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• Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens

  

  Adults are dark olive overall, with paler throat and ear-coverts and darker lores and wings. The species occurs in the Andes of southeastern Peru and northwestern Bolivia, using both dry and wet mountain forest as well as canyons.

• White-tailed Blue Robin Myiomela leucura

  This shy forest robin forages near the ground in dense cover. Males are blue, females brown, and both have white patches near the base of the tail.

• Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris

  This large kingfisher lives on Halmahera. Its dark back and white facial stripe stand out, and it catches small animals in forests and mangroves.

• Buff-bellied Tanager Thlypopsis inornata

  The Buff-bellied Tanager occurs in north-western Peru, with a record from extreme south-eastern Ecuador. It feeds on small arthropods in dry highland scrub. The account says females are duller than males and juveniles resemble females.

• Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni

  In breeding plumage it has a dark grey body, white head, and red bill. It breeds in Mexico’s Gulf of California and moves north along the Pacific Coast.

• Pied Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites crassirostris

  This cuckoo occurs on the Tayandu and Kai islands and the Tanimbar Islands of eastern Indonesia. The current Clements checklist treats it as a distinct species split from Little Bronze-Cuckoo.

• Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni

  It has a streaked breast and throat, with different head markings in males and females. It inhabits savanna and woodland from eastern to southern Africa.

• Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes

  The Puerto Rican Owl is endemic to Puerto Rico. It occurs from forest to urban settings and feeds on insects and other small prey.

• Javan Cochoa Cochoa azurea

  A thrush relative of Java's mountain forests. Males are conspicuously blue, and the bird keeps to the middle and upper forest canopy.

• Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus

  An antshrike with dark grey and black plumage in males and olive-brown plumage in females. It eats varied insects in South American lowland evergreen forest.

• Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus

  The Yellow-eared Bulbul is endemic to Sri Lanka's hills. Its black-and-white head markings and yellow ear tufts stand out, and it searches for fruit and insects in forests and gardens.

• Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana

  A small finch endemic to Corsica and Sardinia. Males have a brighter yellow face and breast than females, with a streaky brown back.

• Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii

  The Dusky-headed Parakeet is a green parrot with a grey head and white eye-ring. It uses forest edges and other partly open habitats in the western Amazon Basin.

• Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata

  The Barred Rail occurs in the Philippines and Indonesia and uses wet grassland and wetlands. Its short cocked tail and rufous chest band help identify it.

• Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae

  The Grey Treepie is a crow-family bird with gray, black, and chestnut plumage and a pale underside. Its appearance and Taiwan behavior here refer to the endemic subspecies D. f. formosae; the range describes the species as a whole.

• Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita

  The Barbuda Warbler is a small bird whose only known home is Barbuda in the Caribbean. It lives in the island’s forest and hunts insects.

• Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea

  This small sunbird ranges from Indonesian islands through New Guinea. It uses forest edges and mangroves, feeding on nectar, fruit and small arthropods.

• Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus

  This small bird has yellowish-green plumage and a long tail. It is recorded in Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Bioko Island offshore. It lives in montane and eucalypt forests and mostly eats insects and caterpillars.

• Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

  The Wattled Starling lives in dry grasslands and other open habitats in Africa and may move in flocks to find food. Breeding males have black wattles on the head.

• Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes

  The Levant Sparrowhawk is a migratory hawk with gray upperparts and orange-barred underparts.

• Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia

  The Taiwanese population described by the Ministry's bird guide is a forest bird with a grey head and a white eye-ring. Outside the breeding season it forages in mixed-species flocks.

• Nēnē (Hawaiian Goose) Branta sandvicensis

  A goose from the Hawaiian Islands that spends much time on land and eats a varied plant diet.

• Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides

  This resident hummingbird is recorded in Argentina and Bolivia, at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m.

• Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia ruficaudata

  A foliage-gleaner that searches for small invertebrates in trees in humid lowland forest. Records extend to 1,300 m.