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417 Cards in this Set
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Crown dark Long stout bill Greyish white line on neck Overall dark Heavily barred, no white spots Rufous tones undertail |
Grey Tinamou |
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Smallest tinamou Grey head |
Little Tinamou |
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white collar pale band on lower neck white rump |
Northern Screamer |
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White-faced Whistling Duck |
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
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White-faced Whistling Duck (in flight) |
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Blue-winged Teal |
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Pale tip on tail White underneath Rufous head |
Chestnut-winged Chachalaca |
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Gray head Rufous underneath Pale tip to tale |
Rufous-vented Chachalaca |
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Extensive white edging of feathers esp. on head |
Band-tailed Guan |
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No dewlap Slender shape |
Sickle-winged Guan |
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Differ in belly color, size of spotting and color of face |
Crested Bobwhite |
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No pale markings on head |
Black-fronted Quail |
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American Flamingo |
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Wood Stork |
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White Ibis |
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Bare-faced Ibis |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
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Rufescent Tiger Heron |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
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Striated Heron |
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Cattle Egret |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Cocoi Heron |
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Great Egret |
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Reddish Egret |
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Tricolored Heron |
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Little Blue Heron |
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Snowy Egret |
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Brown Pelican |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
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Turkey Vulture |
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Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture |
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Black Vulture |
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King Vulture |
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Osprey pandion |
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Pearl Kite |
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Pearl Kite |
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Plumbeous Kite |
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Plumbeous Kite |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
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Gray-headed Kite |
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Gray-headed Kite |
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Black-collared Hawk |
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Black-collared Hawk |
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Snail Kite |
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Snail Kite |
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Double-toothed Kite |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk (plain breasted) |
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Bicolored Hawk |
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Common Black Hawk |
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Common Black Hawk |
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Crane Hawk |
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Crane Hawk |
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Savanna Hawk |
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Savanna Hawk |
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Great Black Hawk |
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Roadside Hawk |
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Roadside Hawk |
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Harris's Hawk |
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Harris's Hawk |
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White-rumped Hawk |
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White-rumped Hawk |
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Grey-lined Hawk |
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Grey-lined Hawk |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
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Rufous-naped (Gray-necked) Wood-Rail |
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Purple Gallinule |
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Limpkin |
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Double-striped Thick-knee |
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American Oystercatcher |
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Black-necked Stilt |
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Southern Lapwing |
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Black-bellied Plover |
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Semipalmated Plover |
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Wilson's Plover |
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Collared Plover |
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Wattled Jacana |
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Southern Lapwing |
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Whimbrel |
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Greater Yellowlegs |
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Lesser Yellowlegs |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
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Willet |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
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Sanderling |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper |
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Western Sandpiper |
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Least Sandpiper |
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White-rumped Sandpiper |
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Black Skimmer |
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Laughing Gull |
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Franklin's Gull |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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Gull-billed Tern |
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Caspian Tern |
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Royal Tern |
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Sandwich Tern |
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Common Tern |
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Large-billed Tern |
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Rock Pigeon |
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Scaled Pigeon |
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Bare-eyed Pigeon |
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Pale-vented Pigeon |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
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Scaled Dove |
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Common Ground-Dove |
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Ruddy Ground-Dove |
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White-tipped Dove |
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Lined Quail-Dove |
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Eared Dove |
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Greater Ani |
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Smooth-billed Ani |
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Gull-billed Tern |
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Caspian Tern |
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Royal Tern |
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Sandwich Tern |
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Large-billed Tern |
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Common Ground Dove |
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Groove-billed Ani |
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Striped Cuckoo |
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Dwarf Cuckoo |
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Squirrel Cuckoo |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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Santa Marta Screech-Owl |
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Black-and-White Owl |
