Bismarck Crow

Medium-sized brown, heavily streaked seedeater. Note the streaked underparts and boldly marked face with a streaked crown, white eyebrow, and broad dark brown patch through the eye. Found in woodland habitats including miombo. Gives a pretty, musical up-and-down song of whistles and trills. Calls include a nasal rising “tsewee.” Similar to Black-eared Seedeater, but the ear markings are dark brown rather than black. Formerly treated as a subspecies of Reichard’s Seedeater.

Predominantly gray species with a long tail and pink legs. Note the darker gray crown and paler eyebrow. Found principally in shaded cacao plantations or adjacent remnant forests across a very restricted range. Forages acrobatically in the canopy and subcanopy and often accompanies mixed-species flocks. Builds a large stick nest.

Small, short-billed hummingbird found only in the Perijá Mountains, which straddle the border between Colombia and Venezuela. Similar to the more common Tyrian Metalail, but larger with a longer coppery (not bluish) tail; male is also darker and female has speckles on the throat. Inhabits scrubby areas in and around high elevation grasslands near tree line, typically at higher elevations than Tyrian Metaltail, but there is some overlap.