Venezuela Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours 

1991 thru 2007

(during the months of February, 
March, & June)


List compiled by Armas Hill.

671 species of birds have cumulatively been seen during FONT tours.


Codes:

Indicating regions visited (as follows):

AM: The Andean state of Merida (from subtropical forest to paramo)

AT: The Andean state of Tachira (from subtropical forest to paramo)

BA: Barinas state (mostly): from east of Santo Domingo to Barinas

BC: Bolivar state: the Canaima (Angel Falls) area & "Las Nieves"

BE: Bolivar state: the area of the Escalera, the Tepuis, and the Gran Sabana

BI: Bolivar state: the area of the Imataca Forest Reserve & El Dorado

CA: Caracas

CC: Caribbean coast (from Chichiviriche east, including Morrocoy &)

CR: Coastal Range (including Henri Pittier National Park & Colonia Tovar)

FS: Falcon state (west of Chichiviriche)

LL: Llanos (the Hato El Cedral, in the state of Apure)

MB: Maracaibo Basin (Zulia & Trujillo states)

(t): a globally threatened, or rare, species as designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical (t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(i): introduced species
(Ve): Venezuelan endemic (Venezuela has 41.)
(Vqe): quasi (or near) endemic to Venezuela 
(Vr): rare in Venezuela


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Bird-List:

1. Great Tinamou ______ BE
   Tinamus m. major
   
   
2. Little Tinamou ______ CR
   Crypturellus soui andrei
   
   
3. Brown Tinamou ______ AM
   Crypturellus obsoletus cerviniventris
   
   
4. Undulated Tinamou ______ BC
   Crypturellus undulatus manapiare 
   
   
5. Variegated Tinamou ______ BC
   Crypturellus v. variegatus
   
   
6. Least Grebe ______ FS LL
   Tachybabtus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus
   
   
7. Pied-billed Grebe ______ AM LL
   Podilymbus podiceps
   
   
8. Brown Pelican ______ CC
   Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
   
   
9. Neotropic (has been called Olivaceous) Cormorant ______ BI CC FS LL MB
   Phalacocorax brasilianus  (formerly P. olivaceous) 
   
   
10. Anhinga ______ BI FS LL MB
    Anhinga a. anhinga
    
    
11. Magnificent Frigatebird ______ CC FS
    Fregata magnificens  (now said to be monotypic)
    
    
12. Great Blue Heron ______ CC LL
    Ardea herodias 
    
    
13. Cocoi Heron ______ BI LL MB  (has also been called White-necked Heron, but there's a species so-named in Australia)
    Ardea cocoi  (monotypic) 
    
    
14. Great Egret ______ AM BE BI CC FS LL MB
    Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta
    
    
15. Snowy Egret ______ AM CC FS LL MB
    Egretta t. thula
    
    
16. Little Blue Heron ______ CC LL MB
    Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
    
    
17. Tricolored Heron ______ CC LL MB  (has been called Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis
    
    
18. Striated Heron ______ BI CC FS LL MB  (at one time considered conspecific with the Green Heron, of mostly North America & much of Central America; was then called Green-backed Heron)
    Butorides striatus   
    
    
19. Green Heron ______ MB  (at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
    Butorides virescens
    
    
20. Cattle Egret ______ AM AT BC CC FS LL MB
    Bubulcus i. ibis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
21. Agami (or Chestnut-bellied) Heron (nt) ______ LL
    Agamia agami  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
22. Whistling Heron ______ LL
    Syrigma sibilatrix fostersmithi  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
23. Capped Heron ______ LL MB
    Piherodius pileatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
24. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ CC LL MB
    Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli
    
    
25. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ CC LL
    Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
26. Boat-billed Heron ______ LL
    Cochlearius c. cochlearius  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
27. Rufescent Tiger-Heron ______ LL
    Tigrisoma l. lineatum
    
    
28. Zigzag Heron (nt) ______ LL
    Zebrilus undulatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
29. Pinnated Bittern ______ LL
    Botaurus p. pinnatus
    
    
30. Wood Stork ______ CC FS LL
    Mycteria americana  (monotypic)
    
    
31. Maguari Stork ______ LL
    Euxenura maguari  (formerly Ciconia maguari)  (monotypic)
    
    
32. Jabiru ______ BC LL
    Jabiru mycteria  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
33. Buff-necked Ibis ______ LL
    Theristicus c. caudatus
    
    
34. Sharp-tailed Ibis ______ LL
    Cercibis oxycerca  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
35. Green Ibis ______ LL MB
    Mesembrinibis cayennensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  
    
