Selvablue bird list
By Bennett Hennessey

Preliminary Bird list for Selvablue Reserve
This is a bird list based on only two five day visits, one in austral summer the other in austral winter. We expect to find many more birds. Abundance estimates are represented by detectability of a species (audio or visual): Very Common (VC) is more than 10 individuals in a morning in correct habitat; Common (C) 1-3 individuals in correct habitat in a morning, Uncommon (UC) 1 individual in three days of birding in correct habitat, and Rare (R), single individuals recorded or single observation over 5 days.

English Name
Scientific Name
Summer- Jan
Winter -July
Rheas (1)  
Greater Rhea Rhea americana
C
R
Tinamous (4)  
Great Tinamou Tinamus major
C
R
Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
VC
VC
Small-billed Tinamou Crypturellus parvirostris
C
C
Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
C
C
Guans & Curassows (3)  
Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
UC
UC
Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
R
UC
Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
C
UC
Screamers (2)  
Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
C
C
Southern Screamer Chauna torquata
C
C
Ducks (5)  
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
C
White-faced Whist-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
C
Black-bellied Whist-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
C
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
 
C
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
C
C
Cormorants (1)  
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
VC
VC
Anhingas (1)  
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
C
C
Herons (8)  
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
UC
UC
Black-crowned Night-Her Nycticorax nycticorax
R
R
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
UC
UC
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
R
R
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
C
C
Great Egret Ardea alba
VC
VC
Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
UC
UC
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
UC
UC
Ibises (3)  
Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
R
R
Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens
R
R
Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
C
C
Storks (2)  
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
VC
VC
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
UC
UC
Vultures (3)  
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
VC
VC
L. Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
UC
UC
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
VC
VC
Hawks & Eagles (17)  
Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
R
R
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
R
R
Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus
R
R
Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
UC
UC
Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
UC
UC
Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
R
R
Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
C
UC
Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
R
R
Bay-winged Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
C
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
VC
C
White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus
R
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
R
R
Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
R
R
Southern Caracara Caracara plancus
UC
UC
Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima
C
C
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
UC
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
R
UC
Limpkin (1)  
Limpkin Aramus guarauna
UC
UC
Crake (2)  
Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii
C
C
Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
UC
UC
Sungrebe (1)  
Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
R
R
Seriema (1)  
Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
UC
R
Jacana (1)  
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
VC
VC
Lapwings (1)  
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
VC
VC
Gulls and Terns (2)  
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
R
R
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
R
R
Pigeons (8)  
Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis
VC
VC
Ruddy Pigeon Columba subvinacea
?
?
Plain-breasted G-Dove Columbina minuta
R
R
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
UC
UC
Long-tailed Ground-Dove Uropelia campestris
R
R
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
C
C
Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
VC
VC
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
R?
R?
Parrots (12)  
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
C
C
Golden-collared Macaw Ara auricollis
R
R
Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilata
VC
VC
White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
VC
VC
Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
R
R
Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea
C
C
Yellow-chev. Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
VC
VC
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
UC
UC
Blue-fronted Parrot Amazona aestiva
VC
VC
Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala
R
R
Orange-winged Parrot Amazona amazonica
UC
UC
Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa
R
R
Hoatzin (1)  
Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin
VC
VC
Cuckoos (5)  
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
UC
UC
Greater Ani Crotophaga major
C
UC
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
VC
VC
Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
VC
VC
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
UC
UC
Owls (4)  
Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba
UC
UC
Tawny-bellied Screech-O Otus watsonii
UC
UC
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
UC
UC
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
UC
UC
Nightjars (7)  
Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
R
R
Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
UC
UC
Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus
C
C
Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda
R
C
Parauque Nyctidromus albicollis
C
C
Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus
R
R
Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
R
R
Swifts (3)  
Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
R
R
Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
C
C
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
VC
VC
Hummingbirds (10)  
Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
UC
UC
Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
R
R
Swallow-tailed Hummer Eupetomena macroura
UC
UC
Glittering-b. Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
R
R
Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
UC
UC
Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura
C
C
White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
R
R
Horned Sungem Heliactin bilophus
UC
UC
Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
R
R
Trogons (2)  
Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
C
C
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
?
?
Kingfishers (3)  
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
C
C
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
C
C
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
R
R
Motmots (1)  
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
C
C
Jacamar (1)  
Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
R
Puffbird (3)  
White-necked Puffbird Notharchus macrorhynchos
R
R
White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru
R
R
Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons
VC
VC
Toucans (3)  
Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
UC
UC
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
UC
Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
UC
UC
Woodpeckers (7)  
White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus
UC
UC
White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
C
C
Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
