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• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis

  

  The White-throated Bushchat breeds in Mongolia and Central Asian Russia, then winters in India and Nepal. Bhutan and China are recorded during passage.

• Deep-blue Flowerpiercer Diglossa glauca

  A flowerpiercer of wet Andean montane forest from Colombia to Bolivia.

• White-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus ensipennis

  This hummingbird occurs on Tobago and nearby areas. Males have a blue throat, while females are grayer, and both have conspicuous long white tail feathers. It hovers at flowers to take nectar and small insects.

• Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa

  This long-tailed ovenbird lives in the understory of humid Andean forests. The account describes four regional forms, so the nominate form's color is distinguished from variation elsewhere.

• Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis

  This flycatcher ranges through Central and South America. It often uses moist lowland forest and catches insects by darting from a perch.

• Russet-crowned Quail-Dove Zentrygon goldmani

  This quail-dove was studied in Panama’s montane forest, where records show ground foraging and courtship.

• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

  A black-and-white wheatear. In its UK account, BTO describes it as a rare autumn migrant arriving from southeastern Europe.

• Brown Tanager Orchesticus abeillei

  This tanager occurs in montane forest in southeastern Brazil. Its face, forehead and eyebrow are cinnamon-brown, while the head and back are greyer brown.

• Jamaican Mango Anthracothorax mango

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

• Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris

  A large woodcreeper of Amazonian floodplain forest, it is marked by a rufous back and a long, pale bill.

• Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

  A small flycatcher of eastern North America, the Eastern Phoebe often launches from a low perch to catch flying insects.

• Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis

  The Buff-fronted Quail-Dove has a rufous-brown back, green nape, and a black stripe on its mostly white face. It is found on the ground in montane cloud forest in Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Arnot's Chat Pentholaea arnotti

  This bird inhabits woodlands of central and southern Africa. In the nominate subspecies, the male is black with a white crown and wing patch; small groups search for insects beneath large trees.

• Monte Yellow Finch Sicalis mendozae

  This finch lives in the dry Monte Desert of western Argentina. Breeding males are bright yellow and lack olive tones on the throat and breast.

• Minute Hermit Phaethornis idaliae

  This hummingbird occurs in lowland southeastern Brazil. It has iridescent dark-green upperparts and pointed central tail feathers, and forages in the forest understorey.

• White-bellied Spinetail Mazaria propinqua

  This ovenbird occurs in tall grass along large Amazonian rivers. Adults have a black throat, while juveniles have a whitish throat.

• 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.

• Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus

  This small pigeon is mainly green with a violet-pink crown patch. It eats fruit in lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

  The Mocking Cliff-chat lives in rocky areas from eastern into southern Africa. Males have black upperparts and a chestnut belly; females have dark grey upperparts and deep rufous underparts. It eats insects and fruit.

• Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus

  This South American tanager has striking black-and-white plumage and broad white tips on its long tail. It is common in Amazonia, especially along forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Hook-billed Hermit Glaucis dohrnii

  The Hook-billed Hermit lives in a limited part of Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest. It drinks flower nectar and also eats small arthropods.

• Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus

  The Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner occurs on the Pacific slope from southwestern Costa Rica to western Panama. It skulks in humid forest undergrowth and has a rich buff throat, broad eyebrow, and dark rusty tail.

• Long-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus eulophotes

  This small bird is recorded in the understory of humid western Amazonian forest, including vegetation patches after treefalls and stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti

  The Great Cuckoo-Dove is a large pigeon with a pale blue-gray head and breast, chestnut back, and long tail. It feeds on fruit and seeds in forests and is usually seen alone or in pairs.