White-throated Rock-Thrush

A slim, cool-gray flycatcher with an upright posture, a white eye-ring broken by a dark stripe through the eye, and a short pale eyebrow. Individuals, pairs, and small groups prefer forest edge, dense woodland, and plantations, where they may join mixed-species flocks foraging in the mid-canopy. The species makes sallying flights to catch insects and small vertebrates, returning to a regular perch. The Ashy Flycatcher lacks the white outer tail feathers and horizontal posture of the otherwise similar Gray-Tit Flycatcher.

Fairly small hummingbird found on the east slope of the Andes from Venezuela to Peru. Both sexes mostly green with short, straight bill. Males have green throat, blue patches on neck sides, and a broken white collar. Females has duller greenish throat and whitish eyeline. Inconspicuous; look for singles at flower patches in understory of foothill and subtropical forest and edge, from around 800-2,000 m.

Squat, cryptically-plumaged shorebird with a very long bill. Inhabits a wide range of wetland habitats, from damp meadows to saltmarshes. Mostly inconspicuous, feeding in muddy ground by probing with its bill, usually near reeds or other grassy cover. Often not seen until flushed, when it usually rises from fairly close range with a rough rasping call. Breeding birds are more conspicuous, perching on fence posts. In display flight, birds stoop from high overhead and produce a pulsating, bleating sound from air passing through their fanned tail. In Asia, beware of extremely similar Pin-tailed, Swinhoe's, and Latham's Snipes, all of which lack the white trailing edge of Common and have a slower, less erratic flight.