Neotropical Birding 8

Welcome to the eighth issue of Neotropical Birding
Nacho Areta
2

Antpitta Paradise: A 2010 Update
Sam Woods, Nick Athanas and Scott Olmstead
4

In search of los azacuanes: where to watch raptor migration in Middle America
Joseph Taylor
12

Splits, lumps and shuffles
Alexander C. Lees
22

Field identification of White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi and similar-looking species in north-east Brazil
Sergio H. Seipke, Francisco Voeroes Dénes, Frederick Pallinger, Russell Thorstrom, Jean-Marc Thiollay, Luís Fábio Silveira and William S. Clark
29

Dot-winged Crake Porzana spiloptera: a shadow in the pampas salty grasslands
Luis Pagano, Ulises Ornstein and Diego Monteleone
40

Helmeted Woodpecker Dryocopus galeatus: a little-known Atlantic Forest endemic
Martjan Lammertink, Alejandro Bodrati and Raphael E. F. Santos
45

Birds of sand: birding the central Monte Desert
Juan I. Areta, Ignacio Hernández and Jamie Prieto
52

Seeking out Atlantic Forest specialities at Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu
Lee Dingain
60

Photospot: Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
Kevin J. Zimmer
68

Photospot: Maria-bonita Taeniotriccus andrei
Alexander C. Lees and Nárgila Moura
74