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• Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis

  

  The Montane Foliage-gleaner forages in the middle and upper levels of humid montane forest, often with mixed-species flocks.

• Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps

  The Sooty-headed Tyrannulet forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid montane forest. Peru Aves says its range is poorly understood and lists records in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.

• White-throated Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias albigularis

  It has an olive-brown head, pale eyebrow, white throat, broad brown breast band, and white belly. It occurs in the shaded understory of lowland and montane forest.

• Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops

  This tanager uses humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. Males have black markings through the eye and a bright yellow crown patch.

• Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

  This widespread South American dove has black spots on the neck and wings and reddish legs. It may gather in flocks in open areas and towns.

• Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani

  This hummingbird occurs in the northern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Males have an elongated, multicoloured gorget; both sexes have white-tipped tails.

• Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca

  This ovenbird lives in dry South American scrub. Its long tail has rusty outer feathers, and it is recorded as a winter visitor in Bolivia's western Chaco.

• Alagoas Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ceciliae

  A small flycatcher of the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil. A foraging study often recorded birds in the canopy making sallies to take prey from foliage or the air.

• White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata

  The White-starred Robin lives in the lower growth of evergreen forests in southern Africa. White star markings on its head show when it is alarmed or excited.

• Small Ground Finch Geospiza fuliginosa

  The Small Ground Finch is endemic to the Galápagos Islands and eats seeds, fruit, and small arthropods. An 1841 account describes the female’s underparts as gray.

• Grey-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus

  The Grey-headed Fruit Dove combines green plumage with gray, claret, and yellow areas. It occurs in small groups in forest canopy and edges in the northern Moluccas.

• Magenta-throated Woodstar Calliphlox bryantae

  This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Adult males have a magenta throat, white collar, and long forked tail. The species uses forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub, and is described as solitary. Some checklists place it in Philodice rather than Calliphlox.

• Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus

  This ovenbird inhabits montane forest in Central America. It moves through the lower and middle forest, and its orange throat and streaked breast help identify it.

• Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus

  Long black crown feathers form a crest, and the pale belly has dark streaks. In Chile it occurs widely in scrub and open places with scattered trees.

• European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

  In Britain, European Stonechats are small birds that perch on low bushes. Males and females differ in head and breast color.

• White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata

  This tanager lives in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its white cap and red throat and chest stand out, and family groups forage in the upper forest.

• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

  A green pigeon with yellow legs. It uses lowland forest, orchards, and parks, and is also seen in towns across much of South Asia.

• Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus

  This is a tiny hummingbird whose male throat patch may flash purple or pink with the light. It feeds on nectar; the cited distribution account is limited to southwestern Colombia.

• Grey-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa

  This ovenbird occurs in seasonally flooded savannas and woodland in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It has mainly rufous-cinnamon plumage and a greyish crest.

• Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri

  A flycatcher of dry savanna and open woodland in South America. A gray head, olive-brown back, and two gray wingbars help identify it.

• Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni

  Brown-streaked Flycatcher occurs in Southeast Asia and is recorded in forests as well as parks and gardens.

• Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch Sporophila angolensis

  This seed finch is recorded in Amazonia, including Bolivia. It forages in tall grass by rivers, overgrown fallow fields, and scrub, and males and females look quite different.

• Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola

  The Ring-necked Dove has a black half-collar on the back of its neck. It is often alone or in pairs but may form large flocks around food or water.

• Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer

  The Blue-tufted Starthroat has a long, slightly curved black bill. Males have a violet-glittering throat and blue feathers on the sides of the neck and breast. It feeds mainly on nectar and also catches small insects in flight.