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• Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis

  

  Males have a purple-blue throat and green back, while females have a spotted chest. The bird is seen low along forest edges and in shrubby second growth.

• Black-bellied Tanager Ramphocelus melanogaster

  This tanager is endemic to Peru's Mayo and Upper Huallaga valleys. It forages in semi-open country, forest edges, and secondary scrub; males show red plumage with a dark central belly.

• Madagascan Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis

  The Madagascan Sparrowhawk occurs on Madagascar. It is about 29–42 cm long and uses forest, dry thorn forest, and scrub.

• Ecuadorian Piculet Picumnus sclateri

  This small woodpecker inhabits drier forest and scrub in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It is recorded along the Andean foothills up to 1,800 m.

• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus

  The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon ranges from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia and nearby islands. Males show metallic colors on the head and chest.

• Slate-colored Antbird Myrmelastes schistaceus

  The Slate-colored Antbird forages in the understory of western Amazonian forest. Males are slaty grey with white dots forming wing bars; females are brown and rufous.

• Dark-winged Canastero Asthenes arequipae

  Dark-winged Canastero is an Andean species recognized after a former broad species was split. One bird recorded in Chile had a rufous rump and vent.

• Matinan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sanfordi

  Matinan Blue Flycatcher is a montane flycatcher of the Minahasa Peninsula in northern Sulawesi. A study observed it in evergreen montane forest and recorded its repeated, clear song.

• 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.

• Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella

  The Andean Hillstar lives in the high Andes from southwestern Peru to northwestern Argentina. Males have a green throat bordered in black and feed on nectar while perched.

• Puna Yellow Finch Sicalis lutea

  This finch is found in puna grassland and stony scrub of the high Andes. Both sexes are greenish yellow, while females average slightly duller.

• Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps

  This large hawk has a blackish-gray throat and chest, with fine black bars across its white belly. It is diurnal and lives in humid foothill and montane forest.

• Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus

  An adult woodpecker with a bright red head and bold black-and-white wings that eats insects and nuts.

• Red-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus greyi

  This fruit-eating dove feeds on forest fruits. Males are green with purple markings on the forehead and belly; a survey on Pentecost also recorded it in secondary and native forest.

• Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius

  The Cinereous Antshrike is a small antbird about 14.5 cm long. It forages in the middle levels of Amazonian forest and is usually found with a mixed-species feeding flock.

• Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops

  This small brown bird occurs in reedbeds across Argentina. It stays hidden among reeds and attaches a globular nest to them near the water.

• Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia

  The Red-tailed Wheatear lives in dry rocky places and scrub. The male is notable for its black face and reddish rump and tail.

• Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis

  The Gray-capped Flycatcher has a bushy gray crown and bright yellow underparts. It forages at forest edges and in semi-open habitat and is widespread in Amazonia.

• Dusky Starfrontlet Coeligena orina

  The Dusky Starfrontlet is a hummingbird recorded in high-elevation forest in western Colombia. Males and females differ in head and throat color, and the paper treats it as distinct from Coeligena bonapartei.

• Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii

  The Green-and-gold Tanager is a small bird of western Amazonian forest. Its bright colors are shared by both sexes. A National Aquarium account says it forages in the canopy and descends to lower places to nest.

• Javan Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus bartelsi

  This large raptor lives in forests on Java. Adults have a prominent crest and may soar above the canopy.

• Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus

  The Scaly-breasted Woodpecker occurs across the Amazon region. Adults are chestnut to rufous, with dark bars above and below; males have a red malar stripe.

• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

  The small Zebra Dove has fine bars across its plumage and walks on the ground to find food.

• White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes

  In Panama, pairs of this antbird held territories year-round in second growth and forest edges. Males have rufous upperparts and a white belly; females have buff on the throat and breast.