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Mottled Owl |
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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl |
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Common Nighthawk |
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Lesser Nighthawk |
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Band-winged Nightjar |
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Chestnut-collared Swift |
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White-collared Swift |
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tail - broad black band w reddish base short reddish brow |
Rufous-breasted Hermit |
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long central tail feathers |
Long-billed Hermit |
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Reddish rump |
Sooty-capped Hermit |
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Pale-bellied Hermit |
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White-necked Jacobin |
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Brown Violetear |
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Lesser Violetear |
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purple front, displays with "ears" |
Sparkling Violetear |
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Black-throated Mango |
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See crown; buffy tips on tail |
Santa Marta Blossomcrown |
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raised crest may appear all black; no green |
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird |
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red/pink lower mandible often not visible; dark blue forked tail |
Red-billed Emerald |
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red shoulders, rufous tail |
Coppery Emerald |
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Crowned Woodnymph |
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blue extends to mid-breast only |
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird |
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blue extends down belly |
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird |
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red lower mandible, slightly curved bill, |
Shining-green Hummingbird |
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dull overall, white tips on tail |
Buffy Hummingbird |
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
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big purple end of tail |
Lazuline Sabrewing |
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Steely-vented Hummingbird |
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white vent stands out |
White-vented Plumeleteer |
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almost 1/2 of bird is white |
White-tailed Starfrontlet |
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black chest |
Mountain Velvetbreast |
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Santa-marta race has violet blue tail |
Tyrian Metaltail |
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Broad pale malar separates dusky face from magenta gorget |
Long-billed Starthroat |
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only few feathers on chin are white; green back, dark blue head |
White-chinned Sapphire |
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blueish green back; dusky collar; flying gorget |
Santa Marta Woodstar |
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White-tipped Quetzal |
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Gartered Trogon |
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Masked Trogon |
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upper parts stellated with white spots |
Green Kingfisher |
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no spotting on wings big heavy bill |
Amazon Kingfisher |
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blueish mid-gray no white on underparts flies high |
Ringed Kingfisher |
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minute size white mid-belly & crissum finer, longer bill than green |
American Pygmy Kingfisher |
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Whooping Motmot |
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
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Gartered Trogon |
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Masked Trogon |
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Pied Puffbird |
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Russet-throated Puffbird |
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santa marta race occurs higher rufous crissum |
Emerald Toucanet |
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green crissum |
Groove-billed Toucanet |
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Collared Aracari |
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Keel-billed Toucan |
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sp. rohli a little greyer underparts scaled scaled back spotted crown |
Scaled Piculet |
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spots on crown, deep chestnut underparts, face & mantle |
Chestnut Piculet |
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Red-crowned Woodpecker |
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drab, unbarred female brown cap |
Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
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barred breast, sp. aurosus are more golden |
Golden-green Woodpecker |
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Note pale cheeks, olive back |
Golden-olive Woodpecker |
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barred mantle, spotted breast |
Spot-breasted Woodpecker |
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lines on back parallel, |
Linneated Woodpecker |
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white vee on back black rump |
Crimson-crested Woodpecker |
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Barred Forest-Falcon |
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Crested Caracara |
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Yellow-headed Caracara |
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Yellow-headed Caracara |
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American Kestrel |
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Merlin |
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Aplomado Falcon |
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Bat Falcon |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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dusky-brown upper wing coverts |
Orange-chinned Parakeet |
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shock of rufous under tail; beak may be paler |
Red-billed Parrot |
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Blue-headed Parrot |
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leaf-green plumage, gold in wings, distinctive tail |
Scaly-naped Parrot |
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Green-rumped Parrotlet |
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Santa Marta Parakeet |
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Brown-throated Parakeet |
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Military Macaw |
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Blue-crowned Parakeet |
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Scarlet-fronted Parakeet |
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Pale-legged Hornero |
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broad white malar, |
White-whiskered Spinetail |
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rufous on head, breast, wings and tail |
Rusty-headed Spinetail |
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strong eyebrow |
Streak-capped Spinetail |
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Yellow-chinned Spinetail |
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rather dark only tail is rufous |
Montane Foliage-gleaner |
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dark overal |
Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner |
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heavy bill, streaked throughout |
Flammulated Treehunter |
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Gray-throated Leaftosser |
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white tuft on cheeks upturned bill plain back |
Plain Xenops |
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faint streaks on back white tuft on cheek streaks on face and breast |
Streaked Xenops |
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plain brown overall dark malar shape on face |
Plain-brown Woodcreeper |
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huge de-curved bill! |
Strong-billed Woodcreeper |
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pale, dagger-like bill, contrasty, very red with striking pale markings, red-streaking on mantle |
Straight-billed Woodcreeper |
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no streaking on mantle |
Cocoa Woodcreeper |
