipitridae of the Falconiformes; it is sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes with the other hawks and their relatives...
  
   Leucopternis albicollis
• Rufous Crab-Hawk
  Rufous Crab-hawk
  The Rufous Crab Hawk or Rufous Crab-hawk, is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Buteogallus aequinoctialis
• Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
• Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
• Savanna Hawk
  Savanna Hawk
  The Savanna Hawk is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina....
  
   Buteogallus meridionalis
• Harris's Hawk
  Harris's Hawk
  The Harris's Hawk or Harris Hawk formerly known as the Bay-winged Hawk or Dusky Hawk, is a medium-large bird of prey which breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile and central Argentina...
  
   Parabuteo unicinctus
• Black-collared Hawk
  Black-collared Hawk
  The Black-collared Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Busarellus....
  
   Busarellus nigricollis
• Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
  Black-chested Buzzard-eagle
  The Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is a bird of prey of the hawk and eagle family . It lives in open regions of South America. This species is also known as the Black Buzzard-eagle, Grey Buzzard-eagle or analogously with "eagle" or "eagle-buzzard" replacing "buzzard-eagle", or as the Chilean Blue Eagle...
  
   Geranoaetus melanoleucus
• Solitary Eagle
  Solitary Eagle
  The Montane Solitary Eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius, is a large Neotropical eagle.- Range and habitat :The Montane Solitary Eagle is native to Mexico and Central and South America. It is found in mountainous or hilly forests, at elevations between 600 m & 2,200 m...
  
   Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
• Gray Hawk
  Gray Hawk
  The Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida....
  
   Asturina nitida
• Roadside Hawk
  Roadside Hawk
  The Roadside Hawk is a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.-Description:The Roadside Hawk is long and weighs...
  
   Buteo magnirostris
• Broad-winged Hawk
  Broad-winged Hawk
  The Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year...
  
   Buteo platypterus
• White-rumped Hawk
  White-rumped Hawk
  The White-rumped Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Buteo leucorrhous
• Short-tailed Hawk
  Short-tailed Hawk
  The Short-tailed Hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus Buteo, it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a "buteo" or "buzzard". The White-throated Hawk The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo...
  
   Buteo brachyurus
• White-throated Hawk
  White-throated Hawk
  The White-throated Hawk, Buteo albigula, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. In British usage it would be called a buzzard rather than a true hawk....
  
   Buteo albigula
• Swainson's Hawk
  Swainson's Hawk
  The Swainson's Hawk , is a large buteo hawk of the Falconiformes, sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes like its relatives. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
  
   Buteo swainsoni
• White-tailed Hawk
  White-tailed Hawk
  The White-tailed Hawk is a large bird of prey species found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas.-Description:...
  
   Buteo albicaudatus
• Zone-tailed Hawk
  Zone-tailed Hawk
  The Zone-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds , including birds up to the size of quail....
  
   Buteo albonotatus
• Red-tailed Hawk
  Red-tailed Hawk
  The Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
  
   Buteo jamaicensis (A)
• Crested Eagle
  Crested Eagle
  The Crested Eagle is a large Neotropical eagle. It is the only member of the genus Morphnus. It is 71–89 cm long and has a wingspan of 138–176 cm...
  
   Morphnus guianensis
• Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
• Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
  Black-and-white Hawk-eagle
  The Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family...
  
   Spizastur melanoleucus
• Black Hawk-Eagle
  Black Hawk-Eagle
  The Black Hawk-Eagle , also known as theTyrant Hawk-Eagle, is a species of eagle found from central Mexico to eastern Peru, the south of Brazil, and far northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats include humid and moist forests close to rivers, and several types of woodland. It is uncommon to...
  
   Spizaetus tyrannus
• Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
• Black-and-chestnut Eagle
  Black-and-chestnut Eagle
  The Black-and-chestnut Eagle is a South American species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is sometimes called Isidor's Eagle. It is often placed in the monotypic genus Oroaetus....
  
   Oroaetus isidori

Caracaras and falcons

Order: Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Falconidae

Falconidae

The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black Caracara
  Black Caracara
  The Black Caracara is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. Its genus Daptrius is often considered monotypic today, though some also include the Red-throated Caracara otherwise separated in Ibycter....
  
   Daptrius ater
• Red-throated Caracara
  Red-throated Caracara
  The Red-throated Caracara is a social species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Ibycter, or sometimes united in Daptrius with the Black Caracara...
  
   Ibycter americanus
• Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway
• Yellow-headed Caracara
  Yellow-headed Caracara
  The Yellow-headed Caracara is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America...
  
   Milvago chimachima
• Laughing Falcon
  Laughing Falcon
  The Laughing Falcon , also called the Snake Hawk , is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family , the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater...
  
   Herpetotheres cachinnans
• Barred Forest-falcon
  Barred Forest-falcon
  The Barred Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family which includes the falcons, caracaras, and their relatives...
  
   Micrastur ruficollis
• Lined Forest-falcon
  Lined Forest-falcon
  The Lined Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is endemic to humid forest in the western and northern Amazon Basin...
  
   Micrastur gilvicollis
• Slaty-backed Forest-falcon
  Slaty-backed Forest-falcon
  The Slaty-backed Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Micrastur mirandollei
• Collared Forest-falcon
  Collared Forest-falcon
  The Collared Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.Its natural...
  
   Micrastur semitorquatus
• American Kestrel
  American Kestrel
  The American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...
  
   Falco sparverius
• Aplomado Falcon
  Aplomado Falcon
  The Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer...
  
   Falco femoralis
• Merlin
  Merlin (bird)
  The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
  
   Falco columbarius
• Bat Falcon
  Bat Falcon
  The Bat Falcon is a falcon that is a resident breeder in tropical Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad. It was long known as Falco albigularis; the name Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, long used for the Aplomado Falcon, are now believed to refer to the present...
  
   Falco rufigularis
• Orange-breasted Falcon
  Orange-breasted Falcon
  The Orange-breasted Falcon is a bird of the falcon family. It is probably closely related to and looks like a larger version of the Bat Falcon. These two, in turn, are probably closest to the Aplomado Falcon and constitute a rather old American lineage of Falcos.It is found from southern Mexico to...
  
   Falco deiroleucus
• Peregrine Falcon
  Peregrine Falcon
  The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
  
   Falco peregrinus

Guans, Chachalacas and allies

Order: Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

. Family: Cracidae

Cracidae

The chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae.These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. One species, the Plain Chachalaca, just reaches southernmost Texas in the USA...

The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colourful facial ornaments. There are 50 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Rufous-vented Chachalaca
  Rufous-vented Chachalaca
  The Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Ortalis ruficauda, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It inhabits northeast Colombia and northern Venezuela where it is called Guacharaca, and in Tobago where it is known as the Cocrico...
  
   Ortalis ruficauda
• Little Chachalaca
  Little Chachalaca
  The Little Chachalaca is a small bird found only in the northern part of South America. It grows to about 38 cm in length and weighs . This bird lives mostly in trees. It is a member of the Cracidae family, and is found in northern Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana and Venezuela...
  
   Ortalis motmot
• Speckled Chachalaca
  Speckled Chachalaca
  The Speckled Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in forests and woodlands in the western Amazon Basin and disjunctly in the Atlantic forests in eastern Brazil...
  
   Ortalis guttata
• Band-tailed Guan
  Band-tailed Guan
  The Band-tailed Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Penelope argyrotis
• Andean Guan
  Andean Guan
  The Andean Guan, Penelope montagnii, is a gamefowl species of the family Cracidae, in which it belongs to the guan subfamily Penelopinae...
  
   Penelope montagnii
• Marail Guan
  Marail Guan
  The Marail Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Penelope marail
• Crested Guan
  Crested Guan
  The Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It breeds in lowlands from south Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to western Ecuador and southern Venezuela at up to 1850 m altitude.The...
  
   Penelope purpurascens
• Spix's Guan
  Spix's Guan
  Spix's Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Penelope jacquacu
• Blue-throated Piping-Guan
  Blue-throated Piping-guan
  The Blue-throated Piping Guan, Pipile cumanensis is a South American bird of the family Cracidae that is somewhat similar in appearance to the turkey.-Composition, range and habitat:There are two subspecies. P...
  
   Pipile cumanensis
• Red-throated Piping-Guan
  Red-throated Piping-guan
  The Red-throated Piping Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Brazil, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Pipile cujubi
• Wattled Guan
  Wattled Guan
  The Wattled Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is a fairly large black cracid with blue-based, black-tipped beak and a long, red-and-yellow wattle. It is 1190-1550 grams and is 72.5-77.5 cm long long.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Aburria aburri
• Nocturnal Curassow
  Nocturnal Curassow
  The Nocturnal Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Nothocrax urumutum
• Crestless Curassow
  Crestless Curassow
  The Crestless Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Mitu tomentosa
• Helmeted Curassow
  Helmeted Curassow
  The Helmeted Curassow or Northern Helmeted Curassow, is a large terrestrial black curassow with a small head, large bluish grey casque on forehead, red bill, white-tipped tail feathers, greenish glossed mantle and breast feathers, and white below. Both sexes are similar...
  
   Pauxi pauxi
• Yellow-knobbed Curassow
  Yellow-knobbed Curassow
  The Yellow-knobbed Curassow is a large species of bird found in forest and woodland in Colombia and Venezuela. It feeds mainly on the ground, but flies up into trees if threatened. Its most striking features are its crest, made of feathers that curl forward, and the fleshy yellow knob at the base...
  
   Crax daubentoni (E)
• Black Curassow
  Black Curassow
  The Black Curassow , also known as the Smooth-billed Curassow, and the Crested Curassow, is a species of bird in the Cracidae family, the chachalacas, guans, and curassows. It is found in humid forests in northern South America in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and far northern Brazil...
  
   Crax alector

New World quails

Order: Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

. Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quail

New World quail

The New World quails or Odontophorids are small birds only distantly related to the Old World Quails, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family Odontophoridae, whereas Old World Quail are in the pheasant family Phasianidae...

s are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. There are 32 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas, and 4 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Crested Bobwhite
  Crested Bobwhite
  The Crested Bobwhite is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica...
  
   Colinus cristatus
• Marbled Wood-Quail
  Marbled Wood-quail
  The Marbled Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Odontophorus gujanensis
• Black-fronted Wood-Quail
  Black-fronted Wood-quail
  The Black-fronted Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Odontophorus atrifrons
• Venezuelan Wood-Quail
  Venezuelan Wood-quail
  The Venezuelan Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found only in Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Odontophorus columbianus (E)

Hoatzin

Order: Opisthocomiformes. Family: Opisthocomidae

Opisthocomidae

Opisthocomidae is a group of birds, the only named family within the order Opisthocomiformes. The only living representative is the Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin, which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. Several fossil species have been identified, including one from Africa....

The Hoatzin is pheasant-sized - but much slimmer - long-tailed, long-necked and has a small head. It has an unfeathered blue face with red eyes, and its head is topped by spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in te swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.

• Hoatzin
  Hoatzin
  The Hoatzin , also known as the Hoactzin, Stinkbird, or Canje Pheasant, is a species of tropical bird found in swamps, riverine forest and mangrove of the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America...
  
   Opisthocomus hoazin

Limpkins

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Aramidae

The Limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab brown plumage and a greyer head and neck.

• Limpkin
  Limpkin
  The Limpkin , Aramus guarauna, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes. It is the only extant species in the genus Aramus and the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina...
  
   Aramus guarauna

Trumpeters

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Psophiidae

The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs, and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. There are 3 species worldwide, restricted to the Amazon basin, and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Gray-winged Trumpeter Psophia crepitans

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Rallidae

Rallidae

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot

Coot

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water...

s, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 22 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Speckled Rail Coturnicops notatus
• Ocellated Crake
  Ocellated Crake
  The Ocellated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia....
  
   Micropygia schomburgkii
• Russet-crowned Crake
  Russet-crowned Crake
  The Russet-crowned Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and...
  
   Anurolimnas viridis
• Rufous-sided Crake
  Rufous-sided Crake
  The Rufous-sided Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps....
  
   Laterallus melanophaius
• Rusty-flanked Crake
  Rusty-flanked Crake
  The Rusty-flanked Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and water storage areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Laterallus levraudi (E)
• White-throated Crake
  White-throated Crake
  The White-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
  
   Laterallus albigularis
• Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
• Clapper Rail
  Clapper Rail
  The Clapper Rail is a member of the rail family, Rallidae. Some researchers believe that this bird and the similar King Rail are a single species; the two birds are known to interbreed.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Rallus longirostris
• Plain-flanked Rail
  Plain-flanked Rail
  The Plain-flanked Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests and coastal saline lagoons.It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Rallus wetmorei (E)
• Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
  Rufous-necked Wood-rail
  The Rufous-necked Wood Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...
  
   Aramides axillaris
• Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
• Uniform Crake
  Uniform Crake
  The Uniform Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, the only member of the genus Amaurolimnas. It is found widely, but locally, in swampy forests and wetlands of southern Mexico, and Central and South America...
  
   Amaurolimnas concolor
• Sora
  Sora (crake)
  The Sora is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the Sora Rail or Sora Crake.Adults Soras are long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks. They have a short thick yellow bill, with black...
  
   Porzana carolina
• Ash-throated Crake
  Ash-throated Crake
  The Ash-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Porzana albicollis
• Yellow-breasted Crake
  Yellow-breasted Crake
  The Yellow-breasted Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto...
  
   Porzana flaviventer
• Paint-billed Crake
  Paint-billed Crake
  The Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.Its natural...
  
   Neocrex erythrops
• Spotted Rail
  Spotted Rail
  The Spotted Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad...
  
   Pardirallus maculatus
• Blackish Rail
  Blackish Rail
  The Blackish Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
  
   Pardirallus nigricans
• Purple Gallinule
  American Purple Gallinule
  The American Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.A medium-sized rail with big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.Juveniles are brown overall with a brownish olive back...
  
   Porphyrio martinica
• Azure Gallinule
  Azure Gallinule
  The Azure Gallinule is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.The bill and frontal shield is a pale greenish-yellow.The wing...
  
   Porphyrio flavirostris
• Common Moorhen
  Common Moorhen
  The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
  
   Gallinula chloropus
• Caribbean Coot
  Caribbean Coot
  The Caribbean Coot is a large waterbird of the family Rallidae, which is a resident breeder in the Caribbean and parts of Venezuela. Several alleged sightings have occurred in North America, but these cannot be authenticated since some American Coots lack red knobs on the frontal shield of the bill...
  
   Fulica caribaea

Sungrebe and Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...

The Heliornithidae are small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Sungrebe
  Sungrebe
  The Sungrebe or American Finfoot is a bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to northeast Argentina and southern Brazil....
  
   Heliornis fulica

Sunbittern

Order: Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Eurypygidae

The Sunbittern is a bittern

Bittern

Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

-like bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

 of tropical regions of the Americas

Americas

The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.

• Sunbittern
  Sunbittern
  The Sunbittern, Eurypyga helias is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae and genus Eurypyga.-Description and reproduction:...
  
   Eurypyga helias

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Jacanidae

The jacana

Jacana

The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....

s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Wattled Jacana
  Wattled Jacana
  The Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes....
  
   Jacana jacana

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatcher

Oystercatcher

The oystercatchers are a group of waders; they form the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus. They are found on coasts worldwide apart from the polar regions and some tropical regions of Africa and South East Asia...

s are large and noisy plover

Plover

Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...

-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• American Oystercatcher
  American Oystercatcher
  The American Oystercatcher , occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak...
  
   Haematopus palliatus

Avocets and stilts

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet

Avocet

The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...

s and the stilt

Stilt

Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Black-necked Stilt
  Black-necked Stilt
  The Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean...
  
   Himantopus mexicanus

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Double-striped Thick-knee
  Double-striped Thick-knee
  The Double-striped Thick-knee, Burhinus bistriatus, is a Stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae.It is a resident breeder in Central and South America from southern Mexico south to Colombia, Venezuela and northern Brazil...
  
   Burhinus bistriatus

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Charadriidae

Charadriidae

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...

The family Charadriidae includes the plover

Plover

Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...

s, dotterels, and lapwing

Lapwing

Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...

s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Pied Lapwing
  Pied Lapwing
  The Pied Plover , also known as the Pied Lapwing, is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Vanellus cayanus
• Southern Lapwing
  Southern Lapwing
  The Southern Lapwing is a wader in the family Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions , the higher parts of the Andes and the arid coast of a large part of western South America. This bird is particularly common in the...
  
   Vanellus chilensis
• American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Semipalmated Plover
  Semipalmated Plover
  The Semipalmated Plover is a small plover.This species weighs and measures in length and across the wings. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband...
  
   Charadrius semipalmatus
• Wilson's Plover
  Wilson's Plover
  The Wilson's Plover is a small plover.Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.It is a partial migrant. Birds leave...
  
   Charadrius wilsonia
• Killdeer
  Killdeer
  The Killdeer is a medium-sized plover.Adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange. The face and cap are brown with a white forehead. They have an orange-red eyering...
  
   Charadrius vociferus
• Snowy Plover
  Snowy Plover
  The Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...
  
   Charadrius alexandrinus
• Collared Plover
  Collared Plover
  The Collared Plover, Charadrius collaris, is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina....
  
   Charadrius collaris

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae

The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew

Curlew

The curlews , genus Numenius, are a group of eight species of birds, characterised by long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills...

s, godwit

Godwit

The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter....

s, shanks

Tringa

Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...

, tattler

Tattler (bird)

The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks.The species are:*...

s, woodcock

Woodcock

The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...

s, snipe

Snipe

A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the...

s, dowitcher

Dowitcher

The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related...

s and phalarope

Phalarope

A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek Sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...

s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 31 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Wilson's Snipe
  Wilson's Snipe
  Wilson's Snipe is a small, stocky shorebird. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe, G. gallinago. Wilson's Snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of seven.Adults are...
  
   Gallinago delicata
• South American Snipe
  South American Snipe
  The South American Snipe or Magellan Snipe, Gallinago paraguaiae, is a small, stocky wader. Its taxonomic position is complicated, sometimes treated as a race of Common Snipe...
  
   Gallinago paraguaiae
• Noble Snipe
  Noble Snipe
  The Noble Snipe, Gallinago nobilis, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela above or just below the treeline. It is entirely sedentary.-Description:...
  
   Gallinago nobilis
• Giant Snipe
  Giant Snipe
  The Giant Snipe, Gallinago undulata, is a stocky wader. It breeds in South America. The nominate subspecies G. u. undulata occurs in two distinct areas, one in Colombia, and the other from Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana to extreme north-eastern Brazil. The southern...
  
   Gallinago undulata
• Andean Snipe
  Andean Snipe
  The Andean Snipe, Gallinago jamesoni, is a small, stocky wader. It breeds in the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It appears to be entirely sedentary, with no evidence of migration....
  
   Gallinago jamesoni
• Short-billed Dowitcher
  Short-billed Dowitcher
  The Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...
  
   Limnodromus griseus
• Hudsonian Godwit
  Hudsonian Godwit
  The Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird.-Identification:Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white...
  
   Limosa haemastica
• Bar-tailed Godwit
  Bar-tailed Godwit
  The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...
  
   Limosa lapponica (A)
• Marbled Godwit
  Marbled Godwit
  The Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is , including a large bill of , and wingspan is . Body mass can vary from ....
  
   Limosa fedoa
• Whimbrel
  Whimbrel
  The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
  
   Numenius phaeopus
• Long-billed Curlew
  Long-billed Curlew
  The Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...
  
   Numenius americanus (A)
• Upland Sandpiper
  Upland Sandpiper
  The Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...
  
   Bartramia longicauda
• Greater Yellowlegs
  Greater Yellowlegs
  The Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...
  
   Tringa melanoleuca
• Lesser Yellowlegs
  Lesser Yellowlegs
  The Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...
  
   Tringa flavipes
• Solitary Sandpiper
  Solitary Sandpiper
  The Solitary Sandpiper is a small wader .-Description:This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass of . It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark...
  
   Tringa solitaria
• Spotted Sandpiper
  Spotted Sandpiper
  The Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
  
   Actitis macularia
• Willet
  Willet
  The Willet, Tringa semipalmata , is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks...
  
   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
• Ruddy Turnstone
  Ruddy Turnstone
  The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
  
   Arenaria interpres
• Red Knot
  Red Knot
  The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
  
   Calidris canutus
• Sanderling
  Sanderling
  The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
  
   Calidris alba
• Semipalmated Sandpiper
  Semipalmated Sandpiper
  The Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short stout...
  
   Calidris pusilla
• Western Sandpiper
  Western Sandpiper
  The Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
  
   Calidris mauri
• Least Sandpiper
  Least Sandpiper
  The Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird.This species has greenish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above...
  
   Calidris minutilla
• White-rumped Sandpiper
  White-rumped Sandpiper
  The White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a white stripe over their eyes. This bird shows long wings in flight. In winter...
  
   Calidris fuscicollis
• Baird's Sandpiper
  Baird's Sandpiper
  The Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...
  
   Calidris bairdii
• Pectoral Sandpiper
  Pectoral Sandpiper
  The Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
  
   Calidris melanotos
• Dunlin
  Dunlin
  The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
  
   Calidris alpina (A)
• Stilt Sandpiper
  Stilt Sandpiper
  The Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...
  
   Calidris himantopus
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  The Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...
  
   Tryngites subruficollis
• Ruff Philomachus pugnax (A)
• Wilson's Phalarope
  Wilson's Phalarope
  The Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...
  
   Phalaropus tricolor (A)

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Great Skua
  Great Skua
  The Great Skua, Stercorarius skua, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. In Britain, it is sometimes known by the name Bonxie, a Shetland name of unknown origin.-Description:...
  
   Stercorarius skua
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull

Gull

Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...

s and kittiwake

Kittiwake

The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...

s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Ring-billed Gull
  Ring-billed Gull
  The Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...
  
   Larus delawarensis (A)
• Kelp Gull
  Kelp Gull
  The Kelp Gull , also known as the Dominican Gull, breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere. The race L. d. vetula occurs around southern Africa, and nominate L. d...
  
   Larus dominicanus (A)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
  Lesser Black-backed Gull
  The Lesser Black-backed Gull is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa...
  
   Larus fuscus (A)
• American Herring Gull
  American Herring Gull
  The American Herring Gull or Smithsonian Gull is a large gull which breeds in North America. It is often treated as a subspecies of the European Herring Gull but is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities.Adults are white with gray back and wings, black wingtips with white spots,...
  
   Larus smithsonianus (A)
• Laughing Gull
  Laughing Gull
  The Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. It breeds on the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Northernmost populations migrate further south in winter, and this species occurs as a rare vagrant to western...
  
   Larus atricilla
• Franklin's Gull
  Franklin's Gull
  The Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...
  
   Larus pipixcan

Terns

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Sternidae

Tern

Tern

Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...

s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 14 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Gull-billed Tern
  Gull-billed Tern
  The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
  
   Sterna nilotica
• Caspian Tern
  Caspian Tern
  The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
  
   Sterna caspia
• Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
• Royal Tern
  Royal Tern
  The Royal Tern is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies. T. m. maximus breeds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico into the Caribbean. The slightly smaller T. m. albididorsalis breeds in coastal west Africa...
  
   Sterna maxima
• Roseate Tern
  Roseate Tern
  The Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....
  
   Sterna dougallii
• Common Tern
  Common Tern
  The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
  
   Sterna hirundo
• Least Tern Sterna antillarum
• Yellow-billed Tern
  Yellow-billed Tern
  The Yellow-billed Tern is a species of tern in the Sternidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, and freshwater...
  
   Sterna superciliaris
• Bridled Tern
  Bridled Tern
  The Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...
  
   Sterna anaethetus
• Sooty Tern
  Sooty Tern
  The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...
  
   Sterna fuscata
• Black Tern
  Black Tern
  The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
  
   Chlidonias niger
• Large-billed Tern
  Large-billed Tern
  The Large-billed Tern is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Phaetusa....
  
   Phaetusa simplex
• Black Noddy
  Black Noddy
  The Black Noddy or White-capped Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. It resembles the closely related Brown or Common Noddy , but is smaller with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail...
  
   Anous minutus
• Brown Noddy
  Brown Noddy
  The Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...
  
   Anous stolidus

Skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Rynchopidae

Skimmer

Skimmer

The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas....

s are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Black Skimmer
  Black Skimmer
  The Black Skimmer, Rynchops niger, is a tern-like seabird, one of three very similar birds species in the skimmer family. It breeds in North and South America...
  
   Rynchops niger

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

. Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and dove

Dove

Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...

s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere

Cère

The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal...

. There are 308 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Rock Pigeon
  Rock Pigeon
  The Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
  
   Columba livia (I)
• Scaly-naped Pigeon
  Scaly-naped Pigeon
  The Scaly-naped Pigeon , also known as the Red-necked Pigeon, is a bird belonging to the family Columbidae. The species occurs throughout the Caribbean.- Description :...
  
   Patagioenas squamosa
• Scaled Pigeon
  Scaled Pigeon
  The Scaled Pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa , is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Trinidad....
  
   Patagioenas speciosa
• Bare-eyed Pigeon
  Bare-eyed Pigeon
  The Bare-eyed Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Aruba, Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, and Venezuela....
  
   Patagioenas corensis
• Band-tailed Pigeon
  Band-tailed Pigeon
  The Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata, is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean Pigeon and the Ring-tailed Pigeon, which form a clade of Patagioenas with a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on their necks.It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and...
  
   Patagioenas fasciata
• Pale-vented Pigeon
  Pale-vented Pigeon
  The Pale-vented Pigeon, Patagioenas cayennensis, is a large pigeon found in the tropical American. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the...
  
   Patagioenas cayennensis
• Plumbeous Pigeon
  Plumbeous Pigeon
  The Plumbeous Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Patagioenas plumbea
• Ruddy Pigeon
  Ruddy Pigeon
  The Ruddy Pigeon, Patagioenas subvinacea, is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of Patagioenas with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas...
  
   Patagioenas subvinacea
• Eared Dove
  Eared Dove
  The Eared Dove, Zenaida auriculata, is a New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder throughout South America from Colombia to southern Argentina and Chile, and on the offshore islands from the Grenadines southwards. It may be a relatively recent colonist of Tobago and Trinidad...
  
