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• Spotted Crocias Laniellus albonotatus

  

  The Spotted Crocias is a forest bird of Java with a long tail and white throat. It moves in small groups through the upper parts of lower-montane forest.

• Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi

  This flycatcher occurs in moist lowland forest on Luzon and Negros in the Philippines. The account places it mainly below 1,000 m.

• White-throated Jay Cyanolyca mirabilis

  This small jay is dark blue with a striking black-and-white head pattern. It lives in mountain forests of southwestern Mexico and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• 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.

• Yellow-spotted Honeyeater Meliphaga notata

  The yellow-spotted honeyeater is marked by a yellow ear patch. In northern Queensland it uses rainforest and mangroves and feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects.

• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

  The Little Spiderhunter probes flowers with its long, curved bill for nectar and small insects. It is often found in the lower forest storey near flowering bananas and ginger.

• Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga maculata

  The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is recorded in northern Brazil. Its 2005 description used the name Aratinga pintoi; a later taxonomic paper explains that name as a synonym of Aratinga maculata.

• Ultramarine Lorikeet Vini ultramarina

  The Ultramarine Lorikeet is a small parrot surviving in the Marquesas on Ua Huka. It moves through the forest canopy and feeds on flowers, fruit and other foods.

• Buru Green Pigeon Treron aromaticus

  The Buru Green Pigeon is a forest pigeon with green plumage. Males have a chestnut back, females a green back, and the species is endemic to Buru Island.

• Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis

  The Northern White-faced Owl is a nocturnal owl of dry savanna and open woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. It occurs in both light and dark plumage morphs.

• Sora Porzana carolina

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

• Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi

  The Peru species account places the nominate form on the Pacific slope of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru; it lists another form farther north in Peru.

• Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi

  Wahlberg's Eagle is a small African eagle, most often dark brown. It breeds in the south and moves within Africa seasonally, hunting across woodland and savanna habitats.

• Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula

  This woodpecker is marked by a spotted black breast and red nape. In the Amazon it uses flooded and riverside forests.

• Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster

  The Black-throated Coucal is a large coucal with a black head and breast and a white belly. It hides in lowland forest edge and wetland thickets in western and central Africa.

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

  A small Asian bird with a greenish back; in breeding season the male has elongated central tail feathers.

• Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides

  This resident hummingbird is recorded in Argentina and Bolivia, at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m.

• Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris

  This greenbul has Gabon forest records. In two, a pale eyebrow and dark eye-line were conspicuous.

• Masked Mountain Tanager Tephrophilus wetmorei

  This tanager occurs in the Andes of southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northernmost Peru. It inhabits the humid ecotone between páramo and forest.

• Chaco Sparrow Rhynchospiza strigiceps

  This sparrow uses dry grassland and scrub in South America. It breeds in north-central Argentina, and some birds move seasonally into Bolivia and Paraguay.

• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

  This ground-dwelling pheasant relative moves through grasslands and shrublands. Males are black and chestnut, while females are golden-brown with black and white spots, so the sexes look very different.

• Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa

  Fine white and pale buff flecks cover the dark grey-brown body of this Australian duck. The male’s bill turns red during the breeding season.

• Sharp-billed Treehunter Heliobletus contaminatus

  This small bird lives in evergreen forest in South America. A broad pale-golden eyebrow and a dark stripe behind it help identify it.

• Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana

  The Western Bluebird is a small thrush with blue and rusty plumage. It drops from a low perch to catch insects on the ground.