C
C
Rufous-h. Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis
R
R
Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
R
R
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
C
C
Crimson-cr. Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
R
R
Woodcreepers (5)  
Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
C
C
Straight-bil. Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus
R
R
Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii
?
?
Buff-thr. Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
C
C
Narrow-bil. Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
UC
UC
Furnarids (6)  
Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
UC
UC
Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
UC
UC
Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
R
R
Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina
UC
UC
Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber
C
C
Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
R
R
Antbirds (10)  
Great Antshrike Taraba major
UC
UC
Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
C
C
Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus stictocephalus
UC
UC
Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
R
R
Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris
R
R
Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa
UC
UC
Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
UC
UC
Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
UC
UC
Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
C
R
Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
C
C
Flycatchers (37)  
Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
UC
UC
Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
C
C
Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
C
C
Southern Beard.-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
UC
UC
Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri
R
R
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
VC
VC
Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus rufomarginatus
R
R
Southern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
?
?
Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta 
R
R
Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus
R
R
Flammulated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus flammulatus
?
?
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
UC
UC
Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
C
C
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris
UC
UC
Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
R
R
Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
UC
UC
Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
UC
UC
Gray Monjita Xolmis cinerea
R
R
White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velata
R
White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
UC
UC
Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus
C
C
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
UC
UC
Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
C
C
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
UC
UC
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
C
C
Lesser Kiskadee Pitangus lictor
UC
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
R
R
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
UC
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
R
R
Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
R
R
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
VC
UC
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
UC
UC
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
UC
Sirystes Sirystes sibilator
R
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
C
C
Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
UC
UC
Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
UC
UC
Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus
R
R
Cotingas (4)  
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
UC
Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
C
C
Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
R
R
Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
C
Vireos (3)  
Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
UC
UC
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
UC
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
C
C
Jays (2)  
Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
C
C
Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus
C
C
Swallows (7)  
White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
VC
VC
White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
R
R
Purple Martin Progne subis
VC
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
UC
Southern Rough-w. Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
UC
UC
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
C
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
R
Wrens (6)  
Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
C
C
Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis
UC
Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis
?
?
Fawn-breasted Wren Thryothorus guarayanus
C
C
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
C
C
Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla
VC
VC
Gnatcatchers (1)  
Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
C
C
Thrushes (4)  
Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
R
Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
R
R
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
C
C
Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli
UC
Mockingbirds (1)  
Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
C
Pipits (1)  
Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
VC
VC
Tanagers (13)  
Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
C
Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida
R?
R?
White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea
UC
C
White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
UC
UC
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
VC
VC
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
UC
C
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
VC
C
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
R
R
Burnished-buff Tanager Tangara cayana
C
UC
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
UC
UC
Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
R
R
Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
UC
UC
Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum
R
R
Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
C
C
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
UC
UC
Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
UC
UC
Sparrows (1)  
Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
VC
VC
Finches & Seedeaters (14)  
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
R?
R?
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola
VC
C
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
VC
VC
Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea
R
R
Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris
R
R
Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
UC
Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
R
UC
Tawny-bellied Seedeater Sporophila hypoxantha
VC
VC
Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma 
R
R
Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis 
UC
Coal-crested Finch Charitospiza eucosma
UC
UC
Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
UC
Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
R
R
Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
VC
R
Saltators (1)  
Black-throated Saltator Saltator atricollis
UC
UC
Warblers (3)  
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
R
Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
R
R
Flavescent Warbler Basileuterus flaveolus
UC
UC
Blackbirds (8)  
Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
C
UC
Solitary Black Cacique Cacicus solitarius
UC
UC
Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
UC
UC
Troupial Icterus icterus
UC
R
Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
R
R
Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
VC
VC
Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
UC
UC
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
UC