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• Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus

  

  This small finch occurs in South American Chaco woodland, woodland edges and grasslands. Its usual range extends from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to west-central Argentina. A bird recorded near Mendoza city in 2024 may have escaped or been released.

• River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis

  This prinia inhabits grassy river edges and wetlands. In a 2006 observation in Mali, twelve singing birds were recorded along riverbanks; three individuals seen well were much paler than another species.

• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus

  The Brown Quail searches among ground vegetation and leaf litter for food. This account focuses on the population introduced to New Zealand.

• Visayan Bulbul Hypsipetes guimarasensis

  A bulbul of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. It uses dense forest and eats fruit.

• Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae

  The Green-cheeked Parakeet is a South American forest parrot that gathers in flocks in the canopy and feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus

  This greenish woodpecker has red wings and a red crown, plus a yellow crest. It forages on trunks and large branches in forests and plantations from lowlands into lower mountain areas.

• Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri

  A dove of the Philippine islands, it uses open woodland and farmland. Its pale underparts have a pink wash and its neck bears a greenish half-collar.

• Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus

  A small finch with a bright yellow face. It nests in trees in Middle Eastern mountains and eats grass and herb seeds.

• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens

  The Singing Honeyeater has a gray-brown back, a pale streaked underside, and a black facial mask edged below in yellow. It searches low in shrubs and trees for insects, nectar, and other foods.

• Shear-tailed Grey Tyrant Muscipipra vetula

  This gray tyrant has a long, deeply forked tail and occurs in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America.

• Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata

  A small, social bird widespread south of the Sahara. A Southern African account describes flocks feeding on grass seeds in grassy and scrubby places and along woodland edges.

• Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus

  A small bird with a white patch on the wing, seen mainly in winter in Japan around farmland, riverbanks and open woodland edges.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi

  Adult White-winged Magpies have dark head and upperparts, a gray underside, pale wing markings, a long tail, and a heavy red bill.

• Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra

  This waterbird is a rail with mostly black plumage, red eyes and legs, and a yellow bill. It is active by day in freshwater marshes, eating water insects, small fish, frogs, and seeds.

• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

  The Crimson Sunbird is a small bird that takes nectar, spiders, and insects. Males are red, while females are olive-colored, so the sexes look different.

• Dusky-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus

  It lives on the eastern side of the Colombian Andes, moving in small groups through dense vegetation at forest edges and in second growth. The cited source does not report its diet.

• Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus

  A small bird recorded on Tierra del Fuego's Isla Grande, it has a brown body and a long white eyebrow. It walks along water edges searching for insects and small invertebrates.

• Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora

  This hummingbird is recorded from the Pacific side of Peru and Ecuador to northern Chile. It uses coastal scrub and vegetation along seasonal river valleys; adult males have very long tail feathers.

• Puaiohi Myadestes palmeri

  This thrush is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi. It lives in remote forest ravines, and its main foods vary with the season.

• Bahama Yellowthroat Geothlypis rostrata

  The male Bahama Yellowthroat has yellow underparts and a black facial mask; females lack the mask and have a grey crown. It searches for small invertebrates in low scrub and pine-forest understory in the Bahamas.

• East Andean Antbird Drymophila caudata

  The East Andean Antbird is a small antbird of Colombia’s eastern Andean slopes. Males are dark, while females are browner or more rufous.

• Wood Duck Aix sponsa

  A colorful duck that perches in trees and nests in tree cavities near water.

• Blue-eared Lory Eos semilarvata

  This parrot occurs in the montane forests of Seram, Indonesia. Its dark-red body contrasts with purplish-blue cheeks and ear-coverts and black streaks on the wings. Flowers are part of its diet.