Sucre Antpitta

A robust, elongated thrush-like lark with dark, lightly scaled upperparts, heavily streaked pale underparts, and a boldly marked face. Pairs breed (July-October) in open broadleaf woodland, often in recently burned areas. Small post-breeding flocks disperse south and occupy suitable habitat in an unpredictable manner, sometimes irrupting. Pairs or loose flocks walk on the ground foraging for insects and seeds, flicking their wings. The Groundscraper Thrush differs by being larger and having a plain (not scaled) back.

Small black-and-white bird with a patch of bright red bare skin above the eye. Females have a black hood, and males a white throat and black breast band. Found in forest, thick woodland, and mangroves. Generally local and uncommon. The unmusical song is usually given as a duet: a mix of low-pitched rasping notes and higher bleating notes. Similar to Brown-throated Wattle-eye but never shows white in the wing, and the female has a black rather than brown throat. Separated from batises by the red wattle and lack of white in the wing.

Small tanager found in semiopen woodlands, savannas, and pastures with scattered trees often in association with mixed-species flocks. In males note the yellow eyes contrasting with its black hood and white forehead. Otherwise mostly gray above and white below. Females lack the black cap and have a bicolored bill, which is all black in males, and generally look duller overall.