Birds in Suriname, South America

The species of birds that were included in the checklists on this site have been accounted for in a book "Annotated checklist of the Birds in Suriname", a publication of WWF Guianas, written by Otte H. Ottema, Jan Hein Ribot and Arie L. Spaans. It recognises 727 species, with 11 of these species with more than one subspecies (and in 2009 25 species without physical evidence from Suriname). Since the publication in November 2009, new species have been identified for Suriname and added to the list on this site. They are mentioned in the first list below. The second list gives an updated survey of the species without physical evidence (16 at this moment).
The annotated checklist, among other things, also gives comments on observations that were not validated, extreme dates for migrants and notes on selected species.

Records of (sub)species new for Suriname since November 2009.
It makes the total number of species for Suriname now standing on 760 (November 2023), after retraction of a species, see below. For all these birds, distribution maps are available on the individual pages but only for observations till 2018.
For 16 species that we recognise, we have, besides the observations, no physical evidence. So they are hypothetical. A special case is also mentioned there. See the second list on this page. This leaves 744 species with hard evidence.
A second book by the same authors

"Field Guide to the Birds of Suriname"

Hypothetical species

Second List: 16 species of birds on this site without physical evidence from Suriname to validate the observations, as per November 2022.
-And a special case: the Red-crested Finch. It has been caught at least three times before 1980 , and there are also historical specimens from the neighboring countries, but it is unclear whether these were from wild birds.
-The (old) specimens of the Saffron Finch from Suriname, were lost in time.
-Broad-winged Hawk has now a photo from Suriname after 9 observations without photo The rusty Tinamou has a sound recording(see above). And the dickcissel and Amazonian Black-Tyrant recently have a photo on this site.

Common Black Hawk	Buteogallus anthracinus	1 reported observation.
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	A bird was caught and then lost during a shipment to the Leiden museum. One other observation.
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	one reported observation.
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	one reported observation.
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	one reported observation (by several observers).
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet	Touit huetii	one reported observation, sound recognised.
Plain-winged Antwren	Myrmotherula behni	6 reported observations.
Spot-throated Woodcreeper	Certiasomus stictolaema	3 reported observations
Gray Elaenia	Myopagis caniceps	3 reported observations
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus	3 reported observations
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelydon pyrrhonota	6 reported observations
Magpie Tanager	Cissopis leveriana	6 reported observations and a rather unmistakable bird in the forest.
Dotted Tanager	Tangara varia	8 reported observations
Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola	2 reported observations and old catches
Blackburnian Warbler	Setophaga fusca	3 reported observations

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