Worstbird

Quite common and conspicuous in lowlands in northern South America, where it resides in open woodlands, second growth, and gardens. Typical plumage pattern for an oriole, but more yellow and less black than other species. Especially note yellow back and limited black mask and bib. One thin white wingbar and narrow edges on flight feathers. Female slightly duller than male.

Slender inhabitant of open wooded areas in lowlands and foothills. Smartly-patterned black-and-white male can be difficult to distinguish from Sulawesi and Pied Trillers where ranges overlap, but note his extremely narrow white eyebrow and less extensive white on the wing. Female, with her dirt-brown back, is fairly distinctive among trillers. Forages in trees and on the ground; often uses exposed perches. Gives a fast, high-pitched series of “tchew” notes, often with a quiet introductory note.

A massive eagle with a short but prominent crest. The adult is uniformly brown on the head, back, and chest, with a pale belly covered in brown blotches. In flight the underwings are brown. Either solitary or in pairs, it inhabits woodland, plains, and semi-desert, where it hunts for vertebrates. Martial Eagles have extremely keen eyesight and can locate prey from six kilometers away. They hunt mostly on the wing and surprise prey from above. Juvenile Martial and Crowned eagles are similar, but Martial has whitish (not buffy) underparts, unspotted flanks, and narrower bars on the tail.

Attractive orange-and-black oriole of the Yucatan Peninsula, found in brushy woodland, forest edge, and semi-open areas with hedges and scattered trees. Rather similar to local population of Hooded Oriole, which often occurs in the same areas, even in the same flocks at flowering trees. Male Orange Oriole has an orange back, and both sexes have a straight bill (not slightly decurved, as on Hooded), and a less extensive black face and throat mask than Hooded.

Small, plump Australian robin. Male very dark gray above and on throat, with lovely pink breast and belly. Tail completely dark, unlike Rose Robin. Female brown above, paler below, sometimes tinged pinkish. Breeds in very wet dense rainforest gullies in Tasmania and Victoria, sometimes in other more open habitats in winter.