   Zenaida auriculata
• Common Ground Dove
  Common Ground Dove
  The Common Ground Dove is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The Common Ground Dove is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States...
  
   Columbina passerina
• Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
• Ruddy Ground Dove
  Ruddy Ground Dove
  The Ruddy Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Columbina talpacoti
• Scaled Dove
  Scaled Dove
  The Scaled Dove is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Columbina squammata
• Blue Ground Dove
  Blue Ground Dove
  The Blue Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad....
  
   Claravis pretiosa
• Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
• White-tipped Dove
  White-tipped Dove
  The White-tipped Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Leptotila verreauxi
• Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
• Lined Quail Dove Geotrygon linearis
• Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
• Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana

Parrots, macaws and allies

Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Psittacidae

Parrot

Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are 335 species worldwide and 51 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Rose-ringed Parakeet
  Rose-ringed Parakeet
  The Rose-ringed Parakeet , also known as the Ringnecked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical parakeet species that has an extremely large range. Since the trend of the population appears to be increasing, the species has been evaluated as Least Concern by IUCN in 2009.Rose-ringed parakeets are...
  
   Psittacula krameri (I)
• Blue-and-yellow Macaw
  Blue-and-yellow Macaw
  The Blue-and-Yellow Macaw , also known as the Blue-and-Gold Macaw, is a member of the group of large Neotropical parrots known as macaws. It breeds in forest and woodland of tropical South America from Trinidad and Venezuela south to Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay...
  
   Ara ararauna
• Military Macaw
  Military Macaw
  The Military Macaw is a large parrot and a medium-sized member of the macaw genus. Though considered vulnerable as a wild species, it is still commonly found in the pet trade industry. A predominantly green bird, it is found in the forests of Mexico and South America.-Taxonomy:There are three...
  
   Ara militaris
• Scarlet Macaw
  Scarlet Macaw
  The Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to...
  
   Ara
• Red-and-green Macaw
  Red-and-green Macaw
  The Red-and-green Macaw , also known as the Green-winged Macaw, is a large mostly-red macaw of the Ara genus.This is the largest of the Ara genus, widespread in the forests and woodlands of northern and central South America...
  
   Ara chloroptera
• Chestnut-fronted Macaw
  Chestnut-fronted Macaw
  The Chestnut-fronted Macaw or Severe Macaw is one of the largest of the Mini-Macaws. It reaches a size of around of which around half is the length of the tail....
  
   Ara severa
• Red-bellied Macaw
  Red-bellied Macaw
  The Red-bellied Macaw, Orthopsittaca manilata, is a medium-sized, mainly green parrot. It is the only species of the genus Orthopsittaca, and it does not have any subspecies....
  
   Orthopsittaca manilata
• Red-shouldered Macaw
  Red-shouldered Macaw
  The Red-shouldered Macaw is the smallest macaw being 30–35 centimetres in length. It is a parrot native to the tropical lowlands, savannah, and swamplands of Venezuela, the Guianas, Bolivia, Brazil, and far south-eastern Peru...
  
   Diopsittaca nobilis
• Blue-crowned Parakeet
  Blue-crowned Parakeet
  The Blue-crowned Parakeet, Blue-crowned Conure, or Sharp-tailed Conure is a parakeet native to large parts of South America, from eastern Colombia in the north to northern Argentina in the south...
  
   Aratinga acuticaudata
• Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
  Scarlet-fronted Parakeet
  The Scarlet-fronted Parakeet or is a long-tailed South American species of parrot, which is sometimes called the Scarlet-fronted Conure or Wagler's Conure.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Aratinga wagleri
• White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
• Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis
• Brown-throated Parakeet
  Brown-throated Parakeet
  The Brown-throated Parakeet , commonly known as the St. Thomas Conure or Brown-throated Conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family...
  
   Aratinga pertinax
• Todd's Parakeet Pyrrhura caeruleiceps
• Painted Parakeet
  Painted Parakeet
  The Painted Parakeet , more commonly known as the Painted Conure in aviculture, is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots. Its taxonomy is highly complex, and has undergone significant changes in recent years. As here defined, it is restricted to forests in northern South...
  
   Pyrrhura picta
• Fiery-shouldered Parakeet
  Fiery-shouldered Parakeet
  The Fiery-shouldered Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pyrrhura egregia
• White-eared Parakeet
  White-eared Parakeet
  The White-eared Parakeet or Maroon-faced Parakeet is a small parrot belonging to the genus Pyrrhura. As here defined, it is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil...
  
   Pyrrhura leucotis
• Maroon-tailed Parakeet
  Maroon-tailed Parakeet
  The Maroon-tailed Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Pyrrhura melanura
• Red-eared Parakeet
  Red-eared Parakeet
  The Blood-eared Parakeet or Red-eared Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela....
  
   Pyrrhura hoematotis (E)
• Rose-headed Parakeet
  Rose-headed Parakeet
  The Rose-crowned Parakeet also known as Rose-headed Parakeet, Conure Tête-de-feu, Rose-Crowned Conure, or Perico Cabecirrojo is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela....
  
   Pyrrhura rhodocephala (E)
• Barred Parakeet
  Barred Parakeet
  The Barred Parakeet , also known as Lineolated Parakeet, Catherine Parakeet or 'Linnies' for short, is a small parrot found disjunctly in highland forests from southern Mexico to Panama, in the Andes from western Venezuela to southern Peru, the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia and the Venezuelan...
  
   Bolborhynchus lineola
• Green-rumped Parrotlet
  Green-rumped Parrotlet
  The Green-rumped Parrotlet, Forpus passerinus, is a small parrot. It is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America, from Caribbean regions of Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil, on the downstream Amazon River...
  
   Forpus passerinus
• Spectacled Parrotlet
  Spectacled Parrotlet
  The Spectacled Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela....
  
   Forpus conspicillatus
• Dusky-billed Parrotlet
  Dusky-billed Parrotlet
  The Dusky-billed Parrotlet , also known as the Sclater's Parrotlet, is a small species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest in South America, where it is locally fairly common; it is in the Andes, and the Amazonian foothills; also the Amazon River outlet, and...
  
   Forpus sclateri
• Orange-chinned Parakeet
  Orange-chinned Parakeet
  The Orange-chinned Parakeet , also known as the Tovi Parakeet, is a small mainly green parrot of the Brotogeris genus. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela...
  
   Brotogeris jugularis
• Cobalt-winged Parakeet
  Cobalt-winged Parakeet
  The Cobalt-winged Parakeet is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots.It is found in the eastern Andean foothills, the far western Amazonian regions in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; in Brazil, the Amazon Basin states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondonia.Its...
  
   Brotogeris cyanoptera
• Golden-winged Parakeet
  Golden-winged Parakeet
  The Golden-winged Parakeet is a species of bird in the Psittacidae family, the true parrots.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, , and Venezuela in the eastern Amazon Basin and the lower Orinoco River region of eastern Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...
  
   Brotogeris chrysopterus
• Tepui Parrotlet
  Tepui Parrotlet
  The Tepui Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Nannopsittaca panychlora
• Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
  Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
  The Lilac-tailed Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Touit batavica
• Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
  Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet
  The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Touit huetii
• Blue-fronted Parrotlet
  Blue-fronted Parrotlet
  The Blue-fronted Parrotlet, Touit dilectissimus, is also known as the Red-winged Parrotlet . It is a parrot in N. South America from E. Panama down the west coastal Andes to Peru, with a second population around and south of Lake Maracaibo...
  
   Touit dilectissima
• Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet
  Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet
  The Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Touit purpurata
• Black-headed Parrot
  Black-headed Parrot
  The Black-headed Parrot , also known as the Black-headed Caique, Black-capped Parrot or Pallid Parrot The Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus; sometimes incorrectly Pionites melanocephala), also known as the Black-headed Caique, Black-capped Parrot or Pallid Parrot The Black-headed Parrot...
  
   Pionites melanocephala
• Orange-cheeked Parrot
  Orange-cheeked Parrot
  The Orange-cheeked Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Pionopsitta which is now monotypic....
  
   Pionopsitta barrabandi
• Saffron-headed Parrot
  Saffron-headed Parrot
  The Saffron-headed Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was previously placed in the genus Pionopsitta, but moved out, as it is not as close to the type species Pionopsitta pileata as it was believed...
  
   Pionopsitta pyrilia
• Caica Parrot
  Caica Parrot
  The Caica Parrot is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It was formerly placed in Pionopsitta which is now monotypic. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Pionopsitta caica
• Rusty-faced Parrot
  Rusty-faced Parrot
  The Rusty-faced Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:*...
  
   Hapalopsittaca amazonina
• Blue-headed Parrot
  Blue-headed Parrot
  The Blue-headed Parrot, also known as the Blue-headed Pionus, Pionus menstruus, is a medium large parrot. It is about 27 cm long and they are mainly green with a blue head and neck, and red under tail feathers. It is a resident bird in tropical and subtropical South America and southern...
  
   Pionus menstruus
• Red-billed Parrot
  Red-billed Parrot
  The Red-billed Parrot or Red-billed Pionus is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in humid subtropical forests in the Venezuelan Coastal Range, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and in the Andes from Colombia in north to Bolivia in south...
  
   Pionus sordidus
• Speckle-faced Parrot
  Speckle-faced Parrot
  The Speckle-faced Parrot is a species of parrot from the humid Andean forests from Colombia, through Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia...
  
   Pionus tumultuosus
• Bronze-winged Parrot
  Bronze-winged Parrot
  The Bronze-winged Parrot is a medium sized pionus parrot 28 cm long. It is a short-tailed stocky parrot found in forest and woodland in north-western South America.-Description:...
  
   Pionus chalcopterus
• Dusky Parrot
  Dusky Parrot
  The Dusky Parrot or Dusky Pionus is a medium sized mainly dark brownish-gray parrot of the Pionus genus in the true parrot family....
  
   Pionus fuscus
• Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
• Blue-cheeked Amazon
  Blue-cheeked Amazon
  The Blue-cheeked Amazon, Amazona dufresniana, also known as Blue-cheeked Parrot or Dufresne's Amazon, is a parrot found in northeast South America in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and possibly far northern Brazil. It lives in forest and savanna woodlands up to 1700 m.It is about 34 cm...
  
   Amazona dufresniana
• Festive Amazon
  Festive Amazon
  The Festive Amazon , also known as the Festive Parrot, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. It is associated with forest and woodland growing near major rivers. Locally it is also found in coastal mangroves...
  
   Amazona festiva
• Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis
• Yellow-crowned Amazon
  Yellow-crowned Amazon
  The Yellow-crowned Amazon or Yellow-crowned Parrot , is a species of parrot, native to the tropical South America and Panama. The taxonomy is highly complex, and the Yellow-headed and Yellow-naped Amazon are sometimes considered subspecies of the Yellow-crowned Amazon...
  
   Amazona ochrocephala
• Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
• Scaly-naped Amazon
  Scaly-naped Amazon
  The Scaly-naped Parrot is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Amazona mercenaria
• Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
• Red-fan Parrot
  Red-fan Parrot
  The Red-fan Parrot , also known as the Hawk-headed Parrot, is an unusual New World parrot hailing from the Amazon Rainforest...
  
   Deroptyus accipitrinus

Cuckoos and anis

Order: Cuculiformes

Cuculiformes

The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

. Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo

Cuckoo

The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...

s, roadrunner

Geococcyx

The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...

s and anis

Ani (bird)

The anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New world birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States...

. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Dwarf Cuckoo
  Dwarf Cuckoo
  The Dwarf Cuckoo is a tropical American bird species of the cuckoo family .It was formerly placed in the genus Coccyzus or Micrococcyx. Following the discovery that it belongs to a distinct lineage around the Little Cuckoo, the genus Coccycua has been reinstated for these.It is found in Brazil,...
  
   Coccyzus pumilus
• Black-billed Cuckoo
  Black-billed Cuckoo
  The Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo.Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye ring is greenish.Their breeding habitat is edges of...
  
   Coccyzus erythropthalmus
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  The Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow...
  
   Coccyzus americanus
• Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
  Pearly-breasted Cuckoo
  The Pearly-breasted Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Coccyzus euleri
• Mangrove Cuckoo
  Mangrove Cuckoo
  The Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor, is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics.Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown. There is a yellow ring around the eye...
  
   Coccyzus minor
• Dark-billed Cuckoo
  Dark-billed Cuckoo
  The Dark-billed Cuckoo is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family, the cuckoos.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela...
  
   Coccyzus melacoryphus
• Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
• Squirrel Cuckoo
  Squirrel Cuckoo
  The Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana, is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.-Description:...
  
   Piaya cayana
• Black-bellied Cuckoo
  Black-bellied Cuckoo
  The Black-bellied Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest and the Guianas. It is generally uncommon, but locally fairly common...
  
   Piaya melanogaster
• Little Cuckoo
  Little Cuckoo
  The Little Cuckoo is a species of bird in the cuckoo family from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus Piaya but a monotypic genus Coccycua was once erected for it...
  
   Piaya minuta
• Greater Ani
  Greater Ani
  The Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, is a large bird in the cuckoo family. It is a breeding species from Panama and Trinidad through tropical South America to northern Argentina. It is sometimes referred to as the Black cuckoo....
  
   Crotophaga major
• Smooth-billed Ani
  Smooth-billed Ani
  The Smooth-billed Ani is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.This ani is found in open and semi-open country and...
  
   Crotophaga ani
• Groove-billed Ani
  Groove-billed Ani
  The Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas and central Mexico through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela,...
  
   Crotophaga sulcirostris
• Striped Cuckoo
  Striped Cuckoo
  The Striped Cuckoo is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus Tapera. This resident cuckoo is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina....
  
   Tapera naevia
• Pheasant Cuckoo
  Pheasant Cuckoo
  The Pheasant Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
  
   Dromococcyx phasianellus
• Pavonine Cuckoo
  Pavonine Cuckoo
  The Pavonine Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Dromococcyx pavoninus
• Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo
  Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo
  The Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests in northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia. At in length, it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus Neomorphus.-References:*...
  
   Neomorphus rufipennis

Barn owls

Order: Strigiformes. Family: Tytonidae

Tytonidae

Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...

Barn owl

Barn Owl

The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...

s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Ashy-faced Owl
  Ashy-faced Owl
  The Ashy-faced Owl is a species of owl in the Tytonidae family.It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.- References :* BirdLife International...
  
   Tyto glaucops
• Barn Owl
  Barn Owl
  The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...
  
   Tyto alba

Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes. Family: Strigidae

Typical owl

Typical owl

True owl or Typical owl are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls, the other being the barn owls . The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Strigidae...

s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 22 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Tropical Screech-Owl
  Tropical Screech-owl
  The Tropical Screech Owl is a small species of owl in the Strigidae family.-Range and habitat:It is found throughout South America , except in the Andes, the arid Pacific lowlands, and the far south. Its distribution also extends into southern Central America in Costa Rica and Panama...
  
   Megascops choliba
• Rufescent Screech-Owl
  Rufescent Screech-owl
  The Rufescent Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This is one of the larger species of screech owls, similar in size to the White-throated Screech Owl...
  
   Megascops ingens
• Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl
  Tawny-bellied Screech-owl
  The Tawny-bellied Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Megascops watsonii
• Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
• Roraima Screech-Owl Megascops roraimae
• White-throated Screech-Owl
  White-throated Screech-owl
  The White-throated Screech Owl is an owl found in Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. It is the largest species of the genus Megascops, at 26 cm and 185 grams ....
  
   Megascops albogularis
• Great Horned Owl
  Great Horned Owl
  The Great Horned Owl, , also known as the Tiger Owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.-Description:...
  
   Bubo virginianus
• Mottled Owl
  Mottled Owl
  The Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. The body has vertical bars on the chest and throat and white markings in the back. The eyes are dark and the head is round and they do not have ear tufts.It is thirteen to fifteen inches in length...
  
   Ciccaba virgata
• Black-and-white Owl
  Black-and-white Owl
  The Black-and-white Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.Compare with ITIS: It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Ciccaba nigrolineata
• Black-banded Owl
  Black-banded Owl
  The Black-banded Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Ciccaba huhula
• Rufous-banded Owl
  Rufous-banded Owl
  The Rufous-banded Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Ciccaba albitarsus
• Crested Owl
  Crested Owl
  The Crested Owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is the only species , in the genus Lophostrix....
  
   Lophostrix cristata
• Spectacled Owl
  Spectacled Owl
  The Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata, is a large tropical owl. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina...
  
   Pulsatrix perspicillata
• Andean Pygmy-Owl
  Andean Pygmy-owl
  The Andean Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Glaucidium jardinii
• Amazonian Pygmy-Owl
  Amazonian Pygmy-owl
  The Amazonian Pygmy Owl is an owl found in northern South America and northern Brazil, in the center of the Amazon Basin, and in Venezuela and the Guianas. In the southwest of the basin bordering the Andes cordillera, the species is found in Peru, and Bolivia...
  
   Glaucidium hardyi
• Least Pygmy-Owl
  Least Pygmy-owl
  The East Brazilian Pygmy Owl , also known as Sick's Pygmy-owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family. It has been argued that the here used scientific name actually belongs to the Pernambuco Pygmy Owl, in which case the East Brazilian Pygmy Owl should be referred to G. sicki...
  
   Glaucidium minutissimum
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
• Burrowing Owl
  Burrowing Owl
  The Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...
  
   Athene cunicularia
• Buff-fronted Owl
  Buff-fronted Owl
  The Buff-fronted Owl, Aegolius harrisii, is a small owl. It is a rare and local resident in the highlands of South America from Venezuela south and east to Peru, northern Argentina and northwest Paraguay...
  
   Aegolius harrisii
• Striped Owl
  Striped Owl
  The Striped Owl is a medium-sized owl with large ear tufts and a brownish-white facial disk rimmed with black. Its beak is black, and it has cinnamon-colored eyes. It has shorter, rounder wings than most of its close relatives. The upperparts are cinnamon with fine black vermiculation and heavy...
  
   Pseudoscops clamator
• Stygian Owl
  Stygian Owl
  The Stygian Owl, Asio stygius is a medium-sized dusky colored owl. It has yellow eyes, a black beak, a dark blackish facial disk, and white eyebrows. Its underparts are a dingy buff color with dark brown barring and streaks...
  
   Asio stygius
• Short-eared Owl
  Short-eared Owl
  The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
  
   Asio flammeus (A)

Oilbird

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Steatornithidae

The Oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the Oil palm

Oil palm

The oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...

.

• Oilbird
  Oilbird
  The Oilbird , also known as Guácharo, is a bird found in the northern areas of South America . They are nocturnal feeders on the fruits of the Oil Palm and tropical laurels, and are the only nocturnal fruit eating birds in the world...
  
   Steatornis caripensis

Potoos

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Nyctibiidae

The potoos (sometimes called Poor-Me-Ones) are large near passerine

Near passerine

Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...

 birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. There are 5 species, all of which are from the South American tropical region, and 5 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Great Potoo
  Great Potoo
  The Great Potoo is a bird, both the largest potoo species and the largest member of the order Caprimulgiformes . It occurs in tropical America.-Description:...
  
   Nyctibius grandis
• Long-tailed Potoo
  Long-tailed Potoo
  The Long-tailed Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Paraguay; also in Argentina in the extreme northeast....
  
   Nyctibius aethereus
• Andean Potoo
  Andean Potoo
  The Andean Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Nyctibius maculosus
• Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
• White-winged Potoo
  White-winged Potoo
  The White-winged Potoo is a species of bird in the Nyctibiidae family, the Potoos.It is found in Roraima and Amazonas, Brazil and Guyana in the Amazon Basin; also localised populations in Peru and French Guiana....
  
   Nyctibius leucopterus

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjar

Nightjar

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Short-tailed Nighthawk
  Short-tailed Nighthawk
  The Short-tailed Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Lurocalis semitorquatus
• Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
  Rufous-bellied Nighthawk
  The Rufous-bellied Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Lurocalis rufiventris
• Least Nighthawk
  Least Nighthawk
  The Least Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Chordeiles pusillus
• Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris
• Lesser Nighthawk
  Lesser Nighthawk
  The Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis, is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the...
  
   Chordeiles acutipennis
• Common Nighthawk
  Common Nighthawk
  The Common Nighthawk is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark , displaying cryptic colouration and intricate patterns, this bird becomes invisible by day. Once aerial, with its buoyant but erratic flight,...
  
   Chordeiles minor
• Nacunda Nighthawk
  Nacunda Nighthawk
  The Nacunda Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Podager....
  
   Podager nacunda
• Band-tailed Nighthawk
  Band-tailed Nighthawk
  The Band-tailed Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Nyctiprogne leucopyga
• Pauraque
  Pauraque
  The Pauraque – also called the Common Pauraque to distinguish it from similar species – is a nightjar species, the only bird in the genus Nyctidromus...
  
   Nyctidromus albicollis
• Chuck-will's-widow
  Chuck-will's-widow
  The Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods...
  
   Caprimulgus carolinensis
• Rufous Nightjar
  Rufous Nightjar
  The Rufous Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
  
   Caprimulgus rufus
• Band-winged Nightjar
  Band-winged Nightjar
  The Band-winged Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is widespread in South America, where found in the Andes, Venezuelan Coastal Range, Santa Marta Mountains, Tepuis, most of Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and eastern Brazil...
  
   Caprimulgus longirostris
• Todd's Nightjar
  Todd's Nightjar
  The Todd's Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in woodland and other semi-open habitats in northern Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana. The alternative name Santa Marta Nightjar after the Santa Marta Mountains is therefore misleading. It is fairly common in most...
  
   Caprimulgus heterurus
• Spot-tailed Nightjar
  Spot-tailed Nightjar
  The Spot-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical...
  
   Caprimulgus maculicaudus
• White-tailed Nightjar
  White-tailed Nightjar
  The White-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
  
   Caprimulgus cayennensis
• Blackish Nightjar
  Blackish Nightjar
  The Blackish Nightjar is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family. This relatively small dark nightjar is found in the Guianas and the Amazon. It is rare or even absent in the western part, but is among the commonest nightjars in the eastern Amazon and the Guianas.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Caprimulgus nigrescens
• Roraiman Nightjar
  Roraiman Nightjar
  The Roraiman Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in wooded habitats in the tepui highlands in northern Brazil, southern Venezuela and Guyana. It largely resembles the more widespread Blackish Nightjar.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
  
   Caprimulgus whitelyi
• Lyre-tailed Nightjar
  Lyre-tailed Nightjar
  The Lyre-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Uropsalis lyra
• Ladder-tailed Nightjar
  Ladder-tailed Nightjar
  The Ladder-tailed Nightjar is a species of bird in the Caprimulgidae family, the nightjars. It is one of two species in the genus, Hydropsalis....
  
   Hydropsalis climacocerca

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes

Apodiformes

Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

. Family: Apodidae

Swift

Swift

The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...

s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Tepui Swift
  Tepui Swift
  The Tepui Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Cypseloides phelpsi
• Spot-fronted Swift
  Spot-fronted Swift
  The Spot-fronted Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:...
  
   Cypseloides cherriei
• White-chinned Swift
  White-chinned Swift
  The White-chinned Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Cypseloides cryptus
• Chestnut-collared Swift
  Chestnut-collared Swift
  The Chestnut-collared Swift, Streptoprocne rutila, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru and Bolivia. It was one of the species of Cypseloides controversially moved to Streptoprocne by the AOU ....
  
   Streptoprocne rutila
• White-collared Swift
  White-collared Swift
  The White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris, is a resident breeding bird from central Mexico, the Greater Antilles and Trinidad south to Peru, northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil....
  
   Streptoprocne zonaris
• Band-rumped Swift
  Band-rumped Swift
  The Band-rumped Swift, Chaetura spinicaudus, is a small swift.This species breeds in forested areas from Costa Rica south and east to Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and northeast Brazil...
  
   Chaetura spinicaudus
• Gray-rumped Swift
  Gray-rumped Swift
  The Grey-rumped Swift, Chaetura cinereiventris, is a small swift.This species breeds in hill forests from Nicaragua south to Peru, Brazil and northern Argentina, and Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. The nest is a half saucer of twigs glued to the inside of a tree hole, chimney or similar shaded...
  
   Chaetura cinereiventris
• Pale-rumped Swift
  Pale-rumped Swift
  The Pale-rumped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Chaetura egregia
• Chimney Swift
  Chimney Swift
  The Chimney Swift is a small bird .-Physical description:In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.-Reproduction:The breeding season of Chimney Swifts is...
  
   Chaetura pelagica
• Vaux's Swift
  Vaux's Swift
  Vaux's Swift is a small swift native to North America and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.-Description:...
  
   Chaetura vauxi
• Chapman's Swift
  Chapman's Swift
  The Chapman's Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Chaetura chapmani
• Short-tailed Swift
  Short-tailed Swift
  The Short-tailed Swift is a bird in the Apodidae, or swift family.-Taxonomy:The subspecies C. b. ocypetes is sometimes considered a full species, the Tumbes Swift Chaetura ocypetes Zimmer, 1953....
  
   Chaetura brachyura
• Ashy-tailed Swift
  Ashy-tailed Swift
  The Ashy-tailed Swift is a swift which is endemic to northern and central Venezuela.The taxonomy of this group is confusing. The larger and far more widespread Sick's Swift was previously regarded as a subspecies of the Ashy-tailed Swift, but Marín found that Sick's Swift was closer to the...
  
   Chaetura andrei
• White-tipped Swift
  White-tipped Swift
  The White-tipped Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Aeronautes montivagus
• Pygmy Swift
  Pygmy Swift
  The Pygmy Palm Swift , also known as the Pygmy Swift, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Tachornis furcata
• Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
• Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
  Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
  The Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift or Cayenne Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico and Tobago south to Ecuador, eastern Peru and Brazil....
  
   Panyptila cayennensis

Hummingbirds

Order: Trochiliformes. Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbird

Hummingbird

Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings...

s are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. There are 337 species worldwide and 104 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Rufous-breasted Hermit
  Rufous-breasted Hermit
  The Rufous-breasted Hermit or Hairy Hermit is a hummingbird that breeds from Panama south to Bolivia, and on Trinidad, Tobago and Grenada. It is a widespread and generally common species, though local populations may change in numbers and disappear altogether in marginal habitat-Description:It...
  
   Glaucis hirsuta
• Band-tailed Barbthroat
  Band-tailed Barbthroat
  The Band-tailed Barbthroat is a medium-sized hummingbird which is a resident breeder from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela....
  
   Threnetes ruckeri
• Green Hermit
  Green Hermit
  The Green Hermit is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America south to northwestern South America It is 5.3 in long and weighs 0.22 oz . The male Green Hermit is mainly dark green with a blue-green rump...
  
   Phaethornis guy
• White-bearded Hermit
  White-bearded Hermit
  The White-bearded Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Phaethornis hispidus
• Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
• Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
• Great-billed Hermit
  Great-billed Hermit
  The Great-billed Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Phaethornis malaris
• Straight-billed Hermit
  Straight-billed Hermit
  The Straight-billed Hermit is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds.It is found in the Guyanas of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana; also the northern Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru; it is in eastern Venezuela and the Orinoco River Basin...
  
   Phaethornis bourcieri
• Pale-bellied Hermit
  Pale-bellied Hermit
  The Pale-bellied Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10...
  
   Phaethornis anthophilus
• Sooty-capped Hermit
  Sooty-capped Hermit
  The Sooty-capped Hermit is a hummingbird from Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and Brazil. It builds one of the most remarkable nests which hangs by a single stout cable of spiders' silk from some overhead support. These curious nests have been found beneath bridges, in highway culverts, and hanging...
  
   Phaethornis augusti
• Streak-throated Hermit
  Streak-throated Hermit
  The Streak-throated Hermit , also known as the Rupurumi Hermit, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Dusky-throated Hermit. The Streak-throated Hermit is found in forest, woodland and dense shrub in north-eastern South America...
  
   Phaethornis rupurumii
• Little Hermit
  Little Hermit
  The Little Hermit is a hummingbird that is a resident breeder in north-eastern Venezuela, northern Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Trinidad. This lowland species occurs in various semi-open wooded habitats, e.g. mangrove, secondary forest, plantations and scrub. In Trinidad it also occurs in...
  
   Phaethornis longuemareus
• Reddish Hermit
  Reddish Hermit
  The Reddish Hermit is a species of bird in the Trochilidae family, the hummingbirds. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and in the Guianas. At 7.5 cm and a weight under 3 grams, it is among the smallest of the hermits and smallest birds overall...
  
   Phaethornis ruber
• Stripe-throated Hermit
  Stripe-throated Hermit
  The Stripe-throated Hermit is a species of hummingbird from Central America and north-western South America. It is generally fairly common and considered Least Concern by BirdLife International....
  
   Phaethornis striigularis
• Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
• Green-fronted Lancebill
  Green-fronted Lancebill
  The Green-fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Doryfera ludovicae
• Blue-fronted Lancebill
  Blue-fronted Lancebill
  The Blue-Fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Doryfera johannae
• Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
• Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
  Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
  The Rufous-Breasted Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Campylopterus hyperythrus
• White-tailed Sabrewing
  White-tailed Sabrewing
  The White-tailed Sabrewing is a large hummingbird that breeds in northeastern Venezuela and Tobago. It was thought to have become extinct in Tobago after hurricane Flora in 1963, but the population has now largely recovered. This species is now featured on Tobago’s environmental posters under the...
  
   Campylopterus ensipennis
• Lazuline Sabrewing
  Lazuline Sabrewing
  The Lazuline Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10...
  
   Campylopterus falcatus
• Buff-breasted Sabrewing
  Buff-breasted Sabrewing
  The Buff-Breasted Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela....
  
   Campylopterus duidae
• White-necked Jacobin
  White-necked Jacobin
  The White-necked Jacobin is a large and attractive hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil...
  
   Florisuga mellivora
• Brown Violet-ear
  Brown Violet-ear
  The Brown Violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.The breeding habitat is forest at altitudes between 400-1600 m, but the...
  
   Colibri delphinae
• Green Violet-ear
  Green Violet-ear
  - Introduction :The Green Violetear is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to northern South America.- Taxonomy :...
  
   Colibri thalassinus
• Sparkling Violet-ear
  Sparkling Violet-ear
  The Sparkling Violetear, Colibri coruscans, is a species of hummingbird. It is widespread in highlands of northern and western South America, including a large part of the Andes , the Venezuelan Coastal Range and the Tepuis...
  
   Colibri coruscans
• Green-throated Mango
  Green-throated Mango
  The Green-throated Mango is a hummingbird that breeds from northeastern Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeasterm Brazil. In Brazil, the bird is only found on the narrow Atlantic coastal strip north and south of the Amazon River outlet, and a strip along the river proper, about...
  
   Anthracothorax viridigula
• Green-breasted Mango
  Green-breasted Mango
  The Green-breasted Mango is a hummingbird from tropical America. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French naturalist Florent Prévost.- Description :...
  
   Anthracothorax prevostii
• Black-throated Mango
  Black-throated Mango
  The Black-throated Mango is a mainly South American hummingbird species.-Description:It is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The tail in both sexes has dark central feathers, the outer tail being wine-red tipped with black.The male has glossy bright...
  
   Anthracothorax nigricollis
• Fiery-tailed Awlbill
  Fiery-tailed Awlbill
  The Fiery-tailed Awlbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Avocettula recurvirostris
• Crimson Topaz
  Crimson Topaz
  The Crimson Topaz is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Topaza pella
• Fiery Topaz
  Fiery Topaz
  The Fiery Topaz is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Topaza pyra
• Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
  Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
  The Ruby-topaz Hummingbird , commonly referred to simply as the Ruby Topaz, is a small bird that breeds in the Lesser Antilles and tropical northern South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guyanas, south to central Brazil and northern Bolivia; also from Colombia into southern Panama. It is...
  
   Chrysolampis mosquitus
• Violet-headed Hummingbird
  Violet-headed Hummingbird
  The Violet-headed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic of the genus, Klais.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Klais guimeti
• Tufted Coquette
  Tufted Coquette
  The Tufted Coquette is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.This small bird inhabits open country,...
  
   Lophornis ornatus
• Spangled Coquette
  Spangled Coquette
  The Spangled Coquette, Coquette Pailletée, Coqueta Coronada, or Coqueta Lentejuelada is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Lophornis stictolophus
• Festive Coquette
  Festive Coquette
  The Festive Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in northwestern South America, the region of the western Amazon Basin, in the countries of northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru...
  
   Lophornis chalybeus
• Peacock Coquette
  Peacock Coquette
  The Peacock Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Lophornis pavoninus
• Black-bellied Thorntail
  Black-bellied Thorntail
  The Black-bellied Thorntail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Popelairia langsdorffi
• Racket-tailed Coquette
  Racket-tailed Coquette
  The Racket-tailed Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Discosura longicauda
• Blue-chinned Sapphire
  Blue-chinned Sapphire
  The Blue-chinned Sapphire is a hummingbird that breeds from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad, Peru, and Brazil. There have been occasional records from Tobago...
  
   Chlorostilbon notatus
• Blue-tailed Emerald
  Blue-tailed Emerald
  The Blue-tailed Emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, is a hummingbird found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil....
  
   Chlorostilbon mellisugus
• Coppery Emerald
  Coppery Emerald
  The Coppery Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Chlorostilbon russatus
• Narrow-tailed Emerald
  Narrow-tailed Emerald
  The Narrow-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela....
  
   Chlorostilbon stenurus
• Green-tailed Emerald
  Green-tailed Emerald
  The Green-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
  
   Chlorostilbon alice (E)
• Short-tailed Emerald
  Short-tailed Emerald
  The Short-tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. It has also been called Poortman's Emerald Hummingbird....
  
   Chlorostilbon poortmani
• Violet-crowned Woodnymph
  Violet-crowned Woodnymph
  The Violet-crowned Woodnymph , also known as the Purple-crowned Woodnymph, is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Guatemala and Belize to northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It formerly included the Mexican and Green-crowned Woodnymphs as subspecies...
  
   Thalurania colombica
• Fork-tailed Woodnymph
  Fork-tailed Woodnymph
  The Fork-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Thalurania furcata
• Shining-green Hummingbird
  Shining-green Hummingbird
  The Shining-Green Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Lepidopyga goudoti
• Rufous-throated Sapphire
  Rufous-throated Sapphire
  The Rufous-throated Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found at forest edge, savanna-like habitats and plantations in northern and central South America.-References:...
  
   Hylocharis sapphirina
• White-chinned Sapphire
  White-chinned Sapphire
  The White-chinned Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hylocharis cyanus
• Golden-tailed Sapphire
  Golden-tailed Sapphire
  The Golden-tailed Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Chrysuronia oenone
• White-tailed Goldenthroat
  White-tailed Goldenthroat
  The White-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Polytmus guainumbi
• Tepui Goldenthroat
  Tepui Goldenthroat
  The Tepui Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Polytmus milleri
• Green-tailed Goldenthroat
  Green-tailed Goldenthroat
  The Green-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador....
  
   Polytmus theresiae
• Buffy Hummingbird
  Buffy Hummingbird
  The Buffy Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela....
  
   Leucippus fallax
• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru...
  
   Amazilia tzacatl
• Plain-bellied Emerald
  Plain-bellied Emerald
  The Plain-bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found from north-eastern Venezuela, through the Guianas, to around São Luís in Brazil. Smaller disjunct population are found in north-eastern Brazil as far south as Bahia. It occurs in a wide range of semi-open...
  
   Agyrtria leucogaster
• Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
• White-chested Emerald
  White-chested Emerald
  The White-chested Emerald, Amazilia brevirostris, is a hummingbird found in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and far northern Brazil . It has sometimes been placed in the genus Agyrtria, and the name A. chionopectus was formerly used for this species, as the name A. brevirostris was...
  
   Agyrtria brevirostris
• Sapphire-spangled Emerald
  Sapphire-spangled Emerald
  The Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Amazilia lactea, is a species of hummingbird that occurs in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil from the Amazon south to Santa Catarina; there are uncertain records from east Ecuador. Both male and female have a bright "sapphire" blue chest and chin and green-blue...
  
   Polyerata lactea
• Glittering-throated Emerald
  Glittering-throated Emerald
  The Glittering-throated Emerald , sometimes placed in the genus Polyerata, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family....
  
   Polyerata fimbriata
• Steely-vented Hummingbird
  Steely-vented Hummingbird
  The Steely-vented Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that is a resident breeder from western Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and also in Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. The Central American birds differ in voice and behaviour from those in South America and may be a separate species, the ...
  
   Saucerottia saucerrottei
• Green-bellied Hummingbird
  Green-bellied Hummingbird
  The Green-bellied Hummingbird , also known as the Tepui Hummingbird and sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family...
  
   Saucerottia viridigaster
• Copper-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cupreicauda
• Copper-rumped Hummingbird
  Copper-rumped Hummingbird
  The Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Amazilia tobaci, sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a small bird that breeds in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and has occurred as a vagrant on Grenada. It is a seasonal migrant in parts of Venezuela....
  
   Saucerottia tobaci
• White-vented Plumeleteer
  White-vented Plumeleteer
  The White-vented Plumeleteer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Chalybura buffonii
• Speckled Hummingbird
  Speckled Hummingbird
  The Speckled Hummingbird , is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection*; pbase.com...
  
   Adelomyia melanogenys
• Gould's Jewelfront
  Gould's Jewelfront
  The Gould's Jewelfront is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Heliodoxa aurescens
• Violet-fronted Brilliant
  Violet-fronted Brilliant
  The Violet-fronted Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Heliodoxa leadbeateri
• Velvet-browed Brilliant
  Velvet-browed Brilliant
  The Velvet-Browed Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.The species is found in Venezuela, central regions, mostly east of the Orinoco River, and in the east with Guyana, and in the small border region of Brazil, intersecting with Guyana and Venezuela.Its natural habitats...
  
   Heliodoxa xanthogonys
• Black-throated Brilliant
  Black-throated Brilliant
  The Black-throated Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
   Heliodoxa schreibersii
• Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
  Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
  The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird is a bird species in the family Trochilidae, the only member of the genus Hylonympha. It is found only in Venezuela....
  
   Hylonympha macrocerca (E)
• Violet-chested Hummingbird
  Violet-chested Hummingbird
  The Violet-chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird. It has a large global range and is not globally threatened. It is found in Venezuela and adjacent Colombia. It belongs to the monotypical genus Sternoclyta....
  
   Sternoclyta cyanopectus (E)
• Buff-tailed Coronet
  Buff-tailed Coronet
  - Introduction :The Buff-tailed Coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens, is a species of hummingbird from the family Trochilidea. It is found in Colombia,...
  
   Boissonneaua flavescens
• Mountain Velvetbreast
  Mountain Velvetbreast
  The Mountain Velvetbreast is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of its genus.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Lafresnaya lafresnayi
• Bronzy Inca
  Bronzy Inca
  The Bronzy Inca is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Description:...
  
   Coeligena coeligena
• Collared Inca
  Collared Inca
  The Collared Inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru and Bolivia. It is very distinctive and unique in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail...
  
   Coeligena torquata
• Golden Starfrontlet
  Golden Starfrontlet
  The Golden Starfrontlet or Golden-tailed Starfrontlet is usuually considered a subspecies of hummingbird endemic to Venezuela. It is often considered a subspecies of the Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, C...
  
   Coeligena eos (E)
• Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
  Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
  The Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird found in Colombia and a very small part of Venezuela....
  
   Coeligena bonapartei
• Blue-throated Starfrontlet
  Blue-throated Starfrontlet
  The Blue-throated Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Coeligena helianthea
• Sword-billed Hummingbird
  Sword-billed Hummingbird
  Sword-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird from South America and the sole member of the genus Ensifera...
  
   Ensifera ensifera
• Great Sapphirewing
  Great Sapphirewing
  The Great Sapphirewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes...
  
   Pterophanes cyanopterus (A)
• Longuemare's Sunangel
  Longuemare's Sunangel
  Longuemare's Sunangel is a species of hummingbird found in Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. It is closely related to the Amethyst-throated Sunangel, and species limits in this complex are unclear....
  
   Heliangelus clarisse
• Orange-throated Sunangel
  Orange-throated Sunangel
  The Orange-Throated Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
  
   Heliangelus mavors
• Glowing Puffleg
  Glowing Puffleg
  The Glowing Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
  
   Eriocnemis vestitus
• Sapphire-vented Puffleg
  Sapphire-vented Puffleg
  The Sapphire-vented Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Eriocnemis luciani
• Coppery-bellied Puffleg
  Coppery-bellied Puffleg
  The Coppery-bellied Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Eriocnemis cupreoventris
• Booted Racket-tail
  Booted Racket-tail
  The Booted Racket-tail is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the Andean cordillera of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; Venezuela also has a population on the northern coast.-Description:...
  
   Ocreatus underwoodii
• Green-tailed Trainbearer
  Green-tailed Trainbearer
  The Green-tailed Trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Lesbia nuna
• Purple-backed Thornbill
  Purple-backed Thornbill
  The Purple-Backed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
   Ramphomicron microrhynchum
• Bearded Helmetcrest
  Bearded Helmetcrest
  The Bearded Helmetcrest is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, known as páramo....
  
   Oxypogon guerinii
• Tyrian Metaltail
  Tyrian Metaltail
  The Tyrian Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Metallura tyrianthina
• Perija Metaltail
  Perija Metaltail
  The Perijá Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to paramo and elfin forest at high altitudes of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Metallura iracunda
• Neblina Metaltail
  Neblina Metaltail
  The Neblina Metaltail, MÉTallure Du Chinguela, or Metalura Del Chinguela is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru....
  
   Metallura odomae
• Bronze-tailed Thornbill
  Bronze-tailed Thornbill
  The Bronze-tailed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
  
   Chalcostigma heteropogon
• Long-tailed Sylph
  Long-tailed Sylph
  The Long-tailed Sylph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.Courtship strategy...
  
   Aglaiocercus kingi
• Venezuelan Sylph
  Venezuelan Sylph
  The Venezuelan Sylph is a small bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is restricted to a small area of north-eastern Venezuela and is classed as an endangered species by BirdLife International. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Long-tailed Sylph The Venezuelan Sylph...
  
   Aglaiocercus berlepschi (E)
• Wedge-billed Hummingbird
  Wedge-billed Hummingbird
  The Wedge-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Schistes, but sometimes merged with the visorbearers in Augastes....
  
   Augastes geoffroyi
• Black-eared Fairy
  Black-eared Fairy
  The Black-eared Fairy is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Heliothryx aurita
• Long-billed Starthroat
  Long-billed Starthroat
  The Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad...
  
   Heliomaster longirostris
• Amethyst Woodstar
  Amethyst Woodstar
  The Amethyst Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in most of central, and eastern South America proper, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname-, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Calliphlox amethystina
• Gorgeted Woodstar
  Gorgeted Woodstar
  The Gorgeted Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, also locality populations in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest...
  
   Chaetocercus heliodor
• Rufous-shafted Woodstar
  Rufous-shafted Woodstar
  The Rufous-Shafted Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Chaetocercus jourdanii

Trogons and Quetzals

Order: Trogoniformes. Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 11 species in Venezuela.

• Green-backed Trogon
  Green-backed Trogon
  The Green-backed Trogon , also known as the Amazonian White-tailed Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It is found in tropical humid forests in South America, where its range includes the Amazon, the Guiana Shield, Trinidad, and the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It formerly...
  
   Trogon viridis
• Violaceous Trogon
  Violaceous Trogon
  The Violaceous Trogon , also known as the Guianan Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon Basin of South America and on the island of Trinidad, although some authorities have argued for treating the west Amazonian population as...
  
   Trogon violaceus
• Gartered Trogon
  Gartered Trogon
  The Gartered Trogon , also known as the Northern Violaceous Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in forests in east-central Mexico, south through Central America, to north-western South America...
  
  , Trogon caligatus
• Collared Trogon
  Collared Trogon
  The Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in the warmer parts of the Neotropics, and includes numerous subspecies, including T. c...
  
   Trogon collaris
• Masked Trogon
  Masked Trogon
  The Masked Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is fairly common in humid highland forests in South America, mainly the Andes and tepuis.-Taxonomy:There are eight recognized subspecies of Masked Trogon:...
  
   Trogon personatus
• Black-throated Trogon
  Black-throated Trogon
  The Black-throated Trogon, Trogon rufus, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is also called "Yellow-bellied Trogon", but as it is not the only trogon with a yellow belly this should be avoided...
  
   Trogon rufus
• Black-tailed Trogon
  Black-tailed Trogon
  The Black-tailed Trogon, Trogon melanurus, is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon Basin, north-western South America and adjacent Panama...
  
   Trogon melanurus
• Crested Quetzal
  Crested Quetzal
  The Crested Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pharomachrus antisianus
• White-tipped Quetzal
  White-tipped Quetzal
  The White-tipped Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Venezuela, Colombia, and Guyana. In Venezuela and Colombia, three separated ranges occur, all contiguous and on the northern coasts. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...
  
   Pharomachrus fulgidus
• Golden-headed Quetzal
  Golden-headed Quetzal
  The Golden-Headed Quetzal is a colorful bird native to highlands forests in South America.- Description :Males and females are approximately the same size, having a total length of ca. 35 cm and a weight of 160 g. as adults. Adult males are iridescent green with a golden cast to their heads,...
  
   Pharomachrus auriceps
• Pavonine Quetzal
  Pavonine Quetzal
  The Pavonine Quetzal is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family, the trogons. It is found in the Amazon Basin of the North Region, Brazil, Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; also regions of Venezuela....
  
   Pharomachrus pavoninus

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Belted Kingfisher
  Belted Kingfisher
  The Belted Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests...
  
   Ceryle alcyon
• Ringed Kingfisher
  Ringed Kingfisher
  The Ringed Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous and noisy kingfisher, commonly found along the lower Rio Grande River valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America....
  
   Ceryle torquatus
• Amazon Kingfisher
  Amazon Kingfisher
  The Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, with at least one bird having strayed north to Texas. Records from Trinidad are thought to be erroneous.This...
  
   Chloroceryle amazona
• Green Kingfisher
  Green Kingfisher
  The Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana, is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the USA south through Central and South Americal to central Argentina....
  
   Chloroceryle americana
• Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
  Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
  The Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southeastern Nicaragua south to southern Brazil.-Description:...
  
   Chloroceryle inda
• American Pygmy Kingfisher
  American Pygmy Kingfisher
  The American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea, is a resident breeding bird which occurs in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to western Ecuador, and then around the northern Andes cordillera in the east to central Bolivia and central Brazil...
  
   Chloroceryle aenea

Motmots

Order: Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Momotidae

The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails, which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft, and creating a racket-shaped tail. There are 10 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Blue-crowned Motmot
  Blue-crowned Motmot
  The Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota, is a colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Momotus momota

Jacamars

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Galbulidae

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America, with a range that extends up to Mexico. They are glossy elegant birds with long bills and tails, which feed on insects caught on the wing. In appearance and behaviour they show resemblances to the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to woodpeckers. There are 18 species and 8 species that occur in Venezuela.

• Pale-headed Jacamar
  Pale-headed Jacamar
  The Pale-headed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Brachygalba goeringi
• Brown Jacamar
  Brown Jacamar
  The Brown Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Brachygalba lugubris
• Yellow-billed Jacamar
  Yellow-billed Jacamar
  The Yellow-billed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Galbula albirostris
• Rufous-tailed Jacamar
  Rufous-tailed Jacamar
  The Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador....
  
   Galbula ruficauda
• Green-tailed Jacamar
  Green-tailed Jacamar
  The Green-tailed Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family.It is native to Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are moist lowland forests, both tropical and subtropical, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* IUCN 2008 Red List....
  
   Galbula galbula
• Bronzy Jacamar
  Bronzy Jacamar
  The Bronzy Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is found in north-central South America in the Amazon Basin and the Guianas....
  
   Galbula leucogastra
• Paradise Jacamar
  Paradise Jacamar
  The Paradise Jacamar, Galbula dea, is a small, approximately 30cm long bird with a long pointed tail, dark brown cap, white throat and long needle-like bill. It has dark greenish blue plumage with iridescent wings. Both sexes are similar....
  
   Galbula dea
• Great Jacamar
  Great Jacamar
  The Great Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Jacamerops....
  
   Jacamerops aureus

Puffbirds

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Bucconidae

The puffbirds are related to the jacamars, and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colours of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads and flattened bills with a hooked tip. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. There are 34 species and 14 species which occur in Venezuela.

• White-necked Puffbird
  White-necked Puffbird
  The White-necked Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in forest and woodland from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó, northern Colombia , northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin.It was formerly considered a subspecies of N...
  
   Notharchus macrorhynchos
• Brown-banded Puffbird
  Brown-banded Puffbird
  The Brown-banded Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is one of six species in the genus Notharchus.-Overview:...
  
   Notharchus ordii
• Pied Puffbird
  Pied Puffbird
  The Pied Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Notharchus tectus
• Chestnut-capped Puffbird
  Chestnut-capped Puffbird
  The Chestnut-capped Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.-Overview:It is found in northwestern South America in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, and Amazonian Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Bolivia; also the eastern Orinoco River Basin of...
  
   Bucco macrodactylus
• Spotted Puffbird
  Spotted Puffbird
  The Spotted Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Bucco tamatia
• Collared Puffbird
  Collared Puffbird
  The Collared Puffbird is a sit-and-wait hunting bird found across the northern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas....
  
   Bucco capensis
• Russet-throated Puffbird
  Russet-throated Puffbird
  The Russet-throated Puffbird is a near-passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America in northeastern Colombia and much of Venezuela, It is commonly named in Colombia as Bobito,Utta, Tol and Coludo....
  
   Hypnelus ruficollis
• Two-banded Puffbird Hypnelus bicinctus
• White-chested Puffbird
  White-chested Puffbird
  The White-chested Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Malacoptila fusca
• Moustached Puffbird
  Moustached Puffbird
  The Moustached Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former...
  
   Malacoptila mystacalis
• Rusty-breasted Nunlet
  Rusty-breasted Nunlet
  The Rusty-breasted Nunlet is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in two major ranges, regions of the central Amazon Basin with parts of the Guianas; the second is in southeastern Brazil, with Paraguay and Argentina, including in the interior, the cerrado.It is found in...
  
   Nonnula rubecula
• Black Nunbird
  Black Nunbird
  The Black Nunbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds.It is found in north-central South America in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana including the Guiana Shield; also eastern and southeastern Venezuela in the eastern Orinoco River Basin, and the Amazon...
  
   Monasa atra
• White-fronted Nunbird
  White-fronted Nunbird
  The White-fronted Nunbird is a species of near passerine bird in the puffbird family . It is found in the tropical Americas....
  
   Monasa morphoeus
• Swallow-wing
  Swallow-wing
  The Swallow-winged Puffbird is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is also called the Swallow-wing...
  
   Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Barbets

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Capitonidae

The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black-spotted Barbet
  Black-spotted Barbet
  The Black-spotted Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in forests in northeastern South America, ranging as far south as the Amazon River and as far west as the Branco River. Previously, it included the Gilded Barbet of the southern and western Amazon Basin as...
  
   Capito niger
• Gilded Barbet
  Gilded Barbet
  The Gilded Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family, the barbets, and are close relatives of the toucans....
  
   Capito auratus
• Red-headed Barbet
  Red-headed Barbet
  The Red-headed Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in humid highland forest in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. The diet of the Red-headed Barbet may include bananas and various other...
  
   Eubucco bourcierii

Toucans

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Ramphastidae

Toucans are near passerine birds from the neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colourful bills which in some species may amount to half their body length. There are 40 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Groove-billed Toucanet
  Groove-billed Toucanet
  The Groove-billed Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical and upper tropical humid forest and woodland, occasionally also occurring in gardens. It includes the Yellow-billed...
  
