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• Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus

  

  A blue jay that travels in large flocks, it gathers and caches pinyon pine seeds.

• Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella

  A small finch with a gray head and yellow-green cheeks, rump, and underparts. It feeds on plant seeds in open mountain woods and meadows.

• Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps

  This breeding resident ranges from Senegal to central Africa. A 2018 paper reports observations at several Liberian locations from 2013 to 2018 and confirms that it is resident there.

• Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris

  The Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo occurs in New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and northeastern Australia. Adults have gray upperparts and chestnut underparts.

• Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens

  The Lavender Waxbill is a small finch native to West Africa. It has also been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Cornell's current page uses the genus Glaucestrilda; this entry retains the pool's name.

• Edwards's Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris edwardsii

  The adult male has red cheeks and throat and a blue-black breast band. Pairs and flocks visit fruiting trees in New Guinea.

• Goliath Imperial Pigeon Ducula goliath

  The Goliath Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of New Caledonia's humid forests. It eats fruit; seeds were found intact in digestive samples from birds studied there.

• Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys

  The Black-mantled Goshawk is a raptor of New Guinea's mountain forests. Adults show a strong contrast between dark upperparts and rufous underparts.

• Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri

  The Orange-tufted Sunbird is an African nectar-feeding bird. A study in Cameroon’s Bamenda Highlands recorded it selecting flowers of a lobelia. A bird photographed in the Republic of the Congo was also reported as this species, but that identification was tentative.

• Fire-bellied Mountain-tanager Anisognathus igniventris

  The 2016 IUCN assessment treats this as a resident of Peru and Bolivia, using moist montane forest and high-altitude shrubland. A 2017 Peru tour report recorded many below Abra Malaga.

• Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus

  A flycatcher of lowland forests in Central and South America that eats fruit and insects.

• Varzea Thrush Turdus sanchezorum

  This western Amazonian thrush was described as a distinct species in 2011. It is associated mainly with várzea forest along large tributaries of the upper Amazon and Solimões system.

• White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

  The White-cheeked Pintail is a duck with conspicuous white cheeks and orange at the base of its bill. It uses coastal lagoons and mangroves.

• Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus

  An antshrike with dark grey and black plumage in males and olive-brown plumage in females. It eats varied insects in South American lowland evergreen forest.

• Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus

  This Taiwanese endemic bulbul occurs in eastern Taiwan and the Hengchun Peninsula. Its black head, pale cheeks, and orange or yellow mark at the bill base are distinctive.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Green-fronted Hummingbird Leucolia viridifrons

  This hummingbird lives in dry woodland and scrub in Mexico. It has a green forehead and a red bill with a black tip.

• Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens

  The Cardinal Woodpecker is a small woodpecker; males have a red area on the head. It uses wooded habitats.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi

  The Siamese Fireback occurs in mainland Southeast Asia. In a northeastern Thai lowland forest study, females often used areas near water with many trees and woody climbers.

• Mindanao Boobook Ninox spilocephala

  This boobook occurs on Mindanao. It has long ear-covert extensions, while breast barring and belly streaks vary among individuals. Researchers recorded long solo songs and shorter duets.

• Collared Towhee Pipilo ocai

  This large sparrow-family bird lives in the highlands of central and southern Mexico. It is marked by a rufous crown, black face and breast band, white throat, and olive back. It searches through leaf litter and low vegetation.

• American Coot Fulica americana

  A dark waterbird with a white bill. It swims like a duck but has broad lobes on its toes and feeds on aquatic plants.

• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio

  Its main range extends from northeastern India through Myanmar, northern Laos, and Vietnam to central and southern China. An isolated population also occurs in Hong Kong.