Rufous-tailed Antthrush

Male is light powder-gray with darker wing feathers and tail and a dark patch in front of the eye. Female is powder-gray above and vivid reddish below. Prefers primary forest, and appears to avoid secondary growth and scrub. Common call is a loud “chi-beet” or “pity-you.”

An unusual long-necked, long-tailed guineafowl with a mostly naked head. The blue breast is overlaid with long black-and-white feathers, and there is a chestnut patch on the nape. Immatures are duller and brownish, but usually associate with adults. Found in dry savanna and thornscrub, almost always in flocks, which vary from a few individuals up to dozens. The call is an agitated-sounding up-and-down rattling series, similar to the call of Helmeted Guineafowl, but higher-pitched.

Small, compact, short-billed and short-tailed hummingbird with green tail. Male all glittering green; female green above and gray below with dark cheek, white eyeline, and white-tipped tail. Occurs in dry to humid forest borders in montane regions (no higher than 2500 m), usually in gardens and cultivated areas. Often perched alone near small flowers at mid-height. Very similar to other emeralds; distinguished from both male and female Blue-tailed Emerald by green tail; from Short-tailed Emerald by having wings and tail the same length when perched; and from male Narrow-tailed Emerald by uniform length tail feathers. Endemic to the Andes and Coastal Cordillera of Venezuela.