Birds of the Peperpot plantation, 'Plantage Peperpot' in Suriname

Birds in Suriname

The table gives all the birds that I could find reported to be observed (seen, heard, caught) in the 'Plantage Peperpot', just across the river from Paramaribo in Suriname. Peperpot is an old coffee plantation, now with a superb nature track. The entrance is 6 km from the bridge along the main road (Oost-West verbinding). The photo of the Tiger-heron was made there by Dominiek Plouvier
All birds of one species seen on the same day are counted as one observation. The list of reports starts in January 1946 with an observation of the Arrowhead Piculet by judge Francois Haverschmidt, a bird only knwon from Suriname. The list was made by J.H. Ribot, with the help of many birders. Most birds in the table have a link to a page on this site with photo.

rufescent tiger-heron adult


Birding Top 500 Counter

Birds of Peperpot

Number of obs.
Great Tinamou1
Cinereous Tinamou65
Little Tinamou1
Variegated Tinamou1
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck1
Variable Chachalaca9
Neotropic Cormorant1
Anhinga1
Rufescent Tiger-Heron19
Agami Heron3
Boat-billed Heron5
Least Bittern1
Stripe-backed Bittern1
Black-crowned Night-Heron3
Striated Heron29
Cattle Egret24
Cocoi Heron4
Great Egret4
Capped Heron7
Tricolored Heron5
Snowy Egret12
Little Blue Heron7
Scarlet Ibis3
Green Ibis28
Turkey Vulture38
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture14
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture27
Black Vulture45
King Vulture2
Osprey1
White-tailed Kite11
Hook-billed Kite14
Gray-headed Kite4
Snail Kite29
Slender-billed Kite54
Plumbeous Kite8
Long-winged Harrier4
Crane Hawk31
Black-faced Hawk1
White Hawk1
Rufous Crab-Hawk1
Great Black-Hawk9
Savanna Hawk9
Black-collared Hawk35
Roadside Hawk59
Gray Hawk50
Crested Eagle1
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle5
Black Hawk-Eagle14
Ornate Hawk-Eagle1
Laughing Falcon28
Collared Forest-Falcon1
Black Caracara2
Yellow-headed Caracara40
Bat Falcon4
Orange-breasted Falcon1
Aplomado Falcon1
Peregrine Falcon4
Limpkin22
Gray-necked Wood-Rail15
Russet-crowned Crake1
Rufous-sided Crake1
Gray-breasted Crake2
Ash-throated Crake1
Paint-billed Crake1
Purple Gallinule1
Azure Gallinule7
Sungrebe4
Sunbittern10
Southern Lapwing1
American Golden-Plover6
Semipalmated Plover6
South American Snipe3
Upland Sandpiper3
Spotted Sandpiper18
Lesser Yellowlegs2
Solitary Sandpiper7
Semipalmated Sandpiper5
Pectoral Sandpiper1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper1
Wattled Jacana18
Laughing Gull1
Yellow-billed Tern1
Large-billed Tern2
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove2
Ruddy Ground-Dove33
Pale-vented Pigeon11
Plumbeous Pigeon1
Ruddy Pigeon1
White-tipped Dove13
Gray-fronted Dove44
Blue-and-yellow Macaw1
Chestnut-fronted Macaw7
Red-bellied Macaw2
White-eyed Parakeet1
Brown-throated Parakeet13
Green-rumped Parrotlet45
Golden-winged Parakeet1
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet1
Black-headed Parrot1
Red-fan Parrot1
Blue-headed Parrot10
Dusky Parrot2
Orange-winged Parrot50
Mealy Parrot1
Little Cuckoo47
Squirrel Cuckoo31
Black-bellied Cuckoo1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo2
Greater Ani18
Smooth-billed Ani31
Striped Cuckoo27
Barn Owl8
Tropical Screech-Owl7
Spectacled Owl2
Striped Owl7
Great Potoo51
Common Potoo4
Common Pauraque2
Band-rumped Swift3
Short-tailed Swift38
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift2
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift13
White-necked Jacobin10
Rufous-breasted Hermit26
Little Hermit10
Reddish Hermit2
Straight-billed Hermit1
Long-tailed Hermit6
Green-tailed Goldenthroat3
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird3
Green-throated Mango11
Black-throated Mango21
Tufted Coquette1
Long-billed Starthroat1
