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Guyana

GEORGETOWN
Remnant forest around the capital supports such birds as the Blood-colored Woodpecker (confined to the Guinean lowlands), and the rare Bearded Tachuri, plus White-bellied and Ferruginous-backed Antbirds, Black-crested and Barred Antshrikes, Yellow Oriole, Painted Tody-flycatcher, Reddish Hermit, and Brown and paradise Jacamars.
For specific locations see Wheatley, Where to Watch Birds in South America.

LETHAM AREA – KANAKU MOUNTAINS
Primary forest covers the slopes of these mountains, only 15-20 km south of Lethem. Among the birds: Harpy Eagle, Black-and-white and Ornate Hawk-Eagles, Tufted Coquette, Blue-chinned Sapphire, Blue-tailed Emerald, Amethyst Woodstar, Purple-breasted Cotinga, Crimson Fruitcrow, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock, and Finsch’s Euphonia.
For more information see Wheatley, Where to Watch Birds in South America.

LETHAM AREA – RUPUNINI SAVANNA
This remnant dry grassland, dotted with termite mounds also has some areas of gallery forest and a few pools. Some of the notable birds: Rio Branco Spinetail, Reo Branco and White-bellied Antbirds, Crested Doradito, Great-billed Seedeater, Sharp-tailed Ibis, Saffron-crested Typrant-Manakin, Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Black-hooded and Bare-eyed Thrushes, and Bicolored Wren.
For more information see Wheatley, Where to Watch Birds in South America.

IWOKRAMA FOREST
The newly improved road from Guyana to Brazil runs through this site. The area supports a number of rare birds such as Gray-bellied Goshawk and Yellow-knobbed Curassow, Sun Parakeet, Red-fan Parrot, Todd’s Antwren (plus 20 other sorts of antbirds), Capuchinbird, and Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock.
For more information see Wheatley, Where to Watch Birds in South America.

For its size, Guyana has a large species list, 825, though there are no endemics.

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Guyana is a understudied birdwatching country. Here on this site you can find accommodation: hotels, bed and breakfasts, camps, camping and, especially, fine lodges, as well as bird guides, tour guides and operators, bird clubs and organizations and bird lists and hotspots for Guyana. In addition to some useful sites around Georgetown, the Kanaku Mountains and the Rupunini Savanna in the Letham area, and the Iwokrama Forest are excellent birding areas in Guyana.