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• Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta

  

  The Gray-spotted Flycatcher is a small migratory bird with streaks from the breast to the belly. It sallies from an exposed perch to catch flying insects.

• Cinnamon-throated Hermit Phaethornis nattereri

  The Cinnamon-throated Hermit lives in dry forest, savanna and woodland. It follows regular trap-lines between flowers and also eats insects. Its range includes separated areas in eastern Bolivia and Brazil, whose connection is uncertain.

• Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus

  This hornero ranges from western Ecuador to southwestern Colombia and northwestern Peru. It is cinnamon-colored, with a grey-brown crown and white eyebrow and throat. It searches on the ground for arthropods and snails, and builds an oven-shaped mud nest.

• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

  The small Zebra Dove has fine bars across its plumage and walks on the ground to find food.

• Olive Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus

  This small flycatcher is mostly olive and lives in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes. It forages at forest openings in the canopy and subcanopy.

• White-throated Sierra Finch Idiopsar erythronotus

  The White-throated Sierra Finch forages on the ground in open Andean country. Adults are gray overall, with a white throat and a paler lower belly.

• Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni

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

• Broad-tipped Hermit Anopetia gounellei

  This hummingbird has a broad tail and a curved bill. It feeds on nectar and small arthropods. Records in northeastern Brazil include humid forest as well as the drier Caatinga.

• Bahia Spinetail Synallaxis cinerea

  The Bahia Spinetail is a small bird of a restricted area of eastern Brazil. It searches for insects in the forest understory, sometimes moving with mixed flocks in pairs or family groups.

• Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis

  A dove of East Asian woods, farmland and towns. In Japan, fine striped patches on the sides of the neck help identify it.

• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

  The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is marked by yellowish underparts and a bold eye ring. It catches flying insects in the lower parts of forests.

• Golden-chevroned Tanager Thraupis ornata

  This tanager inhabits forest and forest edges in eastern Brazil. It feeds on fruit, flower buds and small animals.

• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris

  The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush lives in mountain forests of Asia, including the Himalayas. Adult males are blue and chestnut, while females have a different gray-brown pattern.

• Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis

  The Garden Emerald occurs in southwestern Costa Rica and Panama. A breeding study documented one nest found in La Amistad International Park, Costa Rica.

• Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

  The Ivory-billed Woodcreeper has a long, pale bill and conspicuous white streaks on its back. In Mexican and Central American forests, it searches tree trunks as it climbs.

• 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.

• Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis

  The Streak-necked Flycatcher lives in Andean forests. A white mark behind the eye and dark streaks on its yellow underside help identify it; the account reports foraging along forest edges and in second growth.

• White-sided Flowerpiercer Diglossa albilatera

  This flowerpiercer inhabits Andean forest edges and scrub. Males are black and females brown, with white tufts on the sides in both; juveniles may show little or no white.

• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides

  This small flycatcher is about 14–15 cm long. Males have blue throats and upperparts with an orange breast; females have brown upperparts and a rufous tail. It uses dense undergrowth in hill forests.

• Esmeraldas Woodstar Chaetocercus berlepschi

  This tiny hummingbird is endemic to the Pacific coast of western Ecuador. A 2007–08 survey found 11 additional localities and 26 nests; the study also corrected female descriptions that had been based on misidentified juvenile males.

• Araucaria Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura setaria

  A furnariid of southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina, associated with Araucaria woodland and plantations.

• Flores Green Pigeon Treron floris

  A fruit-eating pigeon of Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Islands. Males show a grayish face and pale yellow wing fringes, and flocks gather at fruiting trees.

• Tumbesian Tyrannulet Nesotriccus tumbezanus

  This small flycatcher ranges from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru and uses dry scrub and open woodland.

• Red-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus phoenicius

  This tanager lives in white-sand areas and low woodland in Amazonia. Males are mostly black with a small red-and-white shoulder patch; females are grayish brown and pale below.