    
36. Bare-faced (or Whispering) Ibis ______ CC FS LL MB
    Phimosus infuscatus
    
    
37. White Ibis ______ CC LL
    Eudocimus albus  (monotypic)
    
    
38. Scarlet Ibis ______ CC LL MB
    Eudocimus ruber  (monotypic)
    
    
39. Glossy Ibis ______ LL
    Phegadis f. falcinellus
    
    
40. Roseate Spoonbill ______ AM CC FS LL
    Ajaia (formerly Platalea) ajaja  (monotypic)
    
    
41. Caribbean (or American) Flamingo ______ CC
    Phoenicopterus r. ruber
    
    
42. Horned Screamer ______ LL
    Anhima cornuta  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
43. Northern Screamer (nt) ______ MB
    Chauna chavaria  (monotypic)
    
    
44. Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______ LL
    Dendrocygna bicolor  (monotypic)
    
    
45. White-faced Whistling-Duck ______ LL
    Dendrocygna viduata  (monotypic)
    
    
46. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ FS LL
    Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor
    
    
47. Orinoco Goose (nt) ______ LL
    Neochen jubata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
48. Andean Teal ______ AM  (formerly part of more-southerly Speckled Teal, Anas flavirostris; the range of that species is now north to Peru)  
    Anas andium 
    
    
49. White-cheeked Pintail ______ CC
    Anas b. bahamensis
    
    
50. Blue-winged Teal ______ CC FS LL
    Anas discors  (monotypic)
    
    
51. Brazilian Teal/Duck ______ LL
    Amazonetta b. brasiliensis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
52. Torrent Duck ______ BA
    Merganetta armata colombiana  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
53. (American) Comb Duck (nt) ______ LL
    Sarkidiornis melanotos  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
54. Muscovy Duck ______ LL
    Cairina moschata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
55. Masked Duck ______ FS
    Nononyx (formerly Oxyura) dominica  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
56. King Vulture ______ BC LL
    Sarcoramphus papa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
57. Black Vulture ______ all regions
    Coragyps atratus brasiliensis  (but said by some to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
58. Turkey Vulture ______ all regions
    Cathartes aura ruficollis
    
    
59. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ BC LL MB
    Cathartes b. burrovianus  (said by some to be monotypic)
    
    
60. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture ______ BI
    Cathartes melambrotus  (monotypic)
    
    
61. Osprey ______ FS LL MB
    Pandion haliaetus  (the single member of its genus & family)
    
    
62. White-tailed Kite ______ AT LL
    Elanus l. leucurus
    
    
63. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ BC BE MB
    Elanoides forficatus yetapa  (the single member of is genus)
    
    
64. Gray-headed Kite ______ BA
    Leptodon c. cayanensis  (the single member of its genus)
      
    
65. Double-toothed Kite ______ BA BE
    Harpagus b. bidentatus
    
    
66. Plumbeous Kite ______ BC BE
    Ictinia plumbea  (monotypic)
    
    
67. Snail Kite ______ LL MB
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis  (now the single member of its genus)
    
    
68. Slender-billed Kite ______
    Helicolestes (formerly Rostrhamus) hamatus 
    
    
69. Plain-breasted Hawk ______ BA  (has been considered a subspecies of the more-northerly  Sharp-shinned Hawk) 
    Accipiter (striatus) ventralis
    
    
70. Semi-collared Hawk (nt) ______ AM AT  (rare, and not well known)
    Accipiter collaris  (monotypic)
    
    
71. Black-chested Eagle-Buzzard ______ AM  (has been called Buzzard-Eagle)
    Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
72. White-tailed Hawk ______ FS LL
    Buteo albicaudatus colonus
    
    
73. Zone-tailed Hawk ______ LL MB
    Buteo albonotatus  (monotypic)
    
    
74. Roadside Hawk ______ AM AT BE FS LL MB
    Buteo magnirostris  (2 subspecies in Venezuela)
    Buteo m. magnirostris
    Buteo magnirostris insidiatrix (2 subspecies in Venezuela)
    Buteo m. magnirostris
    Buteo magnirostris insidiatrix
    
    
75. Gray-lined Hawk ______ AM AT BE FS LL  (some merge with the Gray Hawk of mostly Central America)
    Asturina (has also been said to be Buteo) n. nitida (if Buteo, nitidus)   (the single member of its genus if Gray Hawk split)
    
