Puerto Rican Bullfinch

Gray-brown overall with orange streaks on the breast and a white throat bordered by a thin black outline. Similar to Alpine Accentor, but darker and more extensively streaked. A common inhabitant of rocky alpine plateaus, meadows, and mountain slopes. Typically forages singly, but is often found in high numbers around campsites and towns where they scrounge for scraps.

A mostly grayish, buff-bellied mousebird with a long tail, black-tipped silvery bill, and back with diagnostic white patch flanked by two dark stripes. Small groups inhabit coastal shrublands, farms, and semi-desert; prefers drier areas. A cooperative breeder; chicks from the prior year will remain with parents and help feed and protect the new brood. Sings a melancholic “cheee-wee-wee-wiit”; also produces a distinctive series of buzzes and clicks.

A rather plain cloud forest thrush found in widely scattered locations in South America. Plumage is warm brown with a paler belly. The yellow eyering and yellow lower half of bill are also good ID clues, and it may also show a buffy or cinnamon tinge on head, wings, and/or throat. Feeds mainly on fruit and is easy to overlook when not singing. It gives a series of raspy and fluting notes that alternate between higher and lower pitches.