Buff-necked Woodpecker

An eye-catching waterbird found on lakes and ponds with extensive floating vegetation. Long-tailed breeding adults are striking: the large white wing patch and head contrast sharply with its black body and bright yellow neck patch. Short-tailed wintering adults and juveniles have a brown back, white underparts, and a toned-down version of the breeder's head pattern. Vocalizations include a variety of nasal clucking and purring calls; song, seldom heard, a repeated, ringing “ku-woo.”

A medium-sized Kingfisher of lowland forest. White below and dark blue above, with a white collar blending to orange at the back, a black bill with an orange spot behind the nostril, deep blue around the crown, and a pale blue rump. Female has more extensive orange, sometimes reaching the chest. Similar to Collared Kingfisher, but Rufous-lored is deeper blue and has orange on the back of the neck. Song is a loud descending series of downslurred notes, at first accelerating, then slowing down and trailing off in volume.

Large, dumpy, almost tailless terrestrial inhabitant of the Atlantic Forest, where it walks quietly through forests with an open understory. This tinamou has a gray-brown barred back and vent, pale gray on the belly with a prominent pale stripe on the side of the neck. Very secretive, best identified by song, a series of “frru” whistles with long silences between them.