Pere David's Laughingthrush

An active yellow warbler-like tanager with a gray cap and olive green back. Sexes similar. Found in large groups, pairs, and mixed species flocks, carefully examining foliage and branches while foraging at all levels of forest, most often at low levels with bamboo. Common in wet forest at high elevations in Andes. Like other hemispingus species, very vocal while foraging and moving. No other tanager or warbler is yellow with a distinct gray cap. Endemic to the Andes of Venezuela.

Not the only blue nuthatch, but the bluest nuthatch. Unmistakable, with a dark head, pale eyering, white throat and breast, and dark-lined pale blue feathers on the wings. Gives quick, sharp, nasal “tzwp” or “tzwit” notes. Clambers up and down tree trunks, often in small parties; frequent member of mixed-species foraging flocks. Favors montane and hilly forests. 

A tiny stub-tailed green parrot with a golden-bronze back, a narrow red throat, a bright red rump, and a small red shoulder patch. Juveniles are duller and more poorly marked. Singles or small groups occur within treetops of forest and nearby secondary growth areas in the lowlands. No other tiny green, short-tailed parrot occurs within its limited range in the Sula and Banggai islands. Very high-pitched calls include “zeet-weet-wit,” rising in pitch at the end. Sometimes birds only utter the first two notes or single “zeet” notes.