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• Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi

  

  This hummingbird inhabits moist Andean forests. It has a sharply pointed bill and is reported to pierce flowers near their base to take nectar through the opening.

• Grandala Grandala coelicolor

  This thrush ranges through high country from the Himalaya to Tibet and western China. Males are blue; females are brown with a bluish rump and white wing patches.

• Tepui Whitestart Myioborus castaneocapilla

  This New World warbler lives in the Tepui highlands. It has a grey head with a rufous crown patch and searches for insects in montane forests and along their edges.

• Rufous-tailed Antbird Drymophila genei

  This antbird has a dark head and rufous-brown tail. In southeastern Brazil's montane forest, it searches among bamboo and vines for insects.

• Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanoptera

  The Blue-winged Goose is restricted to the Ethiopian Highlands and has blue-gray wing panels on a gray-brown body. It grazes near rivers and ponds and spends much of the year in flocks.

• Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki

  This small lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea. It feeds on nectar, flowers, and fruit in the canopy and mid-storey, often in pairs or small flocks.

• Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus

  The Sunda Cuckoo occurs from the Malay Peninsula through the Sunda Islands. It eats mainly caterpillars and other insects and is a brood parasite of small leaf-warblers.

• Assam Laughingthrush Trochalopteron chrysopterum

  Its main reported range is northeastern India and adjacent Myanmar. Southern China is included in some taxonomic treatments.

• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

  A large raptor that flies low over wetlands with broad wings held in a shallow V. Many birds in Britain arrive in spring to breed and head to Africa in autumn, while some now remain there through winter.

• Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus

  This small tanager ranges across the southern part of South America, from Bolivia to Argentina. It uses scrub and open woodland and forages from the ground into low vegetation.

• Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri

  Hunter’s Cisticola occurs locally in the highlands of Kenya, at Mount Elgon in Uganda and in northern Tanzania. Two or more birds may sing together.

• Altai Snowcock Tetraogallus altaicus

  A large pheasant-family bird of rocky alpine meadows. Breeding is recorded in the southern Altai of Kazakhstan, where details of its breeding biology remain poorly known.

• Orange-spotted Bulbul Pycnonotus bimaculatus

  The Orange-spotted Bulbul lives in humid forest and mountain scrub on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. This entry follows the two subspecies listed by the current species account.

• Pileated Parrot Pionopsitta pileata

  The Pileated Parrot lives in humid forests of southeastern Brazil and nearby areas. Males have red on the head; females do not.

• Yellow-throated Woodpecker Piculus flavigula

  This woodpecker inhabits Amazonian forest, including northern Peru. It may join mixed-species flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Cream-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus merrilli

  This medium-sized dove lives in forests around Luzon. A field study recorded it feeding on fruit in the forest canopy.

• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa

  The Asian Rosy Finch is a finch that visits northern Japan in winter. Flocks appear in open places such as coastal cliffs and grassland.

• White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus

  A honeyeater of eastern and southeastern Australia. Its olive back, black crown and white nape band are distinctive.

• Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in lowlands of southeastern Brazil. It is found in shrubs at forest edges, clearings, gardens, and parks.

• Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura trichroa

  The Blue-faced Parrot-Finch is a small finch with a blue face. The detailed feeding and habitat observations here come from a study of the northern Australian subspecies macgillivrayi.

• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla

  The white crown and black face make this robin-chat easy to recognize. It lives in forests, thickets, and gardens across northern and central Africa, and searches for food near the undergrowth.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila

  The Southern Nutcracker is a corvid of Himalayan forests. It has chestnut plumage with white spots on the head and neck. Gould’s 1831 species account places it in thick woods and lists insects, worms, and fruit as food.

• Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio

  In European wetlands, this large waterbird stands out for its purplish-blue body and red frontal shield. It handles reeds with its bill and feet.