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• Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris

  

  This flowerpiercer lives in the high Andes. Disjunct populations occur in northern Colombia and farther south in Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and their relationship has been studied.

• Bahia Antwren Herpsilochmus pileatus

  The Bahia Antwren inhabits coastal forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Males are gray and black, while females show buff tones.

• Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris

  A pewee distributed across Puerto Rico and islands of the Lesser Antilles. Subspecies differ among islands, including in the color of the breast and belly.

• Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis

  The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon has a dark brown body with pale spots and chestnut wing panels visible in flight. It lives among sandstone formations in northern Australia.

• Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii

  Temminck’s Tragopan is a pheasant of mountain forests. Males show a blue face and spotted russet plumage, and display during courtship.

• Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus

  The Hairy Woodpecker is a North American woodpecker that searches for insects while moving along tree trunks.

• Northern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda

  This woodcreeper occurs in the Guianas and in Brazil north of the Amazon. In dry-ground and periodically flooded lowland forest, it climbs trunks from the base while searching for insects.

• Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis mabirae

  Clements treats Stiphrornis mabirae as a separate species. A Salonga survey recorded individuals singing in terra firma forest.

• Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana

  A small finch endemic to Corsica and Sardinia. Males have a brighter yellow face and breast than females, with a streaky brown back.

• Plain Parakeet Brotogeris tirica

  The Plain Parakeet is a small green parrot that eats fruit, flowers, and nectar and moves in pairs or flocks. It is native to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil and also visits gardens where fruit is available.

• Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii

  A large hummingbird recorded in Costa Rica’s northern Pacific region. Males have a red-orange iridescent gorget and a white stripe along the middle of the rump.

• Desert Owl Strix hadorami

  The Desert Owl’s facial disc is described as ranging from sandy gray to off-white among specimens. It occurs in rocky deserts and uses crevices in cliffs, caves, and wadis for roosting or nesting. An Israeli pellet study found small rodents and insectivores among its prey.

• Gundlach's Hawk Astur gundlachi

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

• Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor

  A small Andean bird found in forest canopy and high native scrub. Its glossy blue back contrasts with a black head and chest and rufous underparts.

• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster

  An antwren of woodland and dense scrub in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, feeding on insects and spiders.

• Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus

  This entry covers *Mionectes galbinus*, split from the broader *M. olivaceus*. The species account records it in moist lowland and montane forest from Central into northwestern South America.

• Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

  A ground-dwelling pigeon of forests on Panay and Negros. It has a narrow red patch at the center of its white throat and breast, with green iridescence on the head and wings.

• Crestless Fireback Lophura erythrophthalma

  The male is glossy purplish blue with fine white markings; the female is dark blue-black. Both have red faces and forage near the forest floor.

• Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus

  The Ringed Woodpecker is a forest woodpecker of the Amazon basin. It has black and pale bars across the back and a cinnamon-colored head.

• Rufous-necked Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla ruficollis

  This furnariid occurs on the western Andean slope from northwestern Peru into Ecuador. It has a rufous neck and tail and is found in dense understory with bamboo.

• Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni

  Males have bold black-and-white plumage, while females are subdued gray-brown. The flycatcher sallies from forest perches to catch insects; some Himalayan populations descend to lower foothills in winter.

• Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis

  Males have a blue chest and chestnut belly while females have an olive back; the species feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects in the canopy of South American Atlantic forest and montane habitat.

• Brown-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura calliptera

  The Brown-breasted Parakeet is a green parakeet that lives in small flocks in the humid montane forests of Colombia’s Eastern Andes, eating fruit, flowers, and seeds.

• Horned Sungem Heliactin bilophus

  The Horned Sungem ranges from Suriname through Brazil to eastern Bolivia. Males have bright blue and red crown ornaments, and the species feeds on flower nectar.