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• Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex

  

  This ground-tyrant occurs in the Peruvian Andes. The Peru Aves account describes grayish upperparts, a whitish-gray underside, a white forehead, and a rusty patch on the nape; it forages in short dry grass and other dry habitats.

• Doubleday's Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest on Mexico's Pacific coast. The study argues that plumage, voice, and range together distinguish it from the related Broad-billed Hummingbird. Their summer ranges are separate, but they may meet in winter in the Balsas Basin.

• Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus

  The Western Woodhaunter is a secretive bird of humid-forest understory from Central America into northwestern South America. Birds Colombia notes that some taxonomies recognize it as a separate species while others do not.

• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides

  The White-bellied Redstart has dark blue males with a white lower belly, while females are mainly brown. In Nepal, it is recorded often in summer and rarely in lowlands in winter.

• Seram Imperial Pigeon Ducula neglecta

  The Seram Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of the southern Moluccas in Indonesia. It searches within lowland and mangrove forest and along forest edges, alone or in pairs.

• 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.

• Tumbes Pewee Contopus punensis

  The Tumbes Pewee is a small flycatcher of dry to semi-humid forests in western Ecuador and Peru. It catches insects in short sallies from exposed perches.

• Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella

  The Andean Hillstar lives in the high Andes from southwestern Peru to northwestern Argentina. Males have a green throat bordered in black and feed on nectar while perched.

• Puna Miner Geositta punensis

  A ground-dwelling bird of high Andean grasslands in northwestern Argentina. It is brown above, greyish-white below, with cinnamon wings and tail marked by dark bands.

• Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri

  This flycatcher occurs on Palawan and nearby Philippine islands. It is found alone or in pairs in the understory of moist lowland, foothill, and secondary forest.

• Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei

  The Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon is an African pigeon with iridescent neck feathers. It eats fruit and may be seen in pairs.

• Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina

  The Blue-black Grassquit is a small bird found widely in grasslands and farmland from Mexico to South America. During courtship, the male jumps upward and reveals white shoulder patches.

• Brujo Flycatcher Pyrocephalus nanus

  This flycatcher is found only in the Galápagos Islands. It perches on exposed branches and darts out to catch insects.

• Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis

  This hummingbird lives in the highlands of Costa Rica and extends south into Panama. Its throat and breast can flash orange-copper and blue-violet as the viewing angle changes.

• Pinto's Spinetail Synallaxis infuscata

  Pinto's Spinetail inhabits forest thickets in northeastern Brazil. A specimen comparison describes a dark gray belly, chestnut crown, and glaucous flanks, while the pale eyebrow line varies among specimens.

• Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

  A pale, sandy-colored wheatear of Kazakhstan’s steppe and semi-desert. It nests in disused mammal burrows.

• Malabar Imperial Pigeon Ducula cuprea

  This pigeon occurs in India's Western Ghats. The 2022 eBird India taxonomy update separated it from Mountain Imperial-Pigeon and notes its darker iris and narrower tail band as identification features.

• Shrike-like Tanager Neothraupis fasciata

  This tanager occurs in Brazil's Cerrado. A study of wild, DNA-sexed birds found that the male's black facial mask reaches the lores, while the female's is limited to the auriculars.

• Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant Euscarthmus fulviceps

  This small tyrant is recorded in dry scrub and deciduous forest of western Ecuador. It searches near the ground for insects and also eats fruit.

• Bumblebee Hummingbird Selasphorus heloisa

  The Bumblebee Hummingbird occurs in Mexico. An early naturalist account says males used forest as their main setting but also visited wildflowers.

• Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina

  This ovenbird has grey-brown plumage, a white eye-ring and a long rufous-brown tail. In the northern Peruvian Andes, it forages in humid scrub near forest edges.

• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla

  The white crown and black face make this robin-chat easy to recognize. It lives in forests, thickets, and gardens across northern and central Africa, and searches for food near the undergrowth.

• Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni

  The Yellow-eyed Pigeon breeds in Central Asia. In winter it moves south and uses open farmland, often in flocks.

• Deep-blue Flowerpiercer Diglossa glauca

  A flowerpiercer of wet Andean montane forest from Colombia to Bolivia.