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• Grey-bellied Antbird Ammonastes pelzelni

  

  This antbird is documented at Mitú, Colombia. The male has a black chest; the female lacks it. A field report found two birds in the understory of white-sand forest there.

• Green-throated Tanager Stilpnia argyrofenges

  A tanager of humid forest on the eastern Andean slope. It is recorded in the canopy and middle levels, both in pairs and mixed flocks.

• Indigo-capped Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanifrons

  This small hummingbird is described as endemic to Colombia. It has an iridescent indigo crown, green upperparts, and pale underparts, and feeds on nectar and small insects. The source uses the older generic combination Amazilia cyanifrons.

• Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor

  This small flycatcher occurs around slow-moving water in the lowlands of northern South America. It has a brown back and bright yellow underparts and may perch close to the water surface.

• Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris

  The Ochre-bellied Dove is a South American pigeon that walks quietly near the forest floor. Its ochre-colored belly and use of the forest understory stand out.

• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus

  A small woodpecker with a gray head that searches bark and branches for insects. It uses habitats with trees, from woodland to gardens.

• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra

  The Sooty Chat is a chat whose male has black plumage and a white wing patch. Females and juveniles are brown, and the species forages on the ground in grassland.

• Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis

  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a South American hawk with a noticeable rufous tail. Its plumage ranges from light to dark forms.

• White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa

  The White-chinned Thistletail occurs in the Andes. A Bogotá bird guide describes it foraging among foliage and branches, alone or in pairs.

• Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki

  This antwren is recorded in remaining evergreen forest in Alagoas and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. The 1983 type description gives a streaked black and buff crown, chestnut back and orange underside. In 2018, ICMBio reported severe fragmentation and continuing habitat loss and assessed the species as Critically Endangered in Brazil.

• Rusty-browed Warbling Finch Microspingus erythrophrys

  This small finch occurs along montane forest edges and in alder groves in Bolivia and Argentina. The male is marked by a blue-gray face and a long rusty eyebrow.

• Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus

  The Hispaniolan Mango is a large hummingbird found on Hispaniola. Males show an iridescent green throat, while females differ in tail and underpart pattern.

• Plumbeous Tyrant Knipolegus cabanisi

  A tyrant flycatcher of forest edges and scrub on the eastern Andean slope. Adult males and females have markedly different plumage.

• Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii

  This ground-dwelling pigeon is recognized by facial skin and a white stripe along the body. In northern Australia the facial skin is red in one region and yellow in another; it feeds on seeds on the ground.

• Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus

  The Lesser Yellownape is an Asian woodpecker with green upperparts and a tufted yellow nape.

• Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis

  This small flycatcher lives in lowland forests of Sundaland. It has a plain brown back, a grey wash across the breast and a pale throat. It quietly searches for insects in shaded forest undergrowth.

• Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus

  A harrier that breeds from eastern Europe to Central Asia. Males are pale gray, while females and juveniles are browner; it lives in open country.

• Lesser Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus fuscus

  Lesser Woodcreeper is about 15–19 cm long. Oiseaux.net lists forest as its habitat and invertebrates as food. The account also includes song and call recordings from several Brazilian localities.

• Blue-lored Antbird Hafferia immaculata

  This antbird occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, and western Venezuela. It uses the undergrowth of humid forest on the western slopes of the Andes.

• Red-cowled Cardinal Paroaria dominicana

  Common in northeastern Brazil, this tanager has a red head and throat, grey back, black wings and tail, and a white underside to the tail; immatures have a duller orange head.

• Tepui Goldenthroat Polytmus milleri

  The Tepui Goldenthroat is a hummingbird of tepuis in southern Venezuela and nearby areas, using cloud-forest edges and scrub at about 1,300–2,200 m.

• Cuban Pewee Contopus caribaeus

  This small bird occurs in Cuba and the Bahamas. It uses a range of places with trees, from forest to scrub.

• Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris

  This pigeon is endemic to the Philippines and occurs on the islands except Palawan. It eats fruit in the forest canopy, and several birds may gather at fruiting trees.

• Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum

  This woodpecker has a reddish-brown back and a yellow-orange crest. It forages in the middle canopy for ant and termite nests hidden on trees.