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• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula

  

  This large woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia and is often found high in the forest canopy. It is also noted for tending to occur alone.

• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

  A small flycatcher that breeds in North America and migrates through Central America to northern Colombia. It has an olive-brown back, a white throat and pale wing bars.

• Rufous-breasted Bush Robin Tarsiger hyperythrus

  The male Rufous-breasted Bush Robin has a blue back and chestnut underparts. It breeds in the Himalayas, uses mixed conifer forest, and searches the ground for insects.

• Rufous-browed Conebill Conirostrum rufum

  Its rufous brow and underparts contrast with a gray back and a narrow wing bar. It searches for insects along high-Andean forest edges and occurs in Colombian mountain regions.

• Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus

  This forest dove lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. Adults of subspecies humeralis are mostly green, with a bright orange patch on the centre of the belly.

• Blue-bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon cyanolaemus

  The Blue-bearded Helmetcrest was recorded in the highlands of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. During a 2015 survey, observers saw it feeding at flowering plants.

• Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus

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

• Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana

  This tyrant flycatcher uses wetlands and damp grasslands. A BirdLife regional record lists it at Serranías del Este in eastern Uruguay; males and females differ in plumage.

• Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora

  The Ant-eating Chat is a dark brown bird with striking white wing feathers in flight. It is found mainly inland in southern Africa and searches for ants and termites on the ground.

• Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata

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

• Island Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba malherbii

  This pigeon occurs on São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea. A study on São Tomé found it in shade-grown plantations and savanna as well as forest, and recorded it feeding on the ground and high in trees.

• Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae

  It has green upperparts, whitish underparts densely speckled green, and white feather tufts on the legs. It inhabits humid montane forest.

• Cabanis's Spinetail Synallaxis cabanisi

  Cabanis’s Spinetail occurs in forest edges, secondary growth and bamboo thickets on the eastern Andes and adjacent regions.

• Lesser Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis murinus

  The Lesser Shrike-Tyrant is a tyrant flycatcher that catches insects on the ground. A species page from the National University of the Litoral describes it alone or in pairs, making short runs to catch insects and also perching at the tops of shrubs.

• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps

  The White-throated Redstart is a mountain bird whose food changes with the season. In breeding plumage, the male is strikingly marked with a white throat patch, a dark face, and chestnut underparts.

• Medium Tree Finch Camarhynchus pauper

  The Medium Tree Finch is an arboreal finch found only on Floreana Island in the Galápagos. It searches for insect larvae by prying at bark and also eats seeds, fruit, and other foods.

• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata

  A flocking pigeon of western North American forests. Its pale gray plumage, white neck crescent, and broad pale tail band help identify it.

• Purple-chested Hummingbird Polyerata rosenbergi

  This hummingbird lives in humid Pacific lowland forests of northwestern Ecuador and western Colombia. Males have a blue-purple patch on the chest.

• Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus

  This ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.

• Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris

  This small flycatcher has an olive back, yellow wing-bars, and yellow throat and belly. It ranges from Central America into northern South America.

• Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus

  The Sunda Forktail is a streamside bird with dark gray upperparts and white underparts. A short white forehead stripe and the sexes' different crown colors help identify it.

• Cinereous Warbling Finch Microspingus cinereus

  The Cinereous Warbling Finch is a small bird of Brazil's central Cerrado. Its distribution is sparse and local, and field knowledge remains limited according to the species account.

• Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus

  This fruit-eating dove is marked by a black band on the back of the neck. It feeds in the canopy and helps disperse plant seeds.

• Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis

  The Black-throated Mango has a black throat and chest in the male, while the female has a dark stripe down her white underparts. It takes nectar and flying insects and also visits gardens.