Nature Names for Tourists

Local names for distinctive wildlife of the New World tropics

	English	French	Creole	Spanish	Portuguese	scientific
🌳🍅	açaí or assai » palm
🕷	acouchi » ant, leafcutter
🌳💮	African tulip or Nile tulip or scarlet bell or fountain tree; tulipan; flame of the forest	tulipier du Gabon; pis pis SC; pisse l'eau RE		tulipero del Gabón; tulipán africano; llama or llamarada del bosque CR; gallito VE	espatódea (tulipeira); tulipa-da-África; chama da floresta	Spathodea campanulata
🌿	agave, (American or flowering or spiked); American century; century plant; miracle of nature	agave; agavé; "aloès"? (incl. sisal)	lang bèf; lalwa SC	magüey (liso); pita Eur?; penca azul PE? henequén (agave?)	agave; pita; piteira	Agave americana
J	agouti, (common)	agouti	gouti DM; aguti, konkoni SR	agutí; picure; ñeque; guatuza CR NI	cutia; cotia; acuchi, acouti, aguti, acuti	Dasyprocta spp.
🐟	ahi, albacore » tunas
👽	alligator, American	alligator d´Amérique		aligátor americano	jacaré americano	Alligator mississippiensis
🕷	alligator bug » lantern fly
🌳🍅	alligator pear » avocado
🌳	allspice; Jamaica pepper	poivre or piment de Jamaïque GF GP MQ; quatre-épices; malaguette HT	malagèt HT; lontai SR	pimienta de jamaica etc; malagueta DR	pimenta-da-jamaica or –de-coroa etc	Pimenta dioica
🌳🍅	almond, West Indian Car; Indian almond IO	amandier tropical or indien or des Indes; badamier IO	zanmann, pyé zamann DM, MQ; boudanmyé SC	almendro indio or de playa or de la India; almendrón VE	amendoeira-da-índia; castanhola	Terminalia catappa
🌳	amaranth, amendoim » purpleheart
👽	anaconda, (green)	anaconda vert or géant or de Barbour; grand anaconda		anaconda verde or común	sucuri( preta); sucuriú etc; boiaçu etc; boiuna; anaconda; viborão	Eunectes murinus
🐦	anhinga; snakebird; American darter; water turkey; ducklar GY	anhinga d’Amérique; canard plongeur GF	zozo-serpan GF; fisman SR	pato aguja (americano) or aninga; marbella (americana), corúa real Car; cotúa agujita VE; pájaro serpiente americano; pájaro cuello de serpiente	biguatinga; arará; carará	Anhinga anhinga
🐦	ani; black witch, tick bird, savanna blackbird (all Car?)	ani; juif, bilbitin (both Car?)		ani; garrapatero VE; judío	anu	Crotophaga spp.
🕷❢	ant, bullet			hormiga bala	tocandira	Paraponera clavata
🕷	ant, leafcutter or leafcutting or harvester or fungus-garden or umbrella; (a)couchi or kooshi or kushy (ant) GY	fourmi coupe-feuille or parasol or champignonniste; fourmi manioc GP		hormiga quitasol or cortadora de hojas or podadora; sauba; zompopa CR	saúva; cabeçuda; (formiga–)carregadeira; formiga–de–mandioca or –de–roça; roceira	Atta spp. & Acromyrmex spp.
J	anteater	fourmilier		(oso) hormiguero; tamanduá	tamanduá	Vermilingua
J	anteater, giant; ant bear	tamanoir; fourmilier géant		oso hormiguero (gigante) or bandera; yurumí	tamanduá-bandeira or –açu, or –cavalo; iurumi; jurumim; papa-formigas-gigante; urso-formigueiro-gigante	Myrmecophaga tridactyla
🌿💮	anthurium; flamingo flower; painter's palette	anthurium		antúrio	antúrio	Anthurium spp.
🌿	ant-plant » sensitive plant
🌳🍅	apricot, St. Domingo » mammee
🐟	arapaima; pirarucu; paiche	paiche; pirarucu; arapaïma		paiche; pirarucú; arapaima	pirarucu	Arapaima gigas
J	armadillo	tatou	kapasi SR	armadillo		Dasypodidae
🐦	arsnicker » heron, great blue
🌳🍅	avocado; alligator pear	avocatier (tree); avocat (fruit)	zaboka, pyé zaboka DM	aguacate	abacateira; abacate	Persea americana
🌳	balata » bulletwood
🌿🍅	banana (dessert); fig Car	banane (fruit or déssert); bacove	fig	plátano; banano CO; banana AR; guineo PR; cambur VE	bananeira (plant); banana (fruit)	Musa spp.
🐦	banana or Marley quit; banana or paw-paw or sugar bird; yellow-breast; Bessie Coban; honey-sucker; yellow or black see-see	sucrier	sikyé DM, LC	siguita, gusanero Car; reinita común VE; reinita mielera, pinchaflor, Santa Maria CR	cambacica; caga-sebo; sebinho; amarelinho	Coereba flaveola
🐟	barracuda, great	barracuda; bécune	bétjin	picuda (barracuda)	bicuda gigante	Sphyraena barracuda
🌳	bay (rum or leaf) tree; bayberry; wild cinnamon	bois d'Inde	bwa denn, bwa dend DM, MQ	malagueta; also » pimienta de jamaica		Pimenta racemosa or acris
🌳	beefwood » casuarina
🐦	Bequia-sweet » grackles
🐦	Bessie Coban » banana quit
🕷	birdeater, Goliath	mygale de Leblond; araignée Goliath		tarántula gigante or Goliat or pajarera	aranha-golias(-comedora-de-pássaro)	Theraphosa blondi
🐦	bitlin » herons
🐦	blackbird: IO » bulbul; Car » grackles and » ani
🐦	blue Jean » tanager
👽	boa, common	boa constricteur; tête-chien Car	tèt chyen DM	boa; tragavenado VE	jibóia	Boa constrictor
🐦	boat-tail » grackles
🌳	bois canoe » trumpet tree
🐟	bonito, Atlantic or belted	bonite à dos rayé; pélamide		bonito (atlántico); sarda; cabaña blanca VE	sarrajão; bonito	Sarda sarda
🐦	bosun bird » tropicbirds
J	boto » dolphin, pink
🌿💮	bougainvillea	bougainvillea, bougainvillée	vilea SC; trinitaria Pap	buganvilla	buganvília	Bougainvillea
🌳🍅	Brazil nut	noix du Brésil or d'Amazonie		nuez de Brasil; castaña de monte	castanha-do-pará or –do-brasil	Bertholletia excelsa
🌳	Brazil wood; pernambuco	pernambouc; bois-brésil or de Pernambouc		pernambuco	pau-brasil	Caesalpinia echinata
🌳🍅	breadfruit	arbre à pain (tree); fruit à pain fruit)	yanmpen DM; fouyapen, friyapen MQ; penbwa	fruta/árbol de(l) pan; pan de (todo el) año or de palo or de ñame; mazapán GT HN?; panapén PR?	fruta-pão	Artocarpus communis or altilis or incisa
🐦	brown trembler	trembleur (brun); grive trembleuse	cocobino GP	temblador castaño		Cinclocerthia ruficauda
🌳	bulletwood GY; balata	balata		balatá; ácana; ausubo	balateira; maparajuba; maçaranduba; balata (latex)	Manilkara bidentata
🐦	bullfinch, Cuban; black sparrow Car			negrito; come-ñame?		Melopyrrha nigra
🐦	bullfinch, lesser Antillean; red-breast; robin, red-throat, see-see, (brown) sparrow ♀? Car	rouge-gorge Car?	pennwè ♂, mwéson, mwèson ♀ DM	come-ñame PR? also » negrito		Loxigilla noctis
🌿	bullhorn acacia or wattle			cornezuelo		Vachellia or Acacia cornigera
🌳🍅	bullock's heart » custard apple
J	bush cow » tapir, South American
👽❢	bushmaster, South American; mapepire zanana or grande, ma-pay Trin	grage grands carreaux GF; maître de la brousse	makka sneki or –slang, kapasisneki SR	cascabel muda or puga; cuaima (piña) VE; shushupe PE; verrugosa/-a CO, PA; pucarara BO	surucucu (-de-fogo or -pico-de-jaca); surucu(cu)tinga; cobra-topete	Lachesis muta
🐦	cacique, yellow-rumped	cassique cul-jaune	banabeki	arrendajo común VE or coliamarillo	xexéu; guaxe; japim; japuíra; joão-congo	Cacicus cela
👽	caiman, large or black	caïman noir	caïman nwè GF	caimán negro	jacaré-açú	Melanosuchus niger
👽	caiman, spectacled	caïman à lunettes or commun	féfé GF	caimán de anteojos; cachirre; baba; babilla	jacaré–do–Pantanal; jacaré(–)tinga	Caiman crocodilus
🌳🍅	calabash	calebassier (tree); calebasse (fruit)	kalbas, pyé kalbas MQ	calabaza/–o; güira CU; higüero; guacal; totumo; jícara	calabaça; árvore da cuia	Crescentia cujete
🌿🍅	callaloo » taro and » tannia
🌳	campeche; campeachy; logwood	campêche; campêcher	kanpèch DM, MQ	campeche; palo de campeche or de sangre	(pau-de–)campeche	Haematoxylon campechianum
🐟	candiru; toothpick fish	candiru; poisson vampire du Brésil		candirú	candirú; canero	Vandellia cirrhosa
🌳	candlewood » gommier
🐦	canje pheasant » hoatzin
🌳🍅	cannonball or carrion tree	boulet de canon		taparón; bala de cañón	castanha or abricó or cuia or árvore de macaco; cuiarana; amêndoa-dos-andes; macacarecuia; maracarecuia	Couroupita guianensis
J	capybara	capybara	cabïaï, cochon d'eau GF; kapoewa, kapuwa SR	carpincho, capincho, capibara AR, UY; chigüire, chigüiro AR, VE, CO; piro-piro VE; ronsoco PE; poncho PA; puerco de agua or de río AR	capivara	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
🐦	caracara, crested	caracara	caracara	caracara; carancho; quebrantahuesos		Caracara spp.
