Grauer's Broadbill

Large songbird, tawny with streaking above, paler below, with rich brown crown and long, graduated tail. In similar grassland and reedbed habitats, smaller Golden-headed Cisticola has much shorter tail, Little Grassbird is duller in plumage, and Australian Reed-Warbler has plain, unstreaked plumage. Calls often, with loud, grumpy churring calls and a longer call that starts “tick-tick-tick-tick” and ends with an explosive descending trill.

Tiny and faded-looking bird with long pointed bill and slender tail. Head gray with blackish forehead; upperparts greenish and underparts pale yellow; tail black. Common, alone or in pairs in arid regions with scrub or forest. Distinguished from similar Common Tody-Flycatcher by paler, more faded coloration and whitish mark above lores. Endemic to arid regions of northwestern Venezuela.

Small and infrequently seen bird of shady forest understory in humid tropical lowlands. Rather inactive. Sits quietly, mainly at low to middle levels, and occasionally wags its tail slowly. Usually not seen until flushed, when flies off with a low whirr of wings. Note the overall drab greenish plumage with a rusty cap and bushy whitish whisker marks. Much smaller than other motmots and lacks the racket tail tips of most larger motmot species.