Birds of Venezuela

List of Common Birds Found in Venezuela

Native Birds

• Amazon Kingfisher
• American Flamingo
• American Oystercatcher 
• Andean Cock-of-the-rock
• Andean Condor
• Andean Guan
• Bananaquit 
• Bar-crested Antshrike
• Barred Antshrike
• Bay-headed Tanager
• Black-backed Antshrike
• Black-banded Woodcreeper
• Black-capped Donacobius
• Black-chested Fruiteater
• Black-chested Jay
• Black-chinned Cotinga
• Black-collared Hawk
• Black-eared Fairy 
• Black-faced Antthrush
• Blackish-blue Seedeater
• Black-tailed Tityra
• Black-throated Mango 
• Black-throated Spinetail
• Black-throated Trogon
• Blue-crowned Motmot
• Blue-gray Tanager 
• Buff-breasted Sabrewing 
• Buffy Hummingbird
• Carrizal Seedeater
• Cattle Egret
• Chestnut-backed Antbird
• Chestnut-breasted Wren
• Collared Inca 
• Collared Puffbird
• Collared Trogon
• Copper-rumped Hummingbird
• Crested Caracara
• Crested Owl
• Crimson-crested Woodpecker
• Crimson Topaz 
• Double-banded Greytail
• Double-striped Thick-knee
• Duida Grass Finch
• Eared Dove 
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher
• Fulvous-breasted Flatbill
• Giant Antshrike
• Gilded Barbet
• Glaucous Tanager
• Golden-crowned Flycatcher
• Golden-headed Manakin
• Golden-tufted Grackle
• Great Antpitta
• Great Antshrike
• Great Kiskadee 
• Great Potoo
• Great Thrush 
• Green-backed Trogon
• Green Hermit 
• Greenish Puffleg 
• Green Manakin
• Green-tailed Goldenthroat 
• Gray-winged Trumpeter
• Guaiquinima Whitestart
• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock
• Guianan Streaked-antwren
• Guianan Trogon
• Guira Tanager
• Handsome Fruiteater
• Harpy Eagle
• Helmeted Curassow
• Hoary Puffleg 
• Hoatzin
• Kelp Gull 
• Lance-tailed Manakin
• Limpkin
• Lineated Woodpecker
• Magpie Tanager
• Marbled Wood Quail
• Merida Flowerpiercer
• Mérida Wren
• Neotropic Cormorant 
• Northern Bentbill
• Northern Emerald-toucanet
• Northern Screamer
• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush
• Orange-fronted Barbet
• Orinoco Goose
• Orinoco Piculet
• Orinoco Softtail
• Ornate Hawk-eagle
• Pale-bellied Hermit 
• Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant
• Pale-tailed Barbthroat 
• Pale-tipped Tyrannulet
• Paradise Tanager
• Plain-brown Woodcreeper
• Powerful Woodpecker
• Red-billed Scythebill
• Red-billed Streamertail 
• Red-crowned Woodpecker
• Reddish Hermit 
• Red Siskin
• Rock Pigeon
• Roraiman Nightjar
• Rose-fronted Parakeet
• Ruddy Ground Dove 
• Rufous-breasted Sabrewing 
• Rufous-coll
• Rufous-tailed Flatbill
• Rufous-tailed Jacamar
• Rufous-vented Chachalaca
• Rufous-vented Whitetip 
• Rufous-winged Tanager
• Russet-throated Puffbird
• Rusty-flanked Crake
• Saffron-crested Tyrant-manakin
• Saffron Finch 
• Scaled Piculet
• Scarlet-crowned Barbet
• Scarlet Ibis
• Scarlet Macaw 
• Short-tailed Emerald 
• Smooth-billed Ani 
• Snowy Egret
• Southern Lapwing 
• Speckled Tanager
• Spot-breasted Woodpecker
• Striolated Puffbird
• Stripe-throated Hermit 
• Sunbittern
• Swallow Tanager
• Táchira Antpitta
• Tawny-bellied Screech Owl
• Tepui Tinamou
• Tropical Kingbird 
• Tropical Mockingbird 
• Urich’s Tyrannulet
• Velvet-fronted Grackle
• Venezuelan Flowerpiercer
• Venezuelan Sylph 
• Venezuelan Troupial
• Venezuelan Wood Quail
• Vermilion Cardinal
• Vermillion Flycatcher 
• Violaceous Trogon
• Wattled Jacana 
• White-bellied Antbird
• White-bellied Hummingbird
• White-bellied Piculet
• White-eyed Parakeet
• White-faced Whitestart
• White-fronted Whitestart
• White-naped Xenopsaris
• White-necked Puffbird
• White-shouldered Tanager
• White-tailed Sabrewing 
• White-tailed Trogon
• White-throated Barbtail
• White-throated Mountain-gem 
• White-vented Plumeleteer 
• White-winged Becard
• Yellow-bellied Elaenia
• Yellow-bellied Tanager
• Yellow-billed Jacamar
• Yellow-browed Shrike-vireo
• Yellow-crowned Amazon
• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
• Yellow-knobbed Curassow
• Yellow Oriole
• Yellow-shouldered Amazon
• Yellow-throated Spadebill
• Yellow-throated Toucan

Non-native Birds

• House Sparrow
• Java Sparrow
• Rock Pigeon
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Tricolored Munia
• Village Weaver

Some of the best birding sites in Venezuela include Henri Pittier National Park, Canaima National Park, and Morrocoy National Park. The peak birding season in Venezuela typically corresponds to the dry season, generally from November to April.