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• Painted Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum pictum

  

  A small flycatcher of forests and edges in the Guianas, southern Venezuela, and northern Brazil.

• Blue-throated Hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae

  The male Blue-throated Hummingbird has a throat of sapphire-colored feathers that glitter in good light. Both sexes have two white facial stripes and gray underparts.

• Tawny-bellied Seedeater Sporophila hypoxantha

  A small seedeater of southern South American grasslands. It takes grass seeds and places its nest in low shrubs during the breeding season.

• Puna Miner Geositta punensis

  A ground-dwelling bird of high Andean grasslands in northwestern Argentina. It is brown above, greyish-white below, with cinnamon wings and tail marked by dark bands.

• Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans

  Cassin's Kingbird has a gray head and breast, a white throat, and a yellow belly. It catches flying insects from perches in open country.

• Longuemare's Sunangel Heliangelus clarisse

  Longuemare’s Sunangel is a hummingbird of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. Males have a violet-red throat set off from the chest by a white band. The habitat assessment includes forest edges and secondary vegetation but says some forest is still needed.

• Lesser Grass Finch Emberizoides ypiranganus

  This small tanager is associated with grassy wetlands and sedge marshes in South America. The account describes it as sedentary.

• Ochraceous Pewee Contopus ochraceus

  This flycatcher occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and far western Panama. It has a yellow-brown back, yellow belly, and pale wing bars, and catches flying insects from a perch.

• Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae

  Male Purple-backed Sunbeams have iridescent purple backs and rumps. This hummingbird feeds on nectar and small insects on high Andean slopes in northern Peru.

• Red-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus phoenicius

  This tanager lives in white-sand areas and low woodland in Amazonia. Males are mostly black with a small red-and-white shoulder patch; females are grayish brown and pale below.

• Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus

  This southern South American migrant reaches the coast and adjacent foothills of northwestern Peru. The Peru Aves account places its Peruvian season from April to October and describes foraging in open places such as grassland and fields.

• Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis

  This small hummingbird occurs in the Andes of Ecuador and Peru. Males are deep blue, while females are green with cinnamon-colored underparts.

• Black-headed Tanager Stilpnia cyanoptera

  This tanager ranges from northern Colombia to northeastern Venezuela. Males have a black head, pale upperparts and blue flashes on the wings; females are grey-toned with green wing flashes. It uses moist woodland and eats small fruits and arthropods.

• Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus

  The Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant has a grey crown and a very short tail. In Amazonia it forages in the midstory and subcanopy of mature forest and tall second growth.

• Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae

  This hummingbird has a brown body and iridescent blue-violet feathers near the ears. Trinidad holds an isolated population within the species' wider range.

• Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius

  This tanager occurs from Panama through Colombia to Ecuador. Males are mostly black with a white eyebrow and scarlet eyebrow tufts; the species uses humid lowland forest and its edges.

• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

  A small flycatcher that breeds in North America and migrates through Central America to northern Colombia. It has an olive-brown back, a white throat and pale wing bars.

• 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.

• Gray-hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi

  This finch inhabits open slopes, grass steppe, and scrub in northwestern Patagonia and the Andes. It eats seeds and is also recorded around rocky ground.

• Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus

  This flycatcher occurs across South America. The Peru account describes it foraging in the understory of river-created habitats, with different subspecies associated with different environments.

• Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae

  This small hummingbird occurs in the highlands of northern Peru and southern Ecuador.

• Black-faced Grassquit Melanospiza bicolor

  The Black-faced Grassquit occurs across Caribbean islands and northern South America. It feeds mainly on grass and weed seeds, with insects also taken during the breeding season.

• White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus

  The White-banded Tyrannulet is a small bird of Andean forests. Its white eyebrow and two wing-bars stand out as it searches among leaves for small invertebrates.

• Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae

  This hummingbird occurs on Colombia’s northern coast. A 1992 BirdLife account often associates it with coastal mangroves, while also noting a record from dry scrub.