Back from the dead! A potpourri of recent rediscoveries from the Neotropics
Chris Balchin
4
Important Bird Areas of the Neotropics: Panama
Darién Montañez and George R. Angehr
12
The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists’ Union: a new classification of the birds of South America
J. V. Remsen, Jr.
21
Separation of Streptoprocne swifts in the Atlantic forest region
Guy M. Kirwan
24
Variation of wingbars in some tyrannid flycatchers
Robin Restall
28
The Harpy Eagle in Ecuador: the rainforest ‘air spirit’
Ruth Muñiz-López
32
Far from the birding crowd: range extensions and recent additions to the Bolivian avifauna
Joseph Tobias
36
Seeing Chilean Woodstar around Arica, Chile
James Lowen, Fabrice Schmitt and David Capper
40
Orange-throated Tanager the easy way – the Cordillera del Cóndor in south-east Ecuador
David Capper and Penny Pereira
44
Santa Lucia: a community conservation success in Ecuador
Sally Johnsen
48
The Northern Peru Birding Route – diversity and endemics
Rob Williams
53
Finding white-sand forest specialists in Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve, Peru
Noam Shany, Juan Díaz Alván and José Álvarez Alonso
60
Guyana: South America’s overlooked birding destination
Chris Collins
69
Finding a secretive bamboo specialist in Argentina’s Atlantic Forest: the White-bearded Antshrike
Juan Ignacio Areta
76
Photospot: Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis
Joseph Tobias
83
Photospot: Ochre-browed Thistletail Schizoeaca coryi
David Fisher
88
