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• White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis

  

  This tyrant flycatcher has a white throat and yellow belly. It is a seasonal visitor to the Peruvian Amazon, using semi-open places and forest edges.

• Cuban Grassquit Phonipara canora

  This bird forms small flocks in Cuban grassland and scrub. Males have black faces, females have grayish faces, and a yellow band runs from behind the eye down the sides of the neck to the chest.

• Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus

  The Chilean Seaside Cinclodes is endemic to Chile and mainly uses rocky shores, sometimes foraging on sandy beaches. It uses marine foods but has also been reported drinking fresh water.

• Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias olivaceus

  This flycatcher inhabits lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Rhinomyias olivaceus, the candidate-pool name, is an older generic combination; current accounts use Cyornis olivaceus. It catches insects from mid-level perches.

• Empress Brilliant Heliodoxa imperatrix

  This large hummingbird occurs in humid mountain forests from western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. It feeds on nectar at flowers.

• Tanna Fruit Dove Ptilinopus tannensis

  Endemic to Vanuatu, it feeds on fruit in the canopy of tall fruiting trees. Males have silver shoulder spots that females lack.

• Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus

  This flycatcher is restricted to dry habitats in northwestern Peru. Peru Aves labels its adult photographs sex unknown; the birds are mostly rufous with a gray-brown head and mantle and a black bill.

• Gilt-edged Tanager Tangara cyanoventris

  This tanager occurs in hill and mountain forest of southeastern Brazil. Golden-yellow upperparts contrast with a turquoise underside. A survey at Serra do Caraça recorded it feeding on fruit in forest and rocky grassland.

• Cipo Canastero Asthenes luizae

  This canastero is endemic to the Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is restricted to rocky campos rupestres, where researchers have studied scattered populations.

• 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.

• Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus

  The Purple-throated Mountain-gem is a hummingbird of wet subtropical forest from Nicaragua through Costa Rica to Panama. Males have a purple throat patch.

• Geelvink Imperial Pigeon Ducula geelvinkiana

  This large pigeon is resident on islands off western New Guinea in Indonesia. It has a pale gray head and breast, iridescent blue-green upperparts, and one mainland record is considered a vagrant.

• Yellow-margined Flatbill Tolmomyias assimilis

  The Yellow-margined Flatbill has a broad, flat bill and conspicuous yellow edging on its wings. In Costa Rica it uses the canopy of humid forest and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum

  Its rufous brow and underparts contrast with a gray back and a narrow wing bar. It searches for insects along high-Andean forest edges and occurs in Colombian mountain regions.

• Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae

  This spinetail occurs in the mountains of central Cusco, Peru. It has a rufous crown, back, wings, and tail, a grayish face, and a pale throat. It forages in humid montane forest understory, especially around bamboo.

• 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.

• Blue-throated Hillstar Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus

  A hummingbird of shrub patches in the southwestern Ecuadorian Andes. Males have a blue throat, while females show grey and white areas on the throat.

• Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris

  A large pigeon of New Guinea's forests, marked by a thick pale bill and rufous flanks. It searches for food on the forest floor.

• White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus albifacies

  The White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is a small bird with a red crown and white cheeks. It lives in the Amazonian understory, especially in dense Guadua bamboo patches.

• Large Tree Finch Camarhynchus psittacula

  This finch is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It has a large, deep bill for searching tree bark and leaves for insects and uses habitats from arid coasts to humid forest.

• Vilcabamba Spinetail Cranioleuca weskei

  The Vilcabamba Spinetail occurs in south-central Peru. Its 1984 description treated it as Cranioleuca marcapatae weskei; the 2025 Clements checklist recognizes it as a separate species.

• Andaman Shama Copsychus albiventris

  This long-tailed shama lives in the forests of the Andaman Islands. An observer describes it as similar to the mainland Oriental Magpie-Robin, but with a white belly. It has been heard singing in the lower forest.

• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei

  The Rufous-crested Coquette is a tiny hummingbird of humid forest edges and nearby clearings in Central and South America. Males have a long rufous crest that females lack.

• Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis

  A pigeon of eastern Madagascar’s forests, it has a silvery blue-grey neck, dark blue body, and conspicuous red tail. It feeds in the canopy on fruit.