    
76. White-throated Hawk ______ AT BA  (a rare hawk of the high mountains) 
    Buteo albigula
    
    
77. Short-tailed Hawk ______ CR FS
    Buteo b. brachyurus
    
    
78. Bay-winged Hawk ______ BC FS LL  (In North America called Harris' Hawk.)
    Parabuteo u. unicinctus  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
79. White Hawk ______ CR
    Leucopternis a. albicollis
    
    
80. Black-collared Hawk ______ FS LL MB
    Busarellus n. nigricollis  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
81. Savanna Hawk ______ BI BC FS LL MB
    Buteogallus meridionalis  (monotypic)
    
    
82. Common Black-Hawk ______ BI CC MB
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus
    
    
83. Great Black-Hawk ______ BC LL
    Buteogallus u. urubitinga
    
    
84. Black Hawk-Eagle ______ AT BA LL
    Spizaetus tyrannus serus
    
    
85. Crane Hawk ______ LL
    Geranospiza c. caerulescens  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
86. Laughing Falcon ______ AM FS LL
    Herpetotheres c. cachinnans  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
87. Collared Forest-Falcon ______
    Micrastur s. semitorquatus
    
    
88. Lined Forest-Falcon ______ BC
    Micrastur gilvicollis  (monotypic)
    
    
89. Red-throated Caracara ______ BI
    Ibycter americanus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
90. Yellow-headed Caracara ______ BA BE BC BI CC CR FS LL MB
    Milvago chimachima cordatus
    
    
91. Northern Crested Caracara ______ BC BE BI FS LL MB  (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
    Caracara c. cheriway 
    
    
92. Peregrine Falcon ______ FS
    Falco peregrinus anatum
    
    
93. Bat Falcon ______ CR MB
    Falco r. rufigularis
    
    
94. Aplomado Falcon ______ BC BI LL MB
    Falco f. femoralis
    
    
95. Merlin ______ AM FS
    Falco c. columbarius
    
    
96. American Kestrel ______ AM BA BC BI FS LL MB
    Falco sparverius isabellinus
    
    
97. Rufous-vented Chachalaca ______ AT CA CC FS LL
    Ortalis ruficauda  (2 subspecies in Venezuela)
    Ortalis ruficauda ruficrissa 
    Ortalis r. ruficauda 
    
    
98. Little Chachalaca ______ BC (has been considered part of the Variable Chachalaca, the smallest & darkest race)
    Ortalis m. motmot 
    
    
99. Band-tailed Guan ______ CR
    Penelope a. argyrotis
    
    
100. Andean Guan ______ AM
     Penelope m. montagnii
     
     
101. Spix's Guan ______ BC
     Penelope jacquacu orienticola
     
     
102. Blue-throated (or Common) Piping-Guan ______ BC
     Pipile c. cumanensis
     
     
103. Black Curassow ______ BC
     Crax alector  (monotypic)
     
     
104. Yellow-knobbed Curassow ______ LL
     Crax daubentoni  (monotypic)
     
     
105. Crested Bobwhite ______ BC FS LL
     Colinus cristatus sonnini
     
     
106. Venezuelan Wood-Quail (nt) (Ve) ______ CR
     Odontophorus columbianus  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Limpkin ______ LL MB
     Aramus guarauna  (the single member of its genus & family) 
     
     
108. Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ BA FS LL
     Aramides c. cajanea
     
     
109. Yellow-breasted Crake ______ LL
     Porzana f. flaviventer
     
     
110. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ BI FS LL
     Gallinula chloropus galeata
     
     
111. Purple Gallinule ______ BI LL MB
     Porphyrula martinicus  (monotypic)
     
     
112. Azure Gallinule ______ LL
     Porphyrula flavirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
113. Sungrebe ______ LL  (has been called "American Finfoot")
     Heliornis fulica  (monotypic)
     
     
114. Sunbittern ______ LL
     Eurypyga h. helias  (the single member of its genus & family) 
     
     
115. Wattled Jacana ______ BI CC FS LL MB
     Jacana jacana  (3 subspecies in Venezuela) 
     Jacana jacana melanopygia  (west VE)
     Jacana jacana intermedia  (north & central VE)
     Jacana j. jacana  (south VE)
     
     
116. Southern Lapwing ______ BC BI CC FS LL MB
     Vanellus chilensis cayennensis  
     
     
117. Pied Lapwing/Plover ______ LL
     Vanellus (formerly Hoploxypterus) cayanus  (monotypic)
     
     
118. Semipalmated Plover ______ CC
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
     
     
119. Collared Plover ______ FS LL
     Charardrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     
120. Greater Yellowlegs ______ CC FS LL
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
121. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ CC FS LL
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
122. Solitary Sandpiper ______ FS LL
     Tringa s. solitaria
     
