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• Duida Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes duidae

  

  Duida Woodcreeper is a woodcreeper found north of the Amazon in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru.

• Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus

  A southern African species account says male and female African Stonechats differ in plumage. The adult male has a black head and throat with white neck patches.

• Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola

  The Ring-necked Dove has a black half-collar on the back of its neck. It is often alone or in pairs but may form large flocks around food or water.

• Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni

  The Long-winged Harrier searches for prey over wetlands and grasslands in South America. Plumage differs by sex, and birds occur in light and dark forms.

• Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus

  Males are red with black wings and tail and a thick, silvery lower bill. Females are duller reddish brown. Small groups use open lowland scrub and second-growth forest, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant Muscipipra vetula

  This gray tyrant has a long, deeply forked tail and occurs in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America.

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii

  Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.

• Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

  This small hummingbird breeds along the Pacific coast of Oregon and California. Males display a reddish-orange throat and perform pendulum-like arcs followed by steep dives.

• Black-necked Woodpecker Colaptes atricollis

  The Black-necked Woodpecker occurs on the western side of the Peruvian Andes. It has a black throat and upper breast, a barred body, and feeds mainly on ants and other insects.

• Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri

  The Short-billed Canastero is a small furnariid of Argentina's open scrub and sparse woodland. Its grey-brown back and chestnut throat patch stand out, and it searches for food on the ground.

• Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus

  The Hainan Blue Flycatcher occurs from southern China through mainland Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong, mature forest is its main recorded breeding habitat.

• Russet-crowned Quail-Dove Zentrygon goldmani

  This quail-dove was studied in Panama’s montane forest, where records show ground foraging and courtship.

• Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  A North American eagle whose head and tail become white as it matures.

• Espanola Cactus Finch Geospiza conirostris

  The Large Cactus Finch is a Darwin's finch of the Galápagos, with a varied diet that includes Opuntia cactus. Here the account follows the Trust's treatment of the Española Island population.

• Small-headed Elaenia Elaenia sordida

  Elaenia sordida is a small-headed, crestless elaenia. A 2022 study in northeastern Argentina recorded foraging in scrub and secondary forest, including fruit feeding.

• Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura

  The Pygmy Antwren is widespread in Amazonia. Males have yellow underparts with black-and-white streaking above; females have buff-and-black streaking on the head and back. Birds forage along open forest edges and light gaps.

• Andean Emerald Uranomitra franciae

  This hummingbird occurs in Colombia's Andes, using montane forest and edges as well as flower-rich secondary growth and gardens.

• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

  The Streak-throated Woodpecker lives in forests of South and Southeast Asia. It also uses open woodland and bamboo and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae

  This spinetail occurs in the mountains of central Cusco, Peru. It has a rufous crown, back, wings, and tail, a grayish face, and a pale throat. It forages in humid montane forest understory, especially around bamboo.

• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus

  This stonechat uses tall riverside grasslands; white areas on its tail are conspicuous in flight.

• African Lemon Dove Columba larvata

  The Lemon Dove lives in African forests. It searches for food among leaf litter on the forest floor and eats seeds, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla

  An eagle widespread in northern Eurasia. Some winter in northern Japan, while others breed in Hokkaido.

• Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus

  A tanager of Andean cloud forests, marked by a yellow crown and underparts and blue edging on the wings. It ranges from Colombia to Bolivia and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua

  The Boat-billed Flycatcher is a large flycatcher ranging from Mexico into South America. It hunts from mid to upper levels of tropical forest, taking insects and small animals.