Sulawesi Brown Flycatcher

A stout terrestrial bird of open areas with ample grassy or shrubby cover. Moves into agricultural fields in winter to forage on waste grain. Gray-brown overall, with large dark blotch on the belly and orange face and breast, much like similar Gray Partridge, its westerly counterpart. Usually found in medium-sized groups.

Rather large raptor, mostly black above and white below. Note the mostly white tail with a broad dark band, and the black-and-white bars on the flight feathers. A range-restricted species of the northeast Atlantic forest. Often attracts attention by its call, a series of repetitive “kua-kua-kua-kua” notes given in a spectacular display flight. Adults of the similar Gray-headed Kite have a gray throat, dark gray back of neck, barred black-and-white underwing, and two dark bars on the tail. Immatures have a different underwing and tail pattern.

Stunning and rarely seen bird known only from the remote Cerros del Sira range in central Peru, east of the main chain of the Andes. Easily identified by its scarlet crown, breast, and flanks as well as white throat and belly. Song is a quiet, low pitched gurgle; calls include guttural grunts and purring rattles. Usually seen in pairs or small groups foraging for fruit in the forest canopy. Discovered in 2008, this spectacular barbet was for a long time treated as a subspecies of Scarlet-banded Barbet. The two species do not overlap, and differ in the color of their flanks and thighs. Access to its known range is extremely difficult, and few birders have been lucky enough to see one.