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• Maranon Tyrannulet Nesotriccus maranonicus

  

  This small flycatcher lives in the dry Marañón Valley of northern Peru. It has two pale wing bars and feeds on insects and fruits such as mistletoe.

• Shrike-like Tanager Neothraupis fasciata

  This tanager occurs in Brazil's Cerrado. A study of wild, DNA-sexed birds found that the male's black facial mask reaches the lores, while the female's is limited to the auriculars.

• Variegated Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in humid Andean mountain forest from Colombia to Peru.

• Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata

  This bird has a bright red crest and throat, gray back, and white underparts. It forages on the ground in semi-open places and farmland in South America and may flock outside the breeding season.

• Black-chested Tyrant Taeniotriccus andrei

  The Black-chested Tyrant is a small tyrant flycatcher of forests in northern South America. It moves through understory bamboo and secondary growth near rivers, taking small insects among the foliage.

• Coco Island Finch Pinaroloxias inornata

  A finch endemic to Cocos Island, Costa Rica, using the island's varied habitats.

• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

  The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is marked by yellowish underparts and a bold eye ring. It catches flying insects in the lower parts of forests.

• Rufous-chested Tanager Thlypopsis ornata

  This small tanager occurs in Andean scrub and along humid-forest edges in Peru and Ecuador.

• Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs in dry Andean scrub and urban areas. It has gray-brown plumage, a black bill, and a mostly white tail.

• Black-backed Bush Tanager Urothraupis stolzmanni

  The Black-backed Bush Tanager has a black head, back, wings, and tail, with a broad white throat and white marks on grey underparts. A 1997 survey at Guandera in northeastern Ecuador recorded it in primary forest and páramo.

• Dusky-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicauda

  This 15–17 cm flycatcher uses forest bamboo thickets and feeds on invertebrates. Sound recordings include sites in Peru’s Manu region.

• Collared Warbling Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis

  The Collared Warbling Finch occurs in Ecuador and Peru. Males show a white eyebrow and breast band, while females are browner and have dark streaks on the breast and belly.

• Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare

  This small flycatcher occurs in Central American forest. At Guatemala's Laguna del Tigre National Park, it appears regularly in annual bird counts.

• Citron-headed Yellow Finch Sicalis luteocephala

  Citron-headed Yellow Finch is a small finch described as nearly endemic to Bolivia. The forecrown, sides of the face, throat, and central belly are bright yellow, contrasting with gray upperparts and flanks. The account records dry scrub, open woodland, and holes in ravine banks.

• 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.

• Blue Finch Porphyrospiza caerulescens

  The Blue Finch is a grassland tanager. Adult males are bright blue with a yellow bill, and a field study found the species strongly associated with natural grasslands, especially upland grasslands.

• 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.

• Spotted Tanager Ixothraupis punctata

  This tanager is described in a Suriname guide as a bird of the middle forest layers, seen in pairs or small groups. Its green plumage has dark edges.

• Cocos Tyrannulet Nesotriccus ridgwayi

  This small tyrant flycatcher is endemic to Cocos Island off Costa Rica. It has greyish olive plumage and a relatively long bill, and forages in the rainforest canopy and subcanopy. A breeding study recorded hidden nests on outer branch tips.

• Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus

  Male Flame-rumped Tanagers are mostly black with rumps that range from yellow to red, while females are mainly olive gray and yellow. They form small flocks in forest edges and gardens, feeding on fruit and invertebrates.

• Brownish Elaenia Elaenia pelzelni

  This flycatcher is restricted to riverine habitats in the Amazon basin, especially islands and forest edges along the Amazon and Napo rivers. It is often associated with early growth that includes Cecropia trees.

• Fulvous-headed Tanager Thlypopsis fulviceps

  This tanager occurs in mountain forests of Colombia and Venezuela. It has a rufous head, gray back and tail, and gray to whitish underparts.

• Orange-eyed Flatbill Tolmomyias traylori

  This small flycatcher was described from the western Amazon. The original paper records sites in southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and says the limits of its range were not known.

• Green-throated Tanager Stilpnia argyrofenges

  A tanager of humid forest on the eastern Andean slope. It is recorded in the canopy and middle levels, both in pairs and mixed flocks.