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• Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia timorlaoensis

  

  A large, long-tailed dove restricted to the Tanimbar Islands. It uses lowland forest and woodland; males are boldly barred above and below.

• Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus

  This large hummingbird has a dark green body and blue wings in the male; the female is green above and rufous below. In Bolivia it uses highland grassland and forest edges.

• Chestnut-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa gloriosissima

  This flowerpiercer lives in montane forest and high shrubland in Colombia's Western Andes. It feeds on nectar and also takes insects.

• Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner Philydor pyrrhodes

  This ovenbird inhabits swamps and moist lowland forest in the Amazon region. It has brown upperparts, cinnamon underparts and tail, and a long down-curved bill.

• 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.

• Malabar Whistling Thrush Myophonus horsfieldii

  The Malabar Whistling Thrush has a dark head and back with bright blue on its body, shoulders, and forehead. It lives in riverine forest and dense undergrowth in peninsular India, where its clear whistling calls are often heard.

• Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

  The Ruddy Quail-Dove is a shy dove of tropical forests that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Veraguan Mango Anthracothorax veraguensis

  This hummingbird lives in the lowlands of Panama and southern Costa Rica. At one Costa Rican nest, a male-plumaged bird incubated eggs and fed nestlings.

• Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola

  This yellow finch searches for seeds on the ground. Males have orange heads, while plumage differences in females vary by region.

• Scribble-tailed Canastero Asthenes maculicauda

  It forages in high-elevation mosaics of damp scrub and grassland. Regional accounts document local Andean records in Peru and Argentina.

• Rusty-backed Monjita Neoxolmis rubetra

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in Argentina’s dry shrub-steppe. It uses low shrubs and the ground, and the account also describes winter movement from breeding areas toward central Argentina.

• Mountain Robin-Chat Cossypha isabellae

  This bird has dark olive-brown upperparts, a white line in front of the eye and orange-rufous underparts. It is recorded in montane forests of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria; a Cameroon survey found it in primary and secondary forest.

• Marquesan Ground Dove Pampusana rubescens

  The Marquesan Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling pigeon with a gray head and breast and a reddish-purple back. It turns through leaf litter as it searches for seeds and ants.

• Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber

  This small hummingbird is about 8 cm long and ranges through Amazonia and the eastern Andean foothills. It is often found in the understory and at forest edges.

• Gray-winged Inca-Finch Incaspiza ortizi

  This finch lives in dry scrub in the Marañón drainage of northern Peru. Its gray and brown body has a dark facial pattern, and it searches for food in low shrubs.

• Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus

  A small bird recorded on Tierra del Fuego's Isla Grande, it has a brown body and a long white eyebrow. It walks along water edges searching for insects and small invertebrates.

• Roraiman Flycatcher Myiophobus roraimae

  A solitary forager of humid Andean forest, with a concealed orange-yellow crown patch in males.

• Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis mabirae

  Clements treats Stiphrornis mabirae as a separate species. A Salonga survey recorded individuals singing in terra firma forest.

• Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri

  Endemic to Mauritius, this island pigeon has soft pinkish-gray plumage and a red bill. It feeds on fruits and seeds in remaining native forest and helps disperse seeds.

• 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.

• Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum

  The male has a gray-blue back and chestnut vent and is found in forest canopy and along forest edges. Females have different brown and olive tones.

• Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana

  The Striated Earthcreeper forages on or near the ground in rocky scrub on the western Andes of Peru. It occurs on high-elevation slopes.

• Golden-browed Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix pulchella

  This chat-tyrant occurs in the Andes of Peru and western Bolivia. It uses humid montane forest and shrubby forest edges, where it feeds mainly on insects.

• Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus

  This flycatcher occurs in African savanna and open woodland. It waits on a low perch and catches insects in the air or on the ground. eBird uses the combination Agricola pallidus for the same bird.