Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Small plain vireo of tropical forest and woodland in lowlands. Usually stays fairly high in trees and likely to be overlooked unless its rather tuneless, monotonously repeated song is learned. Identified by a combination its gray head (in Mexico and Central America) with a diffuse whitish eyering; whitish underparts with a yellowish wash on the sides; and plain olive upperparts. Head of birds from eastern Panama to South America is olive, with a whitish eyering.

Beautiful orangish raptor with a widespread distribution across Central and South America. Overall cinnamon-colored with dark barring on the underparts. Upperparts are darker brown except for contrasting cinnamon shoulders. In flight, note white tail band and mostly cinnamon flight feathers. Immatures can be mostly whitish on the head and belly, often with heavy dark markings. Note shape (short-tailed and long-legged) and habitat. Singles or pairs are found in open habitats, often perched conspicuously on a fence post or treetop.

A large, long-billed bird of mid-montane forest. Brown upperparts and grayish, facial skin behind the eye. Note the curved, black bill. Male has a black throat and a small, hornlike tuft in front of each eye with blue-green iridescence. Female has pale underparts with dark scaling. Uses its distinctive bill to probe for insects but also takes fruit. Female similar to female Black and Brown Sicklebills, but usually occurs at lower elevations, has a shorter tail and lacks the black throat. Song, a series of identical high notes, slurred into a loose trill which increases in volume.