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• Olrog's Cinclodes Cinclodes olrogi

  

  Olrog’s Cinclodes is a highland ovenbird found in central Argentina. It walks through rocky grassland and hills while searching for invertebrates on the ground.

• Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps

  The Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant was recorded in the understory of Colombia’s western Andes. At La Linda, observers heard a few individuals daily and captured an adult male in dense Chusquea bamboo.

• Himalayan Bush-robin Tarsiger rufilatus

  This flycatcher breeds in the high Himalaya and moves to lower elevations in winter. eBird and other references also call it the Himalayan Bluetail.

• Lacrimose Mountain Tanager Anisognathus lacrymosus

  This tanager lives in humid Andean forests. Its blue upperparts and orange-yellow underparts stand out, and it often joins mixed-species flocks.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus bernsteinii

  This 28–29 cm dove is active by day and eats fruit in forests and hills on Halmahera.

• Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus

  This hermit was documented in lowland forest studies in Bolivia. It foraged in low vegetation, and researchers recorded it taking insects from foliage in the dry season.

• Des Murs's Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmurii

  It is a small bird with a slender tail: about 22 cm long overall, with a tail of about 14 cm. It lives in humid forest and dense undergrowth in southern South America.

• Hudson's Black Tyrant Knipolegus hudsoni

  This austral migrant reaches southeastern Peru. The Peru Aves account says all Peruvian sight records are from Madre de Dios and that it forages in young vegetation at river-created habitats.

• Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

  This small flycatcher lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas into Southeast Asia. Males are blue and orange; females are olive-brown.

• Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa

  The Paramo Seedeater occurs in the Andes and on tepuis in southern Venezuela. It searches near the ground in humid scrub near the tree line, often among Chusquea bamboo.

• Shy Ground Dove Pampusana stairi

  The Shy Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling dove of Polynesian islands. It searches for seeds, fruit, and insects on the ground and in the forest understory.

• Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus

  This hummingbird is recorded in montane forest in the northeastern Andes, where it is uncommon in the understory and shrubbery.

• Vilcabamba Thistletail Asthenes vilcabambae

  This thistletail is known from the Cordillera Vilcabamba in southern Peru. It inhabits elfin forest and high-altitude grassland, foraging in the understorey.

• Buff-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus mirandae

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in northeastern Brazil. A 2025 study describes it in the humid understory of semideciduous forest and reports solitary insect foraging.

• White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini

  A robin-chat of thickets and forest edges in eastern and southern Africa. Its white eyebrow and orange underparts stand out against the dark head.

• Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis

  This tanager inhabits the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It joins mixed-species flocks high in the canopy and mainly forages for insects.

• Long-tailed Ground Dove Uropelia campestris

  The Long-tailed Ground Dove is a long-tailed dove of South American grasslands. Black spots on its brown wings and its V-shaped tail are distinctive.

• Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina

  This small hummingbird ranges across South America, including Bolivia. Its rufous throat and blue gorget help identify it.

• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

  A forest woodcreeper that moves along trunks and branches, with a buff throat and long streaks below.

• Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis

  This small tyrant flycatcher has been recorded in the Argentine Pampas. It is olive above and yellow below; males have narrow, pointed flight feathers.

• White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata

  The White-tailed Alethe occurs in the Upper Guinea forests of West Africa. Its reddish crown and broad white tips on the outer tail feathers are distinctive. A Ghana study treated it as a sedentary forest specialist that forages for insects on the ground.

• Golden Tanager Tangara arthus

  The Golden Tanager combines golden plumage with a black ear patch and chestnut throat. It forages in the canopy of montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• 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.

• Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango

  The Jamaican Mango is a hummingbird endemic to Jamaica that feeds on nectar. Iridescent colors fleck its mostly black body.