Large-billed Seed-Finch

Large, plump finch of the boreal forest. Adult males are pink overall with two white wingbars and pale gray highlights. Immature males and females are not so bright but still subtly pretty; gray body with olive, yellow, or burnt-orange head and rump. Stubby bill with rounded edges. Song consists of rich, mellow warbles; listen for musical flight calls. Breeds in open coniferous forests. Winters in a variety of wooded habitats, especially around fruiting trees including crabapple and mountain ash. Often extremely tame, allowing close approach.

Handsome gray-and-yellow warbler found in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Most common in dry forest, but ranges into more humid forest in some areas. Note the black crown stripe bordered by gray eyebrows that turn white near the base of the bill. Singles or pairs forage actively in the forest understory, often giving a cheerful song of high, ringing notes.

A red parrot with a black cap, moss-green wings, and a short dark tail. Note the red bill with a dark nostril area. In flight, shows red, yellow, and black stripes on underwings. Juveniles have brown bills and blue underwings. Groups inhabit forest, edges, and savanna in lowlands and foothills. Most Black-capped Lories have a dark collar, and some also show extensive blackish-blue markings on the underparts, unlike Purple-bellied Lory. The form of Black-capped Lory in the hills of south-central New Guinea lacks the collar and underside markings, so differs from Purple-bellied Lory by dark nostril area and call. Gives a shrill, two- to three-note shriek: “weeee-wooooo.”