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• Swamp Harrier Circus approximans

  

  A large raptor that glides low with its wings in a shallow V, searching open areas for prey and carrion.

• Spot-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax merulinus

  This laughingthrush uses forest understory and bamboo in parts of mainland Southeast Asia. It is dark brown, with black spots on a pale throat and breast and a white line behind the eye. It forages near the ground.

• Black-necked swan Cygnus melancoryphus

  A swan of southern South American wetlands. Adults have a white body with a black head and neck.

• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

  The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.

• Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri

  The Short-billed Canastero is a small furnariid of Argentina's open scrub and sparse woodland. Its grey-brown back and chestnut throat patch stand out, and it searches for food on the ground.

• See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis

  The See-see Partridge is a small buff-colored bird recorded in agricultural fields of Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

• Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

  The Purple Grenadier occurs in East Africa. The species account consulted uses the name Granatina ianthinogaster, while the candidate pool lists Uraeginthus ianthinogaster. Adult males and females differ in their underpart colors.

• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

  This migratory sparrow has both white-striped and tan-striped head patterns.

• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana

  The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is conspicuous for the adult male's long, deeply forked tail. It catches flying insects over open ground.

• 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.

• Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura

  The Yungas Dove is a dove of the Andean regions of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It is usually seen alone or in small, loose groups.

• Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala

  The Noisy Miner is a grey bird with yellow bare skin around the eye and feeds on nectar and insects.

• Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter

  The nominate form has a white eyebrow, blue sheen on the wings, and orange underparts. It searches for food in dense forest undergrowth, and the account describes separate western and central/eastern ranges.

• Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus

  This tanager-family bird occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Males are strikingly patterned in black, blue, and gold.

• Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii

  The Red-fronted Coua is often active on the ground in forests of eastern Madagascar. Its rufous head and blue-green wings are distinctive.

• Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda

  This East African woodpecker has a green, yellow-barred back and black spots that continue from the throat down the pale underside.

• Cinereous Owl Strix sartorii

  This owl is documented in the mountains of Mexico. The American Ornithological Society committee account notes its original description from high-elevation pine forest in Veracruz and identifies its ash-gray coloration as a distinguishing feature.

• Black-hooded Thrush Turdus olivater

  This thrush inhabits humid montane forest. The black-headed male of the nominate form searches for food among leaf litter.

• Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula

  An antbird of northeastern South American lowland forest, including the Guianas and northeastern Brazil. It follows army-ant swarms to catch insects fleeing from the ants.

• Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris

  A bulbul of sub-Saharan Africa, it is marked by a yellow underside and reddish eyes. It feeds on fruit and insects in trees.

• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes

  A bird with a thick bill that can crack hard seeds.

• Goias Parakeet Pyrrhura pfrimeri

  The Goias Parakeet occurs in dry forest patches on limestone in central Brazil. A 1997 field study documented dry-season feeding in this restricted habitat.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus

  This jay inhabits forests in southern Brazil. Its blue body contrasts with a black head and fore-neck, and groups cache pine seeds.