   Aulacorhynchus sulcatus (E)
• Chestnut-tipped Toucanet
  Chestnut-tipped Toucanet
  The Chestnut-tipped Toucanet is a South American species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It occurs in two distinct populations: The nominate group in humid highland forests along the east Andean slope from southernmost Colombia to Bolivia, and the whitelianus group from the humid forests of...
  
   Aulacorhynchus derbianus
• Crimson-rumped Toucanet
  Crimson-rumped Toucanet
  The Crimson-rumped Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Its plumage is overall green , except for a maroon-red rump and tail-tip. The bill is black and maroon with a white band at the base...
  
   Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
• Green Aracari
  Green Aracari
  The Green Aracari, Pteroglossus viridis, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird found in the lowland forests of northeastern South America , in the northeast Amazon Basin, the Guianas and the eastern Orinoco River drainage of Venezuela. At 30-40 cm...
  
   Pteroglossus viridis
• Ivory-billed Aracari
  Ivory-billed Aracari
  The Ivory-billed Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Pteroglossus azara
• Black-necked Aracari
  Black-necked Aracari
  The Black-necked Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It measures 35-45 cm long and weighs 177-309 grams It is a typical but thickset aracari with a single red band across its otherwise yellow chest.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its...
  
   Pteroglossus aracari
• Collared Aracari
  Collared Aracari
  The Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico to Panama; also Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.-Description:...
  
   Pteroglossus torquatus
• Many-banded Aracari
  Many-banded Aracari
  The Many-banded Aracari is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Pteroglossus pluricinctus
• Black-billed Mountain-Toucan
  Black-billed Mountain-toucan
  The Black-billed Mountain Toucan is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. It is the only mountain-toucan with a white throat. Despite its name, only the nominate subspecies has...
  
   Andigena nigrirostris
• Tawny-tufted Toucanet
  Tawny-tufted Toucanet
  The Tawny-tufted Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Selenidera nattereri
• Guianan Toucanet
  Guianan Toucanet
  The Guianan Toucanet, or Guyana Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. Pacheco & Whitney suggested the correct scientific name was Selenidera piperivora, but, as shown by Walters , this name is pre-occupied.It is found in north-western Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname,...
  
   Selenidera culik
• Keel-billed Toucan
  Keel-billed Toucan
  The Keel-billed Toucan , also known as Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.- Description :...
  
   Ramphastos sulfuratus
• Channel-billed Toucan
  Channel-billed Toucan
  The Channel-billed Toucan is a near-passerine bird which breeds in Trinidad and in tropical South America as far south as southern Brazil and central Bolivia.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Ramphastos vitellinus
• Black-mandibled Toucan
  Black-mandibled Toucan
  The Black-mandibled Toucan is a large toucan from northern South America. Its distribution ranges along the eastern slope of the Andes from Peru, north through Ecuador and Colombia, to Venezuela as far as the coastal ranges....
  
   Ramphastos ambiguus
• Red-billed Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
• Toco Toucan
  Toco Toucan
  The Toco Toucan is the largest and probably the best known species in the toucan family. It is found in semi-open habitats throughout a large part of central and eastern South America...
  
   Ramphastos toco
• Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

Woodpeckers and allies

Order: Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Picidae

Picidae

The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...

Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Orinoco Piculet
  Orinoco Piculet
  The Orinoco Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Picumnus pumilus
• Golden-spangled Piculet
  Golden-spangled Piculet
  The Golden-spangled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Picumnus exilis
• Black-spotted Piculet
  Black-spotted Piculet
  The Black-dotted Piculet , also known as the Black-spotted Piculet, is a Venezuelan endemic species of bird in the Picidae, or woodpecker family...
  
   Picumnus nigropunctatus (E)
• Scaled Piculet
  Scaled Piculet
  The Scaled Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Picumnus squamulatus
• White-bellied Piculet
  White-bellied Piculet
  The White-bellied Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Picumnus spilogaster
• Rufous-breasted Piculet
  Rufous-breasted Piculet
  The Rufous-breasted Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
   Picumnus rufiventris
• Olivaceous Piculet
  Olivaceous Piculet
  The Olivaceous Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus woodpecker, see also Picus...
  
   Picumnus olivaceus
• Chestnut Piculet
  Chestnut Piculet
  The Chestnut Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Picumnus cinnamomeus
• Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
  Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
  The Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Melanerpes cruentatus, is a species of woodpecker. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Melanerpes cruentatus
• Red-crowned Woodpecker
  Red-crowned Woodpecker
  The Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago....
  
   Melanerpes rubricapillus
• Yellow-vented Woodpecker
  Yellow-vented Woodpecker
  The Yellow-vented Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Veniliornis dignus
• Smoky-brown Woodpecker
  Smoky-brown Woodpecker
  The Smoky-brown Woodpecker or Brown Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
  
   Veniliornis fumigatus
• Little Woodpecker
  Little Woodpecker
  The Little Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks. It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in a large part of South America east of the Andes, and generally common...
  
   Veniliornis passerinus
• Red-rumped Woodpecker
  Red-rumped Woodpecker
  The Red-rumped Woodpecker, Veniliornis kirkii, is a resident breeding bird from Costa Rica south and east to Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago....
  
   Veniliornis kirkii
• Golden-collared Woodpecker
  Golden-collared Woodpecker
  The Golden-collared Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Veniliornis cassini
• Red-stained Woodpecker
  Red-stained Woodpecker
  The Red-stained Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Veniliornis affinis
• Yellow-throated Woodpecker
  Yellow-throated Woodpecker
  The Yellow-throated Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks....
  
   Piculus flavigula
• Golden-green Woodpecker
  Golden-green Woodpecker
  The Golden-green Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks....
  
   Piculus chrysochloros
• Golden-olive Woodpecker
  Golden-olive Woodpecker
  The Golden-olive Woodpecker, Colaptes rubiginosus, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus...
  
   Piculus rubiginosus
• Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
  Crimson-mantled Woodpecker
  The Crimson-mantled Woodpecker is a bird species in the woodpecker family . It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus . Its scientific name rivolii was given in honor of André Masséna, duke of Rivoli.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Piculus rivolii
• Spot-breasted Woodpecker
  Spot-breasted Woodpecker
  The Spot-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama of Central America....
  
   Colaptes punctigula
• Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
  Scaly-breasted Woodpecker
  The Scaly-breasted Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Celeus grammicus
• Waved Woodpecker
  Waved Woodpecker
  The Waved Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers.It is found in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana; also eastern border regions of Venezuela and the northeast Amazon Basin of northern Brazil including Marajo Island, Ilha de Marajo.Its natural habitat...
  
   Celeus undatus
• Chestnut Woodpecker
  Chestnut Woodpecker
  The Chestnut Woodpecker, Celeus elegans, is a resident breeding bird in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas south to Ecuador, Bolivia and northern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
  
   Celeus elegans
• Cream-colored Woodpecker
  Cream-colored Woodpecker
  The Cream-colored Woodpecker, Celeus flavus, is a species of woodpecker native to South America, from Colombia and the Guianas to Peru, Bolivia, and the eastern part of Brazil, including a southeast Brazil coastal strip. It is colored creamy yellow, except for the wingtips and tail, which are much...
  
   Celeus flavus
• Ringed Woodpecker
  Ringed Woodpecker
  The Ringed Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, the Amazon Basin and adjacent lower drainage of the Tocantins River in Pará state, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its...
  
   Celeus torquatus
• Lineated Woodpecker
  Lineated Woodpecker
  The Lineated Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad.-Description:The Lineated Woodpecker is long...
  
   Dryocopus lineatus
• Powerful Woodpecker
  Powerful Woodpecker
  The Powerful Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. This little-known species is a large woodpecker, 33–38 cm long, and is a close relative to the North American Ivory-billed Woodpecker.Its natural habitat is subtropical...
  
   Campephilus pollens
• Red-necked Woodpecker
  Red-necked Woodpecker
  The Red-necked Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Campephilus rubricollis
• Crimson-crested Woodpecker
  Crimson-crested Woodpecker
  The Crimson-crested Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on Trinidad....
  
   Campephilus melanoleucos

Ovenbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. There are 243 species worldwide and 58 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Bar-winged Cinclodes
  Bar-winged Cinclodes
  The Bar-winged Cinclodes is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Cinclodes fuscus
• Pale-legged Hornero
  Pale-legged Hornero
  The Pale-legged Hornero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It includes the Pacific Hornero and the Caribbean Hornero , which often are considered separate species.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Furnarius leucopus
• Andean Tit-Spinetail
  Andean Tit-spinetail
  The Andean Tit-spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Leptasthenura andicola
• White-whiskered Spinetail
  White-whiskered Spinetail
  The White-whiskered Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
  
   Synallaxis candei
• Rufous Spinetail
  Rufous Spinetail
  The Rufous Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Synallaxis unirufa
• Black-throated Spinetail
  Black-throated Spinetail
  The Black-throated Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
  
   Synallaxis castanea (E)
• Azara's Spinetail
  Azara's Spinetail
  Azara's Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara. .It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru...
  
   Synallaxis azarae
• Pale-breasted Spinetail
  Pale-breasted Spinetail
  The Pale-breasted Spinetail , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to central Argentina, and in Trinidad....
  
   Synallaxis albescens
• Cabanis's Spinetail
  Cabanis's Spinetail
  The Cabanis's Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Synallaxis cabanisi
• MacConnell's Spinetail
  Macconnell's Spinetail
  The McConnell's Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Synallaxis macconnelli
• Plain-crowned Spinetail
  Plain-crowned Spinetail
  The Plain-crowned Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Synallaxis gujanensis
• Ruddy Spinetail
  Ruddy Spinetail
  The Ruddy Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Synallaxis rutilans
• Stripe-breasted Spinetail
  Stripe-breasted Spinetail
  The Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea is a passerine bird found in the tropical New World in Trinidad, Tobago, Colombia and Venezuela...
  
   Synallaxis cinnamomea
• White-browed Spinetail
  White-browed Spinetail
  The White-browed Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Hellmayrea.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Hellmayrea gularis
• Tepui Spinetail
  Tepui Spinetail
  The Tepui Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Cranioleuca demissa
• Crested Spinetail
  Crested Spinetail
  The Crested Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
   Cranioleuca subcristata
• Rusty-backed Spinetail
  Rusty-backed Spinetail
  The Rusty-backed Spinetail is a Neotropical species of bird in the Furnariidae family. The taxon from Panama is sometimes considered a separate species, the Coiba Spinetail The Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina) is a Neotropical species of bird in the Furnariidae family. The taxon from...
  
   Cranioleuca vulpina
• Speckled Spinetail
  Speckled Spinetail
  The Speckled Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Cranioleuca gutturata
• Yellow-chinned Spinetail
  Yellow-chinned Spinetail
  The Yellow-chinned Spinetail is a passerine bird found in the tropical New World from Trinidad and Colombia south to Argentina and Uruguay. In Spanish it is called curutié rojizo; its Portuguese name is joão-do-brejo or curutié...
  
   Certhiaxis cinnamomea
• Ochre-browed Thistletail
  Ochre-browed Thistletail
  The Ochre-browed Thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
  
   Schizoeaca coryi (E)
• Perija Thistletail
  Perijá Thistletail
  The Perijá Thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Schizoeaca perijana
• White-chinned Thistletail
  White-chinned Thistletail
  The White-chinned Thistletail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Schizoeaca fuliginosa
• Streak-backed Canastero
  Streak-backed Canastero
  The Streak-backed Canastero is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
  
   Asthenes wyatti
• Orinoco Softtail
  Orinoco Softtail
  The Orinoco Softtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is endemic to the state of Amazonas in southwestern Venezuela...
  
   Thripophaga cherriei (E)
• Common Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
• Rusty-winged Barbtail
  Rusty-winged Barbtail
  The Rusty-winged Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its genus, Premnornis, is monotypic.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Premnornis guttuligera
• Spotted Barbtail
  Spotted Barbtail
  The Spotted Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Premnoplex brunnescens
• White-throated Barbtail
  White-throated Barbtail
  The White-throated Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Premnoplex tatei (E)
• Roraiman Barbtail
  Roraiman Barbtail
  The Roraiman Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Therein, it is placed in the monotypic genus Roraimia. It is found in highland forests in the tepuis of southern Venezuela, western Guyana and far northern Brazil. Its name refers to Mount Roraima...
  
   Roraimia adusta
• Pearled Treerunner
  Pearled Treerunner
  The Pearled Treerunner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Margarornis squamiger
• Rufous-tailed Xenops
  Rufous-tailed Xenops
  The Rufous-tailed Xenops is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Xenops milleri
• Slender-billed Xenops
  Slender-billed Xenops
  The Slender-billed Xenops is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Xenops tenuirostris
• Plain Xenops
  Plain Xenops
  The Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus, is a passerine bird which breeds in moist lowland forests in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northeastern Argentina and central Brazil....
  
   Xenops minutus
• Streaked Xenops
  Streaked Xenops
  The Streaked Xenops, Xenops rutilans, is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
  
   Xenops rutilans
• Montane Foliage-gleaner
  Montane Foliage-gleaner
  The Montane Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Anabacerthia striaticollis
• Streaked Tuftedcheek
  Streaked Tuftedcheek
  The Streaked Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii, is a passerine bird in the ovenbird family, which breeds in the tropical New World in the coastal mountains of Venezuela, and the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Buffy Tuftedcheek, P...
  
   Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
• Flammulated Treehunter
  Flammulated Treehunter
  The Flammulated Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Thripadectes flammulatus
• Striped Treehunter
  Striped Treehunter
  -Introduction:The Striped Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family with a dusky-brown coloring with prominent buff streaking on the wings, throat, and breast...
  
   Thripadectes holostictus
• Streak-capped Treehunter
  Streak-capped Treehunter
  The Streak-capped Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Thripadectes virgaticeps
• Lineated Foliage-gleaner
  Lineated Foliage-gleaner
  The Lineated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Syndactyla subalaris
• Guttulated Foliage-gleaner
  Guttulated Foliage-gleaner
  The Guttulate Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Until it was pointed out that the word guttulated does not exist in English, it was widely referred to as the Guttulated Foliage-gleaner....
  
   Syndactyla guttulata (E)
• Point-tailed Palmcreeper
  Point-tailed Palmcreeper
  The Point-tailed Palmcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Berlepschia....
  
   Berlepschia rikeri
• Striped Woodhaunter
  Striped Woodhaunter
  The Striped Woodhaunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Hyloctistes.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Hyloctistes subulatus
• Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner
  Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner
  The Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Philydor erythropterus
• Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythrocercus
• Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner
  Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner
  The Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Philydor ruficaudatus
• Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
  Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
  The Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is found in southeastern regions of South America in the cerrado and pantanal of Brazil and Paraguay as well as areas of southeast coastal Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina...
  
   Philydor rufus
• Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner
  Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner
  The Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Philydor pyrrhodes
• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner
  Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner
  The Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Automolus rufipileatus
• White-throated Foliage-gleaner
  White-throated Foliage-gleaner
  The Tepui Foliage-gleaner , also known as the White-throated Foliage-gleaner, is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family...
  
   Automolus roraimae
• Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
  Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
  The Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Automolus ochrolaemus
• Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner
  Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner
  The Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in humid forests of most of the Amazon Basin, except in the south-eastern part, where the Para Foliage-gleaner is found. The two are closely related and were considered conspecific until...
  
   Automolus infuscatus
• Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
  Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
  The Ruddy Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its range is highly disjunct, with populations in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, and lowlands and foothills in the Chocó, eastern Andes, and western and north-eastern Amazon Basin. It is found in forest...
  
   Automolus rubiginosus
• Short-billed Leaftosser
  Short-billed Leaftosser
  The Short-billed Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Sclerurus rufigularis
• Tawny-throated Leaftosser
  Tawny-throated Leaftosser
  The Tawny-throated Leaftosser is a tropical American bird species in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is also known as the Tawny-throated Leafscraper, Mexican Leaftosser or Mexican Leafscraper...
  
   Sclerurus mexicanus
• Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
• Black-tailed Leaftosser
  Black-tailed Leaftosser
  The Black-tailed Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Sclerurus caudacutus
• Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
  Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper
  The Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the family Furnariidae, the ovenbirds. It is the only member of the genus Lochmias. The species is also known as the Streamside Streamcreeper.-Description:This bird is about 6 in long, with a short tail and a...
  
   Lochmias nematura

Woodcreepers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dendrocolaptidae

The Dendrocolaptidae are brownish birds and maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. There are 57 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Tyrannine Woodcreeper
  Tyrannine Woodcreeper
  The Tyrannine Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Dendrocincla tyrannina
• Plain-brown Woodcreeper
  Plain-brown Woodcreeper
  The Plain-brown Woodcreeper , is a sub-oscine passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. Sometimes it is considered to include the Plain-winged Woodcreeper The Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla...
  
   Dendrocincla fuliginosa
• White-chinned Woodcreeper
  White-chinned Woodcreeper
  The White-chinned Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Dendrocincla merula
• Ruddy Woodcreeper
  Ruddy Woodcreeper
  The Ruddy Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela....
  
   Dendrocincla homochroa
• Long-tailed Woodcreeper
  Long-tailed Woodcreeper
  The Long-tailed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is monotypic within Deconychura, but formerly this genus also included the Spot-throated Woodcreeper....
  
   Deconychura longicauda
• Spot-throated Woodcreeper
  Spot-throated Woodcreeper
  The Spot-throated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is the only species in the genus Certhiasomus...
  
   Deconychura stictolaema
• Olivaceous Woodcreeper
  Olivaceous Woodcreeper
  The Olivaceous Woodcreeper is a passerine bird of the tropical Americas. It belongs to the true woodcreepers of the ovenbird family ....
  
   Sittasomus griseicapillus
• Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
  Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
  The Wedge-billed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia, central Brazil and the Guianas; it is absent from the Pacific coastal areas except between Costa Rica and Ecuador...
  
   Glyphorynchus spirurus
• Long-billed Woodcreeper
  Long-billed Woodcreeper
  The Long-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, of the woodcreepers. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Nasica....
  
   Nasica longirostris
• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
  Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper
  The Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family . It makes up the monotypic genus Dendrexetastes....
  
   Dendrexetastes rufigula
• Red-billed Woodcreeper
  Red-billed Woodcreeper
  The Red-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It often includes the Uniform and the Brigida's Woodcreeper as subspecies....
  
   Hylexetastes perrotii
• Strong-billed Woodcreeper
  Strong-billed Woodcreeper
  The Strong-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is one of the largest woodcreepers and the largest furnariids, though the slender Long-billed Woodcreeper is longer and the Great Rufous Woodcreeper is larger overall...
  
   Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
• Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
  Northern Barred-woodcreeper
  The Northern Barred-woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper ....
  
   Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
• Amazonian Barred-Woodcreeper
  Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper
  The Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers. The Northern Barred-woodcreeper was formerly included in this species...
  
   Dendrocolaptes certhia
• Black-banded Woodcreeper
  Black-banded Woodcreeper
  The Black-banded Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.In South America it is...
  
   Dendrocolaptes picumnus
• Striped Woodcreeper
  Striped Woodcreeper
  The Striped Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily .It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
• Ocellated Woodcreeper
  Ocellated Woodcreeper
  The Ocellated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily of the ovenbird family...
  
   Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
• Buff-throated Woodcreeper
  Buff-throated Woodcreeper
  The Buff-throated Woodcreeper is a resident passerine bird found in tropical South America in the Guiana Shield and disjunctly in the northern Atlantic Forest. It formerly included the Cocoa Woodcreeper and the Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper as subspecies...
  
   Xiphorhynchus guttatus
• Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper
  Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper
  The Lafresnaye's Woodcreeper is a resident passerine bird found in tropical South America in the western and southern Amazon and adjacent sections of the Cerrado. It is often considered a subspecies of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper, but this combined "species" would be polyphyletic...
  
   Xiphorhynchus guttatoides
• Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper
  Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper
  The Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper is a species of perching bird. Like the other woodcreepers, it belongs to the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family ....
  
   Xiphorhynchus pardalotus
• Cocoa Woodcreeper
  Cocoa Woodcreeper
  The Cocoa Woodcreeper is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper .It is typically 23 cm long, and weighs 37 g...
  
   Xiphorhynchus susurrans
• Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
  Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
  The Ivory-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
  
   Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
• Olive-backed Woodcreeper
  Olive-backed Woodcreeper
  The Olive-backed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
   Xiphorhynchus triangularis
• Straight-billed Woodcreeper
  Straight-billed Woodcreeper
  The Straight-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the woodcreeper subfamily . Its genus, Dendroplex, was recently confirmed to be distinct from Xiphorhynchus....
  
   Dendroplex picus
• Streak-headed Woodcreeper
  Streak-headed Woodcreeper
  The Streak-headed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and on Trinidad....
  
   Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
• Montane Woodcreeper
  Montane Woodcreeper
  The Montane Woodcreeper is a perching bird species in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of the ovenbird family ....
  
   Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
• Lineated Woodcreeper
  Lineated Woodcreeper
  The Lineated Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
• Red-billed Scythebill
  Red-billed Scythebill
  The Red-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.The Red-billed Scythebill is a fairly large species of woodcreeper. The total length of the species is 24-28 cm . As its name indicates, the bill is long, downcurved and reddish in coloration...
  
   Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
• Brown-billed Scythebill
  Brown-billed Scythebill
  The Brown-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Campylorhamphus pusillus
• Curve-billed Scythebill
  Curve-billed Scythebill
  The Curve-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Campylorhamphus procurvoides

Typical antbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones. There are about 212 species worldwide and 79 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Fasciated Antshrike
  Fasciated Antshrike
  The Fasciated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Cymbilaimus lineatus
• Black-throated Antshrike
  Black-throated Antshrike
  The Black-throated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Frederickena viridis
• Undulated Antshrike
  Undulated Antshrike
  The Undulated Antshrike is a relatively large species of antbird from the western Amazon in south-eastern Peru, western Brazil, and possibly far south-eastern Colombia. It formerly included the Fulvous Antshrike, which is found further west, as a subspecies.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
  
   Frederickena unduligera
• Great Antshrike
  Great Antshrike
  The Great Antshrike, Taraba major, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Taraba-....
  
   Taraba major
• Black-crested Antshrike
  Black-crested Antshrike
  The Black-crested Antshrike, Sakesphorus canadensis, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru....
  
   Sakesphorus canadensis
• Black-backed Antshrike
  Black-backed Antshrike
  The Black-backed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Sakesphorus melanonotus
• Barred Antshrike
  Barred Antshrike
  The Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in the Neotropics from Tamaulipas, Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay....
  
   Thamnophilus doliatus
• Bar-crested Antshrike
  Bar-crested Antshrike
  The Bar-crested Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Thamnophilus multistriatus
• Lined Antshrike
  Lined Antshrike
  The Lined Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
   Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
• Blackish-gray Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
• White-shouldered Antshrike
  White-shouldered Antshrike
  The White-shouldered Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Thamnophilus aethiops
• Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
• Western Slaty-Antshrike
  Western Slaty-Antshrike
  The Western Slaty-Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize....
  
   Thamnophilus atrinucha
• Northern Slaty-Antshrike
  Northern Slaty-Antshrike
  The Northern Slaty-Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It previously included the Western Slaty-Antshrike, Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike, Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike, Planalto Slaty-Antshrike and Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike as subspecies, in which case the combined species simply...
  
   Thamnophilus punctatus
• Streak-backed Antshrike
  Streak-backed Antshrike
  The Streak-backed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Thamnophilus insignis
• Amazonian Antshrike
  Amazonian Antshrike
  The Amazonian Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It occurs in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and east to Maranhão state; also Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia...
  
   Thamnophilus amazonicus
• Spot-winged Antshrike
  Spot-winged Antshrike
  The Spot-winged Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pygiptila.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Pygiptila stellaris
• Pearly Antshrike
  Pearly Antshrike
  The Pearly Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Megastictus.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Megastictus margaritatus
• Black Bushbird
  Black Bushbird
  The Black Bushbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Neoctantes.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
  
   Neoctantes niger
• Recurve-billed Bushbird
  Recurve-billed Bushbird
  The Recurve-billed Bushbird is a Thamnophilid antbird that inhabits dense stands of secondary vegetation at the northern end of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela. It is named for its extraordinary bill, which curves upwards...
  
   Clytoctantes alixii
• Russet Antshrike
  Russet Antshrike
  The Russet Antshrike, Thamnistes anabatinus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Thamnistes.It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia....
  
   Thamnistes anabatinus
• Plain Antvireo
  Plain Antvireo
  The Plain Antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis, is a passerine bird species in the antbird family , wherein it belongs to the antshrike subfamily . It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America....
  
   Dysithamnus mentalis
• White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus
• Dusky-throated Antshrike
  Dusky-throated Antshrike
  The Dusky-throated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Thamnomanes ardesiacus
• Cinereous Antshrike
  Cinereous Antshrike
  The Cinereous Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
  
   Thamnomanes caesius
• Pygmy Antwren
  Pygmy Antwren
  The Pygmy Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmotherula brachyura
• Moustached Antwren
  Moustached Antwren
  The Moustached Antwren is a species of small Neotropical bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It has two allopatric subspecies, both sometimes considered separate monotypic species: The Griscom's Antwren is found the Chocó of north-western Ecuador, western Colombia and eastern Panama, and the...
  
   Myrmotherula ignota
• Yellow-throated Antwren
  Yellow-throated Antwren
  The Yellow-throated Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Myrmotherula ambigua
• Cherrie's Antwren
  Cherrie's Antwren
  The Cherrie's Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmotherula cherriei
• Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
• Guianan Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
• Rufous-bellied Antwren
  Rufous-bellied Antwren
  The Rufous-bellied Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Myrmotherula guttata
• Brown-bellied Antwren
  Brown-bellied Antwren
  The Brown-bellied Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmotherula gutturalis
• Stipple-throated Antwren
  Stipple-throated Antwren
  The Stipple-throated Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmotherula haematonota
• Rufous-tailed Antwren
  Rufous-tailed Antwren
  The Rufous-tailed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Myrmotherula erythrura
• White-flanked Antwren
  White-flanked Antwren
  The White-flanked Antwren is a passerine bird in the antbird family.-Taxonomy:The subspecies M. a. luctuosa, the Silvery-flanked Antwren, is sometimes split as a full species.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Myrmotherula axillaris
• Slaty Antwren
  Slaty Antwren
  The Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor, is a small passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and eastern Peru....
  
