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• Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi

  

  This cuckoo has a grey cap and rufous back. Some details of its range and seasonal movements remain poorly known.

• Bay Hornero Furnarius torridus

  This ovenbird is associated with river islands and floodplain forest along major Amazonian rivers. It forages on the ground and has a white throat sharply set off from rich rufous underparts.

• Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta

  It has a long, down-curved black bill and feeds mainly on nectar. It also takes insects when flowers are scarce.

• Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana

  This thrush occurs in woodlands and gardens in south-central Africa. Photographs from South Africa in 2007 show grey-brown upperparts, a reddish belly, and an orange bill. It forages mainly on the ground, searching leaf litter for insects and fruit.

• Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris

  This sunbird lives in the forests of the Albertine Rift. Breeding males show a long tail and iridescent colors, and forage at flowering trees.

• Angola Cave Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei

  This flycatcher occurs in localized rocky mountains in Angola and Namibia. In Namibia, its range is restricted to the northern Zebra Mountains.

• Choco Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus

  This tyrant flycatcher inhabits lowland forest in the Chocó, from eastern Panama through western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador.

• Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis

  The Yellow-billed Babbler is a social bird of drier habitats in southern India and Sri Lanka. It has a pale crown, yellow bill, and blue eyes.

• Andaman Treepie Dendrocitta bayleii

  The Andaman Treepie is found only in the Andaman Islands. It has a large white wing patch and a long black tail, and is seen in small groups.

• Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae

  A small bird with a green back, purple breast and yellow belly.

• Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis

  This hummingbird is described in a species account for Cundinamarca, Colombia. The account notes bronze-green upperparts, a rufous rump, and pale streaks on the throat.

• 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.

• Black-backed Tanager Stilpnia peruviana

  The Black-backed Tanager is about 14 cm long and endemic to Atlantic Forest along southeastern Brazil. It mainly occupies coastal sandbank forest and lowland forest.

• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax

  The Wedge-tailed Eagle is a large eagle marked by a long, wedge-shaped tail and feathered legs down to the toes. It eats live prey as well as carcasses.

• Foothill Screech Owl Megascops roraimae

  The Foothill Screech Owl is a small owl of Andean foothill forests and adjacent western Amazonian forest. A Peru species account gives a length of about 21 cm and distinguishes gray and rufous color forms.

• Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis

  The Karoo Eremomela has a grey cap, green back, white belly, and yellow vent. It uses scrub on rocky ridges and Karoo plains, often in pairs or small flocks, feeding low down or on the ground. Its range is centred on the Karoo.

• Painted Bush Quail Perdicula erythrorhyncha

  The Painted Bush Quail lives in grasslands of the Indian Peninsula. Males have a white eyebrow and throat, while the red bill and legs are conspicuous field marks. Small groups may forage in the morning and evening.

• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis

  A large woodpecker that uses the forest canopy. In Singapore, its native population is confined to a limited area.

• Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala

  The Red-headed Bullfinch inhabits highland forests of the Himalayas. Males are orange-red from head to breast, while females are mainly yellow-green. It eats seeds in trees.

• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis

  A North American diving duck. Males are mainly black and white, females are brown, and the back of the head has a small peak.

• Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

  A ground-dwelling pigeon of forests on Panay and Negros. It has a narrow red patch at the center of its white throat and breast, with green iridescence on the head and wings.

• Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus

  A lowland Neotropical forest antshrike. In a study in Panama, pairs foraged in the canopy, often among large liana tangles.

• