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• Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus

  

  This flycatcher inhabits humid Andean montane forest. Its yellow crown patch can be concealed, while a broad white eyebrow and streaked yellow underparts are conspicuous.

• Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus

  The Pink-eared Duck is a small duck with white and dark brown bars, a large brown patch around the eye, and a small pink patch behind it.

• White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri

  The White-throated Rail has a white throat and chestnut breast. The Aldabra subspecies has short wings and is flightless.

• Black Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena modesta

  This large dove occurs on Timor and Wetar and feeds almost entirely on fruit.

• Morden's Owlet Otus ireneae

  Morden's Owlet is a small owl restricted to East African coastal forests. A study in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest found it foraging at night and using Cynometra woodland with large old trees.

• 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.

• Band-tailed Cacique Cacicus latirostris

  The Peru account places this bird in the lowlands of Loreto and central Ucayali, where it forms small groups and mixed flocks in the forest canopy. Its yellow tail has a black terminal band. The account also uses Ocyalus latirostris; this entry retains the pool name Cacicus latirostris.

• Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea

  This sunbird is endemic to South Africa’s fynbos region. It feeds on nectar and small invertebrates, with records suggesting seasonal movement between low and higher elevations.

• Dot-fronted Woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis

  This woodpecker occurs on the eastern Andean slope from Bolivia to Argentina. It inhabits humid and montane woodland, searching tree trunks for food.

• Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens

  Two birds were recorded foraging in open hillside woodland at Akagera National Park, Rwanda. The reported birds had green backs and wings, white throats, yellow breasts and bellies, and a dark band through the eye.

• Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

  The Gray-cheeked Thrush has a grayish face and spotted breast. It breeds in far northern North America and migrates to South America for winter.

• Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris

  Adult males of the nominate subspecies are notably yellow, while females are duller and streaked. Outside the breeding season it may form flocks and feeds on seeds, flowers, and insects.

• Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata

  About the size of a House Sparrow, it searches for food in leaf litter and thickets by day. It eats insects and plant parts and builds its nest in palm trees.

• Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus

  This sparrow occurs in the forest understory of the Amazon Basin. White head stripes and the male's black breast band are useful field marks.

• New Caledonian Goshawk Tachyspiza haplochroa

  The New Caledonian Goshawk is endemic to New Caledonia. It has a bluish-black head, wings, and back, a gray throat, and a white body below.

• Black-breasted Myzomela Myzomela vulnerata

  This small honeyeater is about 10 cm long. It lives in forests, edges, and shrubland on Timor and feeds on nectar.

• Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis

  The Riverbank Warbler lives in lowland forests and wet places along South American rivers. It has a dark crown, white eyebrow, green upperparts, and a pale underside.

• Peruvian Recurvebill Syndactyla ucayalae

  It forages mainly in stands of Guadua bamboo, using a thick bill with an upturned lower mandible. In southeastern Peru it is rare and local, and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax castanea

  This antbird occurs in western Amazonia, including northern Peru. Males and females differ in their breast and wing markings, and forage in the understory of floodplain and terra firme forest.

• Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius

  This bulbul is recorded in forests of Sierra Leone. It has a yellow-tipped green tail and pale yellow underparts, and searches for insects in dense understory.

• Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla

  The Red-headed Bluebill is a small bird of forests in Central and East Africa. It is active by day and mainly eats plant seeds.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor

  The Southern Pied Babbler lives in groups in dry savanna and has sharply contrasting black-and-white plumage.

• Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis

  The Yellow-shouldered Amazon is a parrot with a green body and a conspicuous yellow head. It eats fruit and seeds in dry scrub in northern Venezuela and nearby islands.