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• Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris

  

  The rufous-necked wood rail has rich rufous plumage, olive-brown upperparts, and a gray patch on the upper back. In northwestern Peru it is fairly common in mangroves.

• Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata

  The Sri Lanka blue magpie is a blue-and-chestnut bird that lives in small groups in Sri Lanka's wet forests.

• Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus

  A large, pale-brown vulture that feeds on animal carcasses.

• Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata

  The South African race has large black spots across its white underside and searches among forest leaf litter for food.

• Large Tree Finch Camarhynchus psittacula

  This finch is endemic to the Galapagos Islands. It has a large, deep bill for searching tree bark and leaves for insects and uses habitats from arid coasts to humid forest.

• Rufescent Antshrike Thamnistes rufescens

  A scarce, difficult-to-see antshrike of cloud forest on the eastern Andes. It is brown and buff, with a stout hooked bill.

• White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi

  This cisticolid lives in the forest understory of western equatorial Africa and also uses dense cover at forest edges and clearings.

• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

  The Western Kingbird has a gray back, yellow belly, and white edges on the tail. From an exposed perch in open country, it sallies after flying insects.

• Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei

  The male has a grey head and maroon wings. The female is mostly green, and both feed on fruit in forest habitats.

• 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.

• Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox

  This pheasant is endemic to Taiwan and uses hill and mountain woodland, bamboo, and scrub. It is a ground-dwelling bird.

• Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris

  This bulbul forages through leaf litter in southern African forests. It is shy and may form small groups outside the breeding season.

• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis

  The Bay Woodpecker climbs trunks and large branches while foraging. The Hong Kong account describes it in mature broad-leaved forest, alone, in pairs, or in small family groups.

• Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala

  A chunky gray-brown finch with scalloped underparts and white-tipped outer tail feathers, it breeds in pairs in dry thorn scrub and forms flocks at other times.

• Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi

  This laughingthrush occurs around the Min Shan, from southern Gansu into northern Sichuan, China. BirdLife reports records at 2,000–3,500 m.

• Striated Earthcreeper Geocerthia serrana

  The Striated Earthcreeper forages on or near the ground in rocky scrub on the western Andes of Peru. It occurs on high-elevation slopes.

• Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus

  A mountain redstart recorded from northern China to northeastern Tibet. Males combine bluish-gray and reddish plumage, and the species uses rocky scrub-covered slopes and bushy river margins.

• Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis

  The Hooded Parrot lives in dry open woodland and grassland in northern Australia. It feeds on seeds on the ground and nests inside termite mounds.

• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

  Pallas's Rosefinch is about 16–18 cm long. The sexes differ in plumage, and birds in forests from central Siberia to northern Mongolia eat plant seeds.

• Santa Marta Parakeet Pyrrhura viridicata

  This parakeet has a dark green body and an orange-red belly. In the wild it flies between forest patches in small flocks and eats fruit and seeds.

• 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.

• Cuban Lizard-cuckoo Coccyzus merlini

  The Cuban Lizard-cuckoo has red skin around the eyes and a long tail. It lives in forest and scrub and eats lizards, frogs, and other small prey.

• Eungella Honeyeater Bolemoreus hindwoodi

  The Eungella Honeyeater is restricted to a small area of rainforest around the Clarke Range. A five-site study in 2019-2020 recorded it feeding on many kinds of flowers and fruits.

• Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Owl is a medium-sized owl with brown ear tufts edged in white and orange eyes. It occurs locally in East African highlands and feeds mainly on small mammals.