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• Rio de Janeiro Antbird Cercomacra brasiliana

  

  This antbird account is based on records from Rio de Janeiro state and nearby areas. Males are grey, females olive-brown, and the birds forage low in humid forest.

• 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.

• Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana

  Cassin's Hawk-Eagle is a forest eagle marked in black and white, with a short crest. In humid tropical forest it is secretive and rarely seen soaring.

• Silver-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus richardsii

  This fruit-eating dove lives on islands in the Solomon Islands. It stands out for its silver head and green and orange plumage.

• Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus

  This woodpecker lives in eastern African forests and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground. It has a gray head and underside; adult males have a red crown.

• White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus

  Its whitish head and white rump and tail base are distinctive. It uses open fields with scattered trees and shrubs and eats insects and spiders. It occurs in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

• Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides

  Lesson's Seedeater is a seasonal visitor to the northern lowlands of Bolivia. The Birds of Bolivia account describes it there as a rare, local nonbreeding visitor.

• Madagascan Stonechat Saxicola sibilla

  This small chat is widespread across Madagascar. A study of its genes and plumage proposed that the Malagasy population could be treated as a distinct species.

• Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus

  A large woodcreeper of Andean forests, it searches along trunks and branches with a notably stout bill.

• Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor

  This antbird is recorded in Costa Rica's humid lowland forests. Its chestnut back, white underside, and blue-gray skin around the eye stand out; it uses the understory and adjacent secondary growth.

• Ecuadorian Hillstar Oreotrochilus chimborazo

  This hummingbird occurs in the Cajas highlands of Ecuador. A local guide describes it visiting Chuquiragua flowers and records different head and belly colors in males and females.

• Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus

  A hawk ranging from Africa through South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is known for catching bats in flight around dusk.

• Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura

  This nomadic dove lives in dense undergrowth of montane forests and is strongly associated with bamboo. It appears when bamboo fruits and searches on the ground for seeds and fallen fruit.

• Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi

  A woodpecker of montane forests from southeastern Nigeria and Cameroon east to the highlands of East Africa. Males have a red forecrown and nape and spotted or barred yellow-green underparts.

• Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum

  The Common Tody-Flycatcher is a small bird. In Bolivia, records place it in lowland woodland and scrub, where it searches leaves for small animals.

• White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea

  This tanager inhabits Cerrado and open grassland with low trees in central Brazil. Its black head, white rump and rufous throat are distinctive; it may move in small groups or mixed flocks.

• Chat Flycatcher Bradornis infuscatus

  This flycatcher is common in dry savannas and scrublands of southern Africa. It drops from a low perch to catch insects and other prey on the ground.

• Para Foliage-gleaner Automolus paraensis

  The Para Foliage-gleaner occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. Its species account notes a greyish crown and rufous tail, and it uses terra firme forest as well as floodplain and secondary forest. This account follows the range of Automolus paraensis as a separate species.

• White-lined Antbird Myrmoborus lophotes

  This antbird lives in lowland forest of southeastern Peru, chiefly in Guadua bamboo stands. Males are dark gray and females rufous, and both have a prominent crest.

• Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae

  The Bahama Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. It feeds mainly on nectar and also contributes to pollination.

• Red Goshawk Erythrotriorchis radiatus

  A large reddish-brown raptor, it usually hunts birds alone in northern Australian forest, savanna, and waterside habitats.

• Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia timorlaoensis

  A large, long-tailed dove restricted to the Tanimbar Islands. It uses lowland forest and woodland; males are boldly barred above and below.

• Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris

  This woodpecker ranges from Sierra Leone to Ghana, southern Nigeria, and southwestern Cameroon. It uses open forest, clearings, edges, gallery forest, and swamp forest.

• Spectacled Tyrannulet Zimmerius improbus

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses mid-elevation forest and edges and searches for food in the middle to upper canopy.