   Myrmotherula schisticolor
• Long-winged Antwren
  Long-winged Antwren
  The Long-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmotherula longipennis
• Plain-winged Antwren
  Plain-winged Antwren
  The Plain-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Myrmotherula behni
• Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
• Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
• Spot-tailed Antwren
  Spot-tailed Antwren
  The Spot-tailed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Herpsilochmus sticturus
• Todd's Antwren
  Todd's Antwren
  The Todd's Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Herpsilochmus stictocephalus
• Spot-backed Antwren
  Spot-backed Antwren
  The Spot-backed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus
• Roraiman Antwren
  Roraiman Antwren
  The Roraiman Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was first described by Hellmayr in 1903 with the type locality of Mount Roraima ....
  
   Herpsilochmus roraimae
• Rufous-winged Antwren
  Rufous-winged Antwren
  The Rufous-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
• White-fringed Antwren
  White-fringed Antwren
  The White-fringed Antwren, Formicivora grisea, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia southeast to the Guianas and Brazil, and on Tobago....
  
   Formicivora grisea
• Long-tailed Antbird
  Long-tailed Antbird
  The Long-tailed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found at low levels in humid highland forests, especially near bamboo, ranging through the Andes from western Bolivia to north-western Venezuela, with disjunct populations in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Serranía...
  
   Drymophila caudata
• Rufous-rumped Antwren
  Rufous-rumped Antwren
  The Rufous-rumped Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Terenura callinota
• Ash-winged Antwren
  Ash-winged Antwren
  The Ash-winged Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Terenura spodioptila
• Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
• Dusky Antbird
  Dusky Antbird
  The Dusky Antbird or Tyrannine Antbird, Cercomacra tyrannina, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southeastern Mexico southwards to western Ecuador, and Amazonian Brazil....
  
   Cercomacra tyrannina
• Jet Antbird
  Jet Antbird
  The Jet Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Cercomacra nigricans
• White-browed Antbird
  White-browed Antbird
  The White-browed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmoborus leucophrys
• Black-faced Antbird
  Black-faced Antbird
  The Black-faced Antbird is a species of bird, about 12–13 cm long, in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is endemic in a wide range across the Amazon basin...
  
   Myrmoborus myotherinus
• Warbling Antbird
  Warbling Antbird
  The warbling antbird is a complex consisting of six species of antbirds that until recently were considered a single species found throughout the Amazon in South America...
  
   Hypocnemis cantator
• Black-chinned Antbird
  Black-chinned Antbird
  The Black-chinned Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hypocnemoides melanopogon
• Bare-crowned Antbird
  Bare-crowned Antbird
  The Bare-crowned Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family in the monotypic genus Gymnocichla.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
  
   Gymnocichla nudiceps
• Silvered Antbird
  Silvered Antbird
  The Silvered Antbird is a passerine bird in the antbird family, the only member of the genus Sclateria. It is a resident breeder in tropical South America from Colombia and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil....
  
   Sclateria naevia
• Black-headed Antbird
  Black-headed Antbird
  The Black-headed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Percnostola rufifrons
• Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
• Spot-winged Antbird
  Spot-winged Antbird
  The Spot-winged Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Until recently, it included the Roraiman, Humaita, Brownish-headed and Rufous-faced Antbird as subspecies, but based on differences in voice and plumage it has been recommended treating them as separate species...
  
   Percnostola leucostigma
• Roraiman Antbird
  Roraiman Antbird
  The Roraiman Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of the Spot-winged Antbird, but based on differences in voice and plumage it has been recommended that they are treated as separate species...
  
   Percnostola saturata
• Caura Antbird
  Caura Antbird
  The Caura Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Percnostola caurensis
• White-bellied Antbird
  White-bellied Antbird
  The White-bellied Antbird , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad. It is also called Swainson's Antcatcher after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically...
  
   Myrmeciza longipes
• Ferruginous-backed Antbird
  Ferruginous-backed Antbird
  The Ferruginous-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Myrmeciza ferruginea
• Dull-mantled Antbird
  Dull-mantled Antbird
  The Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family . Its scientific name is presently Myrmeciza laemosticta, but as it does not seem to be closely related to the White-bellied Antbird The Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae)....
  
   Myrmeciza laemosticta
• Yapacana Antbird
  Yapacana Antbird
  The Yapacana Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Myrmeciza disjuncta
• Gray-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza pelzelni
• Immaculate Antbird
  Immaculate Antbird
  The Immaculate Antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid forests in Costa Rica, Panama, western and northern Colombia, western Venezuela, and western Ecuador...
  
   Myrmeciza immaculata
• Black-throated Antbird
  Black-throated Antbird
  The Black-throated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmeciza atrothorax
• White-plumed Antbird
  White-plumed Antbird
  The White-plumed Antbird is a species of insectivorous bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is marked by deep red-brownish plumage, black wings, and a black head with a bright-white feathered mask....
  
   Pithys albifrons
• Rufous-throated Antbird
  Rufous-throated Antbird
  The Rufous-throated Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Gymnopithys rufigula
• Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
• Wing-banded Antbird
  Wing-banded Antbird
  The Wing-banded Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Myrmornis....
  
   Myrmornis torquata
• Spot-backed Antbird
  Spot-backed Antbird
  The Spot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hylophylax naevia
• Dot-backed Antbird
  Dot-backed Antbird
  The Dot-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps....
  
   Hylophylax punctulata
• Scale-backed Antbird
  Scale-backed Antbird
  The Common Scale-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the antbirds. It has often been included in the genus Hylophylax, but is now known to be part of a different clade, leading to its placement in the genus Willisornis...
  
   Hylophylax poecilinota
• Reddish-winged Bare-eye
  Reddish-winged Bare-eye
  The Reddish-winged Bare-eye is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Phlegopsis erythroptera

Antthrushes and Antpittas

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Formicariidae

Formicariidae

The Formicariidae, formicariids, or ground antbirds are a family of smallish passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are between 10 and 20 cm in length, and are related to the antbirds, Thamnophilidae, and gnateaters, Conopophagidae...

The ground antbirds are a family comprising the antthrushes and antpittas. Antthrushes resemble small rails while antpittas resemble the true pittas

Pitta (bird)

Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds mainly found in tropical Asia and Australasia, although a couple of species live in Africa. Pittas are all similar in general structure and habits, and have often been placed in a single genus, although as of 2009 they are now split into three...

 with longish strong legs, very short tails and stout bills. There are about 63 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Rufous-capped Antthrush
  Rufous-capped Antthrush
  The Rufous-capped Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Formicarius colma
• Black-faced Antthrush
  Black-faced Antthrush
  The Black-faced Antthrush , is a passerine bird.-Distribution and habitat:It is a common and widespread forest bird in the tropical New World, from southern Mexico through Central America to the northern regions of South America...
  
   Formicarius analis
• Rufous-breasted Antthrush
  Rufous-breasted Antthrush
  The Rufous-breasted Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  
   Formicarius rufipectus
• Short-tailed Antthrush
  Short-tailed Antthrush
  The Short-tailed Antthrush is a South American species of bird in the Formicariidae family. Its distribution is highly disjunct with populations in the Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina, isolated highland forests in northeastern Brazil, forests on the...
  
   Chamaeza campanisona
• Schwartz's Antthrush
  Schwartz's Antthrush
  The Schwartz's Antthrush , also known as the Scalloped Antthrush, is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of Colombia and the Coastal Range in Venezuela. The Colombian population belongs to the nominate subspecies, while the Venezuelan...
  
   Chamaeza turdina
• Undulated Antpitta
  Undulated Antpitta
  The Undulated Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Grallaria squamigera
• Great Antpitta
  Great Antpitta
  The Great Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Grallaria excelsa (E)
• Variegated Antpitta
  Variegated Antpitta
  The Variegated Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and eastern border regions of Venezuela–two separate regions; also Peru...
  
   Grallaria varia
• Scaled Antpitta
  Scaled Antpitta
  The Scaled Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
  
   Grallaria guatimalensis
• Tachira Antpitta
  Táchira Antpitta
  The Táchira Antpitta is a cryptical bird species. It is provisionally placed in the family Formicariidae, pending revision of this group. This species was only sighted and collected between 1955 and 1956, and may be extinct....
  
   Grallaria chthonia (E)
• Plain-backed Antpitta
  Plain-backed Antpitta
  The Plain-backed Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...
  
   Grallaria haplonota
• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
  Chestnut-crowned Antpitta
  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest, which it has a much greater tolerance for than most...
  
   Grallaria ruficapilla
• Gray-naped Antpitta Grallaria griseonucha (E)
• Rufous Antpitta
  Rufous Antpitta
  The Rufous Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Grallaria rufula
• Spotted Antpitta
  Spotted Antpitta
  The Spotted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hylopezus macularius
• Thrush-like Antpitta
  Thrush-like Antpitta
  The Thrush-like Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myrmothera campanisona
• Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex
• Rusty-breasted Antpitta
  Rusty-breasted Antpitta
  The Rusty-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-Taxonomy:The subspecies G. f...
  
   Grallaricula ferrugineipectus
• Scallop-breasted Antpitta
  Scallop-breasted Antpitta
  The Scallop-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Grallaricula loricata (E)
• Hooded Antpitta
  Hooded Antpitta
  The Hooded Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Grallaricula cucullata
• Slate-crowned Antpitta
  Slate-crowned Antpitta
  The Slaty-crowned Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
  
   Grallaricula nana

Tapaculos

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Rhinocryptidae

The tapaculos are a group of small suboscine passeriform bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s with numerous species, found in South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. There are 56 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Ash-colored Tapaculo Myornis senilis
• Blackish Tapaculo
  Blackish Tapaculo
  The Blackish Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Scytalopus latrans
• Rufous-vented Tapaculo
  Rufous-vented Tapaculo
  The Rufous-vented Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Peru. Note that the Long-tailed Tapaculo, is now considered a separate species....
  
   Scytalopus femoralis
• Bolivian Tapaculo
  Bolivian Tapaculo
  The Bolivian White-crowned Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Scytalopus bolivianus
• White-crowned Tapaculo
  White-crowned Tapaculo
  The White-crowned Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Scytalopus atratus
• Caracas Tapaculo
  Caracas Tapaculo
  The Caracas Tapaculo is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Scytalopus caracae (E)
• Matorral Tapaculo
  Matorral Tapaculo
  The Rufous-rumped Tapaculo , also known as the Matorral Tapaculo, is a species of bird in the Rhinocryptidae family It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela...
  
   Scytalopus griseicollis
• Lara Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscicauda (E)
• Ocellated Tapaculo
  Ocellated Tapaculo
  The Ocellated Tapaculo is a large bird found in the northern Andes in South America. It is a highly distinctive tapaculo; traditionally united with its closest relatives in the Rhinocryptidae, this family is paraphyletic with the Formicariidae but instead of merging the tapaculos with the...
  
   Acropternis orthonyx

Cotingas

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cotingidae

The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges of tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly coloured, or decorated with plumes or wattles. There are 71 species worldwide and 29 species which occur in Venezuela

• Sharpbill
  Sharpbill
  The Sharpbill is a small drab bird. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America ....
  
   Oxyruncus cristatus
• Black-necked Red-Cotinga
  Black-necked Red-cotinga
  The Black-necked Red-cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas.It is found in the western Amazon Basin of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; also the very southern border region of Venezuela with Amazonas state.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
  
   Phoenicircus nigricollis
• Guianan Red-Cotinga
  Guianan Red-cotinga
  The Guianan Red-Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is one of two species in the genus Phoenicircus....
  
   Phoenicircus carnifex
• Shrike-like Cotinga
  Shrike-like Cotinga
  The Shrike-like Cotinga , also known as the Shrike-like Laniisoma or the Elegant Mourner, is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. As suggested by its common name, it was formerly considered a cotinga. As it is far from being "shrike-like", this means that the widely used common name is...
  
   Laniisoma elegans
• Red-crested Cotinga
  Red-crested Cotinga
  The Red-crested Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
  
   Ampelion rubrocristata
• Green-and-black Fruiteater
  Green-and-black Fruiteater
  The Green-and-black Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pipreola riefferii
• Barred Fruiteater
  Barred Fruiteater
  The Barred Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pipreola arcuata
• Golden-breasted Fruiteater
  Golden-breasted Fruiteater
  The Golden-breasted Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pipreola aureopectus
• Handsome Fruiteater
  Handsome Fruiteater
  The Handsome Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela. Two populations of the species live on the northern coastal regions, separated by ....
  
   Pipreola formosa (E)
• Red-banded Fruiteater
  Red-banded Fruiteater
  The Red-banded Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is restricted to humid highland forest growing on the Tepuis in the southeast of Venezuela and western Guyana. While likely to occur, it remains unconfirmed from adjacent parts of northern Brazil.Uniquely among the...
  
   Pipreola whitelyi
• Scaled Fruiteater
  Scaled Fruiteater
  The Scaled Fruiteater is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Ampelioides.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Ampelioides tschudii
• White-browed Purpletuft
  White-browed Purpletuft
  The White-browed Purpletuft is a small South American species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Iodopleura isabellae
• Dusky Purpletuft
  Dusky Purpletuft
  The Dusky Purpletuft is a small South American species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Iodopleura fusca
• Screaming Piha
  Screaming Piha
  The Screaming Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon and tropical parts of the Mata Atlântica in South America...
  
   Lipaugus vociferans
• Rose-collared Piha
  Rose-collared Piha
  The Rose-collared Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in humid forests growing in the Tepui highlands in south-eastern Venezuela, western Guyana and far northern Brazil....
  
   Lipaugus streptophorus
• Blue Cotinga
  Blue Cotinga
  The Blue Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Colombia, north-west Ecuador, eastern and central Panama and western Venezuela....
  
   Cotinga nattererii
• Purple-breasted Cotinga
  Purple-breasted Cotinga
  The Purple-breasted Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Cotinga cotinga
• Spangled Cotinga
  Spangled Cotinga
  The Spangled Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is found in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in South America....
  
   Cotinga cayana
• Pompadour Cotinga
  Pompadour Cotinga
  The Pompadour Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Xipholena punicea
• Bare-necked Fruitcrow
  Bare-necked Fruitcrow
  The Bare-necked Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Gymnoderus. It is found in the Amazon Rainforest, especially near rivers. It is relatively common, but generally rarer and more local north of the Amazon River...
  
   Gymnoderus foetidus
• Crimson Fruitcrow
  Crimson Fruitcrow
  The Crimson Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is the only member of the genus Haematoderus.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Haematoderus militaris
• Purple-throated Fruitcrow
  Purple-throated Fruitcrow
  The Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is the only species of the genus Querula....
  
   Querula purpurata
• Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
  Red-ruffed Fruitcrow
  The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, in the monotypic genus Pyroderus. It is among the largest Passerines in South America, though it is surpassed by another cotinga, the Amazonian Umbrellabird...
  
   Pyroderus scutatus
• Amazonian Umbrellabird
  Amazonian Umbrellabird
  The Amazonian Umbrellabird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. Much larger than the female, the male Amazonian Umbrellabird is likely the largest passerine in South America as well as the largest suboscine passerine in the world...
  
   Cephalopterus ornatus
• Capuchinbird
  Capuchinbird
  The Capuchinbird or Calfbird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Perissocephalus. It is found in humid forests in north-eastern South America, almost entirely north of the Amazon River and east of Rio Negro...
  
   Perissocephalus tricolor
• White Bellbird
  White Bellbird
  The White Bellbird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. The specific epithet is often spelled alba, but albus is correct due to the gender of genus. It is found in forests in north-eastern South America in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
  
   Procnias alba
• Bearded Bellbird
  Bearded Bellbird
  The Bearded Bellbird, Procnias averano, also known as the Campanero or Anvil-bird, is a passerine bird which occurs in tropical northern South America....
  
   Procnias averano
• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
  Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
  The Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Rupicola rupicola, is a South American passerine about 30 cm in length. The bright orange male has an extraordinary half-moon crest, which is used is competitive displays in lek gatherings to attract a female....
  
   Rupicola rupicola
• Andean Cock-of-the-rock
  Andean Cock-of-the-rock
  The Andean Cock-of-the-rock is a medium-sized passerine bird of the Cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America. The plural is Andean Cocks-of-the-rock...
  
   Rupicola peruviana

Manakins

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pipridae

The manakins are a family bird species of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly coloured, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries and insects. There are 57 species worldwide and 25 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Olive Manakin
  Olive Manakin
  The Olive Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Chloropipo uniformis
• White-bearded Manakin
  White-bearded Manakin
  The White-bearded Manakin, Manacus manacus, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina....
  
   Manacus manacus
• White-throated Manakin
  White-throated Manakin
  The White-throated Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Corapipo gutturalis
• White-ruffed Manakin
  White-ruffed Manakin
  The White-ruffed Manakin, Corapipo altera, is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from eastern Honduras to northwestern Venezuela....
  
   Corapipo altera
• Lance-tailed Manakin
  Lance-tailed Manakin
  The Lance-tailed Manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela....
  
   Chiroxiphia lanceolata
• Blue-backed Manakin
  Blue-backed Manakin
  The Blue-backed Manakin, Chiroxiphia pareola, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found in southern Colombia, eastern Venezuela, the Guyanas, northeast Brazil, the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru; and in Tobago. A disjunct population...
  
   Chiroxiphia pareola
• Crimson-hooded Manakin
  Crimson-hooded Manakin
  The Crimson-hooded Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Pipra aureola
• Wire-tailed Manakin
  Wire-tailed Manakin
  The Wire-tailed Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found upriver in the western Amazon Basin and the neighboring countries of northern Peru, eastern Ecuador and Colombia, and southern and western portions of Venezuela...
  
   Pipra filicauda
• White-crowned Manakin
  White-crowned Manakin
  The White-crowned Manakin is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It was formerly placed in the genus Pipra, but its syringeal anatomy favours its separation as a separate genus...
  
   Dixiphia pipra
• Blue-crowned Manakin
  Blue-crowned Manakin
  The Blue-crowned Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. The males have a brilliant blue cap; some have black, others have green body plumage, but the relationship between the subspecies is not well understood....
  
   Lepidothrix coronata
• Golden-headed Manakin
  Golden-headed Manakin
  The Golden-headed Manakin, Pipra erythrocephala, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America. It is found from Panama, Colombia and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas and Brazil and northern Peru...
  
   Pipra erythrocephala
• Scarlet-horned Manakin
  Scarlet-horned Manakin
  The Scarlet-horned Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pipra cornuta
• Tepui Manakin Lepidothrix suavissima
• White-fronted Manakin
  White-fronted Manakin
  The White-fronted Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins.It is found in the Atlantic coastal Guianas and the eastern Guiana Shield of Surname and French Guiana; also regions of Guyana and the northeastern Amazon states of Brazil.Its natural habitat is subtropical or...
  
   Lepidothrix serena
• Golden-winged Manakin
  Golden-winged Manakin
  The Golden-winged Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. Its genus, Masius, is monotypic.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Masius chrysopterus
• Fiery-capped Manakin
  Fiery-capped Manakin
  The Fiery-capped Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins. It is one of three species in the genus Machaeropterus.-Overview:...
  
   Machaeropterus pyrocephalus
• Western Striped Manakin Machaeropterus striolatus
• Black Manakin
  Black Manakin
  The Black Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Xenopipo atronitens
• Yellow-crested Manakin
  Yellow-crested Manakin
  The Yellow-crested Manakin , also called Yellow-crowned Manakin, is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the Manakins....
  
   Heterocercus flavivertex
• Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin
  Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin
  The Saffron-crested Neopelma , also known as the Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin, is a species of bird in the Pipridae family, the manakins.-Description:...
  
   Neopelma chrysocephalum
• Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin
  Dwarf Tyrant-manakin
  The Dwarf Tyranneutes or Dwarf Tyrant-manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Tyranneutes stolzmanni
• Tiny Tyrant-Manakin
  Tiny Tyrant-manakin
  The Tiny Tyranneutes or Tiny Tyrant-manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Tyranneutes virescens
• Wing-barred Piprites
  Wing-barred Piprites
  The Wing-barred Piprites is a species of bird which traditionally has placed in the Pipridae family, although it remains unclear if this is correct. It is therefore considered incertae sedis by recent authorities such as SACC....
  
   Piprites chloris
• Greater Schiffornis
  Greater Schiffornis
  The Varzea Schiffornis , also called Várzea Mourner or Greater Schiffornis, is a species of bird in the Tityridae family...
  
   Schiffornis major
• Thrush-like Schiffornis
  Thrush-like Schiffornis
  The Thrush-like Schiffornis , also called Thrush-like Mourner or Thrush-like Manakin, is a species of Neotropical bird.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Schiffornis turdinus

Tyrant flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatcher

Tyrant flycatcher

The tyrant flycatchers are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds on Earth, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country in the Americas, except for the United States and...

s are passerine

Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders: with over 5,000 identified species, it has roughly...

 birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust with stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain colouring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. There are 429 species worldwide, all found only in the Americas and 186 species which occur in Venezuela.

• White-lored Tyrannulet
  White-lored Tyrannulet
  The White-lored Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Ornithion inerme
• Brown-capped Tyrannulet
  Brown-capped Tyrannulet
  The Brown-capped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela....
  
   Ornithion brunneicapillus
• Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
• Yellow Tyrannulet
  Yellow Tyrannulet
  The Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Nicaragua south to northeastern Argentina and southeastern Brazil...
  
   Capsiempis flaveola
• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
  Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
  The Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tyrannulus....
  
   Tyrannulus elatus
• Forest Elaenia
  Forest Elaenia
  The Forest Elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Panama through Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to Bolivia and Brazil. It also occurs on Trinidad....
  
   Myiopagis gaimardii
• Gray Elaenia Myiopagis caniceps
• Yellow-crowned Elaenia
  Yellow-crowned Elaenia
  The Yellow-crowned Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in eastern Orinoco Basin Venezuela, the Guianas, and along the Amazon River corridor; also Colombia, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador and Peru.Yellow-crowned Elaenia is...
  
   Myiopagis flavivertex
• Greenish Elaenia
  Greenish Elaenia
  The Greenish Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.Its...
  
   Myiopagis viridicata
• Large Elaenia
  Large Elaenia
  The Large Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
  
   Elaenia spectabilis
• Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  The Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula through Central and South America as far as northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
  
   Elaenia flavogaster
• Small-billed Elaenia
  Small-billed Elaenia
  The Small-billed Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Elaenia parvirostris
• Slaty Elaenia
  Slaty Elaenia
  The Slaty Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
  
   Elaenia strepera
• Plain-crested Elaenia
  Plain-crested Elaenia
  The Plain-crested Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Elaenia cristata
• Rufous-crowned Elaenia
  Rufous-crowned Elaenia
  The Rufous-crowned Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Elaenia ruficeps
• Lesser Elaenia
  Lesser Elaenia
  The Lesser Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
  
   Elaenia chiriquensis
• Mountain Elaenia
  Mountain Elaenia
  The Mountain Elaenia, Elaenia frantzii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from Guatemala to Colombia and western Venezuela. The scientific name celebrates the German physician and naturalist, Alexander von Frantzius.This tyrant flycatcher is 14-15...
  
   Elaenia frantzii
• Great Elaenia
  Great Elaenia
  The Great Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic and restricted mostly to the higher altitude plateau-Tepuis of Venezuela and far northern Brazil, and may also occur in Guyana....
  
   Elaenia dayi (E)
• Sierran Elaenia
  Sierran Elaenia
  The Sierran Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Elaenia pallatangae
• Torrent Tyrannulet
  Torrent Tyrannulet
  The Torrent Tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica south to northern Bolivia and northwestern Venezuela.-Habitat:...
  
   Serpophaga cinerea
• River Tyrannulet
  River Tyrannulet
  The River Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Peru, Venezuela and Brazil; also river extensions into Ecuador, Colombia- and Bolivia....
  
   Serpophaga hypoleuca
• Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
  Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
  The Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
  
   Mionectes oleagineus
• Olive-striped Flycatcher
  Olive-striped Flycatcher
  The Olive-striped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Mionectes olivaceus
• MacConnell's Flycatcher
  MacConnell's Flycatcher
  The McConnell's Flycatcherr is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Mionectes macconnelli
• Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
  Rufous-breasted Flycatcher
  The Rufous-breasted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Leptopogon rufipectus
• Sepia-capped Flycatcher
  Sepia-capped Flycatcher
  The Sepia-capped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Leptopogon amaurocephalus
• Slaty-capped Flycatcher
  Slaty-capped Flycatcher
  The Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through Colombia and northern Venezuela to northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. It also occurs on Trinidad....
  
   Leptopogon superciliaris
• Variegated Bristle-Tyrant
  Variegated Bristle-tyrant
  The Variegated Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Pogonotriccus poecilotis
• Chapman's Bristle-Tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani (E)
• Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant
  Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant
  The Marble-faced Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...
  
   Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
• Venezuelan Bristle-Tyrant
  Venezuelan Bristle-tyrant
  The Venezuelan Bristle-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
   Pogonotriccus venezuelanus (E)
• Black-fronted Tyrannulet
  Black-fronted Tyrannulet
  The Black-fronted Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Phylloscartes nigrifrons (E)
• Rufous-lored Tyrannulet
  Rufous-lored Tyrannulet
  The Rufous-lored Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Phylloscartes flaviventris (E)
• Olive-green Tyrannulet
  Olive-green Tyrannulet
  The Olive-green Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the Guianas of Suriname, French Guiana, and eastern Guyana, with the Essequibo River; also northeast Brazil, in the northeast Amazon Basin of Pará state, and Amapá.Its natural habitat is...
  
   Phylloscartes virescens
• Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
  Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
  The Rufous-browed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
  
   Phylloscartes superciliaris
• Rough-legged Tyrannulet
  Rough-legged Tyrannulet
  The Rough-legged Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Phyllomyias burmeisteri
• Greenish Tyrannulet
  Greenish Tyrannulet
  The Greenish Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay....
  
