Racket-tailed Treepie

Scarce flycatcher found along the west slope of the Andes in northern and central Peru. Like other chat-tyrants, it features a black mask and a long white eyebrow. Chestnut wing stripes and the lack of any yellow in the eyebrow help separate it from other species in range. Inhabits dry and semi-humid forest. Typical song is a dry, toneless trill, sometimes with a staccato quality.

Large foliage-gleaner with a wedge-shaped bill. Found in the middle and lower levels of forests with bamboo where it acrobatically hangs upside-down on branches and searches for prey in clusters of dead leaves. Note the dark-brown face that is set off with a prominent pale eyebrow, a pale eyering, and a white collar. It is olive-brown on the back with a buff belly and rufous tail. The song is a loud and fast series of “jek-jek-jek” notes.

Extremely rare diving duck that was long thought extinct before being rediscovered in 2006 in a remote site in northern Madagascar. A large duck that is mostly rich brown, with white under the tail. Shows a conspicuous white wing stripe in flight. Males have a pale eye and females a dark one. Lives on freshwater lakes and wetlands. Dives frequently, like a grebe, but is much larger. Lacks the pale face of White-faced Whistling-Duck. Smaller than Meller’s Duck, with darker brown coloration and white under the tail.