Cachar Bulbul

Flamboyantly plumaged little gamebird, with pumpkin-orange head and breast, brown wings, and smart black-and-white scaling on back and sides. Listen for its exuberant song, a series of accelerating whistles that eventually collapses into harsh, coarse notes, as though its voice had broken. Inhabits lowlands and middle-elevation forests, where it can be difficult to see as it forages on the ground, typically singly or in pairs; most readily seen at established feeding stations.

Dumpy, medium-sized alcid with a bright orange bill. Pale button eye and upturned gape give it a distinctly maniacal, smiling appearance. Blackish above and white below, with a long white “whisker” extending down from behind the eye in breeding season; in wintering birds, white extends up onto the throat. Clean white belly distinguishes this species from other similar auklets. Least Auklet has a similar color scheme but is half the size, has white cheeks in non-breeding plumage, and has white-mottled upperparts when breeding. Parakeet Auklet breeds on offshore island colonies, often with other auklet species; it winters offshore.

Tiny, poorly-known hummingbird with extremely limited range in western Panama. Males are greenish above with rusty flanks, a pinkish-red throat, and a white collar. Note dark tail with rufous edging. Compare with male Scintillant Hummingbird, which has a mostly rufous tail and an orange throat. Female Glow-throated has a speckled throat, buffy flanks, and greenish upperparts. The central tail feathers are greenish while the rest of tail is rufous with a black band and buffy tips. Female Scintillant is very similar and may not be separable in the field, but has more extensive rufous edges on central tail feathers. Found at the edge of montane forest from around 750–1,800 m.