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• Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata

  

  The Namaqua Warbler skulks in reedbeds near watercourses. It has a rufous-brown back and flanks contrasting with a white breast marked by faint streaks. The Namibian guide records it along the Orange River and at Fish River Canyon.

• White-eared Honeyeater Nesoptilotis leucotis

  This honeyeater occurs in eastern and southern mainland Australia. It is common in dry eucalypt forest and woodland, where it searches mainly for insects beneath bark and in crevices.

• Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus

  A small finch with bright yellow areas, it lives in forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Males have a black hood.

• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

  A glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and red legs. In Britain it occurs along western coasts, around cliffs and coastal grassland.

• White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata

  The White-tailed Starfrontlet is a hummingbird known for the male’s white tail and the sexes’ different underside colors. It lives in humid mountain forest.

• Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis

  The Olive-backed Quail-Dove lives in wet forests from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador, foraging on or near the forest floor.

• Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum

  Adults have a chestnut back and a prominent white throat patch. Black streaks mark the underside, and the eyes are bright yellow. It lives in small groups in wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka and hunts or calls in daylight. It mainly eats insects such as beetles, and also takes mice, small birds, and reptiles.

• Pale-bellied Mourner Rhytipterna immunda

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Amazon region. A 2005 survey in Bolivia found it in the canopy of low-stature forest and in semi-open scrub with scattered trees.

• Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi

  The Ayeyarwady Bulbul is 17–20 cm long. It uses shrubland and other semi-open places, and is classified as an omnivore.

• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus

  The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is a small African bird notable for blue plumage and a red cheek patch. It searches for seeds on the ground and also uses open scrub and places near people.

• Izu Thrush Turdus celaenops

  The Izu Thrush is a thrush found on the Izu Islands and other Japanese islands. Males stand out with a black head and breast and orange belly and flanks.

• Oleaginous Hemispingus Sphenopsis frontalis

  This tanager relative lives in montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. Its yellow-olive head and back, yellowish underparts, and dense-foliage foraging are useful field marks.

• African Black Coucal Centropus grillii

  The African Black Coucal walks through wet grassland in search of small animals. Breeding adults have a black body and chestnut wings.

• Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus

  The Blood-colored Woodpecker is a woodpecker of the Guianas. A 1953 account from Suriname recorded it in coastal coffee plantations and dry sandy country inland.

• Sooretama Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus ambiguus

  This antbird occurs mainly near the coast of southeastern Brazil. Males are gray and black, while females are brown-toned; the species searches for insects along forest edges and in coastal woodland.

• African Black Duck Anas sparsa

  A duck strongly associated with rivers, especially fast-flowing rivers and streams. It eats aquatic plants and small animals.

• Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops

  Black-faced Babblers are social. In Namibia, records are concentrated near the Kavango River, in thickets and places with high canopy and long grass; birds forage on the ground and through fallen leaves.

• White-collared Kite Leptodon forbesi

  The White-collared Kite is a raptor with a white band at the back of its neck. It has been recorded soaring over Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil.

• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

  A forest woodcreeper that moves along trunks and branches, with a buff throat and long streaks below.

• Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus

  The Yellow-eyed Junco lives in mountain forests from the southwestern United States through Mexico to Guatemala. Its yellow-orange eyes, gray head, and reddish-brown back stand out.

• Ochre-marked Parakeet Pyrrhura cruentata

  The Ochre-marked Parakeet is mainly green, with red feathers on parts of its face, belly, and tail. It has a fragmented range in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil.

• Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi

  Shelley’s Francolin lives in grassy woodland and rocky areas of eastern and southern Africa. Its white throat, reddish-brown breast markings, and black-and-white barred belly help identify it.

• New Caledonian Parakeet Cyanoramphus saisseti

  This green parakeet lives in New Caledonia's forests. This entry treats Cyanoramphus saisseti as a species, while BirdLife's taxonomy treats the New Caledonian form as a subspecies of the Red-fronted Parakeet.

• Citrine Warbler Myiothlypis luteoviridis

  The Citrine Warbler is a wood-warbler of the Andes, ranging from Venezuela and Colombia south to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It searches for insects in high-elevation forest and woodland.