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• Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata

  

  A furnariid of South America. In southeastern Peru it forages in dense understory along forest edges and in second growth.

• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica

  The Bluethroat is a small bird that searches for insects in low shrubs near water and elsewhere. A male's blue throat pattern changes with season and region.

• White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis

  The White-throated Hummingbird is recognized by its moss-green body and white throat and belly. The sources include records from Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina.

• Collared Warbling Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis

  The Collared Warbling Finch occurs in Ecuador and Peru. Males show a white eyebrow and breast band, while females are browner and have dark streaks on the breast and belly.

• White-throated Kingbird Tyrannus albogularis

  This tyrant flycatcher has a white throat and yellow belly. It is a seasonal visitor to the Peruvian Amazon, using semi-open places and forest edges.

• Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria

  The Tambourine Dove is a shy dove of woodland and thickets in sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoros. It often forages on the ground and is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• 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.

• Rhinomyias additus

  This flycatcher is endemic to Buru. Recent accounts use the combination Eumyias additus.

• Hispaniolan Mango Anthracothorax dominicus

  The Hispaniolan Mango is a large hummingbird found on Hispaniola. Males show an iridescent green throat, while females differ in tail and underpart pattern.

• Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus

  This tanager-family bird occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Males are strikingly patterned in black, blue, and gold.

• Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus

  This flycatcher occurs across South America. The Peru account describes it foraging in the understory of river-created habitats, with different subspecies associated with different environments.

• Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer

  The Blue-spotted Wood Dove is a small dove with blue spots on its wings. It lives along forest edges and streams, searching for seeds on the ground.

• Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus

  This ovenbird lives in the mountain forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It has bright rufous upperparts and a white eyebrow, and eats insects and spiders.

• Madagascan Stonechat Saxicola sibilla

  This small chat is widespread across Madagascar. A study of its genes and plumage proposed that the Malagasy population could be treated as a distinct species.

• Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum

  This small hummingbird uses the canopy and subcanopy of Andean forests. Male and female plumage and tail shape differ.

• 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.

• Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet Mecocerculus minor

  This small tyrant flycatcher inhabits montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. It has an olive mantle, gray crown, and white eyebrow, and forages in the canopy with mixed-species flocks.

• Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis

  A slender reddish-brown dove with different plumage in males and females, ranging from the Moluccas to the New Guinea region.

• 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.

• Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria

  Southern Flores specimens are described with brown irises, black bills, and bluish-purple legs. A specimen from Tjeréng was collected in primary forest.

• Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii

  This hummingbird lives in Andean mountain forest. Males flash a very long blue-green tail and look markedly different from females.

• Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris

  A small seedeater of northern South America, using grassy places and river margins and eating seeds and fruit.

• 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.

• Enggano Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia cinnamomea

  This cuckoo-dove occurs on Enggano Island southwest of Sumatra. It has reddish-brown, scaly plumage and uses the middle and lower levels of forest.