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• Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi

  

  This finch is recorded in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. It uses grassland near shallow water or secondary forest and feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Olivaceous Flycatcher Muscicapa olivascens

  This small flycatcher lives in humid forests of West and Central Africa. It launches from a perch to catch insects in the air.

• Band-tailed Hornero Furnarius figulus

  A white eyebrow, rusty bars on the wings, and a rufous tail with black tips help identify it. It is recorded in open farmland with bushes, often near water.

• Salvadori's Antwren Myrmotherula minor

  This small antwren lives in Brazil's Atlantic Forest. Males have a black throat patch extending onto the chest, and the species joins mixed-species flocks in lowland forest.

• Blue-throated Hillstar Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

  A hummingbird of shrub patches in the southwestern Ecuadorian Andes. Males have a blue throat, while females show grey and white areas on the throat.

• Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis

  This African eagle has a black chest band and a white belly. It spots and catches snakes and other prey on the ground.

• Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini

  The Comoro Blue Pigeon is a dark blue pigeon with a pale gray hood. It feeds in fruiting trees in wooded habitats and may fly in small flocks.

• Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica

  The Mombasa Woodpecker lives in coastal forests of East Africa. It searches among trunks and leafy branches, feeding mainly on ants and their larvae.

• Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica

  The Pied Water Tyrant has black-and-white upperparts, white underparts, and a black bill and legs. In Peru it has been recorded in Ucayali and southern Loreto, where it uses open scrub near water.

• Western Hemispingus Sphenopsis ochracea

  The Western Hemispingus is recorded from montane forest on the western slope of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia. A 2022 taxonomic paper noted that only ten study skins were known and ecological information was sparse.

• Bornean Whistling Thrush Myophonus borneensis

  The Bornean Whistling Thrush lives along streams in northern Borneo. Adult males have glossy dark blue on the head through the breast.

• Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus

  The Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in lowland forests from Colombia to Bolivia. It forages in the understory of young floodplain forest; the Peru Aves account also associates it with Guadua bamboo in southeastern Peru.

• White-shouldered Antbird Akletos melanoceps

  This antbird occurs in the western Amazon. The male is black with a concealed white shoulder patch; the female is rufous with a black head.

• White-whiskered Hermit Phaethornis yaruqui

  This hummingbird feeds on nectar in humid foothill and montane forests and dense scrub.

• Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata

  The Crested Goshawk is a raptor of forests and wooded edges from South to Southeast Asia. It hunts from concealed perches in trees.

• Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus

  The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon ranges across South and Southeast Asian forests. It eats fruit from branches, and males and females differ in breast pattern.

• Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes

  This Sri Lankan woodpecker is the red-backed form. It is most widespread in the wet zone, while birds in the north-central contact area can show intermediate plumage.

• Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe

  The Northern Beardless Tyrannulet is a tiny, grayish bird without bristles at the base of its bill. It hops among branches, flicks its tail, and gives whistled notes.

• Multicolored Tanager Chlorochrysa nitidissima

  This Colombian endemic lives in humid mountain forest. The bird pictured in the guide has a yellow head, green back, blue-green wings and belly, and an orange throat.

• White-bellied Bush Chat Saxicola gutturalis

  The White-bellied Bush Chat lives on Timor and nearby islands. It uses open habitats with scattered trees, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Straight-billed Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus

  This earthcreeper inhabits dry highlands of southwestern Bolivia. Accounts describe its long, nearly straight bill and ground-foraging on sparsely vegetated, rocky slopes.

• Rufous-tailed Antbird Drymophila genei

  This antbird has a dark head and rufous-brown tail. In southeastern Brazil's montane forest, it searches among bamboo and vines for insects.

• Velvet-purple Coronet Boissonneaua jardini

  The Velvet-purple Coronet is a hummingbird of wet montane forest in western Colombia. Its iridescent purple, blue, and green plumage, slightly curved bill, and white leg patch are noted in the account.

• White-backed vulture Gyps africanus

  A vulture that gathers with others and searches for carcasses in African savannas.