Xenornis

Bueno, la semana pasada me la pasé pajareando por la Serranía de Pirre con Alex Guevara y nuestro guía Isaac Pizarro. El 8 de mayo observamos un Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper en una quebrada cerca de Rancho Plástico, el mismo lugar que George menciona en su libro. La Yellow-collared Chlorophonia la vimos el día 11 exactamente en la parte más alta de la Serranía de Pirre, ya que encontramos un bench mark (punto geodésico en forma de pirámide de aluminio). El GPS marcaba 1456 msnm pero en el mapa aparece 1444 msnsm lo que nos indica que estabamos en el punto exacto. Otros pájaros de interes vistos durante nuestra visita fueron: Green-naped tanager, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Beautiful Treerunner, Bare-shanked Screech-Owl, Gray-and-gold Tanager, Tooth-billed Hummingbird, Varied Solitaire, Choco Tapaculo, Pirre Bush-Tanager, Sooty-headed Wren, Russet-crowned Quail-Dove, Yellow-green Grosbeak, Pirre Humingbird, Sharpbill, Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner, Winged-banded Antbird, Yellow-browed Shrike-V...

Guido Berguido sent in the following report about a recent jaunt to Cerro Chucantí, an isolated mountain range in Eastern Panama: I recently came back from our Field Station in Cerro Chucantí, Darién. We had a wonderful trip, the weather cooperated this time and saw tons of birds including most of the specialties (Russet-crowned Quail-dove, Varied Solitaire, Tacarcuna Bush-Tanager, etc) and endemics (Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker and Beautiful Treerunner), and even heard what sounded like a Scytalopus sp. (Tapaculo) calling... It was at aprox. 4,000 ft. near the ridge top. I had been thinking for a while about the possibility of a Tapaculo there, because the altitude is about right.. and if all other highland species are found ...(Solitaire, Bush-tanagers, Treerunners, etc.) why not a Tapaculo. So I finally talked to a friend from Colombia who provided various vocalizations for Chocó and Nariño Tapaculos... so this time I played their vocalizations hoping to get some kind of response.. wel...