🌳🍅	carambola; star-fruit	carambole		carambola	caramboleiro (tree); carambola (fruit)	Averrhoa carambola
🌳	Carib wood	bois caraïbe	bwa kwaib			Sabinea carinalis
🌳🍅	cashew	acajou or cajou (à pommes); anacardier; pomme-cajou GP, MQ; noix de cajou RE	kachou DM; pyé kajou (tree); nwa kajou (fruit, nut) cashu Pap	merey VE; (jocote) marañón; cajuil; pajuil; acajú; anacardo	cajueiro (tree); (castanha-de–)caju	Anacardium occidentale
🌳🍅	cashew, French » jamalac
🌿🍅	cassava » manioc
🌳	castor oil tree	ricin	kawapat DM, MQ; palma Kristi HT; pye gwenn LC; gwen makwisti	higuera (infernal or del diablo); higuerillo (blanco or rojo); higuerilla; higuereta; ricino	rícino; mamona; mamoneira; carrapateira	Ricinus communis
🌳	casuarina; beef- or ironwood; she-oak; willow; whistling or Australian pine; horsetail	casuarina; filao MU, RE, MG, LC; pin d'Australie	sed SC	pino australiano; casuarina CU	casuarina	Casuarina equisetifolia
J	cat, little spotted » oncilla
J	cat, long-tailed spotted » margay
🌿💮	cat's or pussy or monkey tail; chenille	queue de chat or de mimi(t); chenille		rabo de gato	rabo-de-gato or –de-rabosa	Acalypha hispida
🌳💮	cedar, white Car; pink trumpet tree; (pink) tecoma	poirier (pays) Car; tecoma	powyé DM; pwayé (blan) MQ; kalis dipap SC			Tabebuia pallida or pentaphylla
🌿	century plant » agave
🐦	chachalaca, rufous-vented; cocrico TT	ortalide à ventre roux or à queue rousse		guacharaca (del norte VE)		Ortalis ruficauda
🌳	châtaignier	châtaignier DM, LC	chatannyé DM; chatennyé MQ	terciopelo?	urucurana?	Sloanea spp.
🌳🍅	chayote, chow-chow » christophene
🌿💮	chenille » cat's tail
🌳🍅	cherimoya	chérimole		chirimoya; also » anona colorada	cherimóia; atemóia	Annona cherimola
🌳🍅	cherry, West Indian or Barbados; wild crepemyrtle	cerisier des Antilles (tree); cerise des Antilles or de Cayenne, (cerise) acérola (fruit)	siwiz LC, MQ?; kersi SR?	semeruca	aceroleira (tree); acerola, cereja das Antillas (fruit)	Malpighia emarginata or glabra
🐦	chicken-hawk or –eater » hawk, broad-winged
🐦	ching-ching, cling-cling » grackles
🌿🍅	christophene; chayote esp. Am; chow-chow	christophine; chou-chou(t) IO		chayote; cho-cho CR?	pepinha; caiota; chuchu	Sechium edule
🐟	chub Car » parrot fish
🐦	chuck » herons
🌿	chuimui » sensitive plant
🌳	cinnamon, wild » bay rum tree
J	coati, ring-tailed or South American	coati roux or à queue annelé		coatí de cola anillada (sudamericano); mundi; mishasho	quati-de-bando or -de-cauda-anelada	Nasua nasua
J	coati, white-nosed; coatimundi; kibihee GY	coati à nez blanc or à museau blanc		coatí de nariz blanca; pizote	quati de nariz branco	Nasua narica
🐦	cobbler » frigate-bird
🐦	cock of the rock, Guianan	coq de roche orange	kok-roch GF	gallito de las rocas (guayanés)	galo-da-serra	Rupicola rupicola
🌿🍅	cocoyam: new » tannia; old » taro
🐦	cocrico » chachalaca
J	colocolo » pampas cat
🕷	conch	lambis		cambute, caracol, cobo, concha LAm; carrucha PR		Strombus spp.
🌳	Congo pump » trumpet tree
🌳	copinol » courbaril
🌳💮	coral tree; (mountain) immortelle Car	immortelle?	imòtèl; bwa zimotèl, mòktèl etc.	poró CR; bucaré CU, VE; cámbulo, barbatusco CO; cachimbo VE; amasisa PE; pito GT, HN	mulungu	Erythrina spp.
🐦	corbeau Trin » vultures
🐦	cormorant, neotropic or olivaceous	cormoran vigua or olivâtre		cormorán (biguá or neotropical); biguá; pato cuervo; cuervo de mar; yeco; corúa de agua dulce; cotúa olivácea VE	biguá	Phalacrocorax brasilianus (or olivaceus)
🌳	cotton tree » kapok tree
🕷	couchi » ant, leafcutter
J	cougar » puma
🌳	courbaril; (West Indian) locust GY; copinol; flour tree	courbaril	koubawi DM; koubari MQ	curbaril; algarrobo CO, PR; guapinol SV?	jataí; jatobá; jatubá; jutaí-açu; pão-de-ló-de-mico	Hymenaea courbaril
J	coyote; prairie or brush or little wolf	coyote		coyote	coiote	Canis latrans
J	coypu Eur; nutria Am	ragondin		coipo; coipú; perro de agua CO, SV	ratão-do-banhado; nutria; coipo	Myocastor coypus
🕷	crayfish, tropical » prawn
🌳🍅	crepemyrtle, wild » cherry, West Indian
🐦	crow, carrion Car » vultures
🐟	cuffum » tarpon
🐦	curassow	hocco	powisi (Crax alector) SR	pauji(l); pavón; hoco	mutum	Cracinae
🐦	currie-currie » ibis, scarlet
🌿🍅	cush-cush; (Indian yam?)	couche-couche	kouch-kouch	ñame (de la India); yampi; mapuey; tabena CO?, sacha papa PE?	cará(–doce or mimoso)	Dioscorea trifida
🌳🍅	custard apple, (common); bullock's heart	cachiman; coeur de boeuf	kachiman DM, MQ; kachiman kè bèf	anona colorada or de redecilla; corazón; mamón; riñón; chirimoya CU; anonillo	coração de boi; (fruta–da–)condessa; anona	Annona reticulata
🌳🍅	damsel » star apple
🕷	damselfly, giant or helicopter					Pseudostigmaditae
🐦	darter » anhinga
🌿🍅	dasheen » taro and » tannia
J	deer, white-tailed	cerf de Virginie; biche des palétuviers GF		venado cola blanca or coliblanco	veado de cauda branca or do rabo branco	Odocoileus virginianus
🐦	diablotin TT » oilbird
🌳	divi-divi, divi-livi etc.			dividivi; nacascolo CR	dividivi	Caesalpinia coriaria
🐦	doctor bird » humming-bird
J	dolphin, grey; tucuxi	tucuxi; dauphin sotalie or de l'Orénoque		bufeo negro or gris	tucuxi; boto–cinza or –comum	Sotalia fluviatilis
J	dolphin, pink; boto	dauphin de l'Amazonie; boto		delfín rosado; tonina; boto; bufeo colorado	boto–vermelho or –cor–de–rosa	Inia geoffrensis
🐟	dolphin-fish; mahi-mahi HI	dorade, daurade Car (& IO?); coryphène		dorado (común); delfín CAm; lampuga Eur?	doirado; sapetorra	Coryphaena hippurus
🐦	duck hawk » peregrine
🐦	ducklar » anhinga
🐦	(eagle), harpy	harpie (féroce)	gonini SR; èg? zèg? GF	águila (h)arpía VE or coronada; aguilucho CR; águila churuquera, miquera CO	harpia; gavião-real; uiraçu	Harpia harpyja
🐦	eagle, sea; also » osprey	pygargue		pigargo		Haliaeetus spp.
