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• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola

  

  A canastero found in Chile. The nominate subspecies has a brown back and pale eyebrow; a central Chile study recorded nesting in thorny scrub and cactus areas.

• Rufous-throated Tanager Ixothraupis rufigula

  A small tanager of western Colombia and western Ecuador. A foraging study near Mindo in Ecuador recorded it in the lower, drier disturbed forest and observed it searching leaf surfaces for arthropods.

• White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens

  This flycatcher lives in moist forests and wet areas of West and Central Africa. It has dark slate-gray upperparts and a white eyebrow, and feeds mainly on small invertebrates.

• Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris

  This tyrant flycatcher breeds in Patagonian grasslands and moves to the Pampas for winter. It walks through open grass or scrub and searches for food on the ground.

• Slate-colored Antbird Myrmelastes schistaceus

  The Slate-colored Antbird forages in the understory of western Amazonian forest. Males are slaty grey with white dots forming wing bars; females are brown and rufous.

• Gray-breasted Woodpecker Melanerpes hypopolius

  The Gray-breasted Woodpecker lives in interior southwestern Mexico, using montane scrub and gallery forest.

• Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii

  This tiny hummingbird is about 9–10 cm long. Males have a blue-violet throat and long forked tail; females have a shorter tail and cinnamon underparts. It visits flowers in Mexican highlands.

• Elegant Imperial Pigeon Ducula concinna

  This large pigeon is about 43 cm long. It lives in forests and woodland on the small islands of Wallacea and feeds on fruit.

• Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius

  A small owl native only to Cyprus. It may sit still on a branch by day and hunts invertebrates at night.

• Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii

  In the Chinese records summarized here, the Dark-rumped Rosefinch occurs in small groups among rhododendron and bamboo undergrowth. Males are redder, while females are mainly brown.

• Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus

  The Changeable Hawk-Eagle is a forest raptor with pale and dark color morphs. The distribution and resident records cited here refer only to the documented localities.

• Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Dendroma erythroptera

  This ovenbird forages in the mid-story and below the canopy of Amazonian forest. Its gray-brown head and back contrast with chestnut wings and tail.

• Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus

  Cinnamon Tanager occurs mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon and uses semi-open grassy country with scattered shrubs and low trees. A specimen study describes a cinnamon-colored throat and breast and a whitish belly. It found substantial individual and geographic variation in plumage, so one color pattern does not represent every bird.

• Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys

  It is about 15–18 cm long. It uses evergreen forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub and eats invertebrates. The page also lists sound records from Assam.

• Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii

  Couch's Kingbird is a large flycatcher with yellow and gray plumage and a greenish back. It appears in southern Texas during summer.

• Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis

  The Sooty Antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory and sometimes forages near columns of army ants.

• Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii

  The Green-backed Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of woodland and open forest in parts of eastern and central Africa. It is active by day and feeds on small invertebrates, including insects.

• Viridian Metaltail Metallura williami

  This hummingbird is recorded in the highlands of the Sibundoy area of Colombia. Male and female throat and tail patterns differ, and males defend feeding areas.

• Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus

  The Wompoo Fruit Dove is a large green pigeon with a purple throat and chest and a yellow belly. It feeds in rainforest canopies and moves locally between fruiting trees.

• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

  A large owl widespread in North America, recognized by its earlike feather tufts and yellow eyes. It uses forests, wetlands, grasslands, and even green spaces in towns.

• Andean Siskin Spinus spinescens

  A yellowish finch of the Andes, often found in flocks at forest edges and in páramo. The black head marking of females varies between northern and southern populations.

• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos

  The Pied Harrier has strongly different male and female plumage and flies low over open grassland to search for prey.

• Russet-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis zimmeri

  This ovenbird occurs in the mountains of west-central Peru. A grey crown, rufous upper tail-coverts, and russet underparts help identify it.

• Fulvous Shrike-Tanager Lanio fulvus

  A tanager of humid lowland forests in northern Amazonia. It acts as a sentinel near the center of mixed-species flocks and catches insects flushed by other birds.