Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet

A striking kingfisher with clean white underparts and collar and blue-green upperparts. Restricted to the Talaud Islands. Inhabits forest and forest edge away from the coast, often close to rivers and streams. Distinguished from Collared Kingfisher by being smaller, shorter-billed, and shorter-tailed, with a greener cast to the upperparts. Talaud Kingfisher is absent from the coastal areas to which Collared is restricted. Gives a raucous, repetitive “kee-kee-kee-kee…” call as well as a slower-paced, pulsating “kree-ow-kree-ow…”.

Medium-sized sandpiper with long legs and bill. Shaped like a tall, stretched-out Dunlin. Breeding plumage is striking with extensive messy black-and-white barring, white eyebrow, and orange cheek. Nonbreeding is plain pale gray with contrasting white eyebrow. Juveniles usually show pale buffy tones on the head and neck and have an attractive scaly pattern on the upperparts. At all ages, note long, slightly droopy bill and dull yellowish-green legs. In flight, look for pale tail and white rump. Breeds on Arctic tundra in Canada and Alaska. Common migrant through central North America; uncommon to rare on both coasts. During migration and winter, found in shallow wetlands, including marshes, flooded fields, and muddy ponds. Usually wades in the water while feeding, often mixed with yellowlegs and dowitchers.

Small toucan found across southern Amazonia. Unlikely to be confused in range. Essentially dark above with entirely yellow underparts; note the bare blue skin above the eye. Named for the squiggly dark markings on the bill. Typically found in pairs or small groups in the canopy of lowland forest and edges, up into the foothills of the Andes. Often seen perched conspicuously on a snag, or foraging in a fruiting tree.