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• Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens

  

  The Double-collared Seedeater occurs at forest edges, in scrub, and near farmland. Males have a black face and double collar, while females are brown.

• Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea

  A furnariid of forest understory, edges, and scrubby woodland. Plumage and breast streaking vary geographically.

• Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus

  This small flycatcher has a strongly streaked breast and variable brown, rufous, and intermediate plumages.

• White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni

  This flycatcher inhabits high forests in southeastern Africa. It searches for invertebrates near the forest floor; tracking of one bird suggests seasonal elevation changes.

• 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.

• Guianan Streaked Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis

  This small antwren inhabits riverside vine tangles and seasonally flooded forest. It gleans insects from leaves and is listed in a Smithsonian field checklist for Guyana.

• Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes

  The Levant Sparrowhawk is a migratory hawk with gray upperparts and orange-barred underparts.

• Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus

  This greenish woodpecker has red wings and a red crown, plus a yellow crest. It forages on trunks and large branches in forests and plantations from lowlands into lower mountain areas.

• Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae

  The Black-tailed Trainbearer is a hummingbird of the Andes from Colombia to Peru. Males have long tails and search for nectar.

• Greater Yellow Finch Sicalis auriventris

  This seed-eating finch lives in the Andes of Chile and Argentina. Adult males are yellow, while females are gray-brown.

• Bamboo Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops dorsalis

  The Bamboo Foliage-gleaner is associated with bamboo and cane thickets. Its account highlights bamboo stands in southeastern Peru.

• Black-capped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus nigrocapillus

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a black crown and two pale wing bars. It lives in moist Andean montane forest and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• 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.

• African Green Pigeon Treron calvus

  The African Green Pigeon is a green fruit-eating pigeon that feeds in trees. This entry uses the West African portion of the Oiseaux.net range because that account also discusses the former broad treatment with T. delalandii.

• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta

  A grey antbird with a conspicuous white patch between the shoulders. It searches for small prey in dense lowland forest undergrowth.

• Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis

  The Ovambo Sparrowhawk is a hawk of sub-Saharan Africa. It hunts other birds around dry woodland edges and savannas.

• Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridis

  The Bamboo Woodpecker is a subdued green woodpecker closely associated with bamboo. It probes stems and trunks slowly for small prey.

• Rufous-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus addae

  This hummingbird occurs on the eastern Andes from central and southern Peru to Bolivia. Males have green upperparts, long outer tail streamers with racket-shaped tips, and rufous leg puffs.

• 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.

• Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilus

  This ovenbird searches for food as it moves along trunks and branches in the forest canopy. The Peru account records it in eastern Andean forests and southeastern lowlands.

• Galapagos Flycatcher Myiarchus magnirostris

  The Galapagos Flycatcher lives in island forests and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fruit and flowers. It nests in cavities in trees and cacti.

• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri

  The Little Forktail is a small streamside bird with striking black-and-white plumage. It flicks its short, shallowly forked tail while searching for aquatic insects on rocks.

• Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris

  The Hill Pigeon lives in mountains from Central Asia to the Himalayas and also visits towns.

• Lunulated Antbird Oneillornis lunulatus

  This scarce antbird inhabits lowland rainforest understory in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. Males are gray and females brown, but both have a white eyebrow and throat.