   Phyllomyias virescens
• Urich's Tyrannulet
  Urich's Tyrannulet
  The Urich's Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Phyllomyias urichi (E)
• Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
  Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
  The Sooty-headed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Phyllomyias griseiceps
• Black-capped Tyrannulet
  Black-capped Tyrannulet
  The Black-capped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Phyllomyias nigrocapillus
• Ashy-headed Tyrannulet
  Ashy-headed Tyrannulet
  The Ashy-headed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Phyllomyias cinereiceps
• Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet
  Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet
  The Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Phyllomyias uropygialis
• Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
• Venezuelan Tyrannulet
  Venezuelan Tyrannulet
  The Venezuelan tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....
  
   Zimmerius improbus
• Slender-footed Tyrannulet
  Slender-footed Tyrannulet
  The Slender-footed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan Tyrannulet as a subspecies.-References:*...
  
   Zimmerius gracilipes
• Golden-faced Tyrannulet
  Golden-faced Tyrannulet
  The Golden-faced Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Zimmerius chrysops
• Amazonian Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus obscurior
• Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
  Northern Scrub-flycatcher
  The Northern Scrub Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Sublegatus arenarum
• Southern Scrub-Flycatcher
  Southern Scrub-flycatcher
  The Southern Scrub Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay....
  
   Sublegatus modestus
• White-throated Tyrannulet
  White-throated Tyrannulet
  The White-throated Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Mecocerculus leucophrys
• Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet
  Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet
  The Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Mecocerculus minor
• White-banded Tyrannulet
  White-banded Tyrannulet
  The White-banded Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Mecocerculus stictopterus
• Slender-billed Tyrannulet
  Slender-billed Tyrannulet
  The Slender-billed Inezia or Slender-billed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Inezia tenuirostris
• Pale-tipped Tyrannulet
  Pale-tipped Tyrannulet
  The Pale-tipped Inezia or Pale-tipped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Inezia caudata
• Amazonian Tyrannulet
  Amazonian Tyrannulet
  The Amazonian Inezia Amazonian Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela....
  
   Inezia subflava
• Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant
  Lesser Wagtail-tyrant
  The Lesser Wagtail-tyrant is a small South American species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It occurs in two distinct populations: One found in wooded and shrubby habitats along major Amazonian rivers in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, and a second found in the comparable far drier...
  
   Stigmatura napensis
• Agile Tit-Tyrant
  Agile Tit-tyrant
  The Agile Tit-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It has been placed in the genus Uromyias, which formerly was recognized based on syringial and plumage characters, but now is known to be imbedded within Anairetes.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural...
  
   Anairetes agilis
• Bearded Tachuri
  Bearded Tachuri
  The Bearded Tachuri is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Polystictus pectoralis
• Crested Doradito
  Crested Doradito
  The Crested Doradito is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
  
   Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
• Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant
  Tawny-crowned Pygmy-tyrant
  The Tawny-crowned Pygmy-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Euscarthmus meloryphus
• Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
• Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
  Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant
  The Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras....
  
   Lophotriccus pileatus
• Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant
  Double-banded Pygmy-tyrant
  The Double-banded Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname....
  
   Lophotriccus vitiosus
• Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant
  Helmeted Pygmy-tyrant
  The Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Lophotriccus galeatus
• Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant
  Pale-eyed Pygmy-tyrant
  The Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, where it makes up the monotypic genus Atalotriccus....
  
   Atalotriccus pilaris
• Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant
  Rufous-crowned Tody-tyrant
  The Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and has been known as the Rufous-crowned Tody-Tyrant....
  
   Poecilotriccus ruficeps
• Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher
  Ruddy Tody-flycatcher
  The Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Poecilotriccus russatus
• Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
• Black-chested Tyrant
  Black-chested Tyrant
  The Black-chested Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Taeniotriccus andrei
• Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant
  Snethlage's Tody-tyrant
  The Snethlage's Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Hemitriccus minor (A)
• White-eyed Tody-Tyrant
  White-eyed Tody-tyrant
  The White-eyed Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the northern Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas of French Guiana, Suriname, and southeast Guyana; also Amazonian Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.It is a small short-tailed...
  
   Hemitriccus zosterops
• Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant
  Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant
  The Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
• Black-throated Tody-Tyrant
  Black-throated Tody-tyrant
  The Black-throated Tody-Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Hemitriccus granadensis
• Common Tody-Flycatcher
  Common Tody-Flycatcher
  The Common Tody-Flycatcher or Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil....
  
   Todirostrum cinereum
• Spotted Tody-Flycatcher
  Spotted Tody-flycatcher
  The Spotted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, and is mostly a species of the Amazon Basin countries and Guianan...
  
   Todirostrum maculatum
• Short-tailed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum viridanum (E)
• Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
  Black-headed Tody-flycatcher
  The Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Todirostrum nigriceps
• Painted Tody-Flycatcher
  Painted Tody-flycatcher
  The Painted Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in the Guianas of French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname; also eastern-southeastern Venezuela and the northeastern states of Brazil of the Amazon Basin.-Overview:Its natural habitats are...
  
   Todirostrum pictum
• Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher
  Yellow-browed Tody-flycatcher
  The Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers....
  
   Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
• Ringed Antpipit
  Ringed Antpipit
  The Ringed Antpipit is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of two species in the genus Corythopis....
  
   Corythopis torquata
• Large-headed Flatbill
  Large-headed Flatbill
  The Bamboo Flatbill , also known as the Large-headed Flatbill, is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Ramphotrigon megacephala
• Rufous-tailed Flatbill
  Rufous-tailed Flatbill
  The Rufous-tailed Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Ramphotrigon ruficauda
• Olivaceous Flatbill
  Olivaceous Flatbill
  The Olivaceous Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical...
  
   Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
• Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
  Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
  The Fulvous-breasted Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
• Yellow-olive Flycatcher
  Yellow-olive Flycatcher
  The Yellow-olive Flatbill or Yellow-olive Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in tropical and subtopical forest and woodland in Central and South America, but over its range there are significant variations in plumage, iris-colour and voice, leading to...
  
   Tolmomyias sulphurescens
• Yellow-margined Flycatcher
  Yellow-margined Flycatcher
  The Yellow-margined Flatbill or Yellow-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in humid forest in southern Central America, and the Chocó and Amazon in South America....
  
   Tolmomyias assimilis
• Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus
• Yellow-breasted Flycatcher
  Yellow-breasted Flycatcher
  The Yellow-breasted Flatbill or Yellow-breasted Flycatcher, Tolmomyias flaviventris, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela south to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and on both Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Tolmomyias flaviventris
• Cinnamon-crested Spadebill
  Cinnamon-crested Spadebill
  The Cinnamon-crested Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Platyrinchus saturatus
• Yellow-throated Spadebill
  Yellow-throated Spadebill
  The Yellow-throated Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Platyrinchus flavigularis
• Golden-crowned Spadebill
  Golden-crowned Spadebill
  The Golden-crowned Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Platyrinchus coronatus
• White-throated Spadebill
  White-throated Spadebill
  The White-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus, is a tiny passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It lives in the tropical Americas.-Description:...
  
   Platyrinchus mystaceus
• White-crested Spadebill
  White-crested Spadebill
  The White-crested Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
• Amazonian Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
• Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
• Flavescent Flycatcher
  Flavescent Flycatcher
  The Flavescent Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Myiophobus flavicans
• Roraiman Flycatcher
  Roraiman Flycatcher
  The Roraiman Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Myiophobus roraimae
• Bran-colored Flycatcher
  Bran-colored Flycatcher
  The Bran-colored Flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through South America to Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. It also occurs on Trinidad....
  
   Myiophobus fasciatus
• Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
  Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
  The Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in lowlands from southeastern Mexico to northern Bolivia, north-central Brazil and the Guianas...
  
   Terenotriccus erythrurus
• Tawny-breasted Flycatcher
  Tawny-breasted Flycatcher
  The Tawny-breasted Myiobius or Tawny-breasted Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Myiobius villosus
• Whiskered Flycatcher Myiobius barbatus
• Black-tailed Flycatcher
  Black-tailed Flycatcher
  The Black-tailed Myiobius or Black-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former...
  
   Myiobius atricaudus
• Cinnamon Tyrant Neopipo cinnamomea
• Cinnamon Flycatcher
  Cinnamon Flycatcher
  The Cinnamon Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Pyrrhomyias....
  
   Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
• Cliff Flycatcher
  Cliff Flycatcher
  The Cliff Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. The Cliff Flycatcher is the only species in the genus Hirundinea after the Swallow Flycatcher was merged herein as subspecies Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa.It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, The Guianas of Guyana, Suriname,...
  
   Hirundinea ferruginea
• Fuscous Flycatcher
  Fuscous Flycatcher
  The Fuscous Flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, and the only member of the genus Cnemotriccus. It breeds from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, and on both Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Cnemotriccus fuscatus
• Euler's Flycatcher
  Euler's Flycatcher
  Euler's Flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in South America east of the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and Argentina, and on the islands of Trinidad and formerly also Grenada...
  
   Lathrotriccus euleri
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
  Olive-sided Flycatcher
  The Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.- Description :Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail....
  
   Contopus cooperi
• Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
• Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
• Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
• Tropical Pewee
  Tropical Pewee
  The Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
  
   Contopus cinereus
• Acadian Flycatcher
  Acadian Flycatcher
  The Acadian Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.- Description :Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide bill. The breast is washed with olive. The upper part of...
  
   Empidonax virescens
• Alder Flycatcher
  Alder Flycatcher
  The Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with...
  
   Empidonax alnorum
• Willow Flycatcher
  Willow Flycatcher
  The Willow Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper...
  
   Empidonax traillii
• Black Phoebe
  Black Phoebe
  The Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its...
  
   Sayornis nigricans
• Vermilion Flycatcher
  Vermilion Flycatcher
  The Vermilion Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Tyrannidae, or tyrant flycatcher family. Most flycatchers are rather drab, but the Vermilion Flycatcher is a striking exception...
  
   Pyrocephalus rubinus
• Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant
  Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant
  The Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Tyrannidae. It is 12.2 cms in length. It is chunky bird with a short, thin bill. It is mostly olive with an ochre yellow forehead and long yellow eyebrow. It has dusky colored wings and tail with two...
  
   Ochthoeca diadema
• Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant
  Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant
  The Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
• Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant
  Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant
  The Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
• Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant
  Brown-backed Chat-tyrant
  The Brown-backed Chat-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Ochthoeca fumicolor
• Drab Water-Tyrant
  Drab Water-tyrant
  The Drab Water-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers, and is the only species , within the genus Ochthornis....
  
   Ochthornis littoralis
• Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant
  Streak-throated Bush-tyrant
  The Streak-throated Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded...
  
   Myiotheretes striaticollis
• Smoky Bush-Tyrant
  Smoky Bush-tyrant
  The Smoky Bush-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Myiotheretes fumigatus
• Amazonian Black-Tyrant
  Amazonian Black-tyrant
  The Amazonian Black-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.-References:...
  
   Knipolegus poecilocercus
• Rufous-tailed Tyrant
  Rufous-tailed Tyrant
  The Rufous-tailed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Knipolegus poecilurus
• Riverside Tyrant
  Riverside Tyrant
  The Riverside Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:...
  
   Knipolegus orenocensis
• Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
• Black-backed Water-Tyrant
  Black-backed Water-tyrant
  The Black-backed Water-tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of three species in the genus Fluvicola.-Overview:...
  
   Fluvicola albiventer
• White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
• Yellow-browed Tyrant
  Yellow-browed Tyrant
  The Yellow-browed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Satrapa.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Satrapa icterophrys
• Long-tailed Tyrant
  Long-tailed Tyrant
  The Long-tailed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only member of genus Colonia.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
  
   Colonia colonus
• Cattle Tyrant
  Cattle Tyrant
  The Cattle Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Machetornis.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Machetornis rixosus
• Rufous-tailed Attila
  Rufous-tailed Attila
  The Rufous-tailed Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is a breeding resident in southern Paraguay and Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina...
  
   Attila phoenicurus
• Cinnamon Attila
  Cinnamon Attila
  The Cinnamon Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in northern South America in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas....
  
   Attila cinnamomeus
• Citron-bellied Attila
  Citron-bellied Attila
  The Citron-bellied Attila is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Attila citriniventris
• Bright-rumped Attila
  Bright-rumped Attila
  The Bright-rumped Attila or Polymorphic Attila, Attila spadiceus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family...
  
   Attila spadiceus
• Cinereous Mourner
  Cinereous Mourner
  The Cinereous Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Laniocera hypopyrra
• Sirystes
  Sirystes
  The Sirystes is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is sometimes split into the Eastern Syristes S. sibilator and the Western Syristes S. albogriseus.-Distribution and habitat:...
  
   Sirystes sibilator
• Grayish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex
• Pale-bellied Mourner
  Pale-bellied Mourner
  The Pale-bellied Mourner is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
  
   Rhytipterna immunda
• Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  The Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona, as well as the Chisos Mountains, Texas, south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad...
  
   Myiarchus tuberculifer
• Swainson's Flycatcher
  Swainson's Flycatcher
  Swainson's Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Myiarchus swainsoni
• Venezuelan Flycatcher
  Venezuelan Flycatcher
  The Venezuelan Flycatcher, Myiarchus venezuelensis, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It was formerly considered to be a race of the Short-crested Flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox, but the two species overlap without interbreeding in Venezuela, and the calls are different.It breeds in...
  
   Myiarchus venezuelensis
• Panama Flycatcher
  Panama Flycatcher
  The Panamanian Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
  
   Myiarchus panamensis
• Short-crested Flycatcher
  Short-crested Flycatcher
  The Short-crested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Myiarchus ferox
• Pale-edged Flycatcher
  Pale-edged Flycatcher
  The Pale-edged Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Myiarchus cephalotes
• Great Crested Flycatcher
  Great Crested Flycatcher
  The Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent...
  
   Myiarchus crinitus
• Brown-crested Flycatcher
  Brown-crested Flycatcher
  The Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Myiarchus tyrannulus
• Lesser Kiskadee
  Lesser Kiskadee
  The Lesser Kiskadee is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Venezuela....
  
   Philohydor lictor
• Great Kiskadee
  Great Kiskadee
  The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus is considered monotypic, with the Lesser Kiskadee The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus...
  
   Pitangus sulphuratus
• Boat-billed Flycatcher
  Boat-billed Flycatcher
  The Boat-billed Flycatcher is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher, the only member, monotypic, of the genus Megarynchus....
  
   Megarynchus pitangua
• Rusty-margined Flycatcher
  Rusty-margined Flycatcher
  The Rusty-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in northern and central South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama...
  
   Myiozetetes cayanensis
• Social Flycatcher
  Social Flycatcher
  The Social Flycatcher and Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher are passerine birds from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family ....
  
   Myiozetetes similis
• Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
• Dusky-chested Flycatcher
  Dusky-chested Flycatcher
  The Dusky-chested Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Myiozetetes luteiventris
• Three-striped Flycatcher
  Three-striped Flycatcher
  The Three-striped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Conopias trivirgata
• Yellow-throated Flycatcher
  Yellow-throated Flycatcher
  The Yellow-throated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Conopias parva
• Lemon-browed Flycatcher
  Lemon-browed Flycatcher
  The Lemon-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Conopias cinchoneti
• Golden-crowned Flycatcher
  Golden-crowned Flycatcher
  The Golden-crowned Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
• Streaked Flycatcher
  Streaked Flycatcher
  The Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from eastern Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago south to Bolivia and Argentina. The southern subspecies M. m...
  
   Myiodynastes maculatus
• Piratic Flycatcher
  Piratic Flycatcher
  The Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, is a passerine bird, the only member of the genus Legatus. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
  
   Legatus leucophaius
• White-bearded Flycatcher
  White-bearded Flycatcher
  The White-bearded Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is the only member of the genus Phelpsia. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
  
   Phelpsia inornata (E)
• Variegated Flycatcher
  Variegated Flycatcher
  The Variegated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. With the Crowned Slaty Flycatcher being moved to its own genus, this is now the only species remaining in Empidonomus....
  
   Empidonomus varius
• Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
  Crowned Slaty Flycatcher
  The Crowned Slaty Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It was formerly united in the genus Empidonomus with the Variegated Flycatcher, but is now considered the only species of Griseotyrannus...
  
   Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus (A)
• Sulphury Flycatcher
  Sulphury Flycatcher
  The Sulphury Flycatcher is a passerine bird which is a localised resident breeder from Trinidad, the Guianas and Venezuela south to Amazonian Peru, northern Bolivia and Brazil....
  
   Tyrannopsis sulphurea
• White-throated Kingbird
  White-throated Kingbird
  The White-throated Kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, and in the Guianas of Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests...
  
   Tyrannus albogularis
• Tropical Kingbird
  Tropical Kingbird
  The Tropical Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Tyrannus melancholicus
• Eastern Kingbird
  Eastern Kingbird
  The Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen...
  
   Tyrannus tyrannus
• Gray Kingbird
  Gray Kingbird
  The Gray Kingbird, also known as Pitirre, Tyrannus dominicensis, is a passerine bird. It breeds from the extreme southeast of the USA through Central America, from Cuba to Puerto Rico as well as eastward towards all across the Lesser West Indies, south to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago the Guiana and...
  
   Tyrannus dominicensis
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher
  Fork-tailed Flycatcher
  The Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana, is a passerine bird of the tyrant flycatcher family, and is the member of a genus typically referred to as kingbirds.-Description and ecology:...
  
   Tyrannus savana
• White-naped Xenopsaris
  White-naped Xenopsaris
  The White-naped Xenopsaris, Xenopsaris albinucha, is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The species is also known as the Reed Becard. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Xenopsaris albinucha
• Chestnut-crowned Becard
  Chestnut-crowned Becard
  The Chestnut-crowned Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
  
   Pachyramphus castaneus
• Green-backed Becard
  Green-backed Becard
  The Green-backed Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Pachyramphus viridis
• Barred Becard
  Barred Becard
  The Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia...
  
   Pachyramphus versicolor
• Cinnamon Becard
  Cinnamon Becard
  The Cinnamon Becard, Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, is a passerine bird which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico south to northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela. It was recently found to be far more common on the Amazonian slope of the Colombian Cordillera Oriental than...
  
   Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
• White-winged Becard
  White-winged Becard
  The White-winged Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae. where now placed by SACC...
  
   Pachyramphus polychopterus
• Black-and-white Becard
  Black-and-white Becard
  The Black-and-white Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,...
  
   Pachyramphus albogriseus
• Black-capped Becard
  Black-capped Becard
  The Black-capped Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
  
   Pachyramphus marginatus
• Cinereous Becard
  Cinereous Becard
  The Cinereous Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. The term cinereous describes its colouration...
  
   Pachyramphus rufus
• Pink-throated Becard
  Pink-throated Becard
  The Pink-throated Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
  
   Pachyramphus minor
• One-colored Becard Pachyramphus homochrous
• Black-tailed Tityra
  Black-tailed Tityra
  The Black-tailed Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families by various authors...
  
   Tityra cayana
• Masked Tityra
  Masked Tityra
  The Masked Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
  
   Tityra semifasciata
• Black-crowned Tityra
  Black-crowned Tityra
  The Black-crowned Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
  
   Tityra inquisitor

Swallows and martins

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Hirundinidae

The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Brown-chested Martin
  Brown-chested Martin
  The Brown-chested Martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and...
  
   Progne tapera
• Purple Martin
  Purple Martin
  The Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.-Description and taxonomy:...
  
   Progne subis
• Gray-breasted Martin
  Gray-breasted Martin
  The Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea, is a large swallow.The nominate race P. c. chalybea breeds from Mexico through Central America south to central Brazil, and on Trinidad. P. c. macrorhamphus breeds further south in South America to central Argentina...
  
   Progne chalybea
• Tree Swallow
  Tree Swallow
  The Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
  
   Tachycineta bicolor
• White-winged Swallow
  White-winged Swallow
  The White-winged Swallow, Tachycineta albiventer, is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to northern Argentina...
  
   Tachycineta albiventer
• Blue-and-white Swallow
  Blue-and-white Swallow
  The Blue-and-white Swallow is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin. The southern race is migratory, wintering as far north as Trinidad, where it is a regular visitor...
  
   Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
• Brown-bellied Swallow
  Brown-bellied Swallow
  The Brown-bellied Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and pastureland.-References:*...
  
   Notiochelidon murina
• Pale-footed Swallow
  Pale-footed Swallow
  The Pale-footed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Notiochelidon flavipes
• White-banded Swallow
  White-banded Swallow
  The White-banded Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is rivers.-References:...
  
   Atticora fasciata
• Black-collared Swallow
  Black-collared Swallow
  The Black-collared Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is rivers....
  
   Atticora melanoleuca
• White-thighed Swallow
  White-thighed Swallow
  The White-thighed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. Its genus, Neochelidon, is monotypic....
  
   Neochelidon tibialis
• Tawny-headed Swallow
  Tawny-headed Swallow
  The Tawny-headed Swallow is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Alopochelidon....
  
   Alopochelidon fucata
• Southern Rough-winged Swallow
  Southern Rough-winged Swallow
  The Southern Rough-winged Swallow , Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, is a small swallow. It was first formally described as Hirundo ruficollis by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in his Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle....
  
   Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Cliff Swallow
  Cliff Swallow
  The Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.It breeds in North America, and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina...
  
   Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
• Barn Swallow
  Barn Swallow
  The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
  
   Hirundo rustica

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Paramo Pipit
  Paramo Pipit
  The Paramo Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and pastureland....
  
   Anthus bogotensis
• Yellowish Pipit
  Yellowish Pipit
  The Yellowish Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
  
   Anthus lutescens

Waxwings

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Bombycillidae

The waxwing

Waxwing

The waxwings form the genus Bombycilla of passerine birds. According to most authorities, this is the only genus placed in the family Bombycillidae.-Description:Waxwings are characterised by soft silky plumage...

s are a group of passerine birds characterized by soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and Cedar Waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax, and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There are 3 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in Venezuela.

• Cedar Waxwing
  Cedar Waxwing
  The Cedar Waxwing is a member of the family Bombycillidae or waxwing family of passerine birds. It breeds in open wooded areas in North America, principally southern Canada and the northern United States.-Description:...
  
   Bombycilla cedrorum

Dippers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• American Dipper
  American Dipper
  The American Dipper , also known as a Water Ouzel, is a stocky dark grey bird with a head sometimes tinged with brown, and white feathers on the eyelids cause the eyes to flash white as the bird blinks. It is 16.5 cm long and weighs on average 46 g...
  
   Cinclus mexicanus
• White-capped Dipper
  White-capped Dipper
  The White-capped Dipper is an aquatic songbird found in South America. It is a small black bird with white spots. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela....
  
   Cinclus leucocephalus

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Troglodytidae

The wren

Wren

The wrens are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. There are approximately 80 species of true wrens in approximately 20 genera....

s are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and a thin down-turned bill. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. There are 80 species worldwide (of which all but one are New World species) and 22 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black-capped Donacobius
  Black-capped Donacobius
  The Black-capped Donacobius is a conspicuous, vocal South American bird. It is found in tropical swamps and wetlands in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also Panama of Central America.-Taxonomy:The Black-capped...
  
   Donacobius atricapilla
• Band-backed Wren
  Band-backed Wren
  The Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus, is a small songbird of the wren family.The Band-backed Wren is a resident breeding species from south-central Gulf Coast Mexico to northwestern Ecuador. It occurs in five disjunct areas, the central region being in southern Central America, in Costa...
  
   Campylorhynchus zonatus
• Bicolored Wren Campylorhynchus griseus
• Stripe-backed Wren
  Stripe-backed Wren
  The Stripe-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus nuchalis, is a bird found in the savannas of northern Colombia and central Venezuela. It lives in dry, riparian woodland, or farmlands, and is found at heights up to 800 m....
  
   Campylorhynchus nuchalis
• Rufous Wren
  Rufous Wren
  -Description:The Rufous Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Cinnycerthia unirufa
• Whiskered Wren
  Whiskered Wren
  The Whiskered Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
  
   Thryothorus mystacalis
• Moustached Wren
  Moustached Wren
  The Moustached Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.It is 15.5 cm long...
  
   Thryothorus genibarbis
• Coraya Wren
  Coraya Wren
  The Coraya Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Amazonian northern and northwestern South America, the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas, of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Amazonian southeast Colombia, eastern Ecuador,...
  
   Thryothorus coraya
• Rufous-breasted Wren
  Rufous-breasted Wren
  The Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family . It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens....
  
   Thryothorus rutilus
• Rufous-and-white Wren
  Rufous-and-white Wren
  The Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryophilus rufalbus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from southwesternmost Mexico to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela...
  
   Thryothorus rufalbus
• Buff-breasted Wren
  Buff-breasted Wren
  The Buff-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens.It is found in the Amazon Basin of northern Brazil and Amazonian Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern-border Bolivia; also the Guianan countries Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana...
  
   Thryothorus leucotis
• House Wren
  House Wren
  The House Wren, Troglodytes aedon, is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren...
  
   Troglodytes aedon
• Mountain Wren
  Mountain Wren
  The Mountain Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in the Andes or north-west Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and western Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Troglodytes solstitialis
• Tepui Wren
  Tepui Wren
  The Tepui Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. Its natural habitat is forest edge and shrubbery on tepuis, subtropical or tropical moist mountains of south-eastern Venezuela and adjacent parts of Guyana and Brazil.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27...
  
   Troglodytes rufulus
• Sedge Wren
  Sedge Wren
  The Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis, is a small songbird of the Wren family. It was formerly known as the Short-billed Marsh Wren, and in South America is known as the Grass Wren. There are about 20 different subspecies which are found across most of the Americas...
  
   Cistothorus platensis
• Paramo Wren Cistothorus meridae (E)
• White-breasted Wood-Wren
  White-breasted Wood-Wren
  The White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Surinam.-Description:...
  
   Henicorhina leucosticta
• Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
• Flutist Wren
  Flutist Wren
  The Flutist Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is restricted to humid highland forest in the Tepui region of northern Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Microcerculus ustulatus
• Wing-banded Wren
  Wing-banded Wren
  The Wing-banded Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Microcerculus bambla
• Musician Wren
  Musician Wren
  The Musician Wren or Organ Wren is a species of wren named for its elaborate song. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America, and west and southwestwards into the Amazonian Andes. In Portuguese it is known as Uirapuru or many other variants of this name, all based on the Tupi wirapu 'ru...
  