Blue-chinned Sapphire8
Fork-tailed Woodnymph1
Plain-bellied Emerald1
Glittering-throated Emerald41
Rufous-throated Sapphire1
White-chinned Sapphire4
White-tailed Trogon30
Violaceous Trogon1
Ringed Kingfisher23
Green Kingfisher1
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher7
American Pygmy Kingfisher26
Green-tailed Jacamar38
Pied Puffbird4
Spotted Puffbird27
Swallow-winged Puffbird2
Black-spotted Barbet31
White-throated Toucan9
Channel-billed Toucan1
Green Ara?ari2
Black-necked Ara?ari15
Golden-spangled Piculet1
Arrowhead Piculet67
Blood-colored Woodpecker60
Spot-breasted Woodpecker15
Chestnut Woodpecker4
Cream-colored Woodpecker19
Ringed Woodpecker1
Lineated Woodpecker13
Red-necked Woodpecker2
Crimson-crested Woodpecker11
Pale-breasted Spinetail3
Plain-crowned Spinetail31
Yellow-chinned Spinetail11
Plain Xenops3
Plain-brown Woodcreeper2
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper11
Black-banded Woodcreeper1
Straight-billed Woodcreeper43
Striped Woodcreeper5
Buff-throated Woodcreeper8
Black-throated Antshrike1
Great Antshrike25
Black-crested Antshrike68
Barred Antshrike30
Northern Slaty-Antshrike1
Cinereous Antshrike1
Guianan Streaked-Antwren1
White-flanked Antwren6
Blackish Antbird39
White-browed Antbird4
Black-chinned Antbird4
Silvered Antbird39
Black-headed Antbird1
Spot-winged Antbird1
Black-throated Antbird34
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet22
Forest Elaenia8
Yellow-crowned Elaenia8
Yellow-bellied Elaenia24
White-lored Tyrannulet1
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet27
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet15
Guianan Tyrannulet1
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher14
Pale-tipped Inezia24
Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant1
Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant9
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher23
Common Tody-Flycatcher23
Painted Tody-Flycatcher27
Yellow-olive Flycatcher4
Gray-crowned Flycatcher5
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher21
Royal Flycatcher10
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher1
Fuscous Flycatcher2
Pied Water-Tyrant15
White-headed Marsh-Tyrant10
Piratic Flycatcher44
Rusty-margined Flycatcher61
Great Kiskadee65
Lesser Kiskadee19
Yellow-throated Flycatcher4
Streaked Flycatcher14
Boat-billed Flycatcher46
Tropical Kingbird49
Fork-tailed Flycatcher20
Gray Kingbird4
Grayish Mourner1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher2
Short-crested Flycatcher32
Cinnamon Attila61
Bright-rumped Attila1
Bare-necked Fruitcrow3
Blue-backed Manakin1
Crimson-hooded Manakin15
Black-crowned Tityra3
Black-tailed Tityra2
Dusky Purpletuft1
Cinereous Becard22
White-winged Becard16
Red-eyed Vireo1
Ashy-headed Greenlet58
Southern Rough-winged Swallow4
Brown-chested Martin1
Gray-breasted Martin38
Southern Martin1
White-winged Swallow17
Bank Swallow1
Barn Swallow7
House Wren47
Buff-breasted Wren63
Tropical Gnatcatcher53
Black-capped Donacobius16
Pale-breasted Thrush59
Cocoa Thrush1
Bare-eyed Thrush25
Tropical Mockingbird25
Black-faced Tanager1
Hooded Tanager24
Gray-headed Tanager3
White-lined Tanager15
Silver-beaked Tanager64
Blue-gray Tanager62
Palm Tanager52
Turquoise Tanager43
Red-legged Honeycreeper9
Chestnut-vented Conebill1
Bananaquit50
Grayish Saltator16
Blue-black Grassquit10
Wing-barred Seedeater26
Lesson's Seedeater8
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater3
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch1
Summer Tanager1
Yellow Warbler20
Northern Waterthrush1
Crested Oropendola75
Yellow-rumped Cacique32
Red-rumped Cacique1
Epaulet Oriole1
Yellow Oriole4
Yellow-hooded Blackbird5
Giant Cowbird13
Shiny Cowbird10
Carib Grackle1
Red-breasted Blackbird9
Finsch's Euphonia8
Violaceous Euphonia65
White-vented Euphonia1
number of species287