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• Scarlet-breasted Dacnis Dacnis berlepschi

  

  The Scarlet-breasted Dacnis is recorded in humid lowland forest in southwestern Colombia. It searches for fruit and insects in the canopy.

• Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

  A vulture known for a white body, yellow face and occasional use of stones as tools.

• White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus

  This tiny woodpecker is about 8.5–9 cm long. In Bolivia it occurs in dry to semi-humid forest and woodland, moving acrobatically among branches as it forages.

• Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus

  A large pigeon with a gray body and conspicuous white patches on its neck and wings.

• White-bellied Spinetail Mazaria propinqua

  This ovenbird occurs in tall grass along large Amazonian rivers. Adults have a black throat, while juveniles have a whitish throat.

• White-bellied Blue Robin Myiomela albiventris

  A small bird of dark shola forest and gullies in India's Western Ghats. Its blue-gray upperparts contrast with a white belly, and it searches for insects near the ground.

• Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant Anairetes fernandezianus

  This species is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in Chile's Juan Fernández Islands. It usually stays in scrub along forest edges and feeds on insects.

• Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus

  This tiny hummingbird has a rufous crest and neck plumes in males; females lack both. It feeds on nectar and small invertebrates in forest edges, open country, gardens, and cultivation.

• Peruvian Sierra Finch Phrygilus punensis

  This finch occurs in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. It forages on the ground in sparse, dry scrub and may be seen in family groups or mixed flocks.

• African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus

  The African Harrier-Hawk is a sub-Saharan raptor that uses unusually flexible legs to reach prey in holes and nests.

• Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii

  The Red-rumped Woodpecker is marked by a red rump. A Peru species account reports a red crown in males and no red crown in females.

• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida

  The Peaceful Dove is a small grey-brown dove with barred plumage. In South Australia it feeds on the ground for seeds and usually occurs in pairs or small flocks.

• Cinereous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis hypospodia

  The PeruAves account also records this species in Brazil and Bolivia. It has a rufous crown and wings, a gray tail, and a black throat.

• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica

  A small African flycatcher of wetlands and waterside grass. It has dark brown upperparts and a white throat and belly; the breast patch varies in tone and extent.

• Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda

  This 15–17 cm flycatcher uses forest bamboo thickets and feeds on invertebrates. Sound recordings include sites in Peru’s Manu region.

• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

  A hummingbird of high mountain meadows. Males make metallic wing trills in flight, while females raise the young.

• Gray-and-gold Tanager Poecilostreptus palmeri

  Adult Gray-and-gold Tanagers have pearly-grey and black-speckled plumage with gold across the chest. They feed on fruit, berries, and arthropods, foraging in pairs or small groups in the canopy.

• 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.

• White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

  The White-backed Woodpecker searches for food in forests with dead trees. It has black-and-white bars across its back and is often solitary outside the breeding season.

• Lined Quail-Dove Zentrygon linearis

  A ground-dwelling dove of foothill and mountain forests in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.

• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

  The Red-billed Scythebill is a forest bird with a very long, down-curved bill and fine streaks on the face and breast.

• Hume's Wheatear Oenanthe albonigra

  Hume's Wheatear is a wheatear with a black head and back and a white breast and belly. The sexes look alike.

• Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus striaticollis

  The Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant lives in humid secondary woodland and river-edge thickets in South America. It has a dark-striped white throat and yellow underparts.

• Purple-throated Woodstar Calliphlox mitchellii

  Its main range is western Colombia and western Ecuador. The male has a glittering purple throat; the female lacks that purple throat. Residency in eastern Panama is presumed from two female specimens.