🌿🍅	eddo » taro
🐟	eel, electric	anguille or gymnote électrique		anguila eléctrica; temblón; temblador; pilaké	poraquê; enguia elétrica	Electrophorus electricus
🐦	egret, cattle; cattle gaulin Car; white gaulin GD	crabier garde-boeuf Car; héron garde-boeuf CA; madame Paton SC	kwabyé gad bèf DM; sabaku SR	garza africana or ganadera; garrapatosa; garcilla bueyera; garza del ganado CR; garza mediana Gal; garcita reznera VE	garça-boieira	Bubulcus ibis
🌿🍅	elephant's ear » taro
🌳	elephant's ear or earpod tree » guanacaste
🌳💮	fancy Anna » flamboyant
👽❢	fer-de-lance; yellow-jaw tommygoff BL	fer de lance centro-américain		terciopelo CR, NI; barba amarilla HN, GT; cuatro narices, nauyaca MX; equis PA		Bothrops asper
🌿	fern, tree or giant	fougère arborescente; fanjan IO		helecho arbóreo; helecho gigante PR	xaxim?	Cyathea
🐦	fiddler » solitaire
🌿🍅	fig Car » banana and » plantain
🐦	fighter » kingbird
🌿	fig, strangler	figuier étrangleur	twanglè? Car	matapalo, higuerote VE?; jagüey CU	figueira-mata-pau	Ficus spp.
🕷	firefly (winged); glowworm (wingless); lightning bug Am	lampyre; luciole; ver luisant (wingless)	labèl DM	luciérnaga	pirilampo; vaga-lume	Lampyridae etc.
🌿	fit weed Tob? shadow benny? Tob; wild coriander?	chardon béni	zèb-a-fè, zèb-piyant MQ GP	culantro coyote or de monte or de burro; sacha or siuca culantro	caboclo	Eryngium foetidum
🌳💮	flame of the forest » flamboyant; and » African tulip tree
🌳💮	flamboyant; flame tree; peacock flower; (royal) poinciana; fancy Anna; flame of the forest	flamboyant	flanboyan DM; flanbwayan MQ	flamboyán or framboyán (rojo); árbol del matrimonio CU; acacia roja CO; árbol de fuego	flamboyant	Delonix regia
🐦	flamingo, Caribbean or American	flamant (rose); also » ibis and » spatule	tokoko GF; segansi SR	flamenco (del Caribe); tococo	flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
🌿💮	flamingo flower » anthurium
🌳	flour tree » courbaril
🐟	flying fish	poisson volant; exocet	volan DM	(pez) volador; golondrina	peixe-voador etc	Exocoetidae
🌳💮	fountain tree » African tulip tree
🐟	four-eyed fish		kutai SR			Anableps sp.
🌳💮	frangipani; pagoda or temple tree	frangipanier	franjipanyé MQ	sacuanjoche (P. rubra) NI; flor blanca CR?	jasmim-manga; árvore-pagode; planta dos dentes (Mad?)	Plumeria spp.
🐦	frigate, magnificent or man o' war bird; hurricane bird, scissors(–tail), cobbler Car	frégate (superbe); (queue–en–) ciseaux Car	malfini; fougad, fwégad, sizo DM; goelan GF	rabihorcado (magnífico or magno); fragata magnífica or real; tijereta (del mar) VE; rabijunco Car; tijerilla PR; zopilote de mar CR	tesourão; alcatraz	Fregata magnificens
👽	frog, golden rocket?	colostethe de Beebe				Anomaloglossus or Colostethus beebei
👽❢	frog, strawberry poison(-dart) incl. "blue jeans"	grenouille des fraises		ranaflecha roja y azul	rela-morango	Oophaga (formerly Dendrobates) pumilio
🐟	gamitana » tambaqui
🐦	ganuche » pelican
🐦	gaulin » herons and » egret
J	Geoffroy's cat	chat de Geoffroy		gato montés; also CO » tigrillo	gato-do-mato-grande	Oncifelis geoffroyi
J	gibnut » paca
🌳🍅	ginup etc. » kenip
🌳	glory cedar LC (blackwood; forest lilac; quick stick JM)		gliséridya, glisérya MQ; lila etranje HT	madero negro, CR CO; bien vestido CU; matarratón CO, EC		Gliricidia sepium
🕷	glowworm » firefly
🐦	god bird » humming-bird
🌳	God tree » kapok tree
🌳🍅	golden apple	pomme or prune cythère; evi RE	ponm sitè	jobo (indio or de la India); yuplón CR	cajá-manga; cajarana	Spondias dulcis
🌳🍅	golden leaf tree » star apple
🌿💮	golden trumpet; yellowbell AG	allamanda; orélie (de Guyane) GF; jaune grimpant RE		alamanda; copa de oro; flor de mantequilla; bejuco de San José; trompeta dorada; cantiva; canario	alamanda; dedal de dama; camendará; quatro patacas; cipó de leite	Allamanda cathartica
🌳	gommier; candlewood; tabonuco	gommier (blanc?) Car	gonmyé blan or (a) kanòt MQ	tabonuco PR		Dacryodes excelsa
🐦	grackle, Carib; blackbird, Bequia-sweet Car; green-tea sweet GD; boat-tail TT	quiscale merle; merle Car	mèls DM	zanate caribeño; tordo or tordito (negro VE or llanero)		Quiscalus lugubris
🐦	grackle, greater Antillean; cling-cling, tinkling Car; ting-ting JM; ching-ching KY	quiscale noir; merle HT		chango; chichinguaco; hachucha; mozambique; hachuela; quiebra CU; chinchilín DO; pichón prieto PR		Quiscalus niger
🐦	grackle, Nicaraguan	quiscale du Nicaragua		clarinero nicaragüense		Quiscalus nicaraguensis
🌳🍅	granadilla » passion fruit
J	grass cat » pampas cat;
🌳	greenheart; sipiri					Chlorocardium rodiei (formerly Ocotea)
🐦	green-tea sweet » grackles
🌿🍅	ground nut » peanut
🐟	grouper, Atlantic goliath; itajara; jewfish	mérou géant; loche			badejo, camapu, canapuguaçu, merote, mero(-preto BR; garoupa, mero-tigre Eur	Epinephelus itajara
🐟	grouper, calico or red or strawberry; kitty mitchell; speckled hind	mérou grivelé		mero pintarroja		Epinephelus drummondhayi
🐦	guacharo » oilbird
🌳🍅	guanabana » soursop
🌳	guanacaste; elephant's or mulatto or monkey-ear or earpod tree	guanacaste		guanacaste; orejero CO; tamboril; oreja de mono		Enterolobium cyclocarpum
🌳💮	guango » saman
🌳🍅	guava, (common)	goyave (pomme)	gwiyav, griyav, go(u)yav, gwayav etc; pyé gouayav etc (tree)	guayaba	goiabeira (tree); goiaba, guaiaba, araçá (fruit)	Psidium guajava
🌳🍅	guava, Brazilian or Castilian or wild			güísaro CR; guayaba ácida or brava or sabanera etc.	araçàzeiro; araça-do-campo	Psidium guineense
🌳🍅	guava, Costa Rican			cas CR; guayaba (ácida or agria or montés etc.)		Psidium friedrichsthalianum
🌳🍅	guava, strawberry or (red) cattley or Chinese; lemon or yellow cattley guava (P. c. lucidum)	goyave fraise; goyave de Chine MU, SC; goyavier RE		guayaba japonesa or peruano; cas dulce CR	araçazeiro (tree); araça-vermelha or –piranga or –da-praia (fruit)	Psidium cattleianum or littorale
🌿🍅	gumbo » okra
🌳	gumbo-limbo Am; "tourist tree"	gommier rouge	gonmyé (wouj or bayè)	almácigo CU; indio desnudo CR; jiñote CR? "árbol del turista"		Bursera simaruba
J	halari » jaguarundi
🐟	hammerhead » sharks
🐦	harpy » eagles
🐦	hawk, broad-winged or chicken; chicken-eater Car	malfini; manger-poulet Cr? petite buse CA	malfini DM	gavilán aludo; gavilán bebehumo VE; gavilán bobo, guaraguao de bosque Car; gavilán pollero CR; aguililla ala-ancha MX	gavião-de-asa-larga	Buteo platypterus
🐦	hawk, fish » osprey
🐦	hawk , savanna	buse roussâtre		busardo sabanero; (gavilán cangrejero colorado? gavilán sabanero EC?)	gavião-caboclo or –fumaça or –puva or –telha or –mariano or –tinga or –casaca-de-couro	Buteogallus meridionalis
