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• Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea

  

  Males are rufous while females are gray and rufous, giving the species a strong difference in appearance by sex. It searches dense vegetation for food.

• Andean Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura andicola

  The Andean Tit-Spinetail occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It forages in Andean scrub and nearby shrubbery.

• Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea

  This warbler occurs on Guadeloupe and Dominica. Adults are gray overall with a white eyebrow and wing bars; immatures are greener above and yellow below.

• White-streaked Honeyeater Trichodere cockerelli

  This honeyeater lives in northeastern Australia. Field reports describe feeding at flowering eucalyptus and banksia in two Queensland locations.

• Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus

  The Glossy-black Thrush lives in humid Andean mountain forests. Adult males are glossy black, while females are brownish, making the sexes look quite different.

• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis

  The Ruby-cheeked Sunbird has different male and female plumage. It forages high in trees, taking nectar from flowers and sometimes insects from spider webs.

• Miombo scrub-robin Erythropygia barbata

  A bird of broadleaf miombo woodland, with a brown back and a rufous chest.

• Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus

  The adult male Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant has a black crown and white spectacles. The species uses humid lowland forest canopy, edges, clearings, and some second growth.

• Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki

  The Palani Laughingthrush is a small bird of the hills of southwest India. It has an olive-brown back, a white eyebrow, and a rusty belly, and searches low scrub for insects and fruit. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the Ashambu Laughingthrush; this entry follows the current separate species concept.

• Sulawesi Crow Corvus celebensis

  The Sulawesi Crow (Corvus celebensis) occurs on Sulawesi. Its glossy black plumage has a blue sheen, and small groups are reported at forest edges and farmland.

• Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus

  This West African finch has red plumage and a short, thick bill. Research has documented two bill-size forms.

• Fiery-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon

  This hummingbird occurs on the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. The male has an iridescent purple throat, and records come from humid mountain forest edges and nearby scrub.

• Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi

  Geoffroy's Parrot is a medium-sized parrot that eats fruit and flower buds. It feeds in pairs or small groups in the treetops and calls noisily around dawn and dusk.

• Golden-backed Mountain Tanager Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis

  This large tanager is recorded in humid montane forest of Peru's eastern Andes at about 3,000–3,600 m. Its blue crown and golden back and underparts stand out.

• Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythrauchen

  The Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk is a raptor with a grey body and a striking rufous collar. It lives in forests of the Moluccas and watches from tree perches.

• Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens

  The Argentine biodiversity record lists the Brown-and-yellow Marshbird as native in Argentina. A university field account describes its brown-and-yellow plumage and ground foraging.

• Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum

  The Red-chested Owlet is a small owl without ear-tufts. It lives in forest and along forest edges and feeds chiefly on invertebrates.

• Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis

  At Bui National Park, this cisticola was recorded in tall grass beside riparian forest and in mature woodland. A 2007 paper also distinguishes it from a related cisticola by its crown and wing coloring.

• Striated Starling Aplonis striata

  The Striated Starling is endemic to New Caledonia. Males are black with red eyes, while females are grayish.

• Greater Sage Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus

  The Greater Sage-Grouse lives in sagebrush plains of western North America. During the breeding season, males gather and display to females.

• Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata

  The Red-knobbed Coot is a dark waterbird. Its red frontal knobs become more conspicuous during the breeding season.

• Little Green Woodpecker Campethera maculosa

  The pool's Little Green Woodpecker is treated in current eBird taxonomy as the Little Green group within Green-backed Woodpecker. Western birds have green backs, red on the head, and barred underparts.

• Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni

  A female observed in western Bhutan had conspicuous yellow-orange skin around the eye and a heavy yellowish bill.

• Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons

  The Sunda Teal is a small duck of wetlands around Indonesia and Timor. A small bump on the forehead helps distinguish it from similar teals.