Lesser Honeyguide

A medium-sized bird of montane forest and subalpine shrubland. Female is mainly olive with a yellow belly, dark gray head and pale gray, grizzled throat. Male has a black head and chest, white throat, yellow patch on the back of the head and yellow underparts. Male, similar to other male whistlers but has orange wash on the lower chest. Female similar to Lorentz’s Whistler but female Regent has an olive rather than gray chest. Voice, a rising buzz followed by 3 to 4 explosive “whip!” notes.

The gray-and-red seedeater of lowland Amazonia. Males are gray with chestnut throat and breast, and are unlikely to be confused with any other seedeater species in their range; females are tawny yellowish, warmer-colored than other female seedeaters in their range but still very similar. Found in a variety of open and disturbed habitats, including in agricultural areas. Travels in pairs or flocks, sometimes with other seedeater species.

Olive-yellow above with a streaked gray breast and belly. Fainter streaking that does not reach all the way to the vent, a paler belly, and a longer, more decurved bill distinguish it from slightly larger Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter. Forages actively at low and middle levels of lowland and hill forest. Produces a squeaky “tshe-yee tshe-yee!”, like wet shoes squeaking on a smooth surface.