     
123. Spotted Sandpiper ______ AT CC FS LL MB
     Actitis macularia  (monotypic)
     
     
124. Willet ______ CC
     Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus
     
     
125. Pectoral Sandpiper ______ CC LL
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Least Sandpiper ______ CC FS LL
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     
127. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ CC LL
     Calidris pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
128. Western Sandpiper ______ LL
     Calidris mauri  (monotypic)
     
     
129. Sanderling ______ CC
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     
130. Stilt Sandpiper ______ FS
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus  (monotypic)
     
     
131. "American" Whimbrel ______ CC
     Numenius phaepus hudsonicus
     
     
132. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ CC
     Limnodromus g. griseus
     
     
133. South American Snipe ______ LL  (has been considered conspecific with what's now the Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, of North America, which has formerly been conspecific itself with the Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, of the Old World)
     Gallinago paraguaiae 
     
     
134. Andean Snipe ______ AT
     Gallinago jamesoni
     
     
135. Black-necked Stilt ______ CC FS LL (has been said by some to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)
     Himantopus (h.) mexicanus
     
     
136. Double-striped Thick-knee ______ FS LL
     Burhinus bistriatus vocifer
     
     
137. Laughing Gull ______ MB
     Larus atricilla
     
     
138. Large-billed Tern ______ LL MB
     Phaetusa s. simplex  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
139. Gull-billed Tern ______ CC LL
     Sterna nilotica aranea
     
     
140. Roseate Tern ______ CC
     Sterna d. dougallii
     
     
141. Yellow-billed Tern ______ LL  (an alternate name is Amazon Tern)
     Sterna superciliaris  (monotypic)
     
     
142. Royal Tern ______ MB
     Sterna m. maxima
     
     
143. Black Skimmer ______ CC LL
     Rynchops n. nigra
     
     
144. Band-tailed Pigeon ______ AT BA CR
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata albilinea
     
     
145. Bare-eyed Pigeon ______ CC FS
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) corensis  (monotypic)
     
     
146. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ AM AT BA BC LL MB
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis
     
     
147. Ruddy Pigeon ______ BI CR
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) subvinacea purpureotincta
     
     
148. Plumbeous Pigeon ______ BA,CR
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) plumbea delicata
     
     
149. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) ______ throughout
     Columba livia
     
     
150. Eared Dove ______ AM AT BA BI CC FS LL MB
     Zenaida auriculata stenura
     
     
151. Common (or Scaly) Ground-Dove ______ BA BC CC CR FS LL
     Columbina passerina albivitta
     
     
152. Plain-breasted Ground-Dove ______ LL
     Columbina m. minuta
     
     
153. Ruddy Ground-Dove ______ AM BC CC FS LL MB
     Columbina talpacoti rufipennis
     
     
154. Blue Ground-Dove ______ CR
     Claravis preiosa  (monotypic)
     
     
155. Scaled Dove ______ BC FS LL MB
     Columbina (or by some said to be Scardafella) squammata
     
     
156. White-tipped Dove ______ BC CC CR FS LL  (has also been called White-fronted Dove)
     Leptotila v. verreauxi
     
     
157. Gray-fronted Dove ______ BE MB
     Leptotila rufaxilla dubusi 
     
     
158. Ruddy Quail-Dove ______ AM BC BE CR
     Geotrygon m. montana
     
     
159. Lined Quail-Dove ______ CR
     Geotrygon l. linearis
     
     
160. Blue-and-Yellow Macaw ______ LL
     Ara ararauna  (monotypic)
     
     
161. Scarlet Macaw ______ LL
     Ara m. macao
     
     
162. Red-and-green (or Green-winged) Macaw ______ BC BI FS
     Ara chloroptera  (monotypic)
     
     
163. Chestnut-fronted Macaw ______ LL MB
     Ara s. severus
     
     
164. Scarlet-fronted Conure/Parakeet ______ CR
     Aratinga wagleri transilis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
165. White-eyed Conure/Parakeet ______ BC
     Aratinga l. leucophthalmus
     
     
166. Brown-throated Conure/Parakeet ______ AT BC BI CC FS LL MB
     Aratinga pertinax venezuelae  (1 of 5 subspecies in Venezuela, 2 on offshore islands: Tortuga & Margarita)
     
