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• Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus

  

  The Black Hawk-Eagle is a large eagle of lowland tropical forest in the Americas. Adults are mostly black, with bold white checkering under the wings.

• Orange-fronted Yellow Finch Sicalis columbiana

  This small finch occurs in northern South America. Orinoco field notes describe small flocks along pond and stream edges. The recorded female had olive-brown upperparts and a paler belly.

• Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis

  The Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet has a long tail and two pale wingbars. It searches for prey in middle and upper forest layers, changing its foraging behavior with forest structure.

• Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria

  This antbird lives in gallery forest in Roraima, northern Brazil, and adjacent Guyana. Males and females differ in plumage.

• Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae

  This hummingbird occurs on Colombia’s northern coast. A 1992 BirdLife account often associates it with coastal mangroves, while also noting a record from dry scrub.

• Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus

  Williamson's Sapsucker is a woodpecker of western North American mountains. Males and females look very different, and the birds eat conifer sap and insects.

• Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata

  A furnariid of South America. In southeastern Peru it forages in dense understory along forest edges and in second growth.

• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus

  This flycatcher occurs in African savanna and open woodland. It waits on a low perch and catches insects in the air or on the ground. eBird uses the combination Agricola pallidus for the same bird.

• Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris

  This large pigeon is shaded in purple, pink, and blue-gray. It ranges through tropical deciduous forests and feeds on fruit and berries high in trees.

• Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii

  This hawk lives near the coasts of Cuba. It often eats crabs and may scavenge dead fish. An older study used a subspecies combination; this entry follows the current species name.

• Golden-backed Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis

  This large tanager is recorded in humid montane forest of Peru's eastern Andes at about 3,000–3,600 m. Its blue crown and golden back and underparts stand out.

• Pileated Flycatcher Xenotriccus mexicanus

  A flycatcher of Mexican woodlands and thorn thickets; the sexes are similar in plumage.

• Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus

  This antshrike inhabits the Amazon basin along major rivers. It mainly forages in dense understory on river-created islands, and male and female wing markings differ.

• Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita

  This hummingbird lives in montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Males are green with a purple throat and undertail; their plumage differs from that of females.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Double-banded Greytail Xenerpestes minlosi

  The Double-banded Greytail is a small ovenbird recorded in eastern Panama and parts of Colombia. A field study in Panama documented a nest in a heavily cleared town, built in a tree fork.

• Archer's Ground Robin Cossypha archeri

  A robin-chat of the Albertine Rift montane forests. It often feeds for insects on the ground.

• Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus

  This large pigeon lives in rainforest and other wet forests of eastern Australia. It moves in response to seasonal fruit crops.

• Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor

  The Bicolored Hawk is a forest raptor of Central and South America. It ambushes prey from cover, and plumage varies across its range.

• Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris

  The Vegetarian Finch lives on several Galápagos Islands and uses its stout bill to take plant foods. It is extinct on Floreana.

• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus

  This small flycatcher ranges broadly from Central into South America, using scrub and wooded habitats. This account excludes populations assigned to the separately recognized Tumbesian and Marañón tyrannulets.

• Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani

  The Ocellated Antbird is an antbird of humid tropical-forest understory. Its blue bare facial skin is conspicuous; at a Panama study site it followed army-ant swarms to feed.

• Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii

  The Streak-throated Hermit occurs in the Amazon region of northern South America. It has pale green-gold upperparts, a black-streaked throat, and long central tail feathers with white tips.

• White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster

  The nominate form, spilogaster, occurs in the northern Guianas and Roraima in northern Brazil. BirdForum Opus describes habitats ranging from forest to thickets.