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• Orinoco Softtail Thripophaga cherriei

  

  A furnariid recorded in riparian forest in the upper Orinoco region of southern Venezuela. Its documented habitat is localized and information remains limited.

• Amazonian Inezia Inezia subflava

  This Amazonian Inezia occurs in waterside woodland and thickets. Its two currently recognized subspecies share two pale wingbars and pale tail tips, but differ in their underpart coloration.

• Herero Chat Namibornis herero

  The Herero Chat lives on rocky hills and escarpment slopes from western Namibia into south-western Angola. It often eats ants and termites.

• Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata

  In the lineata form described by Peru Aves, males are black and blue, while females are olive and grey. It forages in the canopy of mature forest and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Mariana Fruit Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla

  The Mariana Fruit Dove lives in forests of the Northern Mariana Islands. It walks along branches while feeding on fruit, leaves, seeds, and flowers.

• Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii

  The Dot-eared Coquette is a small hummingbird recorded from northern Brazil and along the Amazon. Gould’s account extended its range to the upper Amazon in Peru.

• Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

  A woodcreeper of Central American forests, with many pale streaks on the crown and nape and additional streaking on the back and wings.

• Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus

  This entry covers *Mionectes galbinus*, split from the broader *M. olivaceus*. The species account records it in moist lowland and montane forest from Central into northwestern South America.

• Bearded Scrub Robin Erythropygia quadrivirgata

  The Bearded Scrub Robin inhabits thickets and broad-leaved woodland in eastern and southern Africa. The mainland form has white eyebrows, moustachial stripes, and throat bordered by dark facial lines, plus white wing patches.

• Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis

  The Dark-throated Seedeater is a small bird of open South American landscapes. The male has a gray back, black throat and upper breast, and rufous rump and underparts; the female is olive-brown. Rare records from southeastern Peru are described as visits by migrants.

• Scaled Dove Columbina squammata

  Its feathers have overlapping edges that create a scaled pattern. It searches for food on the ground in dry grassland and scrub.

• Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus

  The Western Emerald is a small hummingbird of western Colombia and the Andes of Ecuador. Males glitter green, while females are green above and grey below.

• Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus

  The Straight-billed Woodcreeper has a long, straight, pale bill. The Peru account records it in riparian undergrowth and semi-open woodland edges.

• Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs on Caribbean islands. It is found at forest edges and gardens and has dark olive-gray upperparts with a grayish-white underside washed yellow below.

• Pale-chinned Blue Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys

  It is about 15–18 cm long. It uses evergreen forest, forest edges, secondary growth, and scrub and eats invertebrates. The page also lists sound records from Assam.

• Common Cactus Finch Geospiza scandens

  The Common Cactus Finch lives in the dry zone of the Galápagos and often uses prickly pear cactus for food. Its long, pointed bill helps it take food from the cactus.

• Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida

  The Peaceful Dove is a small grey-brown dove with barred plumage. In South Australia it feeds on the ground for seeds and usually occurs in pairs or small flocks.

• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer

  The Lucifer Hummingbird occurs mainly in central and northern Mexico. It hovers while taking nectar from flowers.

• Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri

  This ovenbird occurs in palm groves of northern and central South America and searches among palm fronds for arthropods.

• White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus

  Its whitish head and white rump and tail base are distinctive. It uses open fields with scattered trees and shrubs and eats insects and spiders. It occurs in Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

• Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

  This redstart lives on rocky high mountains. An adult male stands out for its white crown, black throat and chest, and reddish-brown belly and tail.

• 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.

• Barusan Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia modiglianii

  This cuckoo-dove occurs on the western Indonesian islands of Nias, Mentawai and Simeulue. A 2016 bioacoustic study lists forms from those three island groups separately.

• Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis

  This hummingbird lives in forests along the eastern Andes. The male has a green body and an amethyst throat, while the female is duller with a rufous-brown throat. Nectar is its main food.