Robert S. Ridgely, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with FundaciÓn Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president. Guy Tudor, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Plan of the Book Migration Conservation The Plates The Suboscines, Order Passeriformes Ovenbirds: Furnariinae Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptinae Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae Ground Antbirds: Formicariidae Gnateaters: Conopophagidae Tapaculos: Rhinocryptidae Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyranninae Manakins: Piprinae Cotingas: Cotinginae Bibliography Index to English Names Index to Scientific Names

Robert S. Ridgely, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with FundaciÓn Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president. Guy Tudor, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Plan of the Book Migration Conservation The Plates The Suboscines, Order Passeriformes Ovenbirds: Furnariinae Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptinae Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae Ground Antbirds: Formicariidae Gnateaters: Conopophagidae Tapaculos: Rhinocryptidae Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyranninae Manakins: Piprinae Cotingas: Cotinginae Bibliography Index to English Names Index to Scientific Names

Robert S. Ridgely, a leading ornithologist and author of A Guide to the Birds of Panama and The Birds of Ecuador, is Deputy Director of World Land Trust-US. He has served on numerous conservation-related boards, and currently is especially involved with FundaciÓn Jocotoco in Ecuador, of which he is president. Guy Tudor, a MacArthur Fellow and well-known bird artist and naturalist, was the principal illustrator of A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela and A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.

• Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Plan of the Book Migration Conservation The Plates The Suboscines, Order Passeriformes Ovenbirds: Furnariinae Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptinae Typical Antbirds: Thamnophilidae Ground Antbirds: Formicariidae Gnateaters: Conopophagidae Tapaculos: Rhinocryptidae Tyrant Flycatchers: Tyranninae Manakins: Piprinae Cotingas: Cotinginae Bibliography Index to English Names Index to Scientific Names