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• 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.

• Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata

  The Indian Spotted Eagle is a raptor of lowland South Asia. It nests in trees or groves within cultivated areas and gardens; in one study in northwest India, most prey delivered to nests were rodents.

• Amazonian Inezia Inezia subflava

  This Amazonian Inezia occurs in waterside woodland and thickets. Its two currently recognized subspecies share two pale wingbars and pale tail tips, but differ in their underpart coloration.

• Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum

  The male has a gray-blue back and chestnut vent and is found in forest canopy and along forest edges. Females have different brown and olive tones.

• Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor

  In Bangladesh, this is a rare winter visitor recorded in eastern hill forests. Its wider range extends across South, East and Southeast Asia.

• Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina

  This hummingbird is common in Mexico's uplands. It strays north into Arizona in summer and feeds on nectar while hovering at flowers.

• Duida Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes duidae

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

• Scheepmaker's Crowned Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri

  Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeon is a large pigeon with a lacy blue crest and deep maroon chest. It lives in lowland forests of south-eastern New Guinea.

• Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus

  A mountain vulture with beard-like feathers below the beak and a diet centered on bone.

• Slender-billed Inezia Inezia tenuirostris

  This small flycatcher occurs in dry areas of northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses scrub, places with small trees, and mangrove borders, and often forages alone or in pairs.

• Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris

  This Andean bird stands out for its gray upperparts and extensive rufous underparts. It searches in tree crowns and shrubs, alone or in pairs.

• Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus

  The Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher inhabits montane forest in the Albertine Rift and also uses forest edges and clearings.

• Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii

  This hummingbird is resident in Baja California, Mexico. It occurs in arid habitats, woodland, and scrub, and can hover with rapid wingbeats.

• Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens

  This small ovenbird ranges from Central into South America and Trinidad. It searches for insects in grassland and scrub and has rufous on the crown and shoulders.

• Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei

  The Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon is an African pigeon with iridescent neck feathers. It eats fruit and may be seen in pairs.

• American Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

  A raptor with narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It catches prey in flight and also hunts small vertebrates during the breeding season.

• White-bearded Flycatcher Phelpsia inornata

  This flycatcher appears in records from Venezuela. A female described in a 1937 field record had a deep-yellow underside and was noted at small groves and near lagoons. The paper uses an earlier taxonomic name.

• Chestnut-throated Seedeater Sporophila telasco

  This small seedeater ranges along the Pacific slope from southern Colombia to northern Chile. In Chile it uses dry valleys and farmland, mainly below 1,000 m.

• Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens

  The mourning wheatear is a small bird of deserts and rocky highlands.

• Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Coeligena bonapartei

  The Golden-bellied Starfrontlet is a hummingbird of cloud forests and other wooded openings in Colombia's eastern Andes. It has a black head and a long, straight black bill, and feeds on nectar.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• 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.

• Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant Uromyias agraphia

  The Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant is endemic to Peru and lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope.

• Black Flowerpiercer Diglossa humeralis

  This flowerpiercer inhabits the high Andes from Venezuela to Peru and has a distinctive upturned, hooked bill.