Blue-and-gold Tanager

Medium-size, fairly common woodcreeper of tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, open woodland, hedges with tall trees. Feeds on trunks and larger branches, often spiraling up one trunk and flying low to the next tree. Note the relatively slender and slightly decurved bill, distinct but fine pale streaking on the head and back. Easily confused with larger Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, which is more of a forest bird and has a bigger and straighter bill.

Small gray-and-yellow bird found in rainforest canopy. Has a gray head, a greenish-yellow body, and bold yellow wingbars; males also have a black cap and a narrow black eye-line. Found in the canopy of montane forest, where individuals and pairs may be found foraging with mixed-species flocks. Compared to the similar Rufous-rumped Antwren, notice its yellow lower back and rump (reddish in Rufous-rumped). Its song is a high, accelerating series of chip notes.

Large, unmistakable hummingbird commonly encountered in both open and semiopen habitats, including forest edges, plantations, and urban areas. Males and females have a dark blue head and throat, a dark green back and belly, and a long, deeply forked dark blue tail. Makes a loud “buzzing” sound in flight and also gives a fast “tek-tek-tek.”