     
167. Blood-eared Parakeet (Ve) ______ CR  (also called Red-eared Parakeet)
     Pyrrhura h. hoematotis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
168. Painted Parakeet ______ BI  (closely related to, and formerly conspecific with, the Perija Parakeet, Pyrrhura caeruleiceps, of mostly Colombia, and the Venezuelan (or Maroon-faced) Parakeet (Ve). Pyrrhura emma)  
     Pyrrhura p. picta  
     
     
169. Green-rumped Parrotlet ______ AT BA BC BI CC FS LL MB
     Forpus passerinus viridissimus
     
     
170. Orange-chinned Parakeet ______ AM
     Brotogeris jugularis exsul
     
     
171. Tepui Parrotlet ______ BE
     Nannopsittaca panychlora  (the only other species in this genus was described only as recently as 1991, the Amazonian Parrotlet of Peru & Bolivia)
     
     
172. Black-headed Parrot/Caique ______ BC
     Pionites m. melanocephala
     
     
173. Blue-headed Parrot ______ BC BE FS
     Pionus m. menstruus
     
     
174. Red-billed Parrot ______ CR
     Pionus s. sordidus  (1 of 3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
175. White-capped Parrot ______ AT  (by some merged with the Speckle-faced Parrot, Pionus tumultuosus, of Peru & Bolivia)
     Pionus seniloides
     
     
176. Festive Amazon/Parrot ______ LL
     Amazona festiva bodini
     
     
177. Yellow-shouldered Amazon/Parrot (t3) ______ FS
     Amazona b. barbadensis  (monotypic)
     
     
178. Yellow-crowned Amazon/Parrot ______ BI BC CC FS LL MB
     Amazona o. ochrocephala
     
     
179. Orange-winged Amazon/Parrot ______ AM BA BE BI LL MB
     Amazona a. amazonica
     
     
180. Mealy Amazon/Parrot ______ BC BI
     Amazona f. farinosa
     
     
181. Red-fan (or Hawk-headed) Parrot ______ BE
     Deroptyus accipitrinus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
182. Greater Ani ______ LL MB
     Crotophaga major  (monotypic)
     
     
183. Smooth-billed Ani ______ AM BA BC BE CC FS LL MB
     Crotophaga ani  (monotypic)
     
     
184. Groove-billed Ani ______ AM AT BA LL
     Crotophaga sulcirostris  (now monotypic)
     
     
185. Dwarf Cuckoo ______ LL MB
     Coccyzus pumilus  (monotypic)
     
     
186. Dark-billed Cuckoo ______ LL
     Coccyzus melacoryphus  (monotypic)
     
     
187. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ AT BE BI FS MB
     Piaya cayana mehleri
     
     
188. Little Cuckoo ______ BI FS
     Piaya m. minuta
     
     
189. Striped Cuckoo ______ AM BA BI CR LL
     Tapera n. naevia  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
190. Hoatzin ______ LL
     Opisthocomus hoazin  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus & family)
     
     
191. Barn Owl ______ LL
     Tyto alba hellmayri
     
     
192. Tropical Screech-Owl ______ AM AT BC
     Megascops (formerly Otus) choliba crucigerus
     
      
193. White-throated Screech-Owl ______ AM
     Megascops (formerly Otus) albogularis  (2 subspecies in west VE: M. a. obscurus, more northerly, & M. a. meridensis
     
     
194. Great Horned Owl ______ LL
     Bubo virginianus nacurutu
     
     
195. Spectacled Owl ______ LL
     Pulsitrix p. perspicillata
     
     
196. Andean Pygmy-Owl ______ AM
     Glaucidium jardinii  (now monotypic)
     
     
197. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______ BA LL
     Glaucidium brasilianum phalaenoides
     
     
198. Burrowing Owl ______ LL
     Athene cunicuaria apurensis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
199. Short-eared Owl ______ LL
     Asio flammeus pallidicaudus
     
     
200. Great Potoo ______ LL
     Nyctibius g. grandis
     
     
201. Common (or Gray) Potoo ______ LL
     Nyctibius g. griseus
     
     
202. Short-tailed (or Semicollared) Nighthawk ______ BI CR
     Lurocalis s. semitorquatus
     
     
203. Lesser Nighthawk ______ BC LL
     Chordeiles a. acutipennis
     
     
204. Band-tailed Nighthawk ______ LL
     Nyctiprogne leucopyga pallida
     
     
205. Nacunda Nighthawk ______ CC LL
     Podager nacunda minor  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
206. (Common) Pauraque ______ FS LL
     Nyctidromus albicollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
207. Rufous Nightjar ______ AM AT
     Caprimulgus rufus minimus
     
