Amazon River Birding List
Are you an avid birder? Guests on our Amazon River cruise have discovered this journey is a "MUST" for any nature enthusiast! Accompanied by our seasoned naturalist guides, a recent departure compiled this impressive list of species. Be sure to click here for the full species list.
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant
SCREAMERS
Horned Screamer
HERONS
Snowy Egret
Capped Heron
White-necked Heron
Great Egret
Striated Heron
PARROTS
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Red-bellied Macaw
White-eyed Parakeet
Dusky-headed Parakeet
Blue-winged Parrotlet
Canary-winged Parakeet
Festive Parrot
Mealy Parrot
CUCKOOS, ANIS AND HOATZINS
Hoatzin
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
CORMORANTS
Phalacrocoracidae
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
SCREAMERS
Anhimidae
Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
HERONS
Ardeidae
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
White-necked Heron Ardea cocoi
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
AMERICAN VULTURES
Cathartidae
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
TOUCANS AND ARACARIS
Ramphastidae
Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
WOODPECKERS AND PICULETS
Picidae
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula
Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
WOODCREEPERS
Dendrocolaptidae
Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus picus
Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus
Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Cinammon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
FURNARIDS OR OVENBIRDS
Furnariidae
Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca
Pale-billed Hornero Furnarius torridus
Read on for the complete Amazon birding list.
