Chapter XVII: Appendix: B

NATIVE GUIANAN NAMES OF BIRDS.

Great Blue Tinamou—Maam.
Little Tinamou—Little Maam.
Curassow—Powis.
Guan—Maroodi.
Guiana Quail—Duraquara.
Chachalaca—Hanaqua.
Hoatzin—Canje Pheasant.
Purple Gallinule—Coot.
Guiana Wood Rail—Killicow.
Spur-winged Jacana—Spur-wing.
Skimmer—Scissor-bill.
Sun Bittern—Sun-bird.
Trumpeter—Warracabra.
Scarlet Ibis—Curri-curri.
Jabiru—Negrocop.
Wood Ibis—Nigger Head.
Tiger Bittern—Tiger-bird.
Herons—Chow or Shypook.
Cocoi Heron—Crane.
Horned Screamer—Mohuca.
Gray-necked Tree-duck—Vicissi.
Snake-bird—Ducklar.
Black Vulture—Carrion Crow.
Orange-headed Vulture—Governor Carrion Crow.
Caracara—Hen Hawk.
Owls—Night Owl.
Spectrum Parrakeet—Kissi-kissi.
Motmot—Hutu.
Hummingbirds—Doctor-birds.
Four-winged Cuckoo—Wife-sick.
Great Ani—Jumby-bird.
Smooth-billed Ani—Old Witch.
Toucan—Bill-bird.
Checked Ant-thrush—Dominique or Check-bird.
Cinnamon Spinetail—Rootie.
Bell-bird—Campanero.
Gold-bird—Greenheart-bird—Pĭ-pī-yŏ.
Cinereus Becard—Woodpecker.
White-shouldered Ground Flycatcher—Cotton-bird.
Southern Scissor-tailed Flycatcher—Scissor-tail.
Guiana Kiskadee Tyrant—Kiskadee.
White-throated King-bird—Madeira or Gray Kiskadee.
White-headed Marsh Flycatcher—Parson-bird.
Cinereus Tody-flycatcher—Pipitoorie.
Yellow-breasted Elanea Flycatcher—Muff-bird or Muffin.
Guiana House Wren—God- or Guard-bird.
Necklaced Jungle Wren—Quadrille Bird.
White-throated Robin—Thrush.
Yellow Warbler—Bastard Canary.
Brown-breasted Pygmy Grosbeak—Toua-toua.
Thick-billed Pygmy Grosbeak—Twa-twa.
Blue-backed Seedeater—Blue-back.
Pygmy Seedeater—Fire-red.
Crown-headed Seedeater—Crown-head.
Plain-headed Seedeater—Plain-head.
Lineated Seedeater—Ring-neck.
Pee-zing Grassquit—Pee-zing.
Honey Creepers—Hummingbirds.
Yellow-bellied Calliste—Goldfinch.
Black-faced Calliste—Bucktown Sackie.
Violet Euphonia—Bucktown Canary.
Blue Tanager—Blue Sackie.
Palm Tanager—Cocoanut Sackie.
Silver-beak Tanager—Cashew Sackie.
White-lined Tanager—Black-sage Sackie.
Olive Saltator—Tom-pitcher.
Little Boat-tail Grackle—Black-bird.
Guiana Cowbird—Corn-bird.
Black Parasitic Cassique—Rice-bird.
Yellow-backed Cassique—Yellow Bunyah or Mockingbird.
Red-backed Cassique—Red Bunyah.
Red-breasted Blackbird—Robin Red-breast.
Little Yellow-headed Blackbird—Yellow-head.
Moriche Oriole—Cadoorie.
Yellow Oriole—Yellow Plantain Bird.
Guiana Meadowlark—Savannah Starling.