🐦	hawk, black-collared	buse à tête blanche	babun aka SR	aguilucho pampa; aguililla canela; águila or busardo or gavilán colorado; also » águila	gavião-belo	Busarellus nigricollis
🐦	heron, great blue; grey gaulin, arsnicker, morgan Car	gironde; crabier noir Car? crabier bleu LC; grand héron CA	kwabyé nwè DM	garzón (azulado); garcilote, guardacosta, garzón cenizo Car; garza ceniza CR; garza morena MX	garça-azul-grande	Ardea herodias
🐦	heron, little blue; blue or white gaulin Car	crabier noir or blanc; aigrette bleue or blanche	kwabyé blan DM; saouacou GF; sabaku SR	garza azul or blanca or común or pinta Car; garceta or garcita azul CR	garça–azul–pequena; garça morena	Egretta or Florida caerulea
🐦	heron, green; little or lees pond gaulin, water witch, poor Joe, bitlin Car; chuck, gaulin TT	(petit) héron vert; caïali (MQ?), rac-rac, valet de caïman (HT?), crabier Car	kalali? DM; kio GP	garcita verdosa or verde; chicuaco cuello rojo VE; aguaitacaimán, cagón CU?; martinete PR?cra-cra, cuaco SD?; caga-leche, Car; chocuaco, garcilla verde, martín peña CR?; garceta verde MX?		Butorides virescens
🐦	heron, striated	héron strié	tjontjon or tyontyon SR; mannique SC	garcita azulada or estriada; chicuaco cuello gris VE	socozinho	Butorides striata
🌿💮	hibiscus	hibiscus	choublac	hibisco	hibisco; mimo de vênus	Hibiscus rosa sinensis
🐦	hoatzin; canje pheasant GY	hoazin huppé	sassa GY; stinkvogel SR	hoacin; guacharaca de agua, chenchena VE; serere, shansho PE; pava hedionda CO	jacu-cigano; cigana	Opisthocomus hoazin
🐦	honey-sucker » banana quit
🌳	horsetail » casuarina
🌿	humble plant » sensitive plant
🐦	humming-bird; also god bird, doctor bird (according to species, Car)	colibri; oiseau-mouche; also frou-frou, ouanga-négresse (according to species, Car) also » souimanga	fou-fou; frou-frou	colibrí VE; pájaro-mosca; also zumbador, zumbaflor, zunzun (according to species, Car)	beija- or pica- or chupa-flor; colibri	Trochilidae
🐦	humming-bird, bee	colibri d'Hélène or d'Elena or abeille		zunzuncito; zumbete; pájaro mosca; trovador	beija-flor-abelha or zumbidor?	Mellisuga helenae
🌳❢	hura » sandbox tree
🐦	hurricane-bird » frigate-birds
🐦	ibis, scarlet; currie-currie GY	ibis rouge; flamant GF	korikori SR; flanman(-rouj) GF	corocoro (colorado) VE; corocora; ibis escarlata; garza roja; sidra; guará	guará	Eudocimus ruber
🌳💮	immortelle » coral tree
🌳💮	ipê, yellow			araguaney VE		Tabebuia or Handroanthus chrysantha
🌳	ironwood » casuarina
🐟	itajara » grouper, Atlantic goliath
🌳🍅	ite » palms
🐦	jabiru	jabiru d'Amérique	touyouyou etc GF; blaasman SR	jabirú; tuyuyu; garzón soldado VE	tuiuiú; tuim-de-papo-vermelho (Mato Grosso); cauauá (Amazonia); jaburu; jabiru S	Jabiru mycteria
🌳🍅	jackfruit	jacquier (tree); jacque (fruit)	zak IO	jaqueira (tree); jaca (fruit)	jaqueira (tree); jaca (fruit)	Artocarpus heterophylla
J	jaguar; tiger BZ, GY	jaguar	tig(-tig) marqué GF; penitigri (spotted), pakiratigri, tigri SR	jaguar; yaguar; also tigre VE	onça pintada	Panthera onca
J	jaguarundi; otter cat; halari BZ	jaguarondi	tig noir GF	león breñero CR; gato cerban HN; gato colorado or pardo or moro CO; tigrillo congo or negro PA	(gato–)mourisco	Herpailurus or Felis yagouaroundi
🌳	Jamaica pepper » allspice
🌳🍅	jamalac? French cashew GD?	jamalac; pomme de Malaisie or de Tahiti?		pomarrosa (de Malacca); manzana de montaña MX; pera; pomagás; pomagada; marañón japonés?	jambo vermelho	Syzygium or Eugenia malaccense (or samarangense?)
🌳🍅	jambolan; Java or Malabar plum etc.	jamblon			jamelão; jambolão; jalão	Syzygium or Eugenia cumini
🌳🍅	jambu » rose apple
🌳🍅	Japanese medlar » loquat
🐟	jewfish » grouper, Atlantic goliath
🐦	John Crow » vultures
🌳	kapok tree; (silk-) cotton tree; God tree	kapokier; fromager; mapou; bois coton	fonmajé DM; fwomajé MQ; kankantri(e), kumaka SR	ceiba (de lana); pochote; bongo; also » jabillo	sumaúma; sumaumeira	Ceiba pentandra
🌳🍅	kenip, ginup etc; ginepa GY; mamoncillo; Spanish lime Am	quénette	kénèp, kenip, knepp; pyé kénèp etc (tree)	mamón (de Cartagena); mamoncillo; (also » anona colorada)		Melicoccus bijugatus; Melicocca bijuga
🐦	kestrel, American Eur; sparrowhawk Am	crécerelle d'Amérique	gligli DM; pri-pri, gri-gri	cernícalo americano; cuyaya; halcón primito VE	(falcão) quiri-quiri	Falco sparverius
J	kibihee » coati
🐦	kingbird, grey GB, gray Am; fighter; pick-peter etc.	tyran gris; pipiri(t)	pipiwi, pipiri; grikibi, grietjebie SR	pitirre (gris VE or abejero)		Tyrannus dominicensis
🐟	kingfish Tob (& LC?)» wahoo
🐦	kiskadee, great	tyran quiquivi	kikivi; grietjebie SR; bientivi GY	benteveo; bichofeo; bichofué; cristofué VE; pecho amarillo CR? (also cierto güis, quitupí, pitogüé, comechile, chicha fría)	bem-ti-vi	Pitangus sulphuratus
🐦	kite, snail or Everglade	milan des marais	pakro aka SR	caracolero común; elanio or gavilán VE or milano caracolero; (gavilán) babosero Car?	(gavião-)caramujeiro	Rostrhamus sociabilis
🐦	kite, (American) swallow-tailed	milan à queue fourchue	sesei-aka SR	elanio or gavilán or aguililla or halcón tijereta; gavilán tijereta VE or tijerilla; milano tijereta (AR, CU, MX?)	gavião-tesoura; tesourão	Elanoides forficatus
🐟	kitty mitchell » grouper, calico
🕷	kooshi, kushy » ant, leafcutter
J	labba » paca; labba tiger » ocelot
🌿🍅	lady's finger » okra
👽❢	lancehead, (common); mapepire balsain Trin	fer-de-lance commun	labaria, labarria GY, SR	barba amarilla, jergón, jergona, macánchi PE; macagua, mapanare VE; mapaná CO; also » terciopelo	jararaca-do-norte	Bothrops atrox
👽❢	lancehead, Martinique	trigonocéphale; fer de lance de la Martinique				Bothrops lanceolatus
👽❢	lancehead, St. Lucia					Bothrops caribbaeus
🕷	lantern fly, (peanut-headed); alligator or peanut bug	fulgore porte-lanterne		machaca; mariposa caimán; chicharra-machacuy; víbora voladora	jequitiranaboia	Fulgora laternaria
🕷	leafcutter » ant
🕷	leech	sangsue		sanguijuela	sanguessuga	Hirudinea
🌳	lemonwood			madroño NI; dagame, dágame CU?		Calycophyllum candidissimum
🕷	lightning bug » firefly
🌳🍅	lime; Mexican or West Indian or Key lime; also » kenip	citron vert or punch; lime; limette	sitron, pyé sitron	lima (ácida or agria or chica etc.)		Citrus aurantifolia
🕷	lobster, West Indian or Caribbean spiny	langouste	honma GP; houma DM	langosta espinosa or (común) del Caribe		Panulirus argus
🌿💮	lobster claw	balisier Car	balizyé; mordan krab SC	platanillo/–a CR		Heliconia spp.