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thin, curved bill, boldly streaked on head and underparts |
Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
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spectacled look, thin, curved bill; |
Montane Woodcreeper |
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Red-billed Scythebill |
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(drier habitat than black-backed) |
Black-crested Antshrike (male) |
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grey |
Black-crowned Antshrike |
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Black-backed Antshrike (female) |
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Barred Antshrike (male) |
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Black-crested Antshrike (female) |
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Barred Antshrike (female) |
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Black-crowned Antshrike |
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(more humid than black-crested) |
Black-backed Antshrike |
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pattern on wings |
White-fringed Antwren |
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rusty brown tail; dark nape; limited white edging on tail; rather pale rufous below; fine streaking on breast |
Santa Marta Antbird |
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sounds kind of like canyon-wren |
White-bellied Antbird |
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Santa Marta Antpitta |
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unique pattern |
White-fringed Antwren |
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White-bellied Antbird |
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Rufous Antpitta |
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Rusty-breasted Antpitta |
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Santa Marta Tapaculo |
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Brown-rumped Tapaculo |
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coronal spot |
Forest Elaenia |
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long crest with pale ends; yellow belly |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
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rounded head without white; pale bellly |
Mountain Elaenia |
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very short crest; pale belly; |
Lesser Elaenia |
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incomplete pale eyebrow; buffy wingbars; dull bird; pale yellow under belly |
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet |
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tail is often cocked; no other small tyrannulet shows such a crest |
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet |
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plain wings!; brown cap |
Brown-capped Tyrannulet |
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puffy white throat; santa marta species has lighter wing bars |
White Throated Tyrannulet |
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conspicuous white eyespot; streaking below |
Olive-striped Flycatcher (In book - Olive-striped Fruit Tyrant) |
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richly cinnamon below |
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher |
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pale below; dull bird; brown cap; grizzled face; cinnamon wing bars |
Sepia-capped Flycatcher |
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dark grey crown; no spotting on back; rather active; grey line thru eye; |
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet |
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Mountain (Paltry) Tyrannulet |
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dull, brownish-olive upperparts; buffy yellow lore and malar
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Coopman's Tyrannulet - split from golden-faced in 2012 |
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strongly spotted coverts; dark grey crown; |
Black-capped Tyrannulet |
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buffy white wing edging; plain, myiarchus-type face; small bill; sally-forth |
Northern Scrub Flycatcher |
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fine bill; broad buttery wingbars; much smaller than pale-tipped; all dark tail |
Slender-billed Inezia |
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light eye; pale tip on tail; whitish wingbars |
Pale-tipped Inezia |
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flat-billed bird; gray-headed; brown-gray not olive as others |
Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant |
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Crazy humming breeding display! Spectacled appearance |
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant |
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pale eye; note bill |
Southern Bentbill |
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pale eye; yellow on crissum; |
Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant |
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more olive back than common tody |
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher |
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Common Tody-Flycatcher |
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pale eye; pale lore; yellow underparts; yellow wing margins |
Yellow-olive Flycatcher |
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throat solid yellow; plain face; golden wing margins |
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher |
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red rump |
Cinnamon Flycatcher |
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unmistakeable |
Vermilion Flycatcher |
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extensive rufous in wings and tail |
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant |
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Santa Marta Bush-Tyrant |
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Pied Water Tyrant |
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White-headed Marsh Tyrant (female) |
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minimal rufous wing-bars; golden brow |
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant |
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brownish back; not as gray as tropical kingbird; typically on cattle or other |
Cattle Tyrant |
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vest; scaled crissum |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
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plain crissum; yellow extends thru center of breast; |
Tropical Pewee |
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sleek black mask; golden coronal patch |
Rusty-margined Flycatcher |
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grey mask is rounded |
Social Flycatcher |
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beak! |
Great Kiskadee |
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rufous-edged tail; malar stripe; |
Golden-crowned Flycatcher |
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strong malar; rufous in tail and wings for race in santa marta |
Streaked Flycatcher |
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curved culmen |
Boat-billed Flycatcher |
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olive grey chest; orange coronal patch; |
Tropical Kingbird |
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broad pale edging on wings; thick set |
Grey Kingbird |
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No known records |
Venezuelan Flycatcher |
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all dark bill; cap darker than back; |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
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some pink on mandible; buffy edging to primaries; cap concolour with back |
Panama Flycatcher |
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cap and back concolor pale mandible |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
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cap noticeably browner than other myiarchus; pale mandible; tail rufous from below |
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
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pale eye; red bill |
Golden-breasted Fruiteater |
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red feet |
White-bearded Manakin |
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orange feet; elongated central tail feathers |
Lance-tailed Manakin |
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yellow-thighed |
Golden-headed Manakin |
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red bill, mask; white tail tips |
Masked Tityra |
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pale lore; |
Cinereous Becard |
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Brown-capped Vireo |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
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pale eye; pale legs |
Scrub Greenlet |
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large white tail tips; pale eye and whiskers |
Black-chested Jay |
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Gray-breasted Martin |
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Blue-and-white Swallow |
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Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
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Barn Swallow |
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Stripe-backed Wren |
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Bicolored Wren |
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Rufous-breasted Wren |
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Rufous-and-white Wren |
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Buff-breasted Wren |
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House Wren |
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Gray-breasted Wood Wren |
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Hermit Wood Wren |
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often wags tail side-to-side |
Long-billed Gnatwren |
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Tropical Gnatcatcher |
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Tropical Mockingbird |
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Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush |
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Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush |
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Great Thrush |
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Gray back and belly; strong yellow eye ring; yellowish legs |
Yellow-legged Thrush |
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golden eye-ring; golden bill; yellow legs |
Black-hooded Thrush |
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Pale-breasted Thrush |
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White-necked Thrush |
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House Sparrow |
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white mid-belly |
Trinidad Euphonia (female) |
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unique yellow throat; extensive yellow on forehead |
Thick-billed Euphonia |
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ones in Santa Marta have yellow above bill |
Blue-naped Chlorophonia |
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Andean Siskin |
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Louisiana Waterthrush |
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Northern Waterthrush |
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Black-and- white Warbler |
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yellow on forehead extensive |
Trinidad Euphonia |
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Prothonotary Warbler |
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Tennessee Warbler |
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Masked Yellowthroat |
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American Redstart |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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Yellow Warbler |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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Santa Marta Warbler |
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White-lored Warbler |
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Rufous-capped Warbler |
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Wilson’s Warbler |
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Slate-throated Whitestart |
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Yellow-crowned Redstart |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
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Red-breasted Blackbird |
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Yellow-hooded Blackbird |
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Crested Oropendola |
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pale eye |
Yellow-rumped Cacique |
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yellow mantle all black wings |
Yellow-backed Oriole |
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malar yellow white on tertials |
Yellow Oriole |
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Baltimore Oriole |
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Black mantle; head redder than body |
Orange-crowned Oriole |
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fan-shaped tail |
Carib Grackle |
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Great-tailed Grackle |
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bull-necked blue-black |
Shiny Cowbird |
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red eye... or should I say eye |
Bronzed Cowbird |
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bull-necked; blue/black |
Giant Cowbird |
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Bananaquit |
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Rufous-collared Sparrow |
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central mantle is gray |
Tocuyo Sparrow |
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Golden-winged Sparrow |
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Sierra Nevada Brushfinch |
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Santa Marta Brushfinch |
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Gray-headed Tanager |
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Crimson-backed Tanager |
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White-lined Tanager |
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Blue-gray Tanager |
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cap darker than rest of head |
Glaucous Tanager |
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Palm Tanager |
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Blue-capped Tanager |
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Black-cheeked (Santa Marta) Mountain-Tanager |
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Bay-headed Tanager |
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Black-capped Tanager |
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Black-headed Tanager |
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Swallow Tanager |
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Bicoloured Conebill |
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race in Santa Marta has no white mark on shoulder; all dark. |
Black Flowerpiercer |
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Rusty Flowerpiercer - male |
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White-sided Flowerpiercer |
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Plushcap |
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Saffron Finch |
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Rusty Flowerpiercer - female |
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White-sided Flowerpiercer -female |
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Pileated Finch |
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Gray Seedeater |
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Black-and- white Seedeater |
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Yellow-bellied Seedeater |
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Paramo Seedeater |
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Dull-colored Grassquit |
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Black-faced Grassquit |
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Rosy Thrush-Tanager |
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Summer Tanager |
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Golden Bellied Grosbeak |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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Vermilion Cardinal |
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Buff-throated Saltator |
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Greyish Saltator |
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Orinocan Saltator |
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Streaked Saltator |
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Pileated Finch (male) |
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White-headed Marsh Tyrant (male) |
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red feet |
White-bearded Manakin (female) |
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elongated central tail feathers; orange feet |
Lance-tailed Manakin (female) |
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pale eye |
Golden-headed Manakin (female) |
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Cinereous Becard (female) |
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strong pale eye-ring; pinkish legs |
Yellow-legged Thrush (female) |
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plain |
Thick-billed Euphonia (female) |
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Black-capped Tanager (male) |
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Black-headed Tanager (female) |
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Swallow Tanager (female) |
