Red-collared Myzomela

A beautiful bird, mostly reddish with a black head and chest. Face is mostly bright white with a thick black eye mask. Cinnamon below. Long tail is often fanned. The only fantail in its range. Reliant on forest, but tolerates degraded areas. Song is an explosive melodic “pwit-pwit-chiddley-diddley.” Most common call is a soft, chattering “tchu-tchu-tchu.”

Chunky black and white bird with a stout bill. Ranges in lowland and foothill rainforest west of the Andes in Ecuador and far southwestern Colombia. Note orange forehead and large white spots on the lower back. Male has white underparts with streaked flanks; female has black throat and breast, and white scaling on the back. Male can be distinguished from Five-colored Barbet by white underparts, crown, and nape. Typically stays high in the canopy, where it joins mixed-species flocks of tanagers and other small birds.

Generic-looking spiderhunter, olive-green above with a streaky gray breast. The only spiderhunter on Java with well-defined streaking on dull gray underparts; the only other streaked spiderhunter is Long-billed, which has a much more impressive bill, as well as poorly-defined streaks and a yellow-washed belly. Immatures with unstreaked underparts may be confusing if seen, but general shape and patterning, as well as the presence of an adult, should be helpful. A species of foothill forests, where it forages in forest and forest edge habitats. Gives harsh, noisy chattering calls.