     
208. Blackish Nightjar ______ BC
     Caprimulgus nigrescens
     
     
209. Band-winged Nightjar ______ AM
     Caprimulgus longirostris ruficervix
     
     
210. White-tailed Nightjar ______ BC LL
     Caprimulgus c. cayennensis
     
     
211. Spot-tailed Nightjar ______ LL
     Caprimulgus maculicaudus  (monotypic)
     
     
212. Little Nightjar ______ LL
     Caprimulgus parvulus heterurus
     
     
213. Lyre-tailed Nightjar ______ AM
     Uropsalis l. lyra
     
     
214. White-collared Swift ______ AT BA BC CR MB
     Streptoprocne zonaris albicincta
     
     
215. Chestnut-collared Swift ______ AM AT
     Streptoprocne (has been Cypseloides) r. rutilus
     
     
216. Tepui Swift ______ BC BE
     Streptoprocne (has been Cypseloides) phelpsi  (monotypic)
     
     
217. Vaux's (or Dusky-backed) Swift ______ AM BA CR
     Chaetura vauxi andrei  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
218. Gray-rumped Swift ______ BC CR
     Chaetura cinereiventris lawrencei
     
     
219. Band-rumped Swift ______ BE
     Chaetura spinicaudus latirostris
     
     
220. Short-tailed Swift ______ BC BE CR FS MB
     Chaetura b. brachyura
     
     
221. White-tipped Swift ______ CR
     Aeronautes m. montivagus
     
     
222. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift ______ BA CR
     Panyptila c. cayennensis
     
     
223. Neotropical (or Fork-tailed) Palm-Swift ______ BA BC BI CC MB
     Tachornis s. squamata
     
     
224. Rufous-breasted Hermit ______ BA BE
     Glaucis h. hirsuta
     
     
225. Pale-bellied Hermit ______ LL
     Phaethornis a. anthophilus
     
     
226. Green Hermit ______ AT
     Phaethornis g. guy
     
     
227. White-bearded Hermit ______ MB
     Phaethornis hispidus
     
     
228. Eastern Long-tailed Hermit ______ BC BE
     Phaethornis s. superciliosus
     
     
229. Straight-billed Hermit ______ BE
     Phaethornis bourcieri whitelyi
     
     
230. Sooty-capped Hermit ______ BA BC CR
     Phaethornis a. augusti
     
     
231. Reddish Hermit ______ BE
     Phaethornis ruber episcopus
     
     
232. Gray-chinned Hermit ______ BC
     Phaethornis g. griseogularis
     
     
233. Lazuline Sabrewing ______ AM CR
     Campylopterus falcatus  (monotypic)
     
     
234. White-necked Jacobin ______ AT BI LL
     Florisuga m. mellivora  (the other subspecies restricted to Tobago Is.)
     
     
235. Brown Violetear ______ CR
     Colibri delphinae  (now monotypic)
     
     
236. Montane (has been Green) Violetear ______ AM BA  (What's now said to be Green Violetear is in northern Central America)
     Colibri (thalassinus) cyanotus
     
     
237. Sparkling Violetear ______ AM BA CR
     Colibri c. coruscans
     
     
238. Black-throated Mango ______ AT BA BC BE CA LL MB
     Anthracothorax nigricollis  (monotypic)
     
     
239. Ruby Topaz Hummingbird ______ CR LL 
     Chrysolampis mosquitus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
240. Violet-headed Hummingbird ______ AM
     Klais g. guimeti
     
     
241. Blue-chinned Sapphire ______ CR
     Chlorostilbon n. notatus  (has also been said to be in the monotypic genus, Chlorestes) 
     
     
242. Blue-tailed Emerald ______ BC BI CA CC FS LL
     Chlorostilbon mellisugus caribaeus  (1 of 4 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
243. Narrow-tailed Emerald ______ AM  (probably a subspecies of the Green-tailed Emerald; in an area of overlap where both occur, the Narrow-tailed & Green-tailed are virtually indistinguishable. Narrow-billed at higher elevations and more-southerly.)
     Chlorostilbon s. stenurus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela) 
     
