NEOTROPICAL Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forest
passerine birds
The most diverse bird fauna in the world!
Family Cotingidae: 'Cotingas'
A bizarre bird! Where is it's mouth??Rupicola peruvianus, 'Andean Cock-of-the-Rock'.
Family Tityridae: Tityras & Becards
Pachyramphus polychopterus, 'White-winged Becard' (Machu Picchu, Peru). Variable plumage. Found in lowland and mid mountain rainforest. Widespread throughout Central and South America.
Family Tyrannidae: Tyrant Flycatchers
The largest family of birds in the world. All 436 species are endemic to the Americas.
Ochthoeca rufipectoralis, 'Rufous-breasted Chat Tyrant' (Wayqecha Lodge, Peru).
Family Grallariidae, Antpittas
Antpittas are dumpy little birds, and normally shy and difficult to see.
Grallaricula flavirostris, Ochre-breasted Antpitta (Angel Paz, Ecuador).
Family Furnariidae
This large family includes Neotropical Miners, Neotropical Leaf-tossers, Woodcreepers, Earthcreepers, Cinclodes, Foliage-cleaners, Spinetails, and many more...
Furnarius leucopus, 'Pale-legged Hornero' (Villa Carmen Lodge, Peru).
Subfamily Dendrocolaptidae: Woodcreepers
(Villa Carmen Lodge, Peru)'Wood-creeper'. Species not known. Found on tree trunks in rainforest.
(Yarina, Ecuador)Nasica longirostris, 'Long-billed Woodcreeper'.
Family Corvidae, 'Crows' and 'Jays'
Cyanocorax chrysops, 'Plush-crested Jay' (Iguazu Falls, Brazil side).
Family Cinclidae: Dippers
Dippers are the only songbirds birds adapted to swimming under in and under water. They are found along fast flowing waterways mountains in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Cinclus leucocephalus, 'White-capped Dipper' (Aguas Calientes, Peru).
Family Turdidae: Thrushes
(Wayqecha Lodge, Peru)Turdus fuscater, 'Great Thrush'. Lives in open areas and on edge of forest along South American Andes.
(Wayqecha Lodge, Peru)Turdus serranus, 'Glossy Black Thrush'. Lives in montane rainforest along South American Andes.
Family Fringillidae: Finches, Euphonias
(Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador)Family Emberizidae: Buntings
Family Passerellidae: American Sparrows
Zonotrichia capensis, 'Andean Sparrow', 'Rufous collared Sparrow' (Wayecha Lodge, Peru).
Atlapetes melanolaemus, 'Black-faced/Grey-eared Brush-finch' (Wayqecha Lodge, Peru).
Atlapetes tricolor, 'Tri-coloured Brush-finch' (Machu Picchu Peru). Found in hill and mid-mountain forest along the Andes.
Family Icteridae, 'New World Blackbirds'
Psarocolius decumanus, 'Crested Oropendola'.
Family Parulidae: (New World) Wood-warblers
(Wayqecha, Peru)Myioborus melanocephalus, 'Spectacled Redstart/Whitestart'. Found in mountain forest and woodlands along tropical part of the Andes.
Family Cardinalidae: Cardinals
Piranga rubra, 'Summer Tanager'. Not considered a tanager, but placed in the related cardinal family. Breeds in pine-oak forest in North America, and winters in rainforest in Central America, northern South America and south along the Andes.
For the page on the tanagers of the tropical American rainforest
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