Gilt-edged Tanager

Very large woodcreeper with a massive, robust bill. Plumage is rather uniformly cinnamon with some faint streaking on the breast. Note the black lores. Found in dry forest, woodland, and gallery forest. Sings a slightly descending series of double notes: “hick-up, hick-up, hick-up.” Other woodcreepers within its range are much smaller, with streaked or spotted plumage.

Well-named, this uniformly deep-blue jay occurs locally in highland evergreen and pine-evergreen forest. Like most jays, usually found in groups, often in association with mixed-species feeding flocks that include orioles, woodcreepers, and other jay species. Most likely confused with southern forms of Steller’s Jay, which occur in the same areas. Steller’s has bold white face spots, darker plumage with barring on wings, and short crest (which can be held flat). Also note rather different voices.

A small, short-tailed warbler-like songbird that moves in small flocks through the canopy of trees in forest, forest edge, and towns. Tit-hylias are unique in their streaked front halves and unicolored back halves, with black-and-white streaked heads, faces, throats, and chests and bright lemon yellow bellies, vents, and rumps. Wings and back are olive-green, becoming paler and more streaked toward the head. Vocalizations include high-pitched sibilant trills and “tsi-tsi-tsi” calls.