     
244. Green-tailed Emerald (Ve) ______ AT
     Chlorostilbon alice  (monotypic)
     
     
245. Short-tailed Emerald ______ AT
     Chlorostilbon p. poortmani
     
     
246. Violet-crowned Woodnymph ______ AT LL  (also called Purple-crowned Woodnymph) 
     Thalurania colombica rostrifera
     
     
247. Common (or Fork-tailed) Woodnymph ______ BC BE
     Thalurania f. furcata  (1 of 5 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
248. White-chinned Sapphire ______ BA
     Hylocharis cyanus viridiventris
     
     
249. White-tailed Goldenthroat ______ LL
     Polytmus g. guainumbi
     
     
250. Buffy Hummingbird ______ FS
     Leucippus f. fallax  (but said by some to be monotypic)
     
     
251. White-chested Emerald ______ BC
     Amazilia b. brevirostris
     
     
252. Versicolored Emerald ______ LL
     Amazilia versicolor hollandi
     
     
253. Glittering-throated Emerald ______ LL
     Amazilia fimbriata elegantissima  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
254. Copper-rumped Hummingbird ______ CA CR
     Amazilia tobaci caudata  (1 of 5 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
255. Steely-vented Hummingbird ______ BA
     Amazilia saucerrottei braccata
     
     
256. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ AM AT MB
     Amazilia t. tzacatl
     
     
257. White-vented Plumeleteer ______ AT BA
     Chalybura buffonii aeneicauda
     
     
258. Speckled Hummingbird ______ AT BA CR
     Adelomyia melanogenys aeneosticta
     
     
259. Violet-fronted Brilliant ______ CR
     Heliodoxa l. leadbeateri
     
     
260. Violet-browed Brilliant ______ CR
     Heliodoxa xanthogonys
     
     
261. Violet-chested Hummingbird (Ve) ______ CR
     Sternoclyta cyanopectus
     
     
262. Mountain Velvetbreast ______ AT
     Lafresnaya lafresnaya greenewalti
     
     
263. Bronzy Inca ______ AT BA CR
     Coeligena coeligena columbiana  (1 of 3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
264. Collared Inca ______ AM AT
     Coeligena torquata conradii
     
     
265. Golden-tailed Starfrontlet (Ve) ______ AM AT  (this population in the Venezuelan Andes was formerly considered a subspecies of the Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, Coeligena bonapartei, of mostly ne Colombia)
     Coeligena eos   
     
     
266. Sword-billed Hummingbird ______ AM AT
     Ensifera ensifera  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
267. Orange-throated Sunangel ______ AM AT
     Heliangelus mavors  (monotypic)
     
     
268. Longuemare's Sunangel ______ AM (includes Merida Sunangel (Ve) previously regarded as a distinct species) (closely related to Amethyst-throated Sunangel of Ecuador to Bolivia; 2 subspecies of the Longuemare's Sunangel were previously regarded as suspecies of the Amethyst-throated)   
     Heliangelus clarisse spencei ("Merida Sunangel")
     
     
269. Glowing Puffleg ______ AT
     Eriocnemis v. vestita
     
     
270. Booted Racket-tail ______ CR  (A more appropriate name would be Racket-tailed Puffleg, as there are parrots in southeast Asia (the Philippines) called "Racket-tails".) 
     Ocreatus underwoodii polystictus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
271. Tyrian Metaltail ______ AM AT CR
     Metallura tyrianthina oreopola  (1 of 3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
272. Bearded Helmetcrest ______ AM
     Oxypogon guerinii lindenii  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
273. Long-tailed Sylph ______ AM CR
     Aglaiocercus kingi margarethae  (1 of 3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
274. Black-eared Fairy ______ BC BE LL
     Heliothryx a. auritus
     
     
275. Amethyst Woodstar ______ BA BI
     Calliphlox amethystina  (monotypic)
     
     
276. Gorgeted Woodstar ______ AT
     Chaetocercus h. heliodor
     
     
277. Rufous-shafted Woodstar ______ CR
     Chaetocercus jourdanii  (3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
278. White-tipped Quetzal ______ CR
     Pharomachrus f. fulgidus
     
     
279. Amazonian White-tailed Trogon ______ BC
     Trogon v. viridis
     
     
280. Collared Trogon ______ BE BI CR
     Trogon collaris exoptatus
     
     
281. Masked Trogon ______ AM BA BE
     Trogon p, personatus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
282. Ringed Kingfisher ______ AM BA BE BI FS LL MB
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata
     
