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• Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria

  

  A pigeon with a large lace-like crest that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis

  The Crested Eagle is a large raptor of mature forests and foothills in Central and South America. It often perches in the canopy and can be difficult to spot.

• Minute Hermit Phaethornis idaliae

  This hummingbird occurs in lowland southeastern Brazil. It has iridescent dark-green upperparts and pointed central tail feathers, and forages in the forest understorey.

• Greater Flowerpiercer Diglossa major

  This large flowerpiercer occurs in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil. It has a broad black mask, bluish-slate plumage, and a pale blue-gray bill with a strongly hooked tip. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Eastern Woodhaunter Automolus subulatus

  This woodhaunter lives in the humid forest understory of the western Amazon. It searches among leaves and epiphytes for small arthropods.

• Red-billed Tyrannulet Zimmerius cinereicapilla

  The Red-billed Tyrannulet lives in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. It feeds in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta

  The African Dusky Flycatcher is a small, short-tailed flycatcher with plain brown plumage that hawks flying insects.

• Purple Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata

  This dove occurs only in western Colombia through northwestern Ecuador, in the wet rainforests of the Chocó. Adults show purple, blue, and iridescent colors, with a dark blue stripe across a white face. Females and juveniles are duller than males.

• Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis

  The Black-collared Hawk is a fish-eating raptor of Central and South American wetlands. Adults have a reddish-brown body with a black crescent on the upper breast.

• Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus

  The Glittering-bellied Emerald occurs in South America. Males are green with a bright blue-green throat; females have grey underparts and white tips on the outer tail feathers.

• Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii

  The Flame-faced Tanager lives in montane forest on the eastern Andes. Peru Aves does not assign sex to its adult examples and describes an orange face, black throat, and greenish-buff underside. It lists the Peruvian form as subspecies urubambae.

• Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rufipectus

  This foliage-gleaner is endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia. It is medium-sized, with rufous-brown upperparts and paler underparts.

• Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops

  This small tyrant flycatcher forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andes. Its bright yellow face contrasts with its gray-olive head and back.

• Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo

  This flycatcher occurs from Indochina to islands of Indonesia and is mainly found in montane forest.

• Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri

  A dove of the Philippine islands, it uses open woodland and farmland. Its pale underparts have a pink wash and its neck bears a greenish half-collar.

• Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster

  The Gray-bellied Hawk is a large forest hawk. Adults are dark above and pale below.

• Versicolored Emerald Chrysuronia versicolor

  The Versicolored Emerald is a hummingbird of central and eastern South America, using forest edges, gallery woodland, and other open habitats. It feeds on nectar and small insects. Plumage varies substantially, so tail pattern is useful alongside throat and forehead color.

• Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus

  This small grassquit is widespread around the Caribbean. Males have a black face and chest with a yellow eyebrow and throat, while females are dull olive. It feeds on seeds in grassy and weedy open places.

• Tapajos Scythebill Campylorhamphus probatus

  A scythebill occurring in the lowland Amazon of Brazil. The appearance and foraging details here apply only to subspecies cardosoi under the current treatment.

• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus

  The Brown-crested Flycatcher launches from a branch to catch insects in the air; it is a large member of the tyrant flycatchers.

• Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa

  This small flycatcher inhabits lowland and foothill forest in West and Central Africa. Dark chocolate-brown plumage, long pointed wings, and high perches on dead trees are characteristic.

• Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris

  This brown dove has a long tail and a stout black bill. It is usually seen alone or in pairs at forest edges, but may gather at fruiting trees.

• Slate-colored Hawk Buteogallus schistaceus

  The Slate-colored Hawk lives in Amazonia. Adults are dark gray, with a red face and legs and a white tail band. It searches for prey in forests near water, and one observation records it catching a fish.

• White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii

  The White-vented Plumeleteer is a hummingbird ranging from Central America into northwestern South America. A study in Colombia found a nest in dense understory beside a stream.