🌳	locust tree GY » courbaril
🌳	logwood » campeche
🐦	long-tail » tropicbirds
🌳🍅	loquat; Japanese medlar	bibace, bibasse, nèfle du Japon (fruit); bibacier, bibassier, néflier du Japon (tree)		nisperero de Japón (tree); níspero (del Japón) (fruit)	nespereira (tree); nespera, ameixa-amarela or –do-canadá (fruit)	Eriobotrya japonica
🌿💮	lotus, (Indian or sacred)	lotus sacré or d'Orient or magnolia or des Indes			lótus; flor-de-lótus	Nelumbo nucifera
🐦	macaw	ara		macagua; guacamaya/o VE; lapa CR	arara; also » biguatinga	Ara spp.
🌳🍅	mace » nutmeg
🐦	magpie jay	geai à face blanche (C. Formosa) and noire (C. colliei)		urraca		Calocitta spp.
🐟	mahi-mahi » dolphin-fish
🌳	mahoe?	mahot cochon	maho kochon DM, MQ; mapou baril, bwa mapou, chatannyé gran fèy MQ			Sterculia caribaea
🌳💮	mahoe; blue or mountain mahoe	mahot (bois-)bleu		majagua (azul)		Hibiscus elatus
🌳	mahogany, American or true etc	acajou; mahogany	mahogani péyi or ti fèy MQ	caoba (americana or verdadera); caobo; mahogany	mogno; aguano; mahogany	Swietenia spp.
🌳🍅	mammee(–apple); mamey; (St. Domingo) apricot	mammea; abricotier pays or d'Amérique or de St-Domingue or des Antilles (tree); abricot etc. (fruit)	zabwiko DM; zabriko (péyi) MQ	mamey (amarillo or de Cartagena or de S. Domingo); zapote de niño	abricoteiro (tree); abricó (fruit)	Mammea americana
🌳🍅	mamoncillo » kenip
J	manatee, Amazonian	lamantin d’Amazonie		manatí del Amazonas or amazónico	peixe-boi-da-amazônia	Trichechus inunguis
J	manatee, West Indian	lamantin des Caraïbes	vache dilo GF; watra kaw? seku? SR	manatí antillana or de las antillas or del Caribe	peixe-boi-marinho	Trichechus manatus
🌳❢	manchineel	mancenillier; arbre-poison (tree); mancenille (fruit)	mannjini DM; mansniyé, médsinyé MQ	manzanillo (de playa) (tree); manzanilla (fruit)	mancenilheira?	Hippomane mancinella
🌳🍅	mango	mangue; mango Car; mangue carotte RE	mango, pyé mango	mango	mangueira; manga	Mangifera indica
🌳🍅	mangosteen	mangoustan		mangostán (tree); mangosto (fruit)	mangostanzeiro; mangostão	Garcinia mangostana
🌳	mangrove	palétuvier; manglier		mangle
J	manicou » opossum
🌿🍅	manioc; cassava (root)	manioc; cassave (root); couac GF (flour)	mannyòk GP HT; kasaba SR; kwak GF (flour)	mandioca; yuca (root)	mandioca (esp root & flour?); aipim (esp plant?); macaxeira	Manihot esculenta
🐦	man o' war (bird) » frigate-birds
👽❢	ma-pay, mapepire, zanana or grande » bushmaster
👽❢	mapepire balsain » lanceheads
J	margay; long-tailed spotted cat; tiger cat BZ	margay; marguay	chat tig GF; pikin tigri-kati? SR	tigrillo; gato tigre; pichigueta CAm; caucel CR, HN; gato montés CO	(gato–)maracajá	Leopardus or Felis wiedii
🐦	Marley quit » banana quit
🐟	marlin, black	makaire or macaire noir (or bleu?)		aguja negra; marlín negro PA, PE; pez zuncho CL?		Makaira indica; (or Istiompax indicus)
🐟	marlin, blue	makaire or macaire or marlin bleu		aguja azul; marlín azul MX; pez zuncho CL?	espadim azul; agulhão preto BR	Makaira nigricans; (M. mazara in Indo-Pacific?)
🐟	marlin, striped or barred	makaire strié; marlin rayé		marlín rayado; pez aguja	espadim raiado	Tetrapturus (or Makaira) audax
🐟	marlin, white	makaire or macaire blanc	varé	marlín azul or blanco; aguja blanca; also » aguja azul	agulhão branco BR	Tetrapturus albidus; (or Makaira albida)
J	marmoset	ouistiti; marmouset		tití	sagui	Callithrix spp.
🌿	miracle of nature » agave
J	mongoose	mangouste		mangosta	mangusto	Herpestes spp. etc.
J	monkey, capuchin	capucin; sajou; sapajou		mono capuchino	capuchinho; mico	Cebus spp.
J	monkey, howler	hurleur; alouate, alouatte		mono aullador; coto; araguato; carayá	bugio; guariba; barbado	Alouatta spp.
J	monkey, squirrel	saïmiri	sapajou GF	mono ardilla; fraile	macaco de cheiro?	Saimiri spp.
🌿🍅	monkey nut » peanut
🌳💮	monkey pod » saman
🌳	monkey-puzzle tree; Chile pine	araucaria du Chili; désespoir des singes Eur?		pehuén; pino araucano	pinheiro-brasileiro or –do-paraná or do Chile	Araucaria araucana
J	monkey, spider	singe-araignée		mono araña; maquisapa	macaco-araña	Ateles spp.
🌿💮	monkey tail » cat's tail
🐦	morgan » herons
🕷	morpho, blue or common or emperor	morpho bleu		morpho or morfo azul	azulinha; borboleta-azul	Morpho spp. Incl. M. peleides
🕷	mosquito	moustique; maringouin (esp. outside FR)	moustik; mayengwen; yenyen	mosquito	mosquito	Culicidae
🐦	motmot			momoto; pájaro bobo CR or león VE		Momotidae
🐦	motmot, turquoise-browed			guardabarranco NI; torogoz SV		Eumomota superciliosa
🌳	mountain cabbage » palms
J	mountain lion » puma
🐦	mountain whistler » solitaire
🌳	mulatto or monkey-ear tree » guanacaste
🌳💮	Nile tulip tree » African tulip tree
🌳🍅	nutmeg; mace (aril)	muscade, noix de; macis (aril)	flè miskad (aril) DM	nuez moscada	noz-moscada; macis (aril)	Myristica fragrans
J	nutria » coypu
J	ocelot; tiger cat BZ; labba tiger GY; also » oncilla	ocelot	chat tig Cr; tigrikati, hei-tigrikati SR	tigrillo; ocelote; manigordo CR, PA, VE; cunaguaro VE; gato tigre, tigre chico PA	jaguatirica	Leopardus or Felis pardalis
🐦	oilbird; guacharo, diablotin Trin	guacharo des cavernes		guácharo CO, VE		Steatornis caripensis
🌿🍅	okra; ochro GY; gumbo; lady's finger	gombo; calou GF	gonbo, gonmbo, gwanbo DM; lalo MU	ocra; okra; quingombó, quinbombó CU, VE	quiabeiro; quiabo; gombô; quibombô	Hibiscus esculentus
🌿	old man's beard » Spanish moss
🌿💮❢	oleander; rose-bay	laurier-rose; oléandre; laurier IO, Car		adelfa; baladre	oleandro; loendro; espirradeira; adelfa; sevadilha	Nerium oleander
J	oncilla; tiger ocelot; little spotted cat	oncilla; chat tigre	chat tig GF; pikin tigri-kati? SR	tigrillo; caucel CR	gato-do-mato-pequeno	Leopardus tigrinus; Felis tigrina
J	opossum; manicou Car	opossum (incl. sarigue)	mannikou DM	zarigüeya; tlacuache; chucha; muca	gambá; mucura; sarigué, sariguê, saruê; timbú	Didelphidae
J	opossum, water; yapok	opossum or sarigue aquatique; sarigue d’eau; yapock GF	watra-awari or –alati etc SR?	zarigüeya or zorro or cuica or comadreja or chucha de agua; yapok	cuíca-d'água	Chironectes minimus
🐦	osprey; fish hawk Am, TT; sea eagle Car?	balbuzard pêcheur or fluviatile; aigle pêcheur CA?; aiglon, malfini de la mer Car	bigi fisi aka	águila pescadora VE; halcón pescador; águila or guaraguao de mar, guincho Car; gavilán pescador CR, MX; águia peixeira Gal	águia-pesqueira or –pescadora	Pandion haliaetus
J	otter, giant	loutre géante (du Brésil)	tig dilo GF	nutria gigante; lobo gargantilla AR; ariraí AR, EC, PE; lobo de río, ariraña, colón CO; perro de agua CO, VE	ariranha; lontra-gigante; lobo-do-rio	Pteronura brasiliensis
J	otter cat » jaguarundi
🐦	ovenbird, rufous	fournier roux		hornero común or rojo	joão-de-barro	Furnarius rufus
J	paca, (lowland or spotted); labba GY; gibnut BZ	paca	pac, pak GF; hei SR	paca; tepezciuntle MX; guanta EC; majás, majaz PE; guagua; conejo pintada; lapa VE	paca	Cuniculus paca
🐟	pacu » tambaqui
🌳💮	pagoda tree » frangipani
🐟	paiche » arapaima
🌿💮	painter's palette » anthurium
🌳🍅	(palm), açaí or assai	palmier pinot, manicole GF		asaí; huasaí PE; murrapo CO; manaca, palmito VE	açaizeiro (tree); açaí (fruit); juçara	Euterpe oleracea
🌳🍅	palm, coco(nut); coconut (nut)	cocotier (tree); (noix de) coco (nut)	pyé koko (tree); pyé kokoye HT	cocotero, palmera de coco (tree); coco (nut)	coqueiro (anão); coco-da-baía	Cocos nucifera
🌳🍅	(palm), moriche or ite	palmier-bâche	ita GY; morisi SR	(palma de) moriche; aguaje; canangucho		Mauritia flexuosa
🌳	palm, royal; mountain cabbage	palmier royal		palma real; yagua; chaguaramo VE	palmeira real or imperial	Roystonea spp.
