Male Stripe-backed Antbird, Piu-piu, Myrmorchilus strigilatus strigilatus, 16 cm. / 6.3 in. UNCOMMON in low-levels of woodland and scrub.

Pé da hadeira, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.

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Male Narrow-billed Antwren, Formigueiro-do-nordeste, Formicivora iheringi, 12 cm. / 4.7 in. RARE ENDEMIC. Low to mid-levels of deciduous forest.

Pé da hadeira, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.

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Male White-browed Meadowlark, White-browed Blackbird, Policia-inglesa-do-sul, Leistes superciliaris, Sturnella superciliaris", 18 cm. / 7.1 in. COMMON. Grasslands, usually damp. Because of forest clearance, range is spreading.

Pé da hadeira, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.

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Spot-backed Puffbird (Spot-backed), Spot-bellied Puffbird, Caatinga Puffbird, Rapazinho-dos-velhos, Nystalus maculatus maculatus, 19 cm. ./ 7.5 in. COMMON in woodland, caatinga (dry woodland with numerous succulents), savanna, cerrado (mosaic of grassland and woodland), second growth and palm groves.

Pé da Hadeira, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil

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Asiatic Dayflower, Commelina communis. Native to parts of Asia. INTRODUCED to other areas of the planet. Gets its name from the bloom, which only lasts for one day. Used as a pharmaceutical in China and as a source of blue dye in Japan.

Lejeda Las Beija Flores, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.

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