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• Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar

  

  The Gabar Goshawk is a small hawk with a pale gray-and-white form and an all-dark form.

• Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus

  A University of the West Indies guide describes this tiny hummingbird as about 10 cm long. The male's throat is slightly darker than the female's; it feeds on nectar and small invertebrates in humid lowland habitats.

• Slender Antbird Rhopornis ardesiacus

  This antbird is recorded in Brazil's Bahia and Minas Gerais states. In the paper, the pale-purple bare skin around the eye was a narrow ring on the adults observed. The paper spells the scientific name Rhopornis ardesiaca.

• Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis

  It is a small bird of southeastern South America’s shrubland and open woodland. Its crest and long tail stand out, and it searches for food on the ground and low vegetation.

• Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis

  The Spruce Grouse is a grouse of evergreen forests in northern and western North America. It feeds mainly on conifer needles, and males and females have very different plumage.

• Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila

  The Rock Parrot is a small parrot of coastal and offshore-island habitats along southern Australia. It searches for seeds and fruit in coastal grassland and scrub.

• White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus

  This tiny woodpecker is about 8.5–9 cm long. In Bolivia it occurs in dry to semi-humid forest and woodland, moving acrobatically among branches as it forages.

• Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium californicum

  This small owl occurs in western North America. It hunts from a perch in open woodland and at forest clearings.

• Masked Water Tyrant Fluvicola nengeta

  This small bird has a white head and a black stripe through the eye. It searches muddy river and pond edges for small arthropods.

• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus

  This bird is marked by a white crown and rufous underparts. It ranges from western Africa into parts of eastern Africa, using open woodland and waterside thickets.

• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis

  This entry covers the Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis, as a species separate from the Tundra Bean Goose, A. serrirostris.

• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa

  The Asian Rosy Finch is a finch that visits northern Japan in winter. Flocks appear in open places such as coastal cliffs and grassland.

• Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus

  This small finch occurs in South American Chaco woodland, woodland edges and grasslands. Its usual range extends from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to west-central Argentina. A bird recorded near Mendoza city in 2024 may have escaped or been released.

• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

  The Maroon-bellied Parakeet is a green parrot with a reddish-brown forehead and maroon belly. It forms flocks in forests and along their edges.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis

  A tropical African raptor with black-and-white plumage that also eats palm fruits.

• White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis

  The White-throated Hummingbird is recognized by its moss-green body and white throat and belly. The sources include records from Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.

• Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps

  The Bare-crowned Antbird is a lowland antbird occurring from Central America into northern Colombia. The male has a bare blue area on the crown.

• Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda

  It forages in high-elevation mosaics of damp scrub and grassland. Regional accounts document local Andean records in Peru and Argentina.

• Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis

  The Handsome Francolin has dark reddish-brown plumage, a grey head, red bill and legs, and bare red skin around the eyes. The sexes look similar, but females are slightly smaller and young birds are duller.

• Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis

  A small parrot that feeds in forest canopies on fruit, berries, figs, nectar, and seeds. It nests in tree hollows.

• Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex

  This woodpecker occurs in Central American lowland forest. It has a green body, red nape and chestnut wings.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Northern Tropical Peewee Contopus bogotensis

  The Northern Tropical Peewee is a small flycatcher with a disjunct range in Central America and northern South America. It was separated from Southern Tropical Pewee and other former groups in the 2022 taxonomy.