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• Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta

  

  The Painted Tiger Parrot lives in the mountains of New Guinea. Its mainly green plumage has yellow and red markings that vary by sex and among regional populations.

• Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata

  The Sri Lanka blue magpie is a blue-and-chestnut bird that lives in small groups in Sri Lanka's wet forests.

• Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi

  Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow is endemic to Costa Rica, from the Central Valley east toward Turrialba. Adults have black-and-white facial markings and a large black chest patch; juveniles are browner and more faintly marked. It uses thickets, young secondary growth, fragmented groves, and coffee plots.

• Hispaniolan Woodpecker Melanerpes striatus

  This woodpecker is native only to Hispaniola. Its yellow-and-black barring, red crown, and groups around tree trunks make it conspicuous. During breeding, several pairs may nest near one another where trees offer many cavities.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus

  The Brown-crested Flycatcher launches from a branch to catch insects in the air; it is a large member of the tyrant flycatchers.

• Common Stonechat Saxicola torquatus

  A southern African species account says male and female African Stonechats differ in plumage. The adult male has a black head and throat with white neck patches.

• Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze

  This large sunbird lives in the highlands of eastern Africa. It feeds mainly on nectar, and its elongated central tail feathers are conspicuous.

• Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush Ianthocincla konkakinhensis

  Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush is a laughingthrush recorded in montane forest in central Vietnam. Reports from Laos remain uncertain.

• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata

  The male stands out with a green and copper sheen on its head and long, curved ornamental feathers.

• Mindanao Miniature-babbler Micromacronus sordidus

  This small bird lives on Mindanao in the Philippines. The Mindanao population, formerly treated as a subspecies of a close relative, is grayer above and pale yellow-gray to greenish olive below.

• Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul

  This thrush inhabits forests from the Himalayas to northern Indochina. Males are black with grey wing panels; females are olive-brown with rufous on the wings.

• Chestnut-bellied Euphonia Euphonia pectoralis

  Males have a blue chest and chestnut belly while females have an olive back; the species feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects in the canopy of South American Atlantic forest and montane habitat.

• Parodi's Hemispingus Kleinothraupis parodii

  This tanager occurs in the eastern Andes of southern Peru. It uses humid montane forest and bamboo near the treeline, where it forages in small groups.

• Mao Gymnomyza samoensis

  The Mao is a large honeyeater with a long, curved black bill. It forages for nectar, fruit, and insects in the canopy and upper parts of Samoan forests.

• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

  Swainson's Warbler has a stocky body and a heavy bill that it uses to turn leaf litter while searching for insects and spiders. It breeds in dense swamps and canebrakes of the southeastern United States.

• Kawall's Amazon Amazona kawalli

  Pale skin at the base of the bill, a grey eye ring, and yellow-green wing edges are identifying features. Observations in Vaupés, Colombia, recorded flocks feeding on palm fruit.

• White-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii

  The White-capped Fruit Dove is endemic to the Marquesas Islands. Head and chest colors vary among islands, and it feeds mainly on fruit.

• Cameroon Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla montana

  This greenbul was recorded in a survey of the Tchabal Mbabo massif in Cameroon. It is uniformly yellow-olive and occurs in montane forest, secondary forest, and scrub.

• Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps

  A ground-walking cuckoo of northwestern Madagascar, it is recognizable by its red crown and searches the forest floor for insects and fruit.

• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja

  The White-headed Munia is a small bird with a white head and pale brown body that gathers seeds from the ground and grass stems.

• Sora Porzana carolina

  A secretive wetland bird with a yellow bill and short tail. It breeds in North America and moves south for winter.

• Fiji Goshawk Tachyspiza rufitorques

  This diurnal hawk is reported from open woodland, well-wooded farmland, suburbs, and parks. Audio records on Oiseaux.net are from Fiji.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.