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• Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri

  

  The Blue-headed Wood Dove lives in lowland forests of western and central Africa. It has a blue-gray head and rufous-brown body, and searches the forest floor for seeds, fallen fruit, and small animals.

• Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi

  This hummingbird inhabits moist Andean forests. It has a sharply pointed bill and is reported to pierce flowers near their base to take nectar through the opening.

• Lesser Grass Finch Emberizoides ypiranganus

  This small tanager is associated with grassy wetlands and sedge marshes in South America. The account describes it as sedentary.

• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris

  The Red-billed Scythebill is a forest bird with a very long, down-curved bill and fine streaks on the face and breast.

• White-bearded Flycatcher Phelpsia inornata

  This flycatcher appears in records from Venezuela. A female described in a 1937 field record had a deep-yellow underside and was noted at small groves and near lagoons. The paper uses an earlier taxonomic name.

• White-bellied Blue Flycatcher Cyornis pallipes

  An endemic flycatcher of India's Western Ghats, living in dense foothill forest. Checked sources spell its scientific name Cyornis pallidipes, correcting the pool spelling Cyornis pallipes.

• New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

  The New Zealand Pigeon is a large pigeon endemic to New Zealand. Its green and bronze iridescent body contrasts with a white breast; it mainly eats fruit, with leaves and buds in some seasons.

• Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi

  This hummingbird occurs in the high Andes of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It uses humid scrub, Polylepis woodland and open areas with short grass.

• Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus

  The sexes look alike, with brown-toned plumage. In the dry season it may use a twig or cactus spine as a tool to pull larvae from holes in wood.

• Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis

  It occurs along the Caribbean slope from southern Mexico to north-western Panama. A study in Costa Rica found six nests in earth banks beside forest trails; each nest was at the end of a tunnel with a stick platform inside.

• Cinereous Tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps

  The sexes have different plumage. Males have a dark crown and tail, while females have a chestnut head and gray back. A 2019 report describes it as locally common in Paraguay’s drier Chaco.

• Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura

  The male is black with a white rump and tail, while the female is browner.

• Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni

  This dove is extinct in the wild but survives under expert care. Its last wild record was in 1972; a return to Socorro Island is planned after invasive species are removed.

• Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani

  The Short-tailed Emerald is recorded in Colombia's Andes. A regional bird account lists montane forest, edges, and clearings, while Gould's historical description notes its short tail.

• 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.

• White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa

  The White-chinned Thistletail occurs in the Andes. A Bogotá bird guide describes it foraging among foliage and branches, alone or in pairs.

• Short-tailed Field Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda

  It has a gray head, white wing bars, long legs, and a short tail. It searches for food on the ground in open places and occurs in western Peru and nearby areas.

• Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale

  Males are indigo with brighter blue on the forehead and shoulders; females are olive brown. The species inhabits forests from the eastern Himalayas to southwestern China and beyond.

• Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea

  The Vinaceous Dove is marked by a black patch on the back of the neck edged in white, with a pale pink-grey head and breast. It uses dry scrub and savanna south of the Sahara, foraging on the ground for seeds and other vegetation.

• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis

  This hummingbird lives in mountain forests from Nicaragua to northern Mexico. It has a white ear-stripe on a dark head; in bright light, an adult male's face appears violet and its throat gleams green.

• Amazonian Grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens

  This medium-sized tanager-family bird ranges from Central America into South America. It is greyish and has been recorded in plantation weeds, secondary forest, and scrub.

• Marcapata Spinetail Cranioleuca marcapatae

  This spinetail occurs in the mountains of central Cusco, Peru. It has a rufous crown, back, wings, and tail, a grayish face, and a pale throat. It forages in humid montane forest understory, especially around bamboo.

• Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris

  This small flycatcher uses the canopy of humid montane forest. A Peru Aves account for northeastern Peru describes a gray head, a fine rufous eyebrow, and pale cheeks.

• Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus

  This flycatcher lives in eastern African grassland and semi-arid bushland. It drops from a perch to catch insects on the ground.