Red-throated Alethe

Eccentric-looking hornbill with a bushy, upright white crest and a white tail. Male is white from the head down to the belly; female is predominantly black, with only a white crest. Pale wing edges revealed only when in flight. Unlike many other hornbills in its range, forages primarily at lower levels in the forest, frequently descending down to the ground. Social; forages in flocks. Gives rather soothing, owl-like hooting coos.

Large, rusty pigeon confined to the Marañon drainage of northwestern Peru. Its range may extend to extreme southern Ecuador, but evidence is lacking. Plumage is mostly reddish with a gray belly, shoulder, and rump. It has a red base to the bill, a red eye-ring, and a yellowish to orange eye. Compared to Pale-vented Pigeon, which is fairly common in extreme southern Ecuador, Peruvian has a red base to the bill, lacks a pale tail band, and has an undertail that is not paler than the belly. Inhabits woodland and desert near watercourses. 

Small, chunky bird with a short tail endemic to the Brazilian Amazon. Male has black extending from face to chest and a bright white tuft. Female lacks those features and has a chestnut breast and a long, white line over the eye. Note its limited range south of the Amazon River and between the Tapajós and Tocatins Rivers, which helps separate it from Chestnut-belted Gnateater. Male Black-breasted has more extensive black on the underparts extending to the chest. Female looks almost identical. Stays low inside the rainforest, and usually seen sitting quietly on a low perch, where it may suggest a small antpitta. Song is a descending, stuttering trill; also gives abrupt buzzing and wheezing calls. Formerly treated as a subspecies group of Chestnut-belted Gnateater.