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• Santa Marta Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes pernix

  

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northeastern Colombia. Its original description recorded plumage from a single adult male.

• Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis

  Zappey’s Flycatcher breeds in central and east-central China and winters in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. Males are blue and females brown; it forages from the middle forest layer to the canopy.

• Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus

  The Tawny-throated Leaftosser lives in humid Central American forests, walking through leaf litter to find food. It has dark brown upperparts and a rusty throat extending onto the breast. It is seen alone or in pairs; local records describe a burrow nest near the ground.

• Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus

  This hummingbird is recorded from Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. It also uses dry woodland, semi-deciduous forest, and shrubby edges.

• Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor

  A small Andean bird found in forest canopy and high native scrub. Its glossy blue back contrasts with a black head and chest and rufous underparts.

• Wetar Ground Dove Pampusana hoedtii

  The Wetar Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling dove whose plumage differs strongly between males and females.

• Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant Anairetes fernandezianus

  This species is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in Chile's Juan Fernández Islands. It usually stays in scrub along forest edges and feeds on insects.

• 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.

• Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax

  The Rufous-breasted Spinetail uses secondary forest and second-growth scrub, gleaning invertebrates from vegetation. A historical museum account describes plumage of specimens from southern Mexico and Central America.

• Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps

  This small hummingbird is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica. The adult male's copper-colored crown and tail, with white outer tail feathers, are useful field marks.

• Cinereous Finch Piezorina cinerea

  Cinereous Finch is a finch about 16 cm long. The specialist species page lists dry scrub and dry woodland as habitat and classifies its diet as omnivorous. The same page lists several song and call recordings from Peru.

• White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata

  A dove of humid Andean forests, it has pale stripes on the face and a light throat. It may forage on the forest floor in the early morning.

• 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.

• Littoral Rock-Thrush Monticola imerina

  The Littoral Rock-Thrush lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern and southern Madagascar. It hops on the ground and perches higher when disturbed.

• Streak-throated Canastero Asthenes humilis

  Streak-throated Canastero occurs in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Adults have fine dark streaks on the face, throat, and upper breast, plus an orange-red chin patch. They forage on the ground among bunchgrass and scattered rocks.

• Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango

  The Jamaican Mango is a hummingbird endemic to Jamaica that feeds on nectar. Iridescent colors fleck its mostly black body.

• Burnished-buff Tanager Stilpnia cayana

  This tanager is recorded in the Restinga de Cabedelo National Forest in Paraíba, northeastern Brazil. The male's black facial pattern contrasts with the paler female.

• Blue-eyed Ground Dove Columbina cyanopis

  The Blue-eyed Ground Dove is a small dove with striking blue eyes. It is associated with Brazil's Cerrado and was rediscovered in northern Minas Gerais in 2015.

• Slender-footed Tyrannulet Zimmerius gracilipes

  The Slender-footed Tyrannulet is a small flycatcher of South America. In the current species treatment, the Guianan Tyrannulet, Zimmerius acer, is separate and is not included here. This species lives in moist lowland forest and on tepuis, feeding on insects and small fruits.

• Blue-capped Rock Thrush Monticola cinclorhynchus

  A thrush whose male has a blue head and orange body. It is recorded in forests and edges within Great Himalayan National Park.

• Great Spinetail Synallaxis hypochondriaca

  The Great Spinetail is a furnariid restricted to the upper Marañón drainage of northern Peru. It uses the understory of dry and semideciduous forest.

• Purple-crowned Plovercrest Stephanoxis loddigesii

  This hummingbird lives in the Atlantic Forest of South America. Males raise a purple-blue crest during courtship, while females lack the crest and are green and grayish-white. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii

  The Spangle-cheeked Tanager lives in wet mountain forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Adults have black-and-blue scaling on the cheeks and a rufous crown patch; immatures are duller and lack that crown patch. It eats fruit as well as insects and spiders.

• Seram Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri

  Seram Mountain Pigeon is a forest bird of Seram's mountains and eats fruit. A taxonomic comparison reports that its underpart coloration differs markedly from the Buru form.