Speckled Tanager

Fairly large wren with a long tail. Note the black-and-white streaks on the face contrasting with the brown crown, cinnamon upperparts, and buff belly. The wings and tail have dark bars. Found in the thick vine-tangled understory of humid forest and forest edges, where it usually noisy, but difficult to see. The song, usually delivered as a duet, is melodic and far carrying; the call is a harsh “tje-tje.”

A large, brownish lapwing endowed with yellow wattles that have distinctive fleshy red bases. The juvenile has smaller wattles. Pairs or small groups prefer marshes and wet grasslands, as well as the flooded edges of lakes, pans, and seeps. Also be found in dry savanna, cropped and burnt grasslands, or cultivated fields. It attracts attention to itself with a loud “peep-peep-peep” call. White-crowned Lapwing is similar but is smaller, has a white belly, and lacks the red bases to the wattles.

A rather nondescript medium-sized wren. Mostly brown above and rusty below, with a white eyebrow and pied streaked cheeks. Skulks in the undergrowth of seasonally flooded forest and second growth, often near water. The similar Buff-breasted Wren has less strongly marked cheeks and a more complex song. Where the two overlap, Fawn-breasted is more likely to be found in wetter habitats.