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• Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri

  

  The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a small hummingbird found across western North America into Mexico. A male's black chin can flash purple in the right light.

• Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea

  The Plumbeous Pigeon's plumage ranges from gray to brown among subspecies. In Peru it is often found in the canopy and subcanopy of mature Amazonian forest.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Acre Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus cohnhafti

  It was described near Assis Brasil in Acre, Brazil. The 2013 original description said the type locality was the only known site then; a later account also shows records from Rio Branco.

• Medium Tree Finch Camarhynchus pauper

  The Medium Tree Finch is an arboreal finch found only on Floreana Island in the Galápagos. It searches for insect larvae by prying at bark and also eats seeds, fruit, and other foods.

• Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii

  Levaillant's Woodpecker is a woodpecker of mountain woodlands in northwestern Africa. It is active by day and searches wooded areas for invertebrates.

• Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis

  This small bird occurs in the Amazon region of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Males are grey and females olive-grey; river-edge and flooded-forest records are documented.

• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

  A small duck with striking black-white and chestnut plumage in males and a cinnamon crest in females. It dives for food in North American ponds and rivers.

• Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi

  Gundlach's Hawk is a forest-associated hawk endemic to Cuba that preys on birds.

• Henna-capped Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rectirostris

  It is recorded in gallery forest and riparian woodland in Brazil's Cerrado.

• Kawall's Amazon Amazona kawalli

  Pale skin at the base of the bill, a grey eye ring, and yellow-green wing edges are identifying features. Observations in Vaupés, Colombia, recorded flocks feeding on palm fruit.

• Moorland Francolin Scleroptila psilolaema

  This francolin occurs on mountaintops in the Ethiopian highlands, in Afroalpine and sub-Afroalpine environments.

• Australian King Parrot Alisterus scapularis

  The Australian King Parrot is a large parrot whose plumage differs between males and females. It feeds on fruits and seeds in forests and forest edges of eastern Australia.

• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia

  The Red-tailed Wheatear lives in dry rocky places and scrub. The male is notable for its black face and reddish rump and tail.

• Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys

  The Golden-browed Chlorophonia is a bright green and yellow bird; adult males add a golden brow.

• Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus

  This small hummingbird inhabits forests and cerrado in southeastern Brazil. The male has green cheek tufts with white spots; the female lacks these tufts.

• Key West Quail-Dove Geotrygon chrysia

  This dove occurs on Caribbean islands. It walks on the ground to forage and stays quiet beneath dense cover.

• Northern boobook Ninox japonica

  An owl of woodland with large trees that hunts insects at night.

• Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps

  The Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant was recorded in the understory of Colombia’s western Andes. At La Linda, observers heard a few individuals daily and captured an adult male in dense Chusquea bamboo.

• Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola

  This small bird is restricted to a limited part of the northern Peruvian Andes. It searches for food in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub.

• Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros

  Its green-yellow upperparts and pale underparts are barred in black. Males have a red mark below the eye; in females it is black.

• Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus

  This antvireo lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Males are gray with a blacker chest, while females are olive-brown. It searches for small arthropods in the lower forest stratum.

• Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata

  The Indian Spotted Eagle is a raptor of lowland South Asia. It nests in trees or groves within cultivated areas and gardens; in one study in northwest India, most prey delivered to nests were rodents.

• Orinoco Softtail Thripophaga cherriei

  A furnariid recorded in riparian forest in the upper Orinoco region of southern Venezuela. Its documented habitat is localized and information remains limited.