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• Xingu Scythebill Campylorhamphus multostriatus

  

  A scythebill of large forest tracts between Brazil’s Xingu and Tocantins rivers. In live or freshly collected birds, the upper bill is distinctly blackish.

• Handsome Flycatcher Nephelomyias pulcher

  It lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes and forages in the midstory. The source describes two separated populations at the northern and southern ends of the range.

• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki

  The Mugimaki Flycatcher breeds in East Asia and migrates to Southeast Asia. In Japan it is seen during spring and autumn passage.

• Brazilian Tanager Ramphocelus bresilia

  Males are bright red and females are brownish. The species occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil; the diet records come from a study in one reserve in Rio de Janeiro state.

• Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea

  The Vinaceous Dove is marked by a black patch on the back of the neck edged in white, with a pale pink-grey head and breast. It uses dry scrub and savanna south of the Sahara, foraging on the ground for seeds and other vegetation.

• Ruby Topaz Chrysolampis mosquitus

  The Ruby-topaz Hummingbird feeds on flower nectar, along with small insects and spiders. Males have a red crown and shining golden throat; females are bronze-green. Its range includes Caribbean islands and northern to central South America.

• Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus

  This ovenbird lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It has bright rufous upperparts and a white eyebrow, and eats insects and spiders.

• Amazonian Elaenia Myiopagis cinerea

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives in humid lowland forest across the Amazon Basin. Males are blue-gray above, while females have a brighter green back.

• White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis fischeri

  This flycatcher lives in East African mountain forests and their edges. Active by day, it catches small invertebrates in short aerial sallies.

• Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata

  This bird has a bright red crest and throat, gray back, and white underparts. It forages on the ground in semi-open places and farmland in South America and may flock outside the breeding season.

• Little Green Pigeon Treron olax

  This small pigeon eats fruit in the canopy. The male has a slate-gray head and maroon wings, while the female is greener.

• Olive-spotted Hummingbird Talaphorus chlorocercus

  The Olive-spotted Hummingbird is recorded in scrub and secondary vegetation on islands along Amazonian rivers. It has green upperparts, gray underparts, and olive spots on the throat and chest.

• Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris

  A hornero of Colombia and Venezuela. A grayish crown is described as a useful clue for distinguishing it from closely related horneros.

• Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus vitiosus

  This small flycatcher lives in wet lowland forest and swampy areas across the Amazon region and the Guianas. Its long, pale-edged black crest and yellow-green wing bars are distinctive.

• Sumba Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa segregata

  This flycatcher occurs on Sumba, Indonesia. In a comparison of 12 specimens, the breast was brown with slight streaking, while the vent was nearly white and showed almost no pattern. A 1995 record noted four birds in primary-forest understory.

• Shrike-like Tanager Neothraupis fasciata

  This tanager occurs in Brazil's Cerrado. A study of wild, DNA-sexed birds found that the male's black facial mask reaches the lores, while the female's is limited to the auriculars.

• Seychelles Blue Pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus

  This large pigeon lives on islands in the Seychelles. Its dark blue body, pale breast patch, and red bare skin on the face stand out; it feeds on fruit and seeds in trees.

• Black-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron dorsale

  This hummingbird is recorded only in Colombia's Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. It uses high mountain forest and páramo, feeding on nectar.

• Delta Amacuro Softtail Thripophaga amacurensis

  A softtail known from seasonally flooded forest in the southern Orinoco Delta of Venezuela. Fine pale streaks mark its back and underparts.

• Red-billed Tyrannulet Zimmerius cinereicapilla

  The Red-billed Tyrannulet lives in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. It feeds in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe

  A Black Scrub Robin recorded in a Djibouti survey. Its sooty-black body and long, white-tipped tail are distinctive.

• 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.

• Blue-headed Quail-Dove Starnoenas cyanocephala

  This pigeon lives in Cuba's forests. Its bluish head and black-and-white facial markings stand out, and it searches for food on the ground.

• Black Metaltail Metallura phoebe

  A hummingbird of Peru's western Andes. Males have an iridescent blue-green throat patch that females lack.