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• Azure-rumped Tanager Poecilostreptus cabanisi

  

  The Azure-rumped Tanager occurs in Pacific-slope mountains of western Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. A Guatemalan study recorded it in humid broadleaf forest and shade coffee plantations.

• White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda

  The White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant is about 25–28 cm long. This diurnal bird of the high Andes looks for prey from a perch.

• Black-bellied Thorntail Discosura langsdorffi

  The Black-bellied Thorntail occurs in Amazonia and in a separate range on the coast of eastern Brazil. Each region has a different subspecies.

• Yellow-green Bush Tanager Bangsia flavovirens

  This tanager is recorded in montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador, where it moves among foliage in small groups and mixed flocks.

• Ecuadorian Tyrannulet Phylloscartes gualaquizae

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs on the eastern Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It forages in the canopy of humid montane forest.

• Blue-bearded Helmetcrest Oxypogon cyanolaemus

  The Blue-bearded Helmetcrest was recorded in the highlands of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. During a 2015 survey, observers saw it feeding at flowering plants.

• Cinnamon Tanager Schistochlamys ruficapillus

  Cinnamon Tanager occurs mainly in Brazil south of the Amazon and uses semi-open grassy country with scattered shrubs and low trees. A specimen study describes a cinnamon-colored throat and breast and a whitish belly. It found substantial individual and geographic variation in plumage, so one color pattern does not represent every bird.

• Coopmans's Tyrannulet Zimmerius minimus

  Coopmans’s tyrannulet is a small bird recorded from Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and eastern Venezuela. It has yellow markings; the original type specimen had a 43 mm wing and 37 mm tail.

• Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis aline

  This hummingbird ranges from Colombia through southwestern Ecuador to eastern Peru. It is usually solitary in the lower levels of humid cloud forest.

• Golden-naped Tanager Chalcothraupis ruficervix

  This tanager uses humid cloud forest and upper forest levels on the eastern Andes. It joins mixed flocks and searches for small animals and fruit.

• Minas Gerais Tyrannulet Phylloscartes roquettei

  A small tyrannulet recorded in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In the study, birds used dry and gallery forests and searched for arthropods in tall trees.

• Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia

  The Stripe-tailed Hummingbird lives in Central American mountains and feeds by darting among flowers. White stripes show when it spreads its tail.

• Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis

  This tanager uses scrub and forest edges in South America. The PeruAves account reports solitary or paired foraging and describes several different Peruvian habitats.

• Jamaican Pewee Contopus pallidus

  This small woodland bird is endemic to Jamaica. It catches insects by flying out from exposed perches in the middle levels of the forest and may flick its tail once when it lands.

• Broad-tipped Hermit Anopetia gounellei

  This hummingbird has a broad tail and a curved bill. It feeds on nectar and small arthropods. Records in northeastern Brazil include humid forest as well as the drier Caatinga.

• 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.

• Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus niveigularis

  This seasonal migrant appears in northwestern Peru from December to June. It uses semi-open woodland and scrub, and has a gray head, white throat, and yellow underparts.

• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

  The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.

• Yellow-scarfed Tanager Iridosornis reinhardti

  The Yellow-scarfed Tanager occurs in Peru's eastern Andes. It has a blue body, black head and golden band across the sides of the head, and forages in humid montane scrub and elfin forest.

• Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes

  The back is olive-brown, the chest gray, and the belly pale yellow. On Ecuador’s eastern Andean slope it occurs along forest edges and in open places.

• Rufous-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus addae

  This hummingbird occurs on the eastern Andes from central and southern Peru to Bolivia. Males have green upperparts, long outer tail streamers with racket-shaped tips, and rufous leg puffs.

• White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera

  A small bird of grassland with scattered bushes; males and females have different plumage.

• Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe

  The Northern Beardless Tyrannulet is a tiny, grayish bird without bristles at the base of its bill. It hops among branches, flicks its tail, and gives whistled notes.

• Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus

  This large hummingbird inhabits forest on the eastern slope of the Andes, with records from southern Colombia to Bolivia. Green spots on the white underparts and a white mark behind the eye are key features.