Red-chested Owlet

Rather local; found at salt lakes and bogs in the high Andes. Associates readily with Chilean and Andean Flamingos, although each species often stays slightly apart within mixed groups. James’s is the smallest New World flamingo best identified by its relatively short, stubby bill, which is yellow with a black tip. Adult and older immature have distinctive red legs and feet (can be whitish when caked with dried salt). Immature is whitish overall, like other immature flamingos.

Bold patterned gnatcatcher usually found in the canopy of savanna, open woodlands, and forest edges where it may join mixed-species flocks. Largely grayish overall with a white-edged black tail. Males have a black mask while females have a small black ear patch on a generally pale face. Males of the subspecies from Northwest Brazil are whiter below and grayish in other populations.

Strikingly-patterned tit with black-and-yellow face pattern and white-spotted wings. Black lores and overall thicker eye-stripe distinguish this species from Yellow-cheeked Tit, with which it overlaps at the far eastern end of its range. Very similar to Indian Yellow Tit, but no range overlap. Active inhabitant of foothill and montane forests, often in small flocks in the middle and upper levels of forest; joins mixed-species foraging flocks in non-breeding season. Song is a series of high thin whistles and long buzzy notes. Calls are typically high-pitched jumbled notes; also gives rasping scolds.