This species is generally common in the undergrowth of humid and very humid forest. Its name Arremon derives from the Greek root arrhemon = silent and its epithet brunneinucha derives from the Latin brunneus = brown and nucha = nape.
The great kiskadee is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus is considered monotypic, with the lesser kiskadee (P. lictor) separated in Philohydor.
Sometimes referred to, equally appropriately, as Yellow-rumped Tanager, this species occurs from western Panama south through Colombia to western Ecuador. Throughout most of its range (except Colombia’s Cauca Valley) the male is velvety black with the exception of the bright lemon-yellow rump and lower back, and have a largely pale bill, whereas the female is blackish brown above with an orange-red rump patch, and yellow below with an orange breast band. Like most other Ramphocelus tanagers this is a sociable bird, being typically found in monospecific flocks, which inhabit shrubby semi-open areas in lowland regions.
The lacrimose mountain tanager (Anisognathus lacrymosus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Andean highland forest from Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru. Some of its 11 subspecies are quite distinctive, and A. l. yariguierum was only scientifically described in 2010.
The paramo ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus), also known as the paramo ground-tyrant, is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. plain-capped ground tyrant (M. griseus) was formerly considered to be a subspecies of M. alpinus but is now commonly treated as a separate species. The name «plain-capped ground tyrant» is sometimes used for M. alpinus.
It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
Tersina is a genus of tanager. It contains a single species, the swallow tanager (Tersina viridis). It is found widely throughout South America, from eastern Panama to far northern Argentina.
The black-backed bush tanager also known as the black-backed bush-finch, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is monotypic within the genus Urothraupis. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Silent and inconspicuous bird that lives in humid jungles east of the Andes. His name Bucco derives from Latin and means cheek. The epithet macrodactylus means long-fingered and derives from the roots makros = long and daktulos = finger.
The size of the Golden-breasted Puffleg is 12 to 13 cm and weighs between 5.2 and 5.8 g. It has a straight black beak; the upper parts are bright green and the lower parts are iridescent green; the neck, chest and belly are more iridescent coppery green.
The name of this species refers to its dark color and derives from the Greek lipauges which means dark or devoid of light and from the Latin roots fuscus = dark and cinereus = ash color.
