Choco Manakin

Handsome arboreal bird restricted to wet cloud forest in the western Andes. Its conspicuous neck tufts are often tinged with buff and can be flared out if the bird is excited or agitated. Similar to Streaked Tuftedcheek, but neck markings are usually tinged buffy (not pure white) and appear more like discreet patches rather than a single, unbroken scarf. Also note its darker chestnut plumage and unstreaked back. Probes epiphytes or clumps of moss high up in large trees, and often accompanies mixed species flocks. Song is a rattle followed by a thin, descending whistle, and is often preceded by a series of sharp, metallic chip notes. Formerly considered a subspecies of Buffy Tuftedcheek.

Small warbler, yellow overall with black streaks on sides and unique face pattern. Upperparts are duller olive. Reddish streaks on back are distinctive, but can be difficult to see or absent on immatures. Long tail is often pumped up and down, but not as consistently as Palm Warbler. Forages for insects in a range of shrubby habitats, from cedar-studded fields to regenerating woods to mangroves in Florida. Winters in Florida and the Caribbean.

Chunky, brown-and-white bird of lowland rainforest. Brown above, white below with extensive brown streaking. The facial pattern is attractive with white eyebrows and a dark brown mustache. Forages on the ground of tall, mature rainforest. Very quiet during the dry season; it usually starts singing more frequently with the onset of the rainy season. Its song is a distinctive, long series of low hoots that accelerates from a pace of one note per second to ten notes per second over about eight seconds. May sometimes give a series of slow, rising hoots at the end of its song.