Black-capped donacobius Black-capped donacobius The black-capped donacobius ("Donacobius atricapilla") is a conspicuous, vocal South American bird. It is found in tropical swamps and wetlands in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also Panama of Central America. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the black-capped donacobius in his "Ornithologie" based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He used the French name "Le merle a test noire de Cap de Bonne Espérance" and the Latin "Merula Atricapilla Capitis
Arawak language Arawak language Arawak (Arowak/Aruák), also known as Lokono (Lokono Dian, literally 'people's talk' by its speakers), is an Arawakan language spoken by the Lokono (Arawak) people of South America in eastern Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. It is the eponymous language of the Arawakan language family. Lokono has an active–stative syntax. Lokono is a critically endangered language. The Lokono language is most commonly spoken in South America. Some specific countries where this language is spoken include Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela. The percentage of living fluent speakers with active knowledge of the language is estimated to be 5%