Laggar Falcon

Large, odd-looking species with a long bill and tail. Olive-brown above, paler below. Note the whitish eyebrow and throat and cinnamon patches on the wings, which in flight form a wingbar. Inhabits higher elevations, where it forages walking on the ground of grasslands and agricultural areas. The Cipo Cinclodes subspecies is darker and found in rocky savannah (campo rupestre). The song is a sharp trill. The smaller Buff-winged Cinclodes is a winter migrant to southern Brazil and usually found in lowland areas.

Handsome bird with a long, curved bill found only in the high Andes of northern and central Peru. It is brown with chestnut wings and tail, heavily streaked underparts, and white eyebrows. Inhabits areas with dense cover to hide in, but often ventures out into the open to feed. While largely terrestrial, it often perches higher, especially to sing. Gives a variety of harsh, rattling vocalizations.

Astoundingly odd ground-dwelling inhabitant of dense lowland and foothill forests; typically quite shy and reclusive, but utterly unmistakable. Warm brown with a burst of bright color on the face: black, white, yellow, orange, and rusty red. Of these, the white and black are most obvious if the bird is under heavy cover or in the shade (as it often is). Long, slender, wader-like legs, neck, and bill are unlike any other forest ground-dweller in range. Displaying birds inflate purple balloons on the neck and sing a haunting whistle that gradually rises and falls in pitch.