J	pampas or grass cat; colocolo	chat des pampas		gato de los pajonales; colocolo	gato-palheiro	Oncifelis colocolo
🌳	pandanus » screwpine
🌳🍅	papaya; paw-paw	papayer (tree); papayer d'Hawaï RE; papaye (fruit)	papay; pyé papay	papaya; lechosa DR PR VE; mamón AR PY; fruta bomba CU; melón zapote?	mamoeiro (tree?); mamão (tree & fruit?); papaia; papaieiro	Carica papaya
🐦	parrot, Cuban	amazone Cuba or à tête blanche		cotorra; cotica; loro; perico		Amazona leucocephala
🐦	parrot, imperial	sisserou DM	siséwou DM			Amazona imperialis
🐦	parrot, orange-winged	amazone aourou or à ailes orange	kule( )kule, koelekoele SR	loro guaro del Amazonas; amazona alinaranja	papagaio-do-mangue; curica (aiuru-curuca, curau, kuritzaká kamaiurá)	Amazona amazonica
🐦	parrot, red-necked	jacquot DM	jako DM			Amazona arausiaca
🐦	parrot, St. Lucia	jacquot LC			papagaio de Santa Lúcia	Amazona versicolor
🐟	parrot fish; chub Car	perroquet; carpe Car; kakatwa SC		(pez) loro	peixe papagaio	Scaridae
🌳🍅	passion fruit; granadilla	fruit de la passion; grenadille; grenadine RE; maracudja Car		maracuyá; mburucuyá AR PY UY; parcha PR; parchita Can; VE; fruta de la pasión ES; granada china MX; chinola DR	maracujazeiro (tree); maracujá (fruit)	Passiflora edulis
🐦	paw-paw bird » banana quit
🐟	peacock bass			pavόn	tucunaré	Cichla spp.
🌳💮	peacock flower » flamboyant
🌿🍅	pea- or ground or monkey nut	cacahuète; arachide	pistache	cacahuete esp Eur; maní esp Am; cacahuate esp MX	amendoim	Arachis hypogaea
🕷	peanut bug or -headed lantern fly » lantern fly
J	peccary	pécari; sanglier d'Amérique	pakira GF, SR (T. tajacu); cochon-bois GF, pingo SR (T. pecari)	saino; jabalí CO; báquiro VE	pecari; porco-do-mato; queixada (T. pecari)	Tayassu spp; Pecari spp.
🐦	pelican, brown; ganuche GD	pélican (brun); grand gosier Car; grande gorge LC	zozo fou GF; kodyo SR	pelícano pardo; alcatraz VE; buchón CR	pelicano-pardo	Pelecanus occidentalis
🐦	peregrine (falcon); duck hawk Am	faucon pélerin	malfini GP, LC, MQ	halcón peregrino VE or común; falcón pelegrín Gal	falcão-peregrino	Falco peregrinus
🌳	pernambuco » Brazil wood
🐟	peto » wahoo
🐦	pick-peter » kingbird
🐦	piha, screaming	piauhau hurleur	paypayo GF	piha gritona; guardabosques gritón; minero VE		Lipaugus vociferans
🌳	pine, Australian or whistling » casuarina
🌳	pine, Caribbean	pin caraïbe or des caraïbes		pino macho or caribe		Pinus caribaea
🌳	pine, Chile » monkey puzzle tree
🌳	pine, Norfolk Island	pin or sapin de Norfolk		pino Norfolk?	pinheiro (da Ilha) de Norfolk	Araucaria excelsa (or heterophylla?)
🕷	pinktoe» tarantula
🐟	piranha	piranha		piraña; caribe VE?	piranha	Serrasalminae
🐟	pirarucu » arapaima
🌿🍅	plantain (cooking); green fig LC	plantain; banane plantain or légume	pòyò? GP	plátano; plátano macho MX CU; banana AR	banana-da-terra?	Musa spp.
🌳🍅	plum rose, Malabar plum » rose apple; also » jambolan
🌳💮	poinciana » flamboyant
🌿💮	poinsettia	poinsettia		flor de la Pascua; pastora?	manhãs de Pascua; poinsétia	Euphorbia pulcherrima
🐟	pointer, blue or white » sharks
🌳🍅	pomegranate	grenadier (tree); grenade (fruit)		granado (tree); granada (fruit)	romã	Punica granatum
🐦	poor Joe » herons
🌳❢	possomwood » sandbox tree
🕷	prawn, painted or giant freshwater; tropical crayfish	crevette géante d'eau douce; bouquet pintade or géant	kwibich DM; zabitan etc MQ; ouassou GP; camaron IO	camarón de río VE, CR; langostino, acamaya MX	camarão-d'água-doce; pitu	Macrobrachium carcinus (Car); M. rosenbergii (Asia, & farmed)
🌳🍅	prickly pear	figuier de Barbarie (plant); figue de Barbarie (fruit)		chumbera; higuera chumba or de tuna (plant); higo chumbo or de tuna (fruit)	figueira-da-barbaria or –da-India	Opuntia ficus-indica; O. tuna-blanca
J	puma; cougar; mountain lion; red tiger BZ	cougar, couguar etc; puma	tig rouge GF; tigri, reditigri SR	puma; león (americano or colorado or de montaña) Am	puma; onça parda; suçuarana	Puma concolor formerly Felis concolor
🌳	purpleheart; amendoim; amaranth	amarante		nazareno; amaranto		Peltogyne spp.
🌿💮	purple orchid			guaria morada		Cattleya skinneri
🌿💮	pussy tail » cat's tail
🐦	quetzal, esp resplendant q.	quetzal esp q. resplendissant; couroucou royal		quetzal (meso- or centroamericano)	quetzal, esp q.-resplandescente	Pharomachrus esp P. mocinno
J	raccoon	raton laveur		mapache; osito lavador	guaxinim; rato- or urso-lavador; mão-pelada; mascarado	Procyon spp.
🌳💮	rain tree » saman
👽❢	rattlesnake	crotale		cascabel	cascavel	Crotalus spp. and Sistrurus spp.
🐦	red-breast or –throat » bullfinch
🐦	republic bird » weaver bird
👽	ridley » turtles
🐦	robin Car » bullfinch
🌿💮	rose-bay » oleander
🌳🍅	rose apple; plum rose; Malabar plum; jambu	jambose etc; pomme rose or d'amour LC?	ponm wòz DM; pòm wòz MQ	pomarrosa; jambosa; yambo; manzana rosa HN; manzana de rosal MX	jambeiro; jambo	Syzygium or Eugenia jambos?
