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• Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita

  

  The Coiba Spinetail is an island bird once treated as a subspecies of another spinetail. A 2015 AOU committee proposal recognizes Cranioleuca dissita as a separate species restricted to Coiba and nearby Rancheria Island, using forest and forest edges.

• Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus

  The male has deep blue upperparts and an orange throat and breast. In lowland forest understory, it catches flying insects in short sallies from a low perch.

• Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis

  The Garden Emerald occurs in southwestern Costa Rica and Panama. A breeding study documented one nest found in La Amistad International Park, Costa Rica.

• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta

  This small seed-eater occurs from Central into South America. Males and females differ in plumage, and male coloration also varies geographically.

• Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minimus

  Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant is recorded in lowland forest of northeastern Peru and adjacent Amazonian areas. Its yellow-olive plumage and yellow-edged wing feathers are useful field marks.

• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall

  The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a long-tailed dove ranging from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a winter visitor and passage migrant to well-wooded areas.

• Speckled Spinetail Thripophaga gutturata

  The Speckled Spinetail lives in riverside and lowland forests on the Amazonian side of the Andes. It is spotted below and is reported to eat mainly spiders and cockroaches.

• Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea

  This robin occurs in Himalayan forest. Males have blue upperparts and orange underparts; females are brown above with paler underparts.

• Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna

  The Green-tailed Trainbearer is a high-Andean hummingbird. The male's long tail is distinctive, and the bird visits flowers in shrubland.

• Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides

  This Andean bird feeds on nectar. Its hooked bill is used to pierce flowers and reach the nectar, as described in the regional guide.

• White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern and central Argentina in open, dry country and shrub steppe. Males are black with conspicuous white wing patches.

• 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.

• Atlantic Plain Xenops Xenops minutus

  Xenops minutus lives in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It has an upturned bill, a long white eyebrow, and a white throat. An older regional account from southeastern Brazil uses the pre-split name Plain Xenops.

• Angola Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis brunneus

  This uncommon, poorly known flycatcher is endemic to Angola. The candidate name Dioptrornis brunneus is an older generic combination; current accounts use Melaenornis brunneus.

• Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus

  This hummingbird uses tangled vegetation at forest edges and streams. It is usually solitary; males display at thickets near streams and other dense vegetation.

• Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi

  This finch is recorded in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. It uses grassland near shallow water or secondary forest and feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis lividus

  This large tyrant occurs in dry hills of central Chile. Breeding records describe slopes with thorny shrubs, cacti, and Puya bromeliads.

• Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii

  This rounded, short-legged dove lives in montane forest on mainland New Guinea.

• Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris

  This ovenbird relative forages on foot in open grassland and sparse scrub at high elevations. The Peru species account gives a range extending into Colombia and Ecuador.

• Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi

  A paper reports one vagrant adult male in Uttarakhand, northern India. This single record does not establish a regular range there.

• Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis

  It is recorded in high-elevation oak forest in Costa Rica. An older description says the male has a brilliant violet crown and a metallic green throat.

• Slender-billed Finch Xenospingus concolor

  It occurs in arid regions from central Peru to northern Chile, including riparian woodland and scrub near coastal wetlands.

• Greyish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex

  This tyrant flycatcher ranges across northern and central South America. It occurs in middle and upper levels of humid forest, feeds mainly on large insects, and also takes fruit.

• Mindanao Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba crinigera

  A Philippine forest pigeon with a striking red breast that searches for food on the ground.