     
283. Amazon Kingfisher ______ BA BE BI FS LL
     Chloroceryle a. amazona  (said by some to be monotypic)
     
     
284. Green Kingfisher ______ BE LL
     Chloroceryle a. americana
     
     
285. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher ______ LL
     Chloroceryle inda  (monotypic)
     
     
286. American Pygmy Kingfisher ______ LL MB
     Chloroceryle a. aenea
     
     
287. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ BC CR
     Motmotus motmotus osgoodi
     Motmotus m. momota  (south of the Orinoco River) 
     
     
288. Pale-headed Jacamar ______ BA
     Brachygalba goeringi
     
     
289. Rufous-tailed Jacamar ______ CA CR LL MB
     Galbula r. ruficauda
     
     
290. Green-tailed Jacamar ______ BC
     Galbula galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
291. Paradise Jacamar ______ BE
     Galbula d. dea
     
     
292. Swallow-wing ______ BC BE
     Chelidoptera t. tenebrosa  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
293. Russet-throated Puffbird ______ BC MB
     Hypnelus ruficollis bicinctus  (6 subspecies in Venezuela; 5 on the mainland & 1 on the offshore Margarita Island) (H. bicinctus in north & east VE are double-banded; H. ruficollis in the Maracaibo area is single-banded. These have been considered separate species.)  
     
     
294. Black Nunbird ______ BC BE
     Monasa atra  (monotypic)
     
     
295. Red-headed Barbet ______ BA
     Eubucco b. bourcierii
     
     
296. Groove-billed Toucanet ______ CR
     Aulacorhynchus s. sulcatus
     
     
297. Yellow-billed Toucanet ______ BA  (has been part of Groove-billed Toucanet)
     Aulacorhynchus  calorhynchus
     
     
298. Emerald Toucanet ______ AM
     Aulacorhynchus prasinus albivitta
     
     
299. Black-necked Aracari ______ BC BE
     Pteroglossus aracari roraimae 
     
     
300. Green Aracari ______ BE
     Pteroglossus v. viridis
     
     
301. Channel-billed Toucan ______ BC BE  
     Ramphastos vitellinus  (includes 2 subspecies that were formerly considered distinct species:
     Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus (the former Yellow-ridged Toucan)
     Ramphastos v. vitellinus   
     
     
302. Black-mandibled Toucan ______ AT  (has been considered by some as conspecific with the Chestnut-mandibled Touan of Central Ameria & western Colombia.) 
     Ramphastos ambiguus abbreviatus
     
     
303. White-throated Toucan ______ BC BE
     Ramphastos tucanus   (includes 2 subspecies that were formerly considered distinct species:
     Ramphastos tucanus cuveri  (the former Cuvier's Toucan)
     Ramphastos t. tucanus (the former Red-billed Toucan)
     
     
304. Spot-breasted Woodpecker ______ AT LL
     Chrysoptilus punctigula punctipectus
     
     
305. Crimson-mantled Woodpecker ______ AM
     Piculus rivolii meridae  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
306. Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ AM CR
     Piculus rubiginosus meridensis
     
     
307. Lineated Woodpecker ______ BC BI
     Dryocopus l. lineatus
     
     
308. Yellow-tufted Woodpecker ______ AT BC BE BI
     Melanerpes cruentatus  (monotypic)
     
     
309. Red-crowned Woodpecker ______ AM AT BA BI CA CR LL
     Melanerpes r. rubricapillus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela; the other with a limited range in north VE, the Paraguana Peninsula) 
     
     
310. Smoky-brown Woodpecker ______ CR
     Veniliornis fumigatus reichenbachi
     
     
311. Little Woodpecker ______ AT
     Veniliornis passerinus modestus
     
     
312. Red-rumped Woodpecker ______ LL
     Veniliornis kirkii continentalis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela; the other restricted to Mt. Roraima)
     
     
313. Golden-collared Woodpecker ______ BE
     Veniliornis cassini  (monotypic)
     
     
314. Crimson-crested Woodpecker ______ BA BC LL
     Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii
     
     
315. Red-necked Woodpecker ______ BE
     Campephilus r. rubricollis
     
     
316. Scaled Piculet ______ AT BA CR
     Picumnus squamulatus roehli  (1 of 4 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
317. Olivaceous Piculet ______ AT CA
     Picumnus olivaceus tachirensis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
318. Golden-spangled Piculet ______ BE
     Picumnus exilis undulatus  (1 of 3 subspecies in Venezuela)
     
     
319. Tyrannine Woodcreeper (Vr) ______ AT
     Dendrocincla tyrannina