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• Planalto Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla dimidiata

  

  This furnariid is widely distributed in the Brazilian Cerrado and is also recorded in northeastern Paraguay. It occurs in the understory of preserved gallery and riparian forest.

• White-fronted Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons

  In the Peruvian Andes, this ground-tyrant is associated with high-altitude bogs and cushion plants, at 3,700–4,900 m in the Peru Aves account. It can be locally common where suitable habitat occurs.

• Amur stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri

  A small bird that uses exposed perches in grassland.

• Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa

  The Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon is a large, mostly white pigeon with silvery-gray flight feathers edged in dark markings. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands, using forests and mangroves.

• Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala

  A small hawk of mainland Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that uses trees or tall shrubs as cover before striking at small birds.

• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia

  The Pale-headed Woodpecker lives in bamboo and forest habitats. Males have chestnut upperparts and a reddish patch on the forecrown that females lack.

• Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus

  This hermit was documented in lowland forest studies in Bolivia. It foraged in low vegetation, and researchers recorded it taking insects from foliage in the dry season.

• Caribbean Grey Saltator Saltator olivascens

  This gray bird occurs in northern South America. It uses forest edges and thickets, and records note it feeding on morning-glory flowers.

• Scalloped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes falcinellus

  This woodcreeper searches along tree trunks in humid forest. It has a rufous back, pale eyebrow, and finely scalloped belly. It is associated with the Atlantic Forest, where one observed pair took turns incubating its eggs.

• Fire-eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope

  The Fire-eyed Diucon is a grey flycatcher with a red iris. In northwestern Patagonia, it uses humid forest edges, clearings and urban green spaces while catching insects.

• Sunda Blue Robin Myiomela diana

  This robin lives in Java’s mountains. In a 2020 specimen study, males were glossy dark blue while females had mainly chestnut plumage.

• White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli

  The male's white crescent-shaped breast patch helps identify this fruit-eating pigeon. It lives mainly in mountain forests and feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Black Harrier Circus maurus

  The Black Harrier is a southern African harrier that hunts small mammals and birds while flying low over the ground.

• Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis

  It has a green back and pale yellow underparts with dark spots. Males have red on the head, while females lack red on the head.

• Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes

  This small hummingbird occurs in Chile and Argentina. Males have an iridescent red crown and visit flowers for nectar. ROC reports that insects become a priority in its diet during the breeding season.

• Lesser Antillean Saltator Saltator albicollis

  The Lesser Antillean Saltator is recorded in the Dominica Botanic Gardens and forest at the base of Morne Bruce. It has dark green upperparts, a white eyebrow, and a white throat.

• Ayacucho Thistletail Asthenes ayacuchensis

  The Ayacucho Thistletail is recorded from a few small valleys in eastern Ayacucho, southern Peru. It inhabits elfin forest and has a long tail with olive-brown upperparts.

• Southern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus

  This small flycatcher breeds in southern South America and moves north toward the southern Amazon in some seasons. It occurs in lowland scrub, open woodland, and savanna.

• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides

  The White-bellied Redstart has dark blue males with a white lower belly, while females are mainly brown. In Nepal, it is recorded often in summer and rarely in lowlands in winter.

• Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus

  This fruit-eating dove is marked by a black band on the back of the neck. It feeds in the canopy and helps disperse plant seeds.

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

  A large eagle of open steppe and semidesert, migrating between Eurasian breeding grounds and wintering areas in Africa and Asia.

• Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki

  The Buff-necked Woodpecker is a forest-dwelling woodpecker. The male has a buff patch on each side of the neck and a red cheek stripe; the female lacks the red stripe.

• Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura

  This small hummingbird lives at forest edges and in scrub in northwestern Peru. The male has a white-edged purple throat patch, and the sexes differ in tail details.

• Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch Poospiza whitii

  The Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch ranges from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It has a black head, a white eyebrow that turns dark chestnut toward the rear, chestnut breast and flanks, and a pale belly. It uses scrub and wooded places and is recorded as an omnivore.