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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pbjosh" data-source="post: 3466145" data-attributes="member: 117939">Going by most effort expended without seeing a bird? Probably biggest nemeses are these two, particularly the second:Gray-headed Piprites (heard twice, months of effort in prime habitat, this bird is a unicorn)Scaled Antpitta - heard perhaps 25 times. Still unseen. I've seen 35-45 Grallariculae taxa, depending on taxonomy, including all of the hardest and rarest in the Andes, but the Grallaria with the largest distribution yet eludes me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I have a lot more dips in the neotropics but relative to effort the above two stand out.But birds that I just plain should have seen by now? There are many, some standouts are perhaps...Dickcissel (this is the top bird on my eBird needs list for every country from Mexico to Costa Rica!)Buff-breasted SandpiperCalliope Hummingbird (Certainly actually seen, but never certainly ID'd)Orange-winged Parrot (top "needs list" bird for eBird from Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru!)Ruby TopazLucifer HummingbirdI don't worry too much about the common birds, I will see them in time. Dipping Gray-headed Piprites after the amount of effort kind of stunk, though.</blockquote>