Sooty-faced Finch

Tiny bird with a strong thick bill and a short tail. Males are mostly glossy dark greenish-blue with a yellow band on the forehead and are entirely yellow below. Females are olive-green above with gray sides to the head and on the center of the breast and belly with yellow flanks. Inhabits the canopy of humid forests and forests edges; often accompanying mixed-species flocks. The song is a fast series of squeaky notes.

Distinctive large, graceful raptor with a fairly long, forked, rusty-orange tail. Flies with easy languid wingbeats and lazy glides, circling gracefully over fields and roadsides. Can be confused with Black Kite; note overall more reddish coloration, paler face, larger white patches on the underwings, and more deeply forked tail. Inhabits varied semiopen habitats, from woodland to farmland and moorland with hedges and wooded patches; locally in urban areas. Often scavenges with crows.

This chunky denizen of the forest floor has a short cocked tail and walks like a chicken. Look for the mostly rufous underparts (especially bright on the breast and undertail coverts) and rufous head with a black face. Like other antthrushes, tends to be quite shy and difficult to see as it struts on the ground within cloud forest. Found at higher elevations than other Formicarius antthrushes, from around 1,100–2,000 m. Far more often heard than seen; listen for the piercing two-parted whistled song, with the second note slightly higher-pitched than the first.