   Cyphorhinus aradus

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Mimidae

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrasher

Thrasher

Thrashers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 15 species in one large and 4 monotypic genera.These do not form a clade but are a phenetic assemblage...

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Mockingbird

Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the Mimidae family. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession. There are about 17 species in three genera...

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Trembler

Tremblers are a New World group of passerine birds related to mockingbirds and New World catbirds. Like these, they are in the Mimidae family. There are 2-4 species in one genus, Cinclocerthia:...

s, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their colouring tends towards dull greys and browns . There are 35 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Tropical Mockingbird
  Tropical Mockingbird
  The Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The birds in Panama and Trinidad may have been introduced. The Northern Mockingbird is its closest living relative, but the...
  
   Mimus gilvus
• Pearly-eyed Thrasher
  Pearly-eyed Thrasher
  The Pearly-eyed Thrasher is a bird found in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas and Antilles. Its genus, Margarops, is considered monotypic today; formerly the Scaly-breasted Thrasher was placed here too...
  
   Margarops fuscatus

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae

The thrushes

Thrush (bird)

The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...

 are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 22 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Andean Solitaire
  Andean Solitaire
  The Andean Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Myadestes ralloides
• Rufous-brown Solitaire
  Rufous-brown Solitaire
  The Rufous-brown Solitaire is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Cichlopsis leucogenys
• Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
  Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush
  The Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Catharus aurantiirostris
• Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
  Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush
  The Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Catharus fuscater
• Spotted Nightingale-Thrush
  Spotted Nightingale-thrush
  The Spotted Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Catharus dryas
• Veery
  Veery
  The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant Catharus species, which also includes the cryptotaxa Grey-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a...
  
   Catharus fuscescens
• Gray-cheeked Thrush
  Gray-cheeked Thrush
  The Grey-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the Veery and Bicknell's Thrush ;...
  
   Catharus minimus
• Swainson's Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush , also called Olive-backed Thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 16–18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes...
  
   Catharus ustulatus
• Pale-eyed Thrush
  Pale-eyed Thrush
  The Pale-eyed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Platycichla leucops
• Yellow-legged Thrush
  Yellow-legged Thrush
  The Yellow-legged Thrush is a songbird of northern and eastern South America. In recent times, it is increasingly often placed in the genus Turdus again.-Description:...
  
   Platycichla flavipes
• Great Thrush
  Great Thrush
  The Great Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. At 30–35 cm in length, it is the largest thrush in the Americas, although a couple of Asian species equal or surpass its size...
  
   Turdus fuscater
• Glossy-black Thrush
  Glossy-black Thrush
  The Glossy-black Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Turdus serranus
• Black-hooded Thrush
  Black-hooded Thrush
  The Black-hooded Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Turdus olivater
• Chestnut-bellied Thrush
  Chestnut-bellied Thrush
  The Chestnut-bellied Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Turdus fulviventris
• Pale-breasted Thrush
  Pale-breasted Thrush
  The Pale-breasted Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in a wide range of wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America, with localized population in the west....
  
   Turdus leucomelas
• Black-billed Thrush
  Black-billed Thrush
  The Black-billed Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Turdus ignobilis
• Lawrence's Thrush
  Lawrence's Thrush
  The Lawrence's Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Described in 1878 by George N...
  
   Turdus lawrencii
• Cocoa Thrush
  Cocoa Thrush
  The Cocoa Thrush, Turdus fumigatus, is a resident breeding bird in South America from eastern Colombia south and east to central and eastern Brazil, and on Trinidad and some of the Lesser Antilles....
  
   Turdus fumigatus
• Hauxwell's Thrush
  Hauxwell's Thrush
  The Hauxwell's Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Turdus hauxwelli
• Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
• Bare-eyed Thrush
  Bare-eyed Thrush
  The Bare-eyed Thrush, Spectacled Thrush, or Yellow-eyed Thrush , is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil...
  
   Turdus nudigenis
• White-necked Thrush
  White-necked Thrush
  The White-necked Thrush is a songbird found in forest and woodland in South America. The taxonomy is potentially confusing, and it sometimes includes the members of the T. assimilis group as subspecies, in which case the "combined species" is referred to as the White-throated Thrush...
  
   Turdus albicollis

Gnatcatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Polioptilidae

These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish grey in colour, and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, and nest in bushes or trees. There are 15 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Collared Gnatwren
  Collared Gnatwren
  The Collared Gnatwren is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Microbates collaris
• Long-billed Gnatwren
  Long-billed Gnatwren
  The Long-billed Gnatwren is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus ....
  
   Ramphocaenus melanurus
• Guianan Gnatcatcher
  Guianan Gnatcatcher
  The Guianan Gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family. It is found in the canopy in the Amazon Rainforest...
  
   Polioptila guianensis
• Tropical Gnatcatcher
  Tropical Gnatcatcher
  The Tropical Gnatcatcher is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of the Neotropics...
  
   Polioptila plumbea

Crows, jays, ravens and magpies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Corvidae

Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...

The Corvidae family includes crow

Crow

Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...

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Raven

Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...

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Jay

The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...

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Chough

The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...

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Magpie

Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...

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Treepie

The treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae...

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Nutcracker (bird)

The nutcrackers are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker , occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker , in western North America.The most important food resources for both these species are the...

s, and ground jay

Ground jay

The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces of the crow family Corvidae...

s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black-chested Jay
  Black-chested Jay
  The Black-chested Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
  
   Cyanocorax affinis
• Green Jay
  Green Jay
  The Green Jay is a bird species of the New World jays, which exhibits distinct regional variations within its large but discontinuous range...
  
   Cyanocorax yncas
• Violaceous Jay
  Violaceous Jay
  The Violaceous Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family, the crows and their allies.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest...
  
   Cyanocorax violaceus
• Azure-naped Jay
  Azure-naped Jay
  The Azure-naped Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
  
   Cyanocorax heilprini
• Cayenne Jay
  Cayenne Jay
  The Cayenne Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Cyanocorax cayanus
• Black-collared Jay
  Black-collared Jay
  The Black-collared Jay is a jay found in Andean forests in Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. It was formerly considered conspecific with the White-collared Jay....
  
   Cyanolyca armillata

Weavers and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finch

Finch

The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...

es. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season. There are 116 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus (I)
• Village Weaver
  Village Weaver
  The Village Weaver , also known as the Spotted-backed Weaver or Black-headed Weaver , is a species of bird found in much of sub-Saharan Africa...
  
   Ploceus cucullatus (I)

Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Estrildidae

The estrildid finch

Estrildid finch

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....

es are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia

Australasia

Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Black-headed Munia
  Black-headed Munia
  The Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla also known as Chestnut Munia, is a small passerine bird...
  
   Lonchura malacca (I)
• Java Sparrow
  Java Sparrow
  The Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...
  
   Padda oryzivora (I)

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Vireonidae

The vireo

Vireo

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically dull-plumaged and greenish in color, the smaller species resembling wood warblers apart from their heavier bills...

s are a group of small to medium sized passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are typically greenish in colour and resemble wood warbler

Wood Warbler

The Wood Warbler is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains...

s apart from their heavier bills. There are 52 species worldwide and 20 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Yellow-throated Vireo
  Yellow-throated Vireo
  The Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, is a small American songbird.Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars...
  
   Vireo flavifrons
• Warbling Vireo
  Warbling Vireo
  The Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus, is a small North American songbird.Its breeding habitat is open deciduous and mixed woods from Alaska to Mexico and the Florida Panhandle. It often nests along streams. It migrates to Mexico and Central America....
  
   Vireo gilvus
• Brown-capped Vireo
  Brown-capped Vireo
  The Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys, is a small passerine bird. It breeds in highlands from southern Mexico south to northwestern Bolivia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the similar Warbling Vireo....
  
   Vireo leucophrys
• Red-eyed Vireo
  Red-eyed Vireo
  The Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, is a small American songbird, 13–14 cm in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers...
  
   Vireo olivaceus
• Yellow-green Vireo
  Yellow-green Vireo
  The Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico south to central Panama...
  
   Vireo flavoviridis
• Black-whiskered Vireo
  Black-whiskered Vireo
  The Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus, is a small passerine bird, which breeds in southern Florida, USA, and the West Indies as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the Greater Antilles to northern South America...
  
   Vireo altiloquus
• Lemon-chested Greenlet
  Lemon-chested Greenlet
  The Lemon-chested Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hylophilus thoracicus
• Gray-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus
• Ashy-headed Greenlet
  Ashy-headed Greenlet
  The Ashy-headed Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Hylophilus pectoralis
• Tepui Greenlet
  Tepui Greenlet
  The Tepui Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Hylophilus sclateri
• Buff-cheeked Greenlet
  Buff-cheeked Greenlet
  The Buff-cheeked Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Hylophilus muscicapinus
• Brown-headed Greenlet
  Brown-headed Greenlet
  The Brown-headed Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
  
   Hylophilus brunneiceps
• Dusky-capped Greenlet
  Dusky-capped Greenlet
  The Dusky-capped Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Hylophilus hypoxanthus
• Rufous-naped Greenlet
  Rufous-naped Greenlet
  The Rufous-naped Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in the Andes in Colombia, northern Ecuador, and westernmost Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Hylophilus semibrunneus
• Scrub Greenlet
  Scrub Greenlet
  The Scrub Greenlet or Scrub Vireo, Hylophilus flavipes, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago....
  
   Hylophilus flavipes
• Tawny-crowned Greenlet
  Tawny-crowned Greenlet
  The Tawny-crowned Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
  
   Hylophilus ochraceiceps
• Golden-fronted Greenlet
  Golden-fronted Greenlet
  The Golden-fronted Greenlet, Hylophilus aurantiifrons, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad....
  
   Hylophilus aurantiifrons
• Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo
  Yellow-browed Shrike-vireo
  The Yellow-browed Shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Vireolanius eximius
• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo
  Slaty-capped Shrike-vireo
  The Slaty-capped Shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
  
   Vireolanius leucotis
• Rufous-browed Peppershrike
  Rufous-browed Peppershrike
  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis, is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay....
  
   Cyclarhis gujanensis

New World warblers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Parulidae

The New World warbler

New World warbler

The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. They are not related to the Old World warblers or the Australian warblers....

s are a group of small, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. There are 119 species worldwide and 51 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Blue-winged Warbler
  Blue-winged Warbler
  The Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related...
  
   Vermivora pinus (A)
• Golden-winged Warbler
  Golden-winged Warbler
  The Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America, southeastern Canada and the eastern USA...
  
   Vermivora chrysoptera
• Tennessee Warbler
  Tennessee Warbler
  The Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a...
  
   Vermivora peregrina
• Northern Parula
  Northern Parula
  The Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
  
   Parula americana (A)
• Tropical Parula
  Tropical Parula
  The Tropical Parula is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago. This widespread and common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.This passerine is not migratory,...
  
   Parula pitiayumi
• Yellow Warbler
  Yellow Warbler
  Dendroica petechia is a New World warbler species or superspecies; the subspecies group around D. aestiva is increasingly treated as good species Dendroica aestiva again. The name for the entire cryptic species complex is Mangrove Warbler, and another group of subspecies is known as Golden Warbler...
  
   Dendroica petechia
• Chestnut-sided Warbler
  Chestnut-sided Warbler
  The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies...
  
   Dendroica pensylvanica
• Magnolia Warbler
  Magnolia Warbler
  Setophaga magnolia, commonly known as the Magnolia warbler, is a member of the Parulidae family of wood warblers. [4] This warbler was first discovered in magnolia trees in the 19th century by famed ornithologist Alexander Wilson while in Mississippi. [7]-Description:The magnolia warbler can be...
  
   Dendroica magnolia (A)
• Cape May Warbler
  Cape May Warbler
  The Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding habitat spans across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies...
  
   Dendroica tigrina
• Black-throated Blue Warbler
  Black-throated Blue Warbler
  The Black-throated Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upperparts more greenish...
  
   Dendroica caerulescens (A)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Yellow-rumped Warbler
  Four closely related North American bird forms—the eastern Myrtle Warbler , its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler , the northwest Mexican Black-fronted Warbler , and the Guatemalan Goldman's Warbler —are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler .-Classification:Since...
  
   Dendroica coronata (A)
• Black-throated Green Warbler
  Black-throated Green Warbler
  The Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with...
  
   Dendroica virens
• Blackburnian Warbler
  Blackburnian Warbler
  The Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina....
  
   Dendroica fusca
• Palm Warbler
  Palm Warbler
  The Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....
  
   Dendroica palmarum (A)
• Bay-breasted Warbler
  Bay-breasted Warbler
  The Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea , is a New World warbler. They breed in northern North America, specifically in Canada, into the Great Lakes region, and into northern New England....
  
   Dendroica castanea
• Blackpoll Warbler
  Blackpoll Warbler
  The Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The Blackpoll breeds in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and...
  
   Dendroica striata
• Cerulean Warbler
  Cerulean Warbler
  The Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.-Description:Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks...
  
   Dendroica cerulea
• Black-and-white Warbler
  Black-and-white Warbler
  The Black-and-white Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern and eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
  
   Mniotilta varia
• American Redstart
  American Redstart
  The American Redstart is a New World warbler. It is the only member of its genus and is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.-Description:...
  
   Setophaga ruticilla
• Prothonotary Warbler
  Prothonotary Warbler
  The Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria....
  
   Protonotaria citrea
• Worm-eating Warbler
  Worm-eating Warbler
  The Worm-eating Warbler is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros....
  
   Helmitheros vermivorus (A)
• Swainson's Warbler
  Swainson's Warbler
  Swainson's Warbler, Limnothlypis swainsonii, is a small species of New World warbler. It is monotypic, the only member of the genus Limnothlypis.-Description:...
  
   Limnothlypis swainsonii (A)
• Ovenbird
  Ovenbird
  The Ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family . This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and moves south in winter.-Taxonomy:...
  
   Seiurus aurocapilla (A)
• Northern Waterthrush
  Northern Waterthrush
  The Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador...
  
   Seiurus noveboracensis
• Louisiana Waterthrush
  Louisiana Waterthrush
  The Louisiana Waterthrush is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast....
  
   Seiurus motacilla (A)
• Kentucky Warbler
  Kentucky Warbler
  The Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the ground, except when singing.Adult Kentucky...
  
   Oporornis formosus
• Connecticut Warbler
  Connecticut Warbler
  The Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 15 cm long birds have light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill...
  
   Oporornis agilis
• Mourning Warbler
  Mourning Warbler
  The Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 13 cm long birds have yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs. Adult males have a grey hood and a black patch on the throat and breast...
  
   Oporornis philadelphia
• Common Yellowthroat
  Common Yellowthroat
  The Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....
  
   Geothlypis trichas (A)
• Masked Yellowthroat
  Masked Yellowthroat
  The Masked Yellowthroat, Geothlypis aequinoctialis, is a New World warbler. It has a number of separate resident breeding populations in Central and South America, some of which may be considered to form separate species....
  
   Geothlypis aequinoctialis
• Hooded Warbler
  Hooded Warbler
  The Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada, . It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies...
  
   Wilsonia citrina
• Canada Warbler
  Canada Warbler
  The Canada Warbler is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces...
  
   Wilsonia canadensis
• Slate-throated Redstart
  Slate-throated Redstart
  The Slate-throated Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Slate-throated Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
  
   Myioborus miniatus
• Tepui Redstart
  Tepui Redstart
  The Tepui Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Tepui Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
  
   Myioborus castaneocapillus
• Yellow-faced Redstart Myioborus pariae (E)
• White-faced Redstart Myioborus albifacies (E)
• Saffron-breasted Redstart Myioborus cardonai (E)
• Golden-fronted Redstart
  Golden-fronted Redstart
  The Golden-fronted Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Golden-fronted Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in forest, woodland and scrub in the Andes of Colombia and far western Venezuela....
  
   Myioborus ornatus
• White-fronted Redstart Myioborus albifrons (E)
• Two-banded Warbler
  Two-banded Warbler
  The Two-banded Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Basileuterus bivittatus
• Citrine Warbler
  Citrine Warbler
  The Citrine Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
  
   Basileuterus luteoviridis
• Black-crested Warbler
  Black-crested Warbler
  The Black-crested Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Basileuterus nigrocristatus
• Gray-headed Warbler Basileuterus griseiceps (E)
• Gray-throated Warbler Basileuterus cinereicollis
• Russet-crowned Warbler
  Russet-crowned Warbler
  The Russet-crowned Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Basileuterus coronatus
• Golden-crowned Warbler
  Golden-crowned Warbler
  The Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus, is a small New World warbler.-Distribution and habitat:It breeds from Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. It is a species mainly of lowland forests.-Description:The Golden-crowned...
  
   Basileuterus culicivorus
• Rufous-capped Warbler
  Rufous-capped Warbler
  The Rufous-capped Warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas....
  
   Basileuterus rufifrons
• Three-striped Warbler
  Three-striped Warbler
  The Three-striped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Basileuterus tristriatus
• Flavescent Warbler
  Flavescent Warbler
  The Flavescent Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Basileuterus flaveolus
• Neotropical River Warbler
  Neotropical River Warbler
  The Riverbank Warbler , sometimes known as the Neotropical River Warbler or just River Warbler , is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
  
   Basileuterus rivularis
• Rose-breasted Chat
  Rose-breasted Chat
  The Rose-breasted Chat is a species of bird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Granatellus pelzelni

Bananaquit

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Coerebidae

The Bananaquit is a small passerine bird. It has a slender, curved bill, adapted to taking nectar from flowers and is the only member of the genus Coereba (Vieillot, 1809) and is normally placed within the family Coerebidae, although there is uncertainty whether that placement is correct.

• Bananaquit
  Bananaquit
  The Bananaquit is a species of passerine bird of uncertain relation. It is tentatively placed in the tanager family, but classified as incertae sedis by other authorities such as the American Ornithologists' Union. Its classification is debated, and it is often placed in its own family: Coerebidae...
  
   Coereba flaveola

Tanagers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thraupidae

The tanager

Tanager

The tanagers comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux...

s are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly coloured. They are seed eaters, but their preference tends towards fruit and nectar. Most have short, rounded wings. There are 256 species worldwide and 100 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Chestnut-vented Conebill
  Chestnut-vented Conebill
  The Chestnut-vented Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Conirostrum speciosum
• White-eared Conebill
  White-eared Conebill
  The White-eared Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July...
  
   Conirostrum leucogenys
• Bicolored Conebill
  Bicolored Conebill
  The Bicolored Conebill, Conirostrum bicolor, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is a resident breeder in South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south and east to the Guianas, northeast Peru and Brazil....
  
   Conirostrum bicolor
• Rufous-browed Conebill
  Rufous-browed Conebill
  The Rufous-browed Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
  
   Conirostrum rufum
• Blue-backed Conebill
  Blue-backed Conebill
  The Blue-backed Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family .It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.- Sub-species :...
  
   Conirostrum sitticolor
• Capped Conebill
  Capped Conebill
  The Capped Conebill is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
  
   Conirostrum albifrons
• Black-faced Tanager
  Black-faced Tanager
  The Black-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Schistochlamys melanopis
• Magpie Tanager
  Magpie Tanager
  The Magpie Tanager is a South American species of tanager. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Cissopis. As suggested by its common name, this blue-black and white species is superficially reminiscent of a European Magpie...
  
   Cissopis leveriana
• White-capped Tanager
  White-capped Tanager
  The White-capped Tanager. Sericossypha albocristata. At a weight of 114 g and a length of 24 cm , it is the heaviest but not the longest species of tanager. This species is glossy black overall with a large white crown and a red throat...
  
   Sericossypha albocristata
• Common Bush-Tanager
  Common Bush-Tanager
  The Common Bush-tanager is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in the highlands from central Mexico south to Bolivia and northwest Argentina. C. ophthalmicus in the loose sense is a notorious cryptic species complex, and several of the up to 25 subspecies recognized in recent times...
  
   Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
• Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager
  Ashy-throated Bush-tanager
  The Ashy-throated Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Chlorospingus canigularis
• Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
• Black-capped Hemispingus
  Black-capped Hemispingus
  The Black-capped Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Hemispingus atropileus
• Superciliaried Hemispingus
  Superciliaried Hemispingus
  The Superciliaried Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Hemispingus superciliaris
• Gray-capped Hemispingus Hemispingus reyi (E)
• Oleaginous Hemispingus
  Oleaginous Hemispingus
  The Oleaginous Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Hemispingus frontalis
• Black-eared Hemispingus
  Black-eared Hemispingus
  The Black-eared Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid highland forest in the Andes of far western Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, to Bolivia. It includes several distinctive subspecies, and two of these are sometimes considered as separate...
  
   Hemispingus melanotis
• Slaty-backed Hemispingus
  Slaty-backed Hemispingus
  The Slaty-backed Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   Hemispingus goeringi (E)
• Black-headed Hemispingus
  Black-headed Hemispingus
  The Black-headed Hemispingus is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Notes:...
  
   Hemispingus verticalis
• Fulvous-headed Tanager
  Fulvous-headed Tanager
  The Fulvous-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Thlypopsis fulviceps
• Orange-headed Tanager
  Orange-headed Tanager
  The Orange-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Thlypopsis sordida
• Guira Tanager
  Guira Tanager
  The Guira Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former...
  
   Hemithraupis guira
• Yellow-backed Tanager
  Yellow-backed Tanager
  The Yellow-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname; also extreme eastern Panama in Central America...
  
   Hemithraupis flavicollis
• Hooded Tanager
  Hooded Tanager
  The Hooded Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Nemosia pileata
• Rosy Thrush-Tanager
  Rosy Thrush-tanager
  The Rosy Thrush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it belongs to the presently monotypic genus Rhodinocichla.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela...
  
   Rhodinocichla rosea
• Olive-backed Tanager
  Olive-backed Tanager
  The Olive-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Mitrospingus oleagineus
• Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
• Fulvous Shrike-Tanager
  Fulvous Shrike-tanager
  The Fulvous Shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Lanio fulvus
• Rufous-crested Tanager
  Rufous-crested Tanager
  The Rufous-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Creurgops verticalis
• Flame-crested Tanager
  Flame-crested Tanager
  The Flame-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Tachyphonus cristatus
• Fulvous-crested Tanager
  Fulvous-crested Tanager
  The Fulvous-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Tachyphonus surinamus
• White-shouldered Tanager
  White-shouldered Tanager
  The White-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Honduras to Panama, South America south to Ecuador and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
  
   Tachyphonus luctuosus
• White-lined Tanager
  White-lined Tanager
  The White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago.It occurs in semi-open areas including gardens...
  
   Tachyphonus rufus
• Red-shouldered Tanager
  Red-shouldered Tanager
  The Red-shouldered Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Tachyphonus phoenicius
• Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
  Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
  The Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica, is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus Habia was long placed with the tanagers , but it is actually closer to the cardinals...
  
   Habia rubica
• Hepatic Tanager
  Hepatic Tanager
  The Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
   Piranga flava
• Scarlet Tanager
  Scarlet Tanager
  The Scarlet Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.-Description:Adults have pale...
  
   Piranga olivacea
• Summer Tanager
  Summer Tanager
  The Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
  
   Piranga rubra
• White-winged Tanager
  White-winged Tanager
  The White-winged Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family...
  
   Piranga leucoptera
• Crimson-backed Tanager
  Crimson-backed Tanager
  The Crimson-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest...
  
   Ramphocelus dimidiatus
• Silver-beaked Tanager
  Silver-beaked Tanager
  The Silver-beaked Tanager, Ramphocelus carbo, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in South America from eastern Colombia and Venezuela south to Paraguay and central Brazil, and on Trinidad. It is common and conspicuous in some areas—it may be the bird most...
  
   Ramphocelus carbo
• Blue-gray Tanager
  Blue-gray Tanager
  The Blue-grey Tanager, Thraupis episcopus, is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima...
  
   Thraupis episcopus
• Glaucous Tanager
  Glaucous Tanager
  The Glaucous Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. The term glaucous describes its colouration. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Thraupis glaucocolpa
• Sayaca Tanager
  Sayaca Tanager
  The Sayaca Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is a common resident in northeastern, central, and southeastern Brazil, and Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northeast Argentina...
  
   Thraupis sayaca
• Blue-capped Tanager
  Blue-capped Tanager
  The Blue-capped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Thraupis cyanocephala
• Palm Tanager
  Palm Tanager
  The Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago...
  
   Thraupis palmarum
• Blue-backed Tanager
  Blue-backed Tanager
  The Blue-backed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Cyanicterus....
  
   Cyanicterus cyanicterus
• Hooded Mountain-Tanager
  Hooded Mountain-tanager
  The Hooded Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. This yellow, blue and black tanager is found in forest, woodland and shrub in the Andean highlands of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Buthraupis montana
• Black-chested Mountain-Tanager
  Black-chested Mountain-tanager
  The Black-chested Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Buthraupis eximia
• Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager
  Lacrimose Mountain-tanager
  The Lacrimose Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Andean highland forest from Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. Some of its 11 subspecies are quite distinctive, and A. l. yariguierum was only scientifically described in 2010.-References:*...
  
   Anisognathus lacrymosus
• Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager
  Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager
  The Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ....
  
   Anisognathus igniventris
• Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager
  Blue-winged Mountain-tanager
  The Blue-winged Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
  
   Anisognathus somptuosus
• Golden-crowned Tanager
  Golden-crowned Tanager
  The Golden-crowned Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Iridosornis rufivertex
• Buff-breasted Mountain-Tanager
  Buff-breasted Mountain-tanager
  The Buff-breasted Mountain-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is the only member of the genus Dubusia....
  
   Dubusia taeniata
• Fawn-breasted Tanager
  Fawn-breasted Tanager
  The Fawn-breasted Tanager is a species of tanager. It is in the monotypic genus Pipraeidea. It occurs in the Andes of northwestern Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, as well as in the highlands of northeastern Argentina, south Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay....
  
   Pipraeidea melanonota
• Plumbeous Euphonia
  Plumbeous Euphonia
  The Plumbeous Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Euphonia plumbea
• Purple-throated Euphonia
  Purple-throated Euphonia
  The Purple-throated Euphonia is a songbird species in the family Fringillidae. It was formerly placed in the Thraupidae....
  
