Hispaniolan Pewee

Often heard but rarely seen; a retiring little gray bird of bamboo thickets and other dense shrubbery at forest edges, along streams, and in wooded patches, mainly in drier areas. Can move very quickly through bamboo like a mouse. Plumage is slaty gray overall, sometimes with paler barring, but overall plainer than Magellanic Tapaculo without silvery-white head spots. Best identified by voice. Also compare with Ochre-flanked Tapaculo, which has limited range overlap.

A large, long-tailed, thick-billed bird, entirely dark bluish-black, with pale skin around a red eye. Found in most habitats, most commonly in old-growth lowland forest. Often flushed from trackside vegetation. Otherwise inconspicuous, but regularly feeds on the ground. Similar in appearance to Pacific Koel, but significantly larger, with a dark gray instead of ivory-colored bill. Unlikely to be confused. Vocally similar to other coucals, most commonly giving a confused series of hollow booming and barking notes.

Large black and yellow toucan with a yellow stripe on the top of the bill. Inhabits lowland and foothill rainforest west of the Andes. Similar to chestnut-mandibled races of Yellow-throated Toucan, but with black on the lower part of the bill. This can be hard to distinguish in poor light, so voice is often the best way to ID: it makes a rasping or croaking call instead of a yelp.