Yucatan Flycatcher

Distinctive large shorebird with a long, thin, upturned bill. Look for bold black-and-white wings and long blue-gray legs. Breeding adults have buffy-orange wash on head and neck; grayish in winter. Females have more sharply upturned bills than males. Widespread and fairly common in North America, although rare or absent from much of the eastern U.S. Usually seen in flocks, sometimes numbering into the hundreds, foraging in shallow wetlands or estuaries. Feeds by swinging its head back-and-forth through the water to catch small invertebrates.

Common small storm-petrel of the northern Humboldt Current (can be seen from shore in northern Chile) and Galapagos Islands (where often follows boats, pattering in the wake with long legs dangling). Flight rather weak and fluttery, unlike strong deep wingbeats of Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, which also follows boats in Galapagos. The long legs and feet of Elliot’s project past tip of tail, unlike Wedge-rumped. Plumage similar to the slightly larger Wilson’s Storm-Petrel (but note white belly of Elliot's), and are often not safely distinguished at sea.

Chunky gray songbird with heavy black bill, found in dry forest and bushland across semi-arid southern Australia. Male has pale orange throat and dark, not orange, in lores (compare Red-lored Whistler). Female grayish, paler under the tail (as opposed to yellow in Golden Whistler), with much shorter bill than Gray Shrikethrush. Voice includes a pulsating repeated synthesizer-like "chowp-chowp-chowp-chowp…."