   Euphonia chlorotica
• Trinidad Euphonia
  Trinidad Euphonia
  The Trinidad Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Euphonia trinitatis
• Finsch's Euphonia
  Finsch's Euphonia
  The Finsch's Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Euphonia finschi
• Violaceous Euphonia
  Violaceous Euphonia
  The Violaceous Euphonia, Euphonia violacea, is a small passerine bird in the true finch family. It is a resident breeder from Trinidad, Tobago and eastern Venezuela south to Paraguay and northeastern Argentina...
  
   Euphonia violacea
• Thick-billed Euphonia
  Thick-billed Euphonia
  The Thick-billed Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Euphonia laniirostris
• Golden-rumped Euphonia
  Golden-rumped Euphonia
  The Golden-rumped Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae...
  
   Euphonia cyanocephala
• White-lored Euphonia
  White-lored Euphonia
  The White-lored Euphonia is a songbird species of the family Fringillidae, having recently been moved there from the Thraupidae....
  
   Euphonia chrysopasta
• White-vented Euphonia
  White-vented Euphonia
  The White-vented Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
  
   Euphonia minuta
• Orange-bellied Euphonia
  Orange-bellied Euphonia
  The Orange-bellied Euphonia is a species of bird in the Fringillidae family. They were formerly considered tanagers . It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Euphonia xanthogaster
• Rufous-bellied Euphonia
  Rufous-bellied Euphonia
  The Rufous-bellied Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Euphonia rufiventris
• Golden-sided Euphonia
  Golden-sided Euphonia
  The Golden-sided Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Euphonia cayennensis
• Blue-naped Chlorophonia
  Blue-naped Chlorophonia
  The Blue-naped Chlorophonia is a colourful South American species of bird in the family Fringillidae; it was formerly placed in the Thraupidae. It is generally fairly common.-Description:...
  
   Chlorophonia cyanea
• Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
  Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia
  The Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia is a bird species in the family Fringillidae .It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
• Orange-eared Tanager
  Orange-eared Tanager
  The Orange-eared Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Chlorochrysa calliparaea
• Turquoise Tanager
  Turquoise Tanager
  The Turquoise Tanager, Tangara mexicana, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident bird from Trinidad, Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia and much of Brazil...
  
   Tangara mexicana
• Paradise Tanager
  Paradise Tanager
  The Paradise Tanager, Tangara chilensis, is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It has a light green head, sky blue underparts and black upper body plumage. Depending on subspecies, the rump is yellow and red or all red...
  
   Tangara chilensis
• Green-and-gold Tanager
  Green-and-gold Tanager
  The Green-and-gold Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers. It is one of 49 species in the genus Tangara.-Overview:...
  
   Tangara schrankii
• Golden Tanager
  Golden Tanager
  The Golden Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is widespread and often common in highland forests of the Andes and Venezuelan Coastal Range in north-western South America....
  
   Tangara arthus
• Saffron-crowned Tanager
  Saffron-crowned Tanager
  The Saffron-crowned Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara xanthocephala
• Flame-faced Tanager
  Flame-faced Tanager
  The Flame-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
  
   Tangara parzudakii
• Yellow-bellied Tanager
  Yellow-bellied Tanager
  The Yellow-bellied Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara xanthogastra
• Spotted Tanager
  Spotted Tanager
  The Spotted Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara punctata
• Speckled Tanager
  Speckled Tanager
  The Speckled Tanager, Tangara guttata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia and the extreme north of Brazil....
  
   Tangara guttata
• Dotted Tanager
  Dotted Tanager
  The Dotted Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Tangara varia
• Bay-headed Tanager
  Bay-headed Tanager
  The Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
  
   Tangara gyrola
• Burnished-buff Tanager
  Burnished-buff Tanager
  The Burnished-buff Tanager , also known as the Rufous-crowned Tanager, is a common South American species of bird in the Thraupidae family....
  
   Tangara cayana
• Rufous-cheeked Tanager
  Rufous-cheeked Tanager
  The Rufous-cheeked Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the tanagers.It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Tangara rufigenis (E)
• Blue-necked Tanager
  Blue-necked Tanager
  The Blue-necked Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara cyanicollis
• Masked Tanager
  Masked Tanager
  The Masked Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara nigrocincta
• Beryl-spangled Tanager
  Beryl-spangled Tanager
  The Beryl-spangled Tanager, Tangara nigroviridis, is a colourful tanager of the Andean cloud forests.Its range is from Venezuela to Bolivia. Its nest is a mossy cup in a tree fork; in Ecuador west slope, eggs in early March.-References:...
  
   Tangara nigroviridis
• Blue-and-black Tanager
  Blue-and-black Tanager
  The Blue-and-black Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Tangara vassorii
• Black-capped Tanager
  Black-capped Tanager
  The Black-capped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
  
   Tangara heinei
• Black-headed Tanager
  Black-headed Tanager
  The Black-headed Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Tangara cyanoptera
• Opal-rumped Tanager
  Opal-rumped Tanager
  The Opal-rumped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest of South America. The population of the Atlantic Forest has a far paler chest than the other populations, and has often been considered a separate species as the Silvery-breasted...
  
   Tangara velia
• White-bellied Dacnis
  White-bellied Dacnis
  The White-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
  
   Dacnis albiventris
• Black-faced Dacnis
  Black-faced Dacnis
  The Black-faced Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid forest in the Amazon and the Chocó-Magdalena. The latter population has a yellow belly and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Yellow-tufted Dacnis .-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
  
   Dacnis lineata
• Yellow-bellied Dacnis
  Yellow-bellied Dacnis
  The Yellow-bellied Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, the Tanagers. It is found in Amazonian regions of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil; also the eastern Orinoco River region of Venezuela...
  
   Dacnis flaviventer
• Blue Dacnis
  Blue Dacnis
  The Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper, Dacnis cayana, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is found from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
  
   Dacnis cayana
• Green Honeycreeper
  Green Honeycreeper
  The Green Honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It the only member of the genus Chlorophanes...
  
   Chlorophanes spiza
• Short-billed Honeycreeper
  Short-billed Honeycreeper
  The Short-billed Honeycreeper is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Cyanerpes nitidus
• Purple Honeycreeper
  Purple Honeycreeper
  The Purple Honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus, is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from Colombia and Venezuela south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. A few, possibly introduced birds have been recorded on Tobago...
  
   Cyanerpes caeruleus
• Red-legged Honeycreeper
  Red-legged Honeycreeper
  The Red-legged Honeycreeper is a small songbird species in the tanager family . It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced.-Description:The Red-legged Honeycreeper is on average...
  
   Cyanerpes cyaneus
• Swallow-Tanager Tersina viridis
• Plush-capped Finch Catamblyrhynchus diadema

Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae

Emberizidae

The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 59 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Pileated Finch
  Pileated Finch
  The Grey Pileated Finch , also known as the Pileated Finch, is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it has recently been moved to from the Emberizidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela...
  
   Coryphospingus pileatus
• Plumbeous Sierra-finch
  Plumbeous Sierra-finch
  The Plumbeous Sierra-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and pastureland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Phrygilus unicolor
• Blue-black Grassquit
  Blue-black Grassquit
  The Blue-black Grassquit is a small bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on...
  
   Volatinia jacarina
• Slate-coloured Seedeater
  Slate-coloured Seedeater
  The Slate-coloured Seedeater is a bird species in the family Emberizidae.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
  
   Sporophila schistacea
• Plumbeous Seedeater
  Plumbeous Seedeater
  The Plumbeous Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Sporophila plumbea
• Grey Seedeater
  Grey Seedeater
  The Grey Seedeater is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Sporophila intermedia
• Wing-barred Seedeater
  Wing-barred Seedeater
  The Wing-barred Seedeater is a passerine bird from coastal regions of north-eastern South America in north-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Amapá and north-eastern Pará , Brazil, and along the Amazon River upstream to around Manaus...
  
   Sporophila americana
• Lesson's Seedeater
  Lesson's Seedeater
  Lesson's Seedeater is a bird species in the family Thraupidae .It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
  
   Sporophila bouvronides
• Lined Seedeater
  Lined Seedeater
  The Lined Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Sporophila lineola
• Black-and-white Seedeater
  Black-and-white Seedeater
  The Black-and-white Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Sporophila luctuosa
• Yellow-bellied Seedeater
  Yellow-bellied Seedeater
  The Yellow-bellied Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae....
  
   Sporophila nigricollis
• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
  Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
  The Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry savanna,...
  
   Sporophila minuta
• Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
  Chestnut-bellied Seedeater
  The Chestnut-bellied Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Sporophila castaneiventris
• Large-billed Seed-finch
  Large-billed Seed-finch
  The Large-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former...
  
   Oryzoborus crassirostris
• Great-billed Seed-finch
  Great-billed Seed-finch
  The Great-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Oryzoborus maximiliani
• Lesser Seed-finch Oryzoborus angolensis
• Carrizal Seedeater
  Carrizal Seedeater
  The Carrizal Seedeater, Amaurospiza carrizalensis, is a recently discovered species of seedeater. These are birds in the family Cardinalidae, long placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae....
  
   Amaurospiza carrizalensis (E)
• White-naped Seedeater
  White-naped Seedeater
  The White-naped Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. Sometimes classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the Thraupidae...
  
   Dolospingus fringilloides
• Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
• Paramo Seedeater
  Paramo Seedeater
  The Paramo Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Catamenia homochroa
• Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
• Yellow-faced Grassquit
  Yellow-faced Grassquit
  The Yellow-faced Grassquit is a passerine bird from the Central American tropics and surrounding regions. It was formerly alled with the American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae; actually, however, it is one of the tholospizan "finches" which are specialized tanagers...
  
   Tiaris olivacea
• Black-faced Grassquit
  Black-faced Grassquit
  The Black-faced Grassquit, Tiaris bicolor, is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches...
  
   Tiaris bicolor
• Sooty Grassquit
  Sooty Grassquit
  The Sooty Grassquit is a small bird formerly placed with the Emberizidae. It is now recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches....
  
   Tiaris fuliginosa
• Slaty Finch
  Slaty Finch
  The Slaty Finch is a bird species in the family Thraupidae .It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Haplospiza rustica
• Rusty Flower-piercer
  Rusty Flower-piercer
  The Rusty Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Diglossa sittoides
• Venezuelan Flower-piercer Diglossa venezuelensis (E)
• White-sided Flower-piercer
  White-sided Flower-piercer
  The White-sided Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
  
   Diglossa albilatera
• Glossy Flower-piercer
  Glossy Flower-piercer
  The Glossy Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
  
   Diglossa lafresnayii
• Merida Flower-piercer
  Mérida Flower-piercer
  The Mérida Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
  
   Diglossa gloriosa (E)
• Black Flower-piercer
  Black Flower-piercer
  -Introduction:The Black Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family of the order Passeriformes. The family Thraupidae is known for tanagers and other very similar species of birds, but it is still facing classification issues...
  
   Diglossa humeralis
• Scaled Flower-piercer
  Scaled Flower-piercer
  The Scaled Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the tepuis of Brazil and Venezuela....
  
   Diglossa duidae
• Greater Flower-piercer
  Greater Flower-piercer
  The Greater Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in the tepuis of Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
  
   Diglossa major
• Bluish Flower-piercer
  Bluish Flower-piercer
  The Bluish Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid montane forest in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.-References:...
  
   Diglossopis caerulescens
• Masked Flower-piercer
  Masked Flower-piercer
  The Masked Flowerpiercer is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in humid montane forest and scrub in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.-References:...
  
   Diglossopis cyanea
• Saffron Finch
  Saffron Finch
  The Saffron Finch is a tanager from South America and is common in both open and semi-open areas in lowlands outside the Amazon Basin. They have a wide distribution in Colombia, Venezuela , Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Argentina...
  
   Sicalis flaveola
• Grassland Yellow-finch
  Grassland Yellow-finch
  The Grassland Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteola, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers....
  
   Sicalis luteola
• Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch
  Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch
  The Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and pastureland....
  
   Sicalis citrina
• Orange-fronted Yellow-finch
  Orange-fronted Yellow-finch
  The Orange-fronted Yellow-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
  
   Sicalis columbiana
• Wedge-tailed Grass-finch
  Wedge-tailed Grass-finch
  The Wedge-tailed Grass-finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae; it was formerly placed in the Emberizidae...
  
   Emberizoides herbicola
• Duida Grass-finch
  Duida Grass-finch
  The Duida Grass-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.Its natural habitat is dry savanna.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....
  
   Emberizoides duidae (E)
• Red-capped Cardinal
  Red-capped Cardinal
  The Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis, is a small South American bird. It belongs to Paroaria, a genus of red-headed cardinal-tanagers in the family Thraupidae, unlike the cardinals proper which are in the Cardinalidae...
  
   Paroaria gularis
• Pale-naped Brush-finch
  Pale-naped Brush-finch
  The Pale-naped Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Atlapetes pallidinucha
• Yellow-breasted Brush-finch
  Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch
  The Rufous-naped Brush Finch , also known as the Cloud-forest Brush-Finch, is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Atlapetes rufinucha....
  
   Atlapetes latinuchus
• Slaty Brush-finch
  Slaty Brush-finch
  The Slaty Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia, to Ecuador, with a disjunct population in central Peru. The latter is sometimes considered a separate species, the Taczanowski's Brush-finch...
  
   Atlapetes schistaceus
• Moustached Brush-finch
  Moustached Brush-finch
  The Moustached Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
  
   Atlapetes albofrenatus
• Ochre-breasted Brush-finch
  Ochre-breasted Brush-finch
  The Ochre-breasted Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
  
   Atlapetes semirufus
• Tepui Brush-finch
  Tepui Brush-finch
  The Tepui Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
  
   Atlapetes personatus
• Chestnut-capped Brush-finch
  Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch
  The Chestnut-capped Brush Finch, Arremon brunneinucha, is a passerine bird which breeds in highlands from central Mexico to southeastern Peru. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos...
  
   Buarremon brunneinucha
• Stripe-headed Brush-finch
  Stripe-headed Brush-finch
  The Stripe-headed Brush Finch , also known as the Stripe-headed Brush-finch, is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in north-western Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern and western Venezuela...
  
   Buarremon torquatus
• Pectoral Sparrow
  Pectoral Sparrow
  The Pectoral Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...
  
   Arremon taciturnus
• Golden-winged Sparrow
  Golden-winged Sparrow
  The Golden-winged Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
  
   Arremon schlegeli
• Tocuyo Sparrow
  Tocuyo Sparrow
  The Tocuyo Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
  
   Arremonops tocuyensis
• Black-striped Sparrow
  Black-striped Sparrow
  The Black-striped Sparrow, Arremonops conirostris, is a passerine bird which breeds from northern Honduras to western Ecuador, northern Brazil and Venezuela....
  
   Arremonops conirostris
• Black-throated Sparrow
  Black-throated Sparrow
  The Black-throated Sparrow is a small sparrow primarily found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes referred to as the Desert Sparrow, due to its preferred habitat of arid desert hillsides and scrub...
  
   Amphispiza bilineata
• Grassland Sparrow
  Grassland Sparrow
  The Grassland Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Ammodramus humeralis
• Yellow-browed Sparrow
  Yellow-browed Sparrow
  The Yellow-browed Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
  
   Ammodramus aurifrons
• Lincoln's Sparrow
  Lincoln's Sparrow
  The Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, is a medium-sized sparrow.Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with a light brown breast with fine streaks, a white belly, and a white throat. They have a brown cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings, and a narrow tail. Their...
  
   Melospiza lincolnii (A)
• Rufous-collared Sparrow
  Rufous-collared Sparrow
  The Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis, is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola. It is famous for its diverse vocalizations which have been intensely studied...
  
   Zonotrichia capensis

Saltators, Cardinals and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of passerine birds that are robust, seed-eating birds, with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. There are 43 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak
  Red-and-black Grosbeak
  The Red-And-Black Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
  
   Periporphyrus erythromelas
• Streaked Saltator
  Streaked Saltator
  The Streaked Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
  
   Saltator striatipectus
• Grayish Saltator
  Grayish Saltator
  The Greyish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens, is a seed-eating songbird that is widespread in the tropical Americas. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , the saltators actually seem to be closer to the tanagers...
  
   Saltator coerulescens
• Buff-throated Saltator
  Buff-throated Saltator
  The Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus, is a seedeating bird. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , it actually seems to be closer to the tanagers . It breeds from southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.This is the type species of Saltator...
  
   Saltator maximus
• Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
• Orinocan Saltator
  Orinocan Saltator
  The Orinoco Saltator or Orinocan Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Venezuela in areas west, north, and upon the Orinoco River region and to the Caribbean coast; also border regions in adjacent northeast Colombia...
  
   Saltator orenocensis
• Yellow-green Grosbeak
  Yellow-green Grosbeak
  The Yellow-Green Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Caryothraustes canadensis
• Vermilion Cardinal
  Vermilion Cardinal
  The Vermilion Cardinal is a species in the cardinal family . It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
  
   Cardinalis phoeniceus
• Yellow Grosbeak
  Yellow Grosbeak
  The Yellow Grosbeak , Pheucticus chrysopeplus, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or "New World" buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or "New World" grosbeaks....
  
   Pheucticus chrysopeplus
• Golden-bellied Grosbeak
  Golden-bellied Grosbeak
  The Golden-bellied Grosbeak or Southern Yellow-bellied Grosbeak, is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family...
  
   Pheucticus chrysogaster
• Black-backed Grosbeak
  Black-backed Grosbeak
  The Black-backed Grosbeak, Pheucticus aureoventris is a large finch type bird found in South America in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. They are often kept as cagebirds....
  
   Pheucticus aureoventris
• Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating songbird in the cardinal family . It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.-Description:...
  
   Pheucticus ludovicianus
• Ultramarine Grosbeak
  Ultramarine Grosbeak
  The Ultramarine Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in eastern and central South America, with a disjunct population in northern South America. The male closely resembles the Blue-black Grosbeak, while the females are...
  
   Cyanocompsa brissonii
• Blue-black Grosbeak
  Blue-black Grosbeak
  The Blue-black Grosbeak is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
  
   Cyanocompsa cyanoides
• Blue Grosbeak
  Blue Grosbeak
  Blue Grosbeak , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks....
  
   Passerina caerulea (A)
• Indigo Bunting
  Indigo Bunting
  The Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the...
  
   Passerina cyanea (A)
• Dickcissel
  Dickcissel
  The Dickcissel is a small American seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species...
  
   Spiza americana

Troupials and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium, often colourful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackle

Grackle

Grackle can refer to any of eleven black passerine birds native to North and South America. All are members of the Icterid family but belong to multiple genera.* Genus Quiscalus** Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major...

s, New World blackbird

New World blackbird

The New World blackbirds consist of 26 species of icterid birds that share the name blackbird but do not correspond with a formal taxon...

s, and New World oriole

New World oriole

New World orioles, comprising the genus Icterus, are a group of birds in the blackbird family. They are not related to Old World orioles which are in the family Oriolidae, but are strikingly similar in size, diet, behaviour and in their strongly contrasting plumage, and are a good example of...

s. Most species have black as the predominant plumage colour, often enlivened by yellow, orange or red. There are 98 species worldwide and 30 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Bobolink
  Bobolink
  The Bobolink is a small New World blackbird and the only member of genus Dolichonyx.-Description:Adults are 16–18 cm long with short finch-like bills. They weigh about . Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps...
  
   Dolichonyx oryzivorus
• Yellow-hooded Blackbird
  Yellow-hooded Blackbird
  The Yellow-hooded Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in grassy and brush areas near water in northern South America, and is generally fairly common...
  
   Chrysomus icterocephalus
• Red-breasted Blackbird
  Red-breasted Blackbird
  The Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. Despite its name and colouration, it is in the same genus as the meadowlarks, and is less closely related to the Red-winged Blackbird group...
  
   Sturnella militaris
• Eastern Meadowlark
  Eastern Meadowlark
  The Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east.-Description:...
  
   Sturnella magna
• Great-tailed Grackle
  Great-tailed Grackle
  The Great-tailed Grackle is a medium-sized, gregarious passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the Icteridae family, it is of the ten extant species of grackle and is closely related to the Red-bellied Grackle and the Velvet-fronted Grackle...
  
   Quiscalus mexicanus
• Carib Grackle
  Carib Grackle
  The Carib Grackle, Quiscalus lugubris, is a New World tropical blackbird, a resident breeder in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America east of the Andes, from Colombia east to Venezuela and northeastern Brazil....
  
   Quiscalus lugubris
• Shiny Cowbird
  Shiny Cowbird
  The Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in most of South America apart from the most dense jungles, mountains and deserts , the coldest southernmost regions , and on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Molothrus bonariensis
• Giant Cowbird
  Giant Cowbird
  The Giant Cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus, is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It may have relatively recently colonised the latter island....
  
   Molothrus oryzivorus
• Moriche Oriole
  Moriche Oriole
  The Moriche Oriole, Icterus cayanensis chrysocephalus, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It is unrelated to Old World orioles . It is a breeding resident in the tropics of eastern South America...
  
   Icterus chrysocephalus
• Yellow-backed Oriole
  Yellow-backed Oriole
  The Yellow-backed Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.-Physical description:Yellow-backed orioles are a yellow-bodied, sexually monomorphic species. Howell and Webb note that this species tends to average 21.5 cm in length from beak to tail; making Icterus chrysater a...
  
   Icterus chrysater
• South American Yellow Oriole
  South American Yellow Oriole
  The Yellow Oriole, Icterus nigrogularis, is a passerine bird in the family Icteridae. It should not be confused with the Australasian Yellow Oriole, Oriolus flavocinctus, which is an Old World oriole...
  
   Icterus nigrogularis
• Yellow-tailed Oriole
  Yellow-tailed Oriole
  The Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico to western Peru and northwestern Venezuela; in Peru it also lives in a river valley corridor....
  
   Icterus mesomelas
• Orange-crowned Oriole
  Orange-crowned Oriole
  The Orange-crowned Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela....
  
   Icterus auricapillus
• Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
• Baltimore Oriole
  Baltimore Oriole
  The Baltimore Oriole is a small icterid blackbird that averages 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore...
  
   Icterus galbula
• Bullock's Oriole
  Bullock's Oriole
  The Bullock's Oriole, , is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore Oriole were considered to be a single species, the Northern Oriole...
  
   Icterus bullockii
• Orchard Oriole
  Orchard Oriole
  The Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Ochre Oriole....
  
   Icterus spurius
• Yellow-billed Cacique
  Yellow-billed Cacique
  The Yellow-billed Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus....
  
   Amblycercus holosericeus
• Yellow-rumped Cacique
  Yellow-rumped Cacique
  The Yellow-rumped Cacique, Cacicus cela, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in much of northern South America from Panama and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil.-Description:...
  
   Cacicus cela
• Red-rumped Cacique
  Red-rumped Cacique
  The Red-rumped Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is a species of the Amazon Basin and the Guyanas in northern South America, and is only coastal there in the Guyanas and the Amazon River outlet to the Atlantic; a separate large disjunct range exists in all of southeastern...
  
   Cacicus haemorrhous
• Scarlet-rumped Cacique
  Scarlet-rumped Cacique
  The Scarlet-rumped Cacique is a passerine bird species in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from eastern Honduras to Panama and in the Pacific lowlands of South America from western Colombia south to Ecuador, and in the lower reaches of the northern Andes...
  
   Cacicus uropygialis
• Mountain Cacique
  Mountain Cacique
  The Mountain Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela...
  
   Cacicus chrysonotus
• Solitary Cacique
  Solitary Cacique
  The Solitary Cacique or Solitary Black Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
  
   Cacicus solitarius
• Crested Oropendola
  Crested Oropendola
  The Crested Oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in lowland South America east of the Andes, from Panama and Colombia south to northern Argentina, as well as on Trinidad and Tobago...
  
   Psarocolius decumanus
• Green Oropendola
  Green Oropendola
  The Green Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in wooded habitats in the Amazon and Guianas of South America, and is generally common. Uniquely among the oropendolas, the Green Oropendola has a pale bill with an orange tip.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
  
   Psarocolius viridis
• Russet-backed Oropendola
  Russet-backed Oropendola
  The Russet-backed Oropendola is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in wooded habitats in the highlands of the northern and central Andes and the Venezuelan Coastal Range, and in lowlands of the western Amazon. It is generally common and widespread. Males are larger than...
  
   Psarocolius angustifrons
• Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus
• Oriole Blackbird
  Oriole Blackbird
  The Oriole Blackbird is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. Its genus, Gymnomystax, is monotypic.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
  
   Gymnomystax mexicanus
• Velvet-fronted Grackle
  Velvet-fronted Grackle
  The Velvet-fronted Grackle is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Lampropsar. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical swamps and heavily degraded former forest.-...
  
   Lampropsar tanagrinus
• Golden-tufted Grackle
  Golden-tufted Grackle
  The Golden-tufted Mountain Grackle , also known as the Golden-tufted Grackle, is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
  
   Macroagelaius imthurni

Siskins, crossbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae

Finch

Finch

The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...

es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in Venezuela.

• Andean Siskin
  Andean Siskin
  The Andean Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela....
  
   Carduelis spinescens
• Yellow-faced Siskin
  Yellow-faced Siskin
  The Yellow-faced Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Brazil and Venezuela....
  
   Carduelis yarrellii (A)
• Hooded Siskin
  Hooded Siskin
  The Hooded Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family , native to South America. It belongs to the putative clade of Neotropical siskins in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto....
  
   Carduelis magellanica
• Yellow-bellied Siskin
  Yellow-bellied Siskin
  The Yellow-bellied Siskin, Carduelis xanthogastra, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela....
  
   Carduelis xanthogastra
• Red Siskin
  Red Siskin
  The Red Siskin, Carduelis cucullata, is a small passerine bird. This finch is a resident breeding bird in tropical South America in northern Colombia and northern Venezuela...
  
   Carduelis cucullata
• Lesser Goldfinch
  Lesser Goldfinch
  The Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto.The American goldfinches can be distinguished by the...
  
  Carduelis psaltria

External links

• Birds of Venezuela Birdlist, multi-lingual website by country with standardized codes for abundance and seasonal presence.