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• Gray-hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi

  

  This finch inhabits open slopes, grass steppe, and scrub in northwestern Patagonia and the Andes. It eats seeds and is also recorded around rocky ground.

• Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta

  This ground-dwelling bird is about 16 cm long and occurs in Argentina’s shrub steppes and rocky slopes. Adults have a yellow to orange throat spot, which juveniles lack.

• Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya

  This flycatcher inhabits dry, open country in western North America. Cinnamon tones wash across its underside, and it sallies from low perches to catch insects.

• Bornean Whistling Thrush Myophonus borneensis

  The Bornean Whistling Thrush lives along streams in northern Borneo. Adult males have glossy dark blue on the head through the breast.

• Cloven-feathered Dove Drepanoptila holosericea

  This green dove lives in New Caledonia. Males have a yellow belly and white wing bars, and the birds feed on fruit in trees.

• Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii

  The Streak-throated Hermit occurs in the Amazon region of northern South America. It has pale green-gold upperparts, a black-streaked throat, and long central tail feathers with white tips.

• Golden-crowned Tanager Iridosornis rufivertex

  This tanager lives in high-elevation scrub and elfin forest in the northern Andes. It is bright blue, with a black head and a golden crown.

• Amazonian Plain Xenops Xenops genibarbis

  Xenops genibarbis is an Amazonian lowland woodcreeper. The nominate subspecies account describes a short, slightly upturned bill and pale eyebrow.

• Rufous-crowned Elaenia Elaenia ruficeps

  The Rufous-crowned Elaenia occurs in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It has a rufous crown patch, pale wing-bars, and a cream underside, and searches foliage for insects while also eating fruit.

• Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa

  This robin-chat has a black head, white eyebrow, orange throat, and orange sides to its tail. It moves in the lower growth of East African forests and woodlands.

• Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis

  The Metallic Pigeon has purple and green sheen on the crown, a yellow bill, and red skin around the eye. It searches for fruit and other foods in island forests and nearby areas.

• Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae

  This hummingbird occurs in wet forest in the northern Andes. The male has a blue forehead, the female a green one, and it feeds from deep tubular flowers.

• Espanola Cactus Finch Geospiza conirostris

  The Large Cactus Finch is a Darwin's finch of the Galápagos, with a varied diet that includes Opuntia cactus. Here the account follows the Trust's treatment of the Española Island population.

• Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber

  This 19–21 cm thornbird occurs in wetland-edge thickets and other scrub. It searches on the ground and in dense vegetation for insects and other invertebrates.

• Todd's Sirystes Sirystes subcanescens

  This medium-sized flycatcher lives in tall rainforest in northern Amazonia and the Guianas. It is usually found in pairs or small groups in the canopy or on exposed branches.

• Kalahari Scrub Robin Erythropygia paena

  This small bird lives in dry grassland and shrubland of southern Africa. Sandy-brown upperparts contrast with pale underparts, and the rusty rump and tail stand out. It forages near the ground and has a varied song.

• Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata

  The Red-eyed Dove has red eyes and a pink breast. It is resident in southern Africa, where it lives from riverine forest to suburban areas.

• Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae

  A hummingbird of Andean forest near rushing streams. It uses a very long, slender bill and flies low and quickly among flowers for nectar.

• Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus

  A small finch of the Andes. The male has a gray body with dark streaks on its back and searches for food on open highland ground.

• Blackish-headed Spinetail Synallaxis tithys

  The Blackish-headed Spinetail is about 14.5 cm long. It is recorded in humid and semi-deciduous forest in Tumbes at extreme northwestern Peru and also occurs in Ecuador.

• Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs widely in South America. It has olive upperparts and bright yellow underparts; a study on Carabajal Island in Argentina found both animal and plant material in stomach samples.

• Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui

  The Brown-breasted Flycatcher breeds in northeastern India and Indochina and winters in southwestern India and Sri Lanka. The Singapore account lists it as a vagrant there.

• Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica

  A large pigeon of Pacific islands, it has a pale gray to pinkish head and underside and darker gray wings and back. It feeds on fruit.

• 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.