🌿💮	roselle » sorrel?
🌳	rubber tree, (Pará)	caoutchoutier; hévéa		árbol del caucho; siringa; jebe	seringueira; árvore-da-borracha	Hevea brasiliensis
🐟	sabre-toothed characin or tigerfish; vampire tetra or characin or fish			payara VE?; chambira PE? dientón EC?	pirandirá; cachorra/–o	Hydrolycus spp.
🐟	sailfish	voilier	varé DM; dyab lavwal SC	aguja de mar; pez vela; aguja vela VE	veleiro	Istiophorus spp.
🌳💮	saman; rain tree; monkey pod; guango JM? cow or coco or French tamarind?	arbre à pluie	saman; guannegoul HT?	cenícero; cenízaro; genízaro; árbol de lluvia; algarrobo CU? campano CO, VE	árvore-da-chuva; chorona	Albizia or Samanea saman
🌳❢	sandbox tree; hura; possomwood	sablier; arbre au diable	sabliyé DM, MQ	jabillo; habillo; tronador; nune; ceiba; molinillo	açacu; assacu; aroeira, areeira	Hura crepitans
🌳💮	scarlet bell tree » African tulip tree
🐦	scissors(–tail) » frigate-birds
🕷	scorpion	scorpion		escorpión; alacrán	escorpião
🌳	screwpine; pandanus	vacoa, vacquois, vaquois	bakwa	pandan; pandano	pandano	Pandanus spp.
🌳🍅	sea-grape	raisinier bord de mer	wézinyé (bòdlanmè) DM	uva de playa, papaturro CR; uva caleta CU; (cocolobo?)	uva-da-praia or –do-mato	Coccoloba uvifera
🐦	see-see » banana quit and » bullfinch
🌿	sensitive or shameful or humble or ant-plant; shame bush GY; sleeping grass; touch-me-not; chuimui	mimosa pudique or sensitive; Marie-honte, herbe mamzelle, honteuse femelle Car; trompe la mort RE	Mari hont, zèb manzèl, (hontèz fimèl?) Car; tronp la mor? RE	mimosa sensitiva; vergonzosa; planta de la vergüenza; no me toques; moriviví; adormidera; dormilona	dormideira; dorme-dorme; sensitiva	Mimosa pudica
🐟	shark, blue	requin bleu		tiburón azul	tubarão azul	Prionace glauca
🐟	shark, bull or cub or ground	requin bouledogue or taureau (?or fluviatile?)		tiburón sarda or toro; lamia; (galano MX?)	cabeça-chata	Carcharhinus leucas
🐟	(shark), smooth hammerhead	(requin-)marteau; (maillet? demoiselle?)		tiburón martillo cruz or liso	tubarão-martelo-liso	Sphyrna zygaina
🐟	shark, mako; blue pointer AU?	requin mako		marrajo; (incl. (marrajo) dientuso); mako	mako	Isurus spp.
🐟	shark, whale	requin-baleine		tiburón-ballena	tubarão-baleia	Rhincodon typus
🐟	shark, (great) white; white pointer; blue pointer ZA	(grand) requin blanc		jaquetón blanco; gran blanco MX	tubarão branco or de São Tomé	Carcharodon carcharias
🌳	she-oak » casuarina
🌳	silk-cotton tree » kapok tree
🐟	silver king » tarpon
🌳	sipiri » greenheart
🐦	skimmer, black	bec-en-ciseaux noir	sleepmannetje, fisman SR	rayador americano; pico (de) tijera VE	corta-água; talha-mar	Rynchops niger
🐟	skipjack » tuna
J	sloth, two-toed	paresseux didactyle or à deux doigts	unau, parsou mouton GF; skapuloiri, tufinga-loiri SR	perezoso bidáctilo or de dos dedos	(bicha–)preguiça-de-dois-dedos	Choloepus spp.
J	sloth, three-toed	paresseux tridactyle or à trois doigts	aï GF; sonloiri, drifinga-loiri SR	perezoso tridáctilo or de tres dedos	(bicha–)preguiça-de-três-dedos	Bradypus spp.
🐦	snakebird » anhinga
👽	snake, coral (New World)	serpent corail		serpientes de coral or rabo de ají	(cobra–)coral	Elapidae (part)
🐟	snapper, red	vivaneau Car		huachinango or guachinango (del golfo or de castilla); pargo rojo or colorado; also » chillo	luciano-do-golfo	Lutjanus campechanus
🐟	snapper, silk or yelloweye	vivaneau soie CA		chillo; huachinango ojo amarillo MX		Lutjanus vivanus
🐟	snapper, yellowtail	vivaneau à queue jaune; colas Car		colirubia; rabirrubia	luciano cauda amarela; guaiúba; cioba BR	Ocyurus or Lutjanus chrysurus
🐦	solitaire, rufous-throated; soufrière bird StV; mountain whistler Car; fiddler JM	siffleur morne or (de) montagne Car; oiseau musicien HT	siflé moutany DM	jilguero DO		Myadestes genibarbis
🌿💮	sorrel, (red); roselle?	oseille de Guinée; roselle?	lozèy	saril; hibisco		Hibiscus sabdariffa
🌳🍅	soursop; guanabana esp. Am	corossol; cachiman épineux; sapotille RE	kòwòsòl, pyé kòwòsòl; sorsaca Pap	guanábana; catoche, catuche VE	gravioleira; graviola	Annona muricata
🌿	Spanish moss; old man's beard TT	barbe espagnole HT; barbe à l'arbre GP		barba española	barba-de-velho	Tillandsia usneoides
🐦	sparrow,black or brown Car » bullfinch
🐦	sparrowhawk Am » kestrel
🐟	speckled hind » groupers
🐦	spoonbill, roseate	spatule; flamant GF	espatil GF	sebiya; cuchareta; espátula; garza paleta VE or morena or rosada	colhereiro	Ajaia ajaja
🌳🍅	star apple or plum; damsel BL; golden leaf tree	caïmite	kayimit, pyé kayimit; macoucou GF	caimito; manzana estrella MX; guayabillo; aguay AR?	caimito; cainito; maçã-estrelada; ajara	Chrysophyllum cainito
🌳🍅	star-fruit » carambola
🐟	stingray, ocellate river	raie motoro; pastenague d'eau douce ocellée		chucho de río	arraia motoro	Potamotrygon motoro
🐦	sugar bird » banana quit
🌳🍅	sugar or sweet apple; sweetsop	pomme or cachiman cannelle	ponm kannèl, pyé ponm kannèl MQ; zat IO	anona (blanca or de castilla etc); anón (doméstica or de azúcar etc.); chirimoya; saramuya	fruta-do-conde; pinha	Annona squamosa
🌿🍅	sweet potato; "yam" Am	patate (douce)		batata; boniato CU, UY; camote CO, CR	batata-doce	Ipomoea batatas
🌳🍅	sweetsop » sugar apple
🐟	swordfish	espadon; empereur	varé	pez espada; emperador	espadarte; agulha	Xiphias gladius
🌳	tabonuco » gommier
🌳🍅	tamarillo; tree tomato	tomate en arbre; tomate arbuste		tomate de árbol or de palo	tomateiro/tomate-da-serra or –chimango or arbórea or –de-árvore or –francês	Cyphomandra betacea
J	tamarin	tamarin; sagouin		pichico; masatero; tamarin	sagui	Saguinus spp.
J	tamarin, lion	tamarin lion		tití-león; mono-león	mico-leão	Leontopithecus
🌳🍅	tamarind; also » saman	tamarin; tamarinier	tanmawen DM	tamarindo	tamarindeiro (tree); tamarindo (fruit)	Tamarindus indica
🐟	tambaqui; tambaki GY; gamitana; (black or black-finned or giant) pacu			tambaquí; gamitana; cachama; cherna; pacú negro	tambaqui; pacu vermelho	Colossoma macropomum
🐦	tanager, blue-grey; blue Jean Tob (blue sackie GY?)	tangara évêque or bleu	blawforki, blawtyi SR	tángara azulada or azuleja or obispo or azul-gris; azulejo (de jardín VE or común); viuda CR	sanhaço-azul or da Amazônia; saí-açu	Thraupis episcopus
🌿🍅	tannia; callaloo (esp leaf); dasheen (esp corm); (new) cocoyam	chou Caraïbe; macabo; (callalou? dachine?)		yautía; malanga Car; ocumo VE; macal MX; quiscamote HN; tiquisque CR; otó PA; uncucha PE; gualuza BO; malangay CO	macabo; mangarás; mangará-mirim; mangareto; mangarito; taioba	Xanthosoma spp.
J	tapir, South American or Brazilian or lowland; bush cow GY	tapir du Brésil	maïpouri GF	tapir amazónico; sachavaca, danta, vaca de monte Am	anta (brasileira) (T. terrestris)	Tapirus terrestris
🕷	tarantula, pinktoe; Guyana or common or South American pinktoe		matoutou GF	tarántula de patas rosadas		Avicularia avicularia
🌿🍅	taro; callaloo, elephant's ear (esp leaf); dasheen Car (esp corm); eddo (sucker); (taro or old) cocoyam; coco	taro (vrai); colocase; songe, arouille violette RE, MU; (callalou? dachine?); chou chinois		taro; malanga; ocumo chino VE; coco(–ñame) CR?	taro; inhame(–coco)	Colocasia esculenta
🐟	tarpon, Atlantic; silver king; cuffum GY	grande écaille; tarpon argenté; saval Cr HT		tarpón; sábalo Am	camurupim	Megalops or Tarpon atlanticus
🌳	teak	teck; tek		teca	teca	Tectona grandis
🌳💮	tecoma » cedar, white
🌳💮	temple tree » frangipani
🐦	tern, white; fairy tern SC	sterne blanche; goéland blanc SC		palomita del espíritu santo; charrán blanco	trinta-réis-branco; grazina	Gygis alba
🕷	tick	ixode; ricin; tique		garrapata
🐦	tick bird » ani
J	tiger BZ, GY » jaguar; red tiger » puma; tiger ocelot » oncilla; tiger cat » margay and » ocelot
🐦	tinkling, ting-ting » grackle
🐦	tody, Cuban	todier de Cuba		cartacuba; pedorrera; barranco-río		Todus multicolor
🐦	tody, Puerto Rican	todier de Porto Rico		San Pedrito; medio peso; papagayo; barrancolino		Todus mexicanus
👽❢	tommygoff » yellow-jaw » fer-de-lance
🐟	toothpick fish » candiru
🌿💮	torch ginger (or lily)	rose de porcelaine		bastón del emperador	bastão do imperador	Etlingera or Nicolaia elatior; Phaeomeria speciosa or magnifica
🐦	toucan	toucan		tucán	tucano	Ramphastidae
🌿	touch-me-not » sensitive plant
🌳	"tourist tree" » gumbo-limbo
🌳	traveller's tree or palm; ravinala (Malagasy)	arbre du voyageur; ravenale	bannann voyaz SC	árbol del viajero; ravenala	árvore or bananeiro do(s) viajante(s); ravenala	Ravenala madagascariensis
🌳🍅	tree tomato » tamarillo
🐦	trogon, Cuban	trogon de Cuba		tocoloro; tocororo; guatini		Priotelus temnurus
🐦	tropicbird, red-billed; white or bosun bird Car	phaéton or paille-en-queue à bec rouge; grand phaéton	fétu Car	rabijunco etéreo or pico-rojo; chíparo VE	rabo-de-palha-de-bico-vermelho; rabo-de-junco-de-bico-vermelho?	Phaethon aethereus
🐦	tropicbird, white-tailed; white or bosun bird, long-tail Car	phaéton à bec jaune or à queue blanche; petit phaéton or paille-en-queue; paille-en-queue à brins blancs; cibérou Car	fétu Car	rabijunco común or menor; rabijunco (colablanca) CU, DO, MX; contramaestre CU; chirre	rabo-de-palha-de-bico-laranja	Phaethon lepturus
🌳	trumpet tree or bush Tob; bois canoe GD; Congo pump GY; also » cedar, white	bois canon LC	bwa kano	guarumo CR; guarumbo MX; yagruma CU; ambay AR (sp?)	embaúba; ambaí; imbaúba; torém; umbaúba	Cecropia spp.
J	tucuxi » dolphin, grey
🌳💮	tulipan » African tulip tree
🐟	tuna, Atlantic bluefin	thon rouge (du Nord or de l'Atlantique or de Méditerranée)		atún rojo or azul or cimarrón or de aleta azul (del Atlántico)	atum-rabilho; atuarro	Thunnus or Orcynus thynnus
🐟	tuna, bigeye	thon obèse	ton gro lizye SC	patudo	(atum)-patudo or –cachorro or -de-olhos-grandes or –fogo ST? or obeso CV?; albacora-cachorra or bandolim	Thunnus obesus
🐟	tuna, long-fin; albacore	thon blanc; germon		bonito del norte Eur? albacora; atún blanco; atún de aleta larga CL	(atum) voador; atum- or albacora-branca; germão; atum judeu ST	Thunnus alalunga
🐟	(tuna), skipjack or stripe-bellied	bonite à ventre rayé; listao	ton reye SC	listado; bonito (de altura or de vientre rayado); barrilete MX	(atum) –bonito or –gaiado; listao; listado	Katsuwonus or Euthynnus pelamis
🐟	tuna, yellowfin; autumn albacore; Allison's tuna; ahi HI	(thon) albacore	ton zonn SC	rabil; aleta amarilla AR; atún aleta amarilla VE	(atum) albacora; (atum) oledê ST; albacora de laje or de lage BR	Thunnus albacares
👽	turtle, green	tortue verte or franche	tòti DM; krape SR?	tortuga verde or franca; tortuga blanca CO; peje blanco PR; tartaruga mariña verde Gal	tartaruga verde	Chelonia mydas
👽	turtle, hawksbill	tortue caret or à écaille	kawèt	(tortuga) carey; carey de concha PR	tartaruga de pente	Eretmochelys imbricata
👽	turtle, leatherback	(tortue) luth	toti la mè or cui or fran or cerkeil GF; bataklin GP; agalo LC; aitkanti, sitsikanti? SR	(tortuga) laúd; baula CR; tortuga canal, barriguda, cana CO; tinglar PR; tartaruga de coiro Gal	tartaruga gigante or negra or de couro	Dermochelys coriacea
👽	turtle, loggerhead	caouane, caouanne		(tortuga) caguama CO, MX; tortuga boba Eur; tartaruga mariña común Gal	tartaruga-boba or –careta or –comum Eur; tartaruga cabeçuda or amarela BR	Caretta caretta
👽	turtle, olive or Pacific ridley	tortue olivâtre	toti yon or jo GF; warana SR?	tortuga golfina or del golfo or olivácea or lora		Lepidochelys olivacea
J	uakari, bald(–headed) or white	ouakari chauve		huapo colorado or rojo; uácari blanco	uacari-branco	Cacajao calvus
🐟	vampire tetra or characin or fish » sabre-toothed characin
🌿	vanilla	vanille		vainilla	baunilha	Vanilla planifolia and tahitensis
🐦	village weaver » weaver bird
🐦	vulture, black (New World); corbeau Trin; carrion crow GY	vautour urubu; urubu noir	tingifowru, blaka-ede SR; korbo GF	zopilote negro; zopilote común MX; gallinazo (negro), zoncho CR; jote (de cabeza negra); chulo; golero; zamuro VE?	urubu-de-cabeça-preta	Coragyps atratus
🐦	vulture, turkey; John Crow JM; carrion crow BS	vautour aura; urubu à tête rouge	tingifowru, redi-ede SR	zopilote cabecirrojo; urubú or cuervo (de) cabeza roja; zopilote aura MX; aura (tiñosa) Car; zonchiche, noneca CR; guala cabecirroja CO?; zamuro (de cabeza roja), oripopo VE	urubu-caçador or –de-cabeça-vermelha	Cathartes aura
🐟	wahoo; peto; kingfish Tob (& LC, SC?)	thazard(–bâtard); wahoo	taza	peto; sierra canalera; wahoo	serra- or cavala-da-Índia; wahoo; peixe fumo ST?	Acanthocybium solandri
🐦	water turkey » anhinga
🐦	weaver or republic bird; village weaver	serin (du cap); tisserin; madame Sara HT (introduced)		madám Sagá DO (introduced); tejedor		Ploceus cucullatus
🐦	white bird » tropicbirds
🌳	willow Car » casuarina
🐦	witch, black » ani; witch, water » herons
J	wolf, prairie or brush or little » coyote
🌿🍅	yam; also » cush-cush; also » sweet potato	igname	ziyanm; yanm DM	ñame	inhame; cará; also » taro	Dioscorea
J	yapok » opossum, water
🌿💮	yellowbell » golden trumpet
🐦	yellow breast or see-see » banana quit

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