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• Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons

  

  This large bird forages in loose flocks in forests and agricultural land. Plumage and bill color differ between Peruvian lowland and Andean forms.

• Spotted Owlet Athene brama

  A small owl with gray-brown plumage marked by white spots. It is active at night and hunts insects and small vertebrates.

• Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris

  The Bar-winged Prinia has an olive back marked by white wing bars. It searches for insects in gardens, parks, and secondary growth on Sumatra, Java, and Bali.

• White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapillus

  This starling has been observed on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. Its white iris and long central tail streamers are notable features. A 2013 report recorded a flock on a forested ridge above a stream and a nest in epiphytic ferns in an emergent tree crown.

• Red-wing Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii

  The Red-wing Francolin lives in scattered grassland populations in eastern and southern Africa. It has a rufous head and neck and mottled plumage.

• Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus

  The Grey-headed Swamphen is a large wetland bird with purplish plumage and a massive red bill. It walks and swims through marshes, feeding on aquatic plants and small animals.

• Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus

  The Olivaceous Piculet is a small piculet. The Peru account describes the subspecies there as yellow-olive, with yellow on the male's forehead.

• Hawaii Creeper Loxops mana

  The Hawaii Creeper searches for small invertebrates in wet ʻōhiʻa and koa forest. A 2015 state plan describes four separated populations above 1,500 m on Hawaiʻi Island.

• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri

  This duck breeds at lakes with rich vegetation and uses freshwater lakes and reservoirs in winter. Breeding males have a green gloss on the head.

• Tolima Dove Leptotila conoveri

  The Tolima Dove lives in the Colombian Andes. Its head is greyish, and it occurs in humid montane forest and along forest edges.

• Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi

  This small antwren is recorded in humid forest in northeastern Brazil. Males are gray and females are rufous-brown; a 2005 survey documented one male in a forested valley with a stream and dense lianas.

• Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger

  This bulbul is active by day in humid lowland forest and swamp forest, and is notable for its hooked bill.

• Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons

  The Mountain Parakeet has several subspecies with different plumages and ranges. This entry describes the nominate subspecies aurifrons. Its male is mainly green, with yellow on the face and throat and blue on the outer primary feathers.

• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

  A sparrow of North American grasslands and fields. It often sings at twilight, and white tail feathers flash in flight.

• Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus

  The Lesser Ground-Cuckoo lives in arid lowlands from western Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It forages on open ground and, more often, in the understory.

• Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis

  It occurs along the Caribbean slope from southern Mexico to north-western Panama. A study in Costa Rica found six nests in earth banks beside forest trails; each nest was at the end of a tunnel with a stick platform inside.

• Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor

  This slender warbler is marked in black and yellow. Despite its name, it favors scrubby second-growth forest and young pine stands rather than open prairie.

• Belford's Honeyeater Melidectes belfordi

  This large honeyeater inhabits high-elevation forests of New Guinea's central ranges. White scaling on the back and a stripe across the black head are useful field marks.

• Varzea Thrush Turdus sanchezorum

  This western Amazonian thrush was described as a distinct species in 2011. It is associated mainly with várzea forest along large tributaries of the upper Amazon and Solimões system.

• Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides

  A small sunbird of dry East African habitats. The male has a black belly, iridescent green throat and long downcurved bill; it feeds on nectar.

• Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus

  The Little Rock Thrush lives around rocky hills and wooded ravines. Its blue-gray throat extends onto the breast, and its tail is rufous.

• Orange-banded Flycatcher Nephelomyias lintoni

  This flycatcher occurs in the humid mountains of Ecuador and Peru. It has a pale eye and orange lower mandible, and takes insects from leaves or in flight.

• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio

  Its main range extends from northeastern India through Myanmar, northern Laos, and Vietnam to central and southern China. An isolated population also occurs in Hong Kong.

• Flores Crow Corvus florensis

  The Flores Crow is a relatively small crow found only on Flores Island, Indonesia. BirdLife's older account recorded it widely in lowland forests in the west of the island.