Cuban Solitaire

Medium-sized dull gray-brown francolin with an orange-red bill and legs. With a good view, white streaks are evident on the neck and underparts. Found in gallery forest, forest edge, secondary scrub, and plantations. Shy and usually difficult to see, except when crossing a road or path. The call is a series of very rough notes that become quicker and more emphatic, often delivered as a duet. Can be found in the same areas as Double-spurred and Latham’s Francolins, but separated by many details, including the reddish bill and legs. 

A small rainforest starling with a short square tail. In poor light, can look completely black, but usually shows a purple head; the rest of the body and wing are black with blue gloss. Even in bad viewing conditions, the pale eye is obvious. Found in lowland rainforest, gallery forest, and along forest edge. Often in small groups. Very similar to Purple-headed Starling, but ranges don’t overlap, and easily separated by the yellow eye. Found in the same habitat as Splendid Starling, but much smaller, with a shorter and narrower tail. The vocalizations include nasal whistles and scratchy notes. 

Large, long-billed hummingbird restricted to the eastern Andes of Colombia, where it inhabits high elevation cloud forest. Both sexes are clad in iridescent green and gold plumage. Similar to Blue-throated Starfrontlet; male is distinguished by his golden (not purple) belly; female lacks violet on flanks and has a bronzy (not bluish) rump. Prefers long, tubular flowers where often seen feeding nearly vertically, and occasionally visits feeders. Birds from the Perijá Mountains and the Venezuelan Andes are now considered to be separate species, Perija Starfrontlet and Merida Starfrontlet respectively.