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• Gray Seedeater Sporophila intermedia

  

  Males in mature plumage are dark gray and white, while females are yellow-olive and buff. The species was studied in the lowlands of Colombia's upper Magdalena Valley.

• Orange-crested Flycatcher Myiophobus phoenicomitra

  This small flycatcher inhabits humid Andean forests. Sighting and photographic records of its subspecies are reported from Colombia's eastern Andean slope.

• Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii

  A large hummingbird recorded in Costa Rica’s northern Pacific region. Males have a red-orange iridescent gorget and a white stripe along the middle of the rump.

• Orange-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus ferrugineigula

  This ovenbird is recorded from central-northern Uruguay to eastern Brazil. Adults have three central pairs of olive-brown tail feathers, and the reddish-chestnut chin grades into an olive-brown lower belly. A 2008 comparative study treated it as a distinct species from its close relative.

• Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris

  This flowerpiercer lives in the high Andes. Disjunct populations occur in northern Colombia and farther south in Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and their relationship has been studied.

• Sibilant Sirystes Sirystes sibilator

  The Sibilant Sirystes is a tyrant flycatcher of South American forests. A taxonomic paper describes typical southern birds and paler populations in northern and central Brazil.

• Buffy Helmetcrest Oxypogon stuebelii

  The Buffy Helmetcrest is a hummingbird of the high Andes of central Colombia. Local accounts place it in páramo around Los Nevados, among areas with frailejón plants.

• Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus

  The Black-throated Grosbeak lives in Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest and nearby regions. It searches for fruit and seeds in the middle forest layer, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.

• Rufous Twistwing Cnipodectes superrufus

  This large tyrant-flycatcher has records from Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil in southwestern Amazonia. It is strongly associated with forests dominated by Guadua bamboo, although its life history remains poorly known.

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

  This hummingbird ranges across southern South America. Its plumage shines golden green and its tail is bronze. It takes nectar as well as insects and small spiders.

• Common Diuca Finch Diuca diuca

  A gray-backed finch with a white throat and belly, it searches the ground for seeds. It may form winter flocks and live in territorial pairs in summer.

• White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus

  The White-throated Spadebill is a small bird with a broad, flat bill and a white throat. In Peru, it searches for food in the understory of humid montane forest.

• Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei

  The Rufous-crested Coquette is a tiny hummingbird of humid forest edges and nearby clearings in Central and South America. Males have a long rufous crest that females lack.

• Common Cactus Finch Geospiza scandens

  The Common Cactus Finch lives in the dry zone of the Galápagos and often uses prickly pear cactus for food. Its long, pointed bill helps it take food from the cactus.

• Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum

  A flycatcher found in Puerto Rico that searches for prey from a perch.

• Peruvian Racket-tail Ocreatus peruanus

  The Peruvian Racket-tail lives in humid mountain forest and along forest edges on the eastern Andes. Males have elongated tail feathers and leg puffs; it feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca

  It has a gray body with a blue cast and blue-green tail and wing tips. It uses trees in open areas, parks, and cities and eats fruit, buds, nectar, and flying insects.

• 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.

• Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula

  This hummingbird occurs in the high mountains of Costa Rica. It uses open páramo and scrub, and male throat colors differ among mountain populations.

• Brassy-breasted Tanager Tangara desmaresti

  The green plumage has black streaks, a turquoise forehead and eye area, a brassy ochre breast, and a yellow line down the belly.

• Thick-billed Kingbird Tyrannus crassirostris

  This kingbird has a large head, massive bill, black mask, and white throat and breast. It launches from a high perch to catch insects, then returns to the perch.

• Lucifer Hummingbird Calothorax lucifer

  The Lucifer Hummingbird occurs mainly in central and northern Mexico. It hovers while taking nectar from flowers.

• 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.

• Pale-bellied Mourner Rhytipterna immunda

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Amazon region. A 2005 survey in Bolivia found it in the canopy of low-stature forest and in semi-open scrub with scattered trees.