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• Congo Moor Chat Myrmecocichla tholloni

  

  A field-guide account describes a dark brown bird with pale areas on the face, throat, upper breast and lower belly, plus a white wing patch. A Congo reserve survey found it common in open grassland.

• Common Cactus Finch Geospiza scandens

  The Common Cactus Finch lives in the dry zone of the Galápagos and often uses prickly pear cactus for food. Its long, pointed bill helps it take food from the cactus.

• Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia

  The Stripe-tailed Hummingbird lives in Central American mountains and feeds by darting among flowers. White stripes show when it spreads its tail.

• Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi

  A small South American bird recorded at woodland edges, grasslands, and savannas. Its rufous crown and wings contrast with its darker throat.

• Riverside Tyrant Knipolegus orenocensis

  This flycatcher forages in young vegetation created by rivers. Males are black; females have gray upperparts and pale, streaked underparts.

• Brown Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia phasianella

  The Brown Cuckoo-Dove has a long tail and lives in woodland and forest edges in eastern Australia, where it feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Red-throated Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla

  The Taiga Flycatcher is a small flycatcher marked by a blackish tail and white undertail-coverts. It migrates from breeding areas in northeast Asia to wintering areas farther south.

• Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus

  The Slate-colored Grosbeak forages in the canopy and subcanopy of mature forests. Peru Aves shows an adult of unknown sex photographed in Pichincha, Ecuador.

• White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant

  The White-bellied Woodstar is common in montane forest on the eastern Andes and also occurs in humid montane forest on the western slope. Males have a conspicuous violet throat, while females have rufous sides to the breast and belly.

• 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.

• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

  The male Vermilion Flycatcher has a bright red head and underparts. It perches low in open areas near water and catches flying insects.

• Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus

  The Superb Fruit-Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon with different plumage in males and females. It searches for fruit in trees.

• Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi

  This flycatcher was recorded in the Korup area of southwestern Cameroon. The 1994 study reports it in treefall gaps and small forest clearings, alone or in pairs.

• Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia

  This tanager lives in lowland tropical forest in northern and central South America. Its vivid blue-green body and iridescent rump give it its name.

• Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

  This 11–12 cm hummingbird lives in lowland forests of western Amazonia. It drinks nectar and catches insects in flight.

• White-collared Foliage-gleaner Anabazenops fuscus

  This bird is recorded in forests of southeastern Brazil. Its bill is bluish-yellow, with white markings around and above the eye. Pairs move through dense foliage and along trunks, inspecting dead leaves and epiphytes for food.

• Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum

  This small flycatcher ranges from Central America into northern South America. It uses mangroves, nearby vegetation, and scrubby second growth while searching for food.

• Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer

  The Blue-spotted Wood Dove is a small dove with blue spots on its wings. It lives along forest edges and streams, searching for seeds on the ground.

• Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides

  The Northern Black Flycatcher occurs across northern and eastern sub-Saharan Africa, using moist woodland, acacia savanna and plantations. The male is bluish slate-gray with a long tail and short wings.

• Drab Hemispingus Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus

  This tanager lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes. It is gray above, paler gray below, and has a pale iris.

• Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi

  This hummingbird inhabits moist Andean forests. It has a sharply pointed bill and is reported to pierce flowers near their base to take nectar through the opening.

• Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris

  This small ovenbird relative has a thin, straight bill and moves over trunks and branches. The Peru account places it in lowland Amazonian forest edges and secondary growth, with records to 500 m along the Andean foothills.

• Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri

  This flycatcher is widespread in Peruvian Amazonia. Peru Aves describes southern birds as migratory and birds north of the Amazon River as resident.

• Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii

  A large crowned-pigeon of southern New Guinea's lowland rainforests, with a crest that extends far back and a blue-gray body.