Olivaceous Flycatcher

A fairly small owl of montane forest on Mindanao. Dark brown on the upperparts, head, and chest, and pale gray on the lower chest and belly with black markings. Note the grayish crescents between the orange-yellow eyes. Occurs together with Giant and Everett’s Scops-Owls, but Mindanao is much smaller than Giant and slightly smaller and darker than Everett’s with shorter ear tufts. Song consists of two lazily-given whistled notes, “wiiii weeuu,” the second note slightly downslurred.

Medium-sized, uniformly bright green parrot with a short tail. Note the indistinct black eye-line, the dusky bill, and the darker green flight feathers; other parrots have more colorful plumage and longer tails. Inhabits seasonally flooded forest along large rivers, occasionally venturing into adjacent urban areas.

Long tailed and rather plain parakeet endemic to Colombia’s Santa Marta Mountains. The thick, white eye ring and red blotches on face and breast are its best features. Blue and red in wings is mostly concealed with the bird is perched. Typically encountered in small flocks that fly from tree to tree in the cloud forest, screeching loudly. Regularly seen along the San Lorenzo Ridge in El Dorado Nature Reserve, where nest boxes have been placed to improve its breeding success. Also nests and roosts in dead palm trees.