Updated program, errata, program problems of "Birds of Bolivia 2.0"

by Sjoerd Mayer

Updated Program (current version: 2.21)

Click here to install an updated program which:
- fixes program bugs, and
- no longer shows the erroneous sound recordings and photos, and
- shows most of the erroneous recordings and photos with the correct species, and
- shows the voices of some additional species (e.g. Cryptic Forest-Falcon!), and
- shows the "solutions" to many of the mystery recordings on version 2.0, and
- can convert all recordings to mp3 files with all information embedded, and
- can convert ALL (2572!) recordings to mp3s in one go! (with File/Make ALL mp3 files), and
- runs equally on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
Note 1: After installation, "Birds of Bolivia 2, updated version" does not know in which drive to look for the CD-ROM, and when you attempt to play a sound, it will ask you for the folder or drive where the sound and photo files are located.
Note 2: This updated program does not replace the original "Birds of Bolivia 2.0" program (the one on the CD-ROM). To remove the original program, see Help/Read Me.
Note 3: This updated program does replace previous versions of itself (2.1 etc.).
Note 3: Please let me know about your experiences with this latest version (at info@birdsongs.com)! I want to print new disks with it, but I would first like to make sure that this very new program doesn't have problems.

Errata of version 2.0

• The bird on the first photo of Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus is actually a Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus, as pointed out by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in February 2005.
• The bird on the photo of Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus is a Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris, as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in July 2004.
• The bird on the photos of Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus is also a Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris, as pointed out by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in February 2005.
• The bird on the photo of Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni is actually a Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis, as pointed out by Sidney Dunkle in June 2006 (and by Joe Tobias before that, but I forgot to follow up on it).
• The chick of Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis is actually one of the Tinamus Tinamous. This was discovered by Mark Pearman (mpearman@infovia.com.ar), and confirmed by Jon Fjeldså ("Palaeognathous birds (= ostriches, rheas, tinamous etc) can immediately be recognized by the position of the gape, as the roof of the upper mandible is continuous with the palate of the skull, while in all other birds there is an angle between the plane of bill and skull. In addition the skull is so much more slender than in Odontophorus"). Erratum added in October 2002.
• Not an error, but listed here anyway: The ... Screech-Owl Otus sp. was collected by Sebastian Herzog, Aidan Maccormick, Ross MacLeod, and others in August/September 2001, and (as expected) turned out to be Cloudforest Screech-Owl Otus marshalli, a new species for Bolivia.
• The bird on the photos of Scrub Nightjar Caprimulgus anthonyi is not that species, but a female of the small coastal form decussatus of Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris. This was brought to my attention by Daniel Lane (barbetboy@yahoo.com). June 2003.
• The birds heard on the first recording of Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata were very probably not that species, but two displaying Black-collared Hawks Busarellus nigricollis! Thomas Stuart (thomtail@hotmail.com) told me this. July 2002.
• The bird on the photos of Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri is an immature Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula, as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in January 2002.
• The bird on the photo of Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina (which already had the comment "No 100% certainty") is actually a Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia/Polyerata lactea, as pointed out by A. Bennett Hennessey (tangara@unete.com) in June 2001.
• The photos of White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus:
  - the bird on the second photo ("A female. August 1996.") is actually a Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea.
  - the bird on the last two photos (which had the comment "The identification is tentative") is actually a female Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura.
  All this was pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in April 2005.
• The bird on the second photo of White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster is a young Hillstar Oreotrochilus sp., as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in August 2003.
• The bird on the 3 photos of Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata (which already had the comment "not 100% certain"), is a female White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora, as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in July 2004.
• The second photo of Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula is of a female, not an immature.
• The bird on the photo of Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami is actually a Neblina Metaltail M. odomae. July 2003.
• The bird on the photo of Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita is actually a female Horned Sungem Heliactin bilophus. Pointed out by Rasmus Boegh (rasmus_boegh@yahoo.dk) in July 2005.
• The bird on the photo of Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus is actually a Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus, as pointed out by Jon Hornbuckle (JonHornbu@aol.com) in May 2001.
• The second recording of Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus (unseen, 99%), recorded at Sajta, is actually a singing Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis! Discovered by Dan Lane (barbetboy@yahoo.com). February 2005.
• The "alarm calls" of Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda, which I gave a certainty of 99%, were almost certainly made by Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa, judging from a recording of that species on Cornell's CD "Voices of Amazonian Birds", Volume 2.
• The first, third and maybe the fourth photos of Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda, show Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa, according to Daniel Lane in April 2005.
• The photo of Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus probably shows a Tschudi's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus chunchotambo ("its bill is not sufficiently stubby, nor is the curve of its lower mandible sufficiently smooth, for Striped Woodcreeper (...) Moreover, the unbordered thin pale streak visible on the upperparts is again indicative of Tschudi's .." - e-mail from Joe Tobias). Found by Daniel Lane and Joe Tobias at the end of May 2005.
• The fourth recording of Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii has only in the beginning the song/call of that species. After that it is a Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda which (almost seamlessly!) takes over. Noticed by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in January 2002, but only (grudgingly) accepted by me in July 2004.
• The songs on the second recording of Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger, which I gave a certainty of 99%, were made by either Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber or White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti, as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in September 2004.
• The second recording ("Song") of Cabanis' Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi is not of that species, but are calls of what was almost certainly a White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus. Pointed out by Paul Coopmans (coopmans@ecnet.ec), and confirmed by the recordist Sebastian Herzog (skherzog@compuserve.com). May 2003. 
• The fourth recording ("Calls", 99%) of Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens contains actually calls of Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis. Found by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in April 2005.
• The songs on the third recording of Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia were probably made by Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola. "Solved" with help from Bret Whitney. January 2004.
• The second part of the recording of song of Stripe-headed Antpitta Grallaria andicola is actually a singing Ancash Tapaculo Scytalopus affinis, I was told by the recordist Niels Krabbe in October 2002.
• The singing bird on the 11th recording of Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum (which had a certainty of only 95%), is actually a Brown Jacamar Brachygalba lugubris! Found by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in April 2005.
• The bird on the photo of Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis is actually a female Andean Tyrant Knipolegus signatus, as pointed out by Alvaro Jaramillo (alvaro@sirius.com) in August 2000.
• The bird on the photos of Brownish Flycatcher Cnipodectes subbrunneus is not that species, but almost certainly a Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus. Mark Pearman (mpearman@infovia.com.ar) was the first to express doubts about this bird (in July 2002), and it was Dan Lane (barbetboy@yahoo.com) who then "solved" the case in November 2002.
• The bird on the photo of White Monjita Xolmis irupero is actually a Black-backed Water-Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer, as pointed out by Adrián Azpiroz (avesuru@adinet.com.uy) in August 2000.
• The bird on the first photo of White-eyed Attila Attila bolivianus is actually a rufous morph Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus, as pointed out by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in February 2005.
• The bird on the photo of Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor is actually a Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus, as pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in August 2003.
• The first photo of Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis was made at Bilsa, Ecuador, and not in the Beni Biological Station, Bolivia. May 2004.
• The bird on the photo of Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus is actually a Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus, as pointed out by Mark Pearman (mpearman@infovia.com.ar) in July 2002.
• The calls of Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis are not of that species, but were made by Hazel-fronted Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus simplex. This was pointed out to me by Sebastian Herzog (skherzog@compuserve.com) in 2000.
• The recording of "calls" of Varzea Mourner Schiffornis major is wrong: this is actually a singing Troupial Icterus icterus, as pointed out by Wim ten Have (info@tanagertours.com) in January 2002.
• The third photo of Sulphur-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma sulphureiventer (which the accompanying text already found doubtful), depicts actually a Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda. Pointed out by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in April 2005.
• The third photo of Fawn-breasted Wren Thryothorus guarayanus is (of course) actually a House Wren Troglodytes aedon, as pointed out by Dan Lane barbetboy@yahoo.com) in February 2005.
• The photo of Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossa caerulescens is actually a Masked Flowerpiercer D. cyanea. Pointed out by Niels Krabbe in August 2003.
• The split of Southern and Northern (Blue-winged) Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus flavinuchus and A. somptuosus turns out to be very premature. Although I suspect that the two forms are better considered separate species, with their completely different songs and disjunct distributions, nothing definite has been published yet.
• The young bird on the second photo of Saffron-crowned TanagerTangara xanthocephala is actually a juv. Flame-faced Tanager T. parzudakii. Pointed out by Niels Krabbe in August 2003.
• The second (uncertain - 90%) recording of Brown-capped Redstart Myioborus brunniceps contains the song of what was probably Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia. May 2006. (in 2004 I thought it was probably the song of Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis frontalis, until I came upon a recording by Jonas Nilsson of what was probably Band-tailed F.) 
• The bird on the photo of Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus is not that species, but a male Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis. Discovered by Dan Lane (barbetboy@yahoo.com). February 2005.
• The bird on the third recording of Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus ("Song during nuptial flight") was probably a Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus. March 2003.
• The last two photos of Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis, of a juvenile, which according to the comment is "not 100% certain", is probably a juvenile Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola. Pointed out by Joe Tobias (joetobias22@hotmail.com) in January 2005.

Program problems of version 2.0

• (this problem was solved in version 2.13)
  If the name of the sound editing program in the Options dialog box is a long filename, you can either:
  - enter its short file name equivalent (examples: c:\Progra~1\cool2000\cool2000.exe, c:\Progra~1\adobe\auditi~1.0\audition.exe, or c:\Progra~1\Window~2\Wmplayer.exe)
  - or put "" around it (example: "c:\Program Files\cool2000\cool2000.exe").
  The updated program accepts long filenames from version 2.13.
• (this bug was fixed in version 2.12)
  A "range check error" often occurs when Windows has been running for a long time (I myself started experiencing it when I began using the Hibernate feature, instead of always shutting down at night and rebooting in the morning).

• send an e-mail to Sjoerd Mayer if you think you found an error not listed above.

• go back to information about the CD-ROM

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