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• Silvery-throated Spinetail Synallaxis subpudica

  

  Its chestnut crown and long tail stand out. This species is endemic to Colombia's Eastern Andes, where pairs search for food from the ground to about two metres above it.

• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer

  The Lucifer Hummingbird occurs mainly in central and northern Mexico. It hovers while taking nectar from flowers.

• Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina

  The Silvery Pigeon has silvery blue-grey plumage and a green sheen on the nape. In 2008, one bird was photographed flying between islands in Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands.

• Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus obsoletus

  One individual was documented in a bamboo patch in Misiones, northeastern Argentina. The description here follows that local observation.

• Ibera Seedeater Sporophila iberaensis

  A tanager described from Corrientes in northeastern Argentina. Seasonal records also occur in Paraguay and Brazil, but a 2021 study identified the Iberá Wetlands as its only known breeding area.

• Qilian Bluetail Tarsiger albocoeruleus

  The Qilian Bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus) breeds in mountains of northern China, including Qinghai and Gansu. It is not separated from the Red-flanked Bluetail by an obvious plumage mark; research supports the split mainly through song and genetic evidence. Its wintering range remains unknown.

• Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus

  The Crested Hornero is recorded in central Argentina. Observations from Córdoba describe mud nests built on tree branches.

• Green-fronted Hummingbird Leucolia viridifrons

  This hummingbird lives in dry woodland and scrub in Mexico. It has a green forehead and a red bill with a black tip.

• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis

  The Pale-vented Pigeon has a ruddy brown body, gray head, and pale lower belly. It perches high in trees in woodland and more open habitats and gives a low-pitched call.

• Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus

  This flycatcher is found in the montane forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its yellow underparts and dark stripe between the throat and lower cheek are distinctive. It eats fruit and insects and is usually seen in pairs or small family groups.

• Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata

  The Speckled Tanager lives mainly in the canopy of humid montane forest from Central America to northern South America.

• Turquoise Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis

  This flycatcher inhabits forests from the Philippines through Sulawesi to the Moluccas. It searches for small insects in the forest and sometimes catches them in flight.

• Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner Automolus infuscatus

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in the Amazon Basin and adjoining foothills. The individual pictured in the species account is of unknown sex and shows an olive-brown back and rufous tail.

• Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii

  The Chilean Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in Chile and Peru. Males have olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and an iridescent violet-red throat, and feed on flower nectar.

• Red-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dohertyi

  The Red-naped Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon marked by a red patch on the back of its neck. It forages in the canopy and middle storey of Sumba's forests and prefers primary forest at higher elevations.

• Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis

  This flycatcher inhabits thorn forest and woodland on the Yucatan Peninsula. A Mexican field guide notes its dull wing markings and calls as identification features.

• Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis

  This tanager occurs in Colombia's lowlands and foothills. It has been recorded foraging for fruit and insects in trees.

• Sentinel Rock Thrush Monticola explorator

  Males have blue-gray and orange plumage, while females are gray-brown with pale mottling. It lives in grassland and rocky slopes and forages on the ground.

• Patagonian Canastero Pseudasthenes patagonica

  Patagonian Canastero inhabits dry steppe and shrubland in the southern half of Argentina. It is mostly grayish brown, with a whitish, black-speckled throat and a mainly black tail edged with rufous. It feeds in scrub and may hold its tail upright when on the ground.

• 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.

• Mariana Fruit Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla

  The Mariana Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Northern Mariana Islands. It walks along branches while feeding on fruit, leaves, seeds, and flowers.

• Black-capped Piprites Piprites pileata

  This small bird inhabits highland Atlantic Forest from Brazil to Argentina. The male has a black cap and nape with warm-toned upperparts; the female is duller.

• Black-bellied Seedeater Sporophila melanogaster

  This seed-eating bird inhabits the highland grasslands of southern Brazil. A study recorded a rare male color form that differs from the usual plumage; it is not a separate species.

• Narcissus flycatcher Ficedula narcissina

  A forest insect hunter whose male has striking yellow and black plumage.