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• Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster

  

  The Gray-bellied Hawk is a large forest hawk. Adults are dark above and pale below.

• Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas

  This entry covers the southern species Patagona gigas. It looks very similar to the Northern Giant Hummingbird, P. peruviana, but differs in breeding range and vocalizations.

• Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger

  This small antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory. Near Peru’s Manu National Park, a male was recorded attending a nest hung low in dense vegetation.

• Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia

  A large woodcreeper with reddish-brown plumage and fine barring. It forages in mature forest and may appear near army-ant swarms.

• Common Hill Partridge Arborophila torqueola

  The Common Hill Partridge is a pheasant relative of forests around the Himalayas. Males have an orange head and dark chest markings, and small groups search the forest floor for food.

• Pygmy Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis

  This small parrot, about 11 cm long, lives on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is green with a red throat patch and rump, and hanging parrots rest upside down.

• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus

  The Speckled Piculet is a tiny woodpecker with fine black-and-white markings. It searches trunks and branches for insects and is also recorded in natural forests in Hong Kong.

• African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii

  The African Wood Owl lives in forests and woodlands across sub-Saharan Africa. It becomes active after dark and hunts from low perches.

• Southern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus

  This small flycatcher breeds in southern South America and moves north toward the southern Amazon in some seasons. It occurs in lowland scrub, open woodland, and savanna.

• White-bellied Shortwing Myiomela major

  This shortwing occurs in the hills of southern India. Its account describes a slaty-blue back and breast, white belly, and rufous-brown flanks; birds are met singly or in pairs among undergrowth and small trees.

• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

  A forest thrush marked by spots on its breast. It breeds in North America and migrates to Central and South America for winter.

• White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta

  The White-vented Euphonia lives in humid tropical forest and nearby vegetation. Males have a dark throat and yellow belly, while females are olive above; the birds mainly search for fruit in the canopy.

• Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala

  This tanager inhabits Andean forest and humid scrub. Its blue head and gray throat and belly help distinguish it from similar species.

• Blue-and-yellow macaw Ara ararauna

  A large South American parrot with bright blue upperparts and yellow underparts.

• West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda

  This sand-gray dove has a white crescent mark on its wings. It picks up seeds from the ground and may fly in flocks.

• Rufous-thighed Kite Harpagus diodon

  This raptor occurs where forest meets savanna. It has rufous thighs, yellow legs, and a brown stripe down the center of its throat.

• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus

  The Frilled Coquette is a small hummingbird found in Brazil. At one reserve in Santa Catarina, one adult male was repeatedly recorded visiting a garden feeder and flying into nearby riparian forest.

• White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons

  The White-plumed Antbird follows army-ant columns while foraging in the lower forest understory of Amazonia. Adults have long white plumes along the face, and chestnut neck, underparts, and tail.

• Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris

  This ovenbird relative forages on foot in open grassland and sparse scrub at high elevations. The Peru species account gives a range extending into Colombia and Ecuador.

• Malay Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

  The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.

• Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus

  This small parrot is found on Philippine islands. The male is mainly green, with blue on the face and chin and a thin pale-blue band across the upper back. Natural-history information is scarce; on Samar it was observed in fruiting trees near forest edges and cultivated areas.

• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis

  A large woodpecker that uses the forest canopy. In Singapore, its native population is confined to a limited area.

• African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense

  The African Barred Owlet is a small owl that hunts in woodlands of southern and eastern Africa.