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• 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.

• Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii

  In Kazakhstan, Finsch's Wheatear is a breeding migrant. It inhabits shrub-covered sandy hills and rocky or clay slopes, nesting among stones or in ground holes.

• 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.

• Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis

  The Lesser Antillean Saltator is recorded in the Dominica Botanic Gardens and forest at the base of Morne Bruce. It has dark green upperparts, a white eyebrow, and a white throat.

• Honduran Emerald Amazilia luciae

  This hummingbird is endemic to Honduras, where it lives in dry interior valleys with scrub and thorn forest. It feeds on flower nectar as well as insects and spiders.

• Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus

  This tyrant flycatcher has streaking on its head and back. It makes short sallies from high perches in the canopy to catch insects and other food.

• Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri

  A dove of the Philippine islands, it uses open woodland and farmland. Its pale underparts have a pink wash and its neck bears a greenish half-collar.

• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae

  The Small Niltava has blue-purple plumage in males and mainly brown and rufous plumage in females. In Hong Kong it is a rare autumn migrant and a scarce winter visitor to wooded areas.

• Tepui Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla roraimae

  This ovenbird lives in forests around the tepuis. Adults are unstreaked, with a pale throat and eyebrow contrasting with the darker body. It probes arboreal bromeliads and bamboo node sheaths and gleans branches and vines.

• Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus

  Cinnamon Tanager occurs mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon and uses semi-open grassy country with scattered shrubs and low trees. A specimen study describes a cinnamon-colored throat and breast and a whitish belly. It found substantial individual and geographic variation in plumage, so one color pattern does not represent every bird.

• Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii

  A large hummingbird recorded in Costa Rica’s northern Pacific region. Males have a red-orange iridescent gorget and a white stripe along the middle of the rump.

• Sao Paulo Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus paulista

  This small flycatcher has a slender tail. In humid lowland forest in São Paulo state, it moves through the lower and middle levels and forages in mixed-species flocks.

• White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica

  A dove found from the southwestern United States through Mexico and Central America to parts of western South America. Its white wing patches form bright arcs in flight.

• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata

  The Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus) occurs in the Afrotropical region. It uses forest edges, secondary growth and farmland, and catches invertebrates in the air.

• Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus

  The Rufous Hornero is a rufous bird found in open habitats, including urban areas.

• Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus

  Male Purple Honeycreepers are blue to purple with bright yellow legs, while females have greenish and brown streaked plumage. They feed on nectar, fruits, and insects, often in the canopy.

• 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.

• Guianan Tyrannulet Zimmerius acer

  The Guianan Tyrannulet is a small bird of humid lowland forest, foraging high in the canopy north of the Amazon. Its reported range includes eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil. A population south of the river may represent a different, undescribed species.

• Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus

  A large pigeon with a gray body and conspicuous white patches on its neck and wings.

• Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae

  A tiny flycatcher endemic to Palawan and nearby islands. It occurs in lowland primary forest and some secondary growth.

• Berlepsch’s Canastero Asthenes berlepschi

  This small bird is restricted to the Sorata area of Bolivia. It occurs in Polylepis woodland, where it searches foliage for arthropods; territorial pairs care for young.

• Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis

  The Dark-throated Seedeater is a small bird of open South American landscapes. The male has a gray back, black throat and upper breast, and rufous rump and underparts; the female is olive-brown. Rare records from southeastern Peru are described as visits by migrants.

• Santa Marta Sabrewing Campylopterus phainopeplus

  This hummingbird is endemic to the Santa Marta Mountains of northeastern Colombia. It has been little studied, so much of its natural-history information comes from observations in this small range.

• Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix diadema

  A small Andean bird that searches for insects in pairs in the forest understory. Its yellow eyebrow and yellowish belly stand out.