Stiles's Tapaculo

Small hummingbird with an exceptionally long tail. Green overall with a fairly short, slightly decurved bill. The male’s long tail is striking. Sexes similar but females are more spotted below and have a shorter tail. Could be confused with Long-tailed Sylph, but the trainbearer occurs in dry, scrubby, open habitats, not in forests. Compare with very similar Green-tailed Trainbearer; Black-tailed has a longer, more decurved bill, a longer tail that usually looks slightly curved, and is somewhat duller green. Occurs from Colombia to Peru, from around 2,500 to 3,800 m. Occasionally visits feeders, but more often seen feeding at flowering shrubs.

A small, noisy babbler that is almost always seen in groups. Bright chestnut above, with well-streaked white underparts, a blue-gray face, and pale eyes. Found in lowland and hill forests, particularly secondary and distrubed forest, as well as scrubby forest edge, brushy fields and wetlands, gardens, and plantations. Darts about in the undergrowth, giving loud churring, rattling calls. Gives an echoey, hiccupping song, often in duets: “po-kyu, po-kyu, po-kyu”.

A large and timid partridge-like pheasant of high-to-mid-altitude forests. Males have a silver-plumed body, maroon breast stripe, white neck patch, and dark greenish-black head topped with a long crest that, when erect, gives it the profile of a startled rabbit. Females are streaky brown with a faded version of the male’s white patch and breast stripe; note her short crest, buffy eyebrow, white throat bordered by dark.