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• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps

  

  The White-throated Redstart is a mountain bird whose food changes with the season. In breeding plumage, the male is strikingly marked with a white throat patch, a dark face, and chestnut underparts.

• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus

  The Short-tailed Hawk circles above forests, looking for birds and diving to catch them.

• Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola

  The Andean Tit-Spinetail occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It forages in Andean scrub and nearby shrubbery.

• Peruvian Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana

  It lives in western Amazonian rainforest east of the Andes. It gleans insects from the undersides of leaves and also uses forest edges and second growth near water or marshes. It has a black iris and a short tail.

• Northern Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus

  A cuckoo with a bright yellow eye-ring. It breeds in northeastern Asia, and juveniles have been recorded in Hong Kong in autumn.

• Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet Touit purpuratus

  This small parrot occurs in northern South America. Its body and underparts are green, while crown and tail markings vary by subspecies and sex. It searches for food in forest crowns.

• Gold-ringed Tanager Bangsia aureocincta

  The Gold-ringed Tanager is restricted to the western Colombian Andes. In a Montezuma survey, most records were above 1,850 m and at forest edges, with many birds foraging alone. Nest information comes from a small number of observations.

• Ouvea Parakeet Eunymphicus uvaeensis

  The Ouvéa Parakeet is restricted to Ouvéa Island and nests in cavities in old humid forest.

• Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae

  The Black-tailed Trainbearer is a hummingbird of the Andes from Colombia to Peru. Males have long tails and search for nectar.

• Caspian Snowcock Tetraogallus caspius

  The Caspian Snowcock is a grey-brown bird with white and rusty markings that lives on rocky mountains near the snow line.

• Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher Nephelomyias ochraceiventris

  This small flycatcher lives in humid mountain forest east of the Andes. It searches leaves and branches in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

  In breeding plumage, the male has an orange head and reddish bill; the female is brown. This diving duck feeds on aquatic plants and algae.

• Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii

  Grey-chested Doves have muted gray-brown upperparts with a slight purplish cast and pale underparts. They usually forage on foot, alone or in pairs, in forests from southern Mexico through Central America to northern Colombia.

• Blakiston's Fish Owl Ketupa blakistoni

  A large owl of forests along rivers and around lakes in Hokkaido. It eats fish and small mammals and nests in holes in large trees.

• White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

  The White-backed Woodpecker searches for food in forests with dead trees. It has black-and-white bars across its back and is often solitary outside the breeding season.

• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

  The Ashy Prinia is a small prinia recorded widely across the Indian subcontinent. It uses open habitats such as gardens, farmland, thorn scrub, and grassland, feeding on invertebrates.

• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis

  This thrush lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. A broad white cheek-and-ear stripe stands out against its dark head and underparts.

• Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla

  This tiny bird is recognized by its yellow crown and blue-toned plumage. Small groups travel to places with abundant mistletoe berries.

• Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica

  Endemic to Philippine islands, this flycatcher inhabits the shaded understory of humid evergreen forest and keeps out of sight.

• Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus

  The Madagascar Buzzard is a medium-sized raptor endemic to Madagascar. It searches for prey on the ground in places such as forest edges and savannah.

• Star-chested Treerunner Margarornis stellatus

  This ovenbird occurs in mossy montane forest from Colombia into western Ecuador. Its reddish-brown body and rows of white breast spots are distinctive.

• Banded Antbird Dichrozona cincta

  The Banded Antbird occurs in lowland Amazonian forest in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. It forages on the forest floor and is recorded to about 900 m in the Andean foothills.

• Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis

  The Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo is a large ground cuckoo of foothill forest from southern Venezuela to northern Brazil. It has rufous wings and bare red skin around the eye.

• Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix

  The Yellow-headed Amazon is a green parrot found in Mexico and parts of Central America; the extent of yellow on the head varies by subspecies.