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• Common Miner Geositta cunicularia

  

  This ground-dwelling bird forages in open country across South America. The sources describe several subspecies and habitats, from coastal dunes to dry highland plains.

• 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.

• Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides

  A flycatcher with a very long, white-tipped tail; it is also recorded in Argentine scrublands and protected areas.

• Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda

  This hummingbird lives in forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. It has green upperparts, white underparts and a gray tail, with records from about 1,000 to 2,750 m.

• Grey-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens

  The Grey-bellied Spinetail is described in reference data as a forest bird of dense understory that eats invertebrates. A 1997 specimen study recorded streaking on the breast of a bird considered juvenile.

• Pearly-bellied Seedeater Sporophila pileata

  This seedeater is recorded in southern and southeastern Brazil, Paraguay, and eastern Argentina. Adult male plumage ranges from pale pinkish cinnamon to warm ochre-brown. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of S. bouvreuil.

• Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus diops

  This small tyrant flycatcher has olive upperparts, a white eye-ring, a grey breast, and yellow at the bend of the wing. It occurs from south-eastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to north-eastern Argentina, foraging in the understory of humid forest and secondary growth, especially bamboo patches.

• White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura

  The White-tailed Emerald is a small hummingbird of Pacific-slope foothills from Costa Rica to western Panama. Males contrast green plumage with white, while females show a white throat.

• Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes certhia

  A large woodcreeper with reddish-brown plumage and fine barring. It forages in mature forest and may appear near army-ant swarms.

• Large Ground Finch Geospiza magnirostris

  Among the ground finches of the Galápagos, this species is especially large, with a heavy bill used to handle large seeds.

• Olive Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus

  This small flycatcher is mostly olive and lives in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes. It forages at forest openings in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestita

  This hummingbird lives in montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Males are green with a purple throat and undertail; their plumage differs from that of females.

• Moustached Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes falcirostris

  This woodcreeper is associated with patches of dry forest on rich soils in north-eastern Brazil. Its plumage varies among the study's regional specimen series rather than having one uniform brown coloration.

• Medium Tree Finch Camarhynchus pauper

  The Medium Tree Finch is an arboreal finch found only on Floreana Island in the Galápagos. It searches for insect larvae by prying at bark and also eats seeds, fruit, and other foods.

• 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.

• Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti

  The adult male has a shining purple crown and green upperparts; the female lacks those colors.

• Ceara Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus atlanticus

  A Ceará state publication records the woodcreeper in humid mountain forest and says it climbs trunks to search bark for arthropods. It lists Ceará as well as the neighboring states of Paraíba and Pernambuco.

• Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola

  This small bird is restricted to a limited part of the northern Peruvian Andes. It searches for food in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub.

• Southern Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a short bill. The prominence of its white wing bars and the colour of its throat and breast differ between subspecies.

• Sooty-capped Hermit Phaethornis augusti

  The Sooty-capped Hermit has olive plumage, strong white facial lines, and a distinctive orange-rufous rump. In Venezuela it uses forest edges and undergrowth, with records of nesting in buildings.

• Austral Canastero Asthenes anthoides

  The Austral Canastero occurs in Patagonia in Chile and adjoining Argentina. It moves alone or in pairs through grassland and steppe with patches of shrubs.

• Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager Anisognathus melanogenys

  This tanager is restricted to Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Its blue and yellow plumage contrasts with a black face.

• White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme

  This very small tyrant flycatcher occurs in Amazonian lowlands and on the eastern Andean slopes. Its greyish olive body has a white forehead line between the eyes and pale wing-bars. It searches for tiny insects in mature forest canopy.

• Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas

  This entry covers the southern species Patagona gigas. It looks very similar to the Northern Giant Hummingbird, P. peruviana, but differs in breeding range and vocalizations.