Rusty Pitohui

Well-named bird found only in a small area of the eastern Andes in central Peru. Like other thistletails, it is gray and brown with a long, wispy tail and an orange chin. Not known to overlap with any other thistletail; the only other in Peru with an eye-ring is Mouse-colored Thistletail, which only occurs far to the north. Inhabits scrub and stunted forest near treeline. Gives rapid, high-pitched trills and sharp squeaks.

Tiny, compact, black-and-white falcon. Black above, with a white chest and pale orangish belly. Male has a white crown and face; in female, the white is replaced by rusty orange. Restricted to northern Borneo, where mostly unmistakable; in narrow range of overlap with Black-thighed Falconet, look for White-fronted’s white or orange crown and paler underparts. Like other falconets, frequently encountered in pairs or groups. Perches up on bare branches in open forest, forest edge, and clearings.

Rare and threatened parrot found only in high Andean forest in southern Ecuador and adjacent parts of northern Peru. Small compared to most other parrots. Red face is bordered with patches of blue and yellow. Wings are green and blue with red on the shoulder. Usually encountered in pairs or small flocks that fly over the forest and then disappear into the canopy, where they can be very hard to pick out as they forage for fruit behind the foliage.