Olive Flycatcher

Large woodpecker endemic to the deep thorn forest of the Chaco of western Paraguay, SE Bolivia, and N Argentina. Similar to Lineated Woodpecker, but note all black underparts and pale auriculars on Black-bodied. From Cream-backed Woodpecker by darker bill, black back, and long drum. Calls a rising, nasal “kwee?” note given in a long repetitive series. Drum long, quick, and accelerating, but tends to be shorter than the drum of Lineated.

Small and gracile bustard of grasslands, scrubby fields, and select agricultural matrices. Male is striking: black with pale wings and a filamentous crest. Light brown female is less eye-catching, but her size and shape set her apart from other similar species. Difficult to detect in tall vegetation; male’s crazy courtship dance puts him in view during the breeding season.

A rotund, short-legged ground-dwelling dove that usually runs rather than flies when startled. Both sexes have a brown body with bluish-gray chest and head. Males have an iridescent pink shoulder patch. Most obvious identification feature in the field is the glowing white eye-ring of the male, especially in more eastern populations such as those in the Solomon Islands. On mainland New Guinea, the species is a resident of upper-elevation montane forest. No other similar species occur in its altitudinal range. Gives a typical dove-like “woo-oop” call which is quiet and easily missed.