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• Pink-legged Graveteiro Acrobatornis fonsecai

  

  This bird occurs in humid Atlantic Forest in southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Researchers recorded it in the canopy of tall trees retained over cocoa plantations.

• Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet Phylloscartes parkeri

  This small flycatcher is about 11.5 cm long. It ranges along the eastern Andean foothills of central and southeastern Peru and into adjacent northern Bolivia, using humid forest with tall canopy.

• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

  Male Variable Wheatears occur in several black-and-white plumage forms, and females also vary in color. In southern Kazakhstan, the species breeds in dry mountains and along river cliffs.

• Black-eared Hemispingus Sphenopsis melanotis

  The Peru account places this tanager in Andean montane forest and describes several forms with variable plumage. It forages in dense foliage from the understory into the middle story.

• Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera

  This small gray-brown dove has pink skin around the eye and white shoulders. In the Argentine Andes, it uses open slopes and steppe and moves in small groups.

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

  This hummingbird ranges across southern South America. Its plumage shines golden green and its tail is bronze. It takes nectar as well as insects and small spiders.

• Star-chested Treerunner Margarornis stellatus

  This ovenbird occurs in mossy montane forest from Colombia into western Ecuador. Its reddish-brown body and rows of white breast spots are distinctive.

• Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis

  This seasonal migrant appears in northwestern Peru from December to June. It uses semi-open woodland and scrub, and has a gray head, white throat, and yellow underparts.

• Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo

  This flycatcher occurs from Indochina to islands of Indonesia and is mainly found in montane forest.

• Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor

  The Black-faced Grassquit occurs across Caribbean islands and northern South America. It feeds mainly on grass and weed seeds, with insects also taken during the breeding season.

• Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina

  The Common Ground Dove is a small dove of the southern United States. It forages for seeds on the ground, where its gray-brown plumage blends with soil and grass.

• Mexican Sheartail Doricha eliza

  This small hummingbird is endemic to Mexico. Its breeding range is split between the northern Yucatan Peninsula and central Veracruz, where records include coastal scrub and dry deciduous forest.

• Inambari Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae

  The Inambari Woodcreeper occurs in western Amazonia south of the Amazon River. Long pale streaks run from its throat to its vent, while the upperparts are nearly unmarked. It uses lowland and foothill forest, often high in the trees with mixed flocks.

• Flammulated Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus flammulatus

  A small South American tyrant flycatcher. In Peru, records come from floodplain forest in the southeast and a separate central area with different forest cover.

• Bocage's Robin Sheppardia bocagei

  This akalat searches for small prey near the forest floor. It inhabits forest and swamp forest, and has rufous tones on the face.

• Rusty-browed Warbling Finch Microspingus erythrophrys

  This small finch occurs along montane forest edges and in alder groves in Bolivia and Argentina. The male is marked by a blue-gray face and a long rusty eyebrow.

• Sapphire Quail-Dove Geotrygon saphirina

  This dove spends much of its time near the forest floor. Its blue-gray to bronzy head and white marks around the eye stand out in evergreen forest and nearby regrowth.

• Tepui Goldenthroat Polytmus milleri

  The Tepui Goldenthroat is a hummingbird of tepuis in southern Venezuela and nearby areas, using cloud-forest edges and scrub at about 1,300–2,200 m.

• Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina

  The Rusty-backed Spinetail is a furnariid associated with Amazonian waterside woodland. Its rufous back, tail, and crown contrast with a pale eyebrow. PeruAves describes it feeding in pairs or small groups in flooded-forest understory and overhanging vegetation beside lakes or slow streams.

• Olive-green Tyrannulet Phylloscartes virescens

  This small tyrant flycatcher is recorded in the Guianas and northern and eastern Amazonia. It is olive green with a white eye-ring and pale wing markings, joins canopy flocks, and eats fruit and insects. Its full distribution remains incompletely known.

• Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius

  A bird of coastal rocks and cliffs that is also seen in Japanese towns.

• Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

  A mostly black bird with a broad crimson band across the throat and chest and a red rump. The sexes look alike. It ranges from southeastern Mexico to western Panama and uses wet forest.

• Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus

  This large pigeon lives in rainforest and other wet forests of eastern Australia. It moves in response to seasonal fruit crops.

• Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae

  This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of northern Peru and southern Ecuador.