Dusky Twinspot

Large and colorful tanager of Andean cloud forest in western Ecuador and western Colombia. Plumage is golden-yellow with a black head, blue wing patch, and yellow stripe on rear crown. Separated from the more common Blue-winged Mountain-tanager by yellow back, orange tinge to underparts, black chin, smaller crown stripe, and less blue in wing. Usually encountered in pairs or small groups that move through middle levels of the forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Visits feeders in some areas.

Small hummingbird of desert lowlands and foothills. Found in gardens, agricultural areas with flowers, and native scrub; often fairly common. Best identified by combination of rather long arched bill and pale rusty rump patch; appreciably larger than most other superficially similar hummingbirds in its range, such as Peruvian Sheartail. Male has a magenta-rose gorget (often messy and incomplete). Female is drab whitish below with duskier sides.

An attractive medium-sized woodpecker with a lightly speckled olive-green back and black-striped pale underparts. Males have a red crown, nape, and moustache streak; females have a spotted dark green crown and a red nape. Both sexes have a pale, lightly speckled throat. Found in coastal forest and moist woodland. Similar to Golden-tailed Woodpecker, but there is virtually no overlap in range, and Mombasa is easily distinguished by the pale throat and the spotted rather than barred back. Fairly similar to Reichenow’s Woodpecker, but distinguished by the striped rather than spotted breast. The vocalizations include a repeated “kree” call and a raspy, trilled “krrrrr.”