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The strange Donocobious has changed its affiliations as often as Italy has changed governments. Once included with the mockingbirds, then the wrens, it is now placed in its own family.

Northern Screamer is restricted to a small area of northern Colombia and neighbouring Venezuela. It is the last, and by far the rarest of the three Screamer species to be added to my list.

Bare-faced Ibis

Pied Water Tyrant

White-headed Marsh Tyrant

Eventually dusk fell and we had to leave the open meadows and drive on to the El Paujil reserve.

We spent two and half days at El Paujil. The days started with a wade across the river followed by a 300m hike up the hill.

Soon we were getting good views over beautiful primary forest. It was quite warm and very humid and I found climbing the hill a bit tough.

This strange lizard was seen near our chalet.

There were plenty of moths around including this beautiful hawk-moth.

By far the best bird was the critically endangered and seldom seen Blue-billed Curassow. We had great views of a group of two males and two females on our third and final morning. This bird however is held for a captive breeding program, which at the moment is doomed to failure as they only have three females.

Roger Clifft relaxing (and fooling about) in a hammock..