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• Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer

  

  The Tawny-breasted Honeyeater occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands and in northeastern Australia. It uses forest, mangroves and edges, locally to about 1,500 m.

• Andean Slaty Thrush Turdus nigriceps

  Males are bluish grey and females brown; in the Peruvian Andes it forages on the ground at forest edges and openings

• 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.

• Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa

  The Chorister Robin-Chat is marked by its black hood and orange underparts. In southern Africa it lives in moist forests and searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus

  This tyrant-flycatcher occurs in shrub-steppe in Patagonia and northwestern Argentina. It is solitary and has been recorded perching high on shrubs.

• White-speckled Laughingthrush Ianthocincla bieti

  Biet's Laughingthrush is endemic to China, but its distribution and population remain poorly documented. Two active nests found at Laojun Mountain in 2021 and 2024 were in mixed forest with bamboo.

• Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo

  A dark-blue jay with a black face and throat edged by a narrow whitish eyebrow. It inhabits humid mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America.

• Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla

  The Red-headed Bluebill is a small bird of forests in Central and East Africa. It is active by day and mainly eats plant seeds.

• Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti

  The Peruvian Piedtail is a hummingbird endemic to Peru. Its account places it in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes.

• Slaty-headed Parakeet Psittacula himalayana

  This parakeet lives in Himalayan forests and cultivated areas with large trees. It is often seen in small flocks or family groups; adult males have a maroon wing patch.

• Turquoise Dacnis Dacnis hartlaubi

  The Turquoise Dacnis is endemic to Colombia’s Andes. Adult males are blue-green and black, while females are mostly brown above; its diet is still poorly known.

• Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis

  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a South American hawk with a noticeable rufous tail. Its plumage ranges from light to dark forms.

• Rufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes

  The Rufous-legged Owl is a nocturnal owl of the humid forests of northwestern Patagonia. Its underside has bold pale and brown bars, and the thighs and belly are cinnamon-colored.

• Jungle Prinia Prinia sylvatica

  This prinia occurs on the Indian Peninsula and often uses dry scrub and grassy hills.

• Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii

  Swinhoe's Pheasant lives in Taiwan's forests. The male stands out with a white crest and back and two long white tail feathers.

• Corn Crake Crex crex

  A small rail that hides in tall grass. Its rasping call may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

  The Greater Flameback is a large woodpecker ranging across South and Southeast Asia. In part of its range, it is strongly associated with mangroves.

• Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps

  A siskin with a black cap and yellow-green body. It occurs in highlands from southern Mexico to Guatemala.

• Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri

  Steller's Eider is a small sea duck. Most breed in Arctic Russia, and populations molt or winter in shallow coastal waters of Alaska.

• Gray-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps

  The Gray-fronted Quail-Dove is a secretive dove from Cuba. Its pale forehead area is diffuse rather than a crisp white patch like that of a related species.

• Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris

  The Peru Aves account for subspecies berlepschi associates it with wooded river islands on major Amazonian rivers.

• Cream-striped Bulbul Ixos leucogrammicus

  The Cream-striped Bulbul lives in the foothills and lower mountains of western Sumatra. It searches for food in the middle and upper levels of forest and visits fruiting trees.

• Maroon-fronted Parrot Rhynchopsitta terrisi

  This large parrot inhabits mountains of northeastern Mexico. It has a green body with a dark maroon forehead and wing edges, feeds mainly on pine seeds, and roosts in groups outside the breeding season. It may fly long distances to feeding areas.

• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

  The Rufous-collared Sparrow ranges from southern Mexico to the southern tip of South America and uses open habitats from grasslands and high plateaus to rural and urban areas. Behavior varies among subspecies.