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• Scaly-crowned Honeyeater Sugomel lombokius

  

  This honeyeater occurs on Lombok, Sumbawa, and Flores. Some bird accounts and field studies use the former combination Lichmera lombokia; the current scientific name is Sugomel lombokius.

• Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata

  The Pied Bush Chat is a small bird; males are dark with a white wing patch.

• Carrion crow Corvus corone

  A crow that forages in open farmland and grassland. In Japan, the smooth profile from bill to forehead is a useful identifying feature.

• Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps

  The Ethiopian Siskin is a small finch of the Ethiopian highlands. The male is notable for its black hood and yellow body.

• Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata

  This small apalis lives in Central African mountain forests and nearby openings. It has a dark head, a white spot on the side of the neck, a short tail, and a mostly insect diet.

• Brown-capped Whitestart Myioborus brunniceps

  The Brown-capped Whitestart is an Andean bird with a rufous crown and yellow underparts. It ranges from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.

• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

  The Banded Bay Cuckoo lives in woodland and gardens from the Indian subcontinent into Southeast Asia. In Singapore, it is known to lay its eggs in the nest of a Common Iora.

• Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata

  This small African bird uses savanna, shrubland and inland wetlands. The current IUCN assessment places it in the genus Delacourella.

• Stella's Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae

  Stella's Lorikeet inhabits montane forest on New Guinea. It feeds on flowers and fruit, and local movement as food supplies change is considered possible.

• Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria

  The Tambourine Dove is a shy dove of woodland and thickets in sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoros. It often forages on the ground and is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

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

• Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus

  This sunbird occurs in East-Central Africa. Dave Richards's 2013 Wildlife of East Africa guide uses the former genus name Nectarinia erythrocerca and describes waterside habitat and different male and female plumage.

• Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis

  This flowerpiercer occurs in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. The southern Peruvian form albilinea is described as mostly black, matching a field report from Abra Malaga in Cusco.

• Buff-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus senex

  A small tyrant flycatcher recorded in Amazonas and Rondônia, Brazil. It inhabits low, stunted forest near blackwater rivers and white-sand woodland.

• Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi

  The Orange Ground Thrush lives in mountain forests of eastern and southeastern Africa. Its orange face and chest contrast with a white belly, and it searches for small animals and fruit in the lower forest.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Scaled Antbird Drymophila squamata

  This antbird inhabits the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. Males are mainly black and white, females brown and buff, and crown spotting varies among birds.

• Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa

  This bulbul is recorded throughout the Western Ghats of southern India. It has a slate-grey to black body, a black crest, and a red bill and legs. A study of 81 nests in Silent Valley National Park found breeding from January to June, with a peak in April and May.

• Helmeted Myna Basilornis galeatus

  Adults have slightly iridescent black plumage, pale patches on the neck and breast, and a purple-black crest. They use forests, disturbed and cultivated areas, and mangroves, feeding on fruit and berries in trees.

• Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni

  Its green body, blue head, and maroon tail stand out. It lives in the western Amazon forests of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

• Veraguan Mango Anthracothorax veraguensis

  This hummingbird lives in the lowlands of Panama and southern Costa Rica. At one Costa Rican nest, a male-plumaged bird incubated eggs and fed nestlings.

• Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris

  This woodpecker ranges from Sierra Leone to Ghana, southern Nigeria, and southwestern Cameroon. It uses open forest, clearings, edges, gallery forest, and swamp forest.

• Oriole Blackbird Gymnomystax mexicanus

  This large bird is bright yellow from head to belly and black on the back and wings. It walks across pastures and savanna in northern South America to forage.

• Cactus Canastero Pseudasthenes cactorum

  A furnariid of Peru's western Andean slope, using open areas with shrubs and cacti. Some populations also occur in low-elevation lomas.