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• Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilis amazilia

  

  The Amazilia Hummingbird occurs west of the Andes. Its green throat and rufous belly stand out; it is found in coastal scrub and at gallery-forest edges.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.

• Spot-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus maculipectus

  The Spot-breasted Thornbird is a furnariid of woodlands, savannas, scrub, and wetlands in northwestern Argentina. Its rufous head and pale-marked breast stand out; it builds an elongated nest of twigs.

• White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura

  This ptarmigan inhabits alpine areas of western North America. Its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathers cover its feet.

• Blue-winged Parakeet Psittacula columboides

  This parakeet of India's Western Ghats has a long blue tail and red bill. Males have a grey head and black neck stripe, and the birds feed on fruit and seeds.

• Collared Crow Corvus torquatus

  The Collared Crow is black with a broad white collar. It occurs mainly in lowland and wetland areas of China and is often seen alone, feeding on insects, molluscs, other invertebrates, and grain.

• Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis

  This small sparrow breeds on rocky hillsides in the southwestern United States and winters in Mexico. It forages on the ground but does not stay in the open for long.

• White-bellied Piculet Picumnus spilogaster

  The nominate form, spilogaster, occurs in the northern Guianas and Roraima in northern Brazil. BirdForum Opus describes habitats ranging from forest to thickets.

• Foothill Screech Owl Megascops roraimae

  The Foothill Screech Owl is a small owl of Andean foothill forests and adjacent western Amazonian forest. A Peru species account gives a length of about 21 cm and distinguishes gray and rufous color forms.

• Tawny-chested Flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis

  About 12 cm long, this small flycatcher has a gray head, white throat, orange-brown breast, and yellow belly. It hunts insects in dense forest undergrowth.

• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris

  The Lesser Shortwing is a small brown flycatcher with very short wings and tail and a white eyebrow that can become conspicuous when excited. It stays secretive in forest undergrowth.

• Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi

  Rothschild's Swift is a dark, sooty swift. It occurs above humid forests on the eastern side of the Andes, from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.

• Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps

  The Olive-headed Weaver lives in montane miombo woodland in southern Tanzania and nearby regions. Males have a bright yellow crown and rusty breast.

• Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema

  A sunbird ranging from western and central Africa into eastern Africa. Males have metallic blue-green on the forehead, chin and throat.

• Striated Babbler Argya earlei

  In northern India's lowlands, this social babbler is usually found in reedbeds, wet grass, and scrub. Fine streaking on crown and back and bright yellow eyes stand out.

• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina

  In breeding plumage, the male has an orange head and reddish bill; the female is brown. This diving duck feeds on aquatic plants and algae.

• White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita

  The White-bibbed Swallow has glossy blue-violet plumage and a white throat patch. It catches insects while flying low over rivers.

• Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius

  The Solitary Cacique has a black body and pale bill. It searches the dense forest understory alone or in pairs in the Amazon region.

• Dambo Cisticola Cisticola dambo

  The Dambo Cisticola has a very long black tail, and the breeding male gives a distinctive song and aerial display. In a 1931 survey along the Congo–Zambezi divide, birds bred in open flats with short grass; records extended from Nasondoye to eastern Angola.

• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima

  The Alpine Thrush is about 25–27 cm long. It breeds on rocky ground above the tree line and moves to lower elevations outside the breeding season.

• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes

  The Flesh-footed Shearwater is a seabird with a dark body and pale bill and feet. It breeds in island burrows and moves across wide ocean areas seasonally.

• Silvereye Zosterops lateralis

  A small bird seen in Australia and other regions, with a conspicuous white eye-ring. It eats insects, fruit and nectar.

• White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis

  The White-cheeked Bullfinch is endemic to the Philippine mountains and is marked by white cheek patches. It eats fruits and seeds, and also uses insects seasonally.

• Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus

  A tanager of Andean cloud forests, marked by a yellow crown and underparts and blue edging on the wings. It ranges from Colombia to Bolivia and often joins mixed-species flocks.