Santa Marta Antpitta

Fairly large hummingbird found in the Andes of northern Colombia and western Venezuela. Glittering green overall with a coppery belly, puffy white feathers at the base of the legs, and bright sapphire undertail coverts. Sexes similar. Occurs in high elevation montane forests, shrubby woodland, and páramo; occasionally visits feeders.

Distinctive colorful antbird of dense rainforest understory. Black head and breast, reddish brown wings and tail, and tan back and upper wings spotted with black. Prominent bare patch of red skin around the eye. Sexes similar. Most common in the dense undergrowth of seasonally flooded forest, especially in heliconias, but may be found anywhere in dense forest undergrowth. One of the most common antbirds at army ant swarms in its range (but only rarely seen away from ants). Distinctive by voice, a descending series of 2 or 3 whistles, the first clear, the following notes burry.

Large emerald-green barbet with a heavy dark bill. Unlike many barbets, exhibits strong sexual dimorphism: male has yellow, black, blue, and red facial patches, while the female only has blue and red. Like other barbets, can be difficult to spot up in the canopy. Listen for its songs, an incessant series of gulping, concise hoots, or a string of trilling that eventually slows and lapses into hoots; notes have a “tapping” quality different from that of the more resonant Red-crowned Barbet. Inhabits all manner of forested lowland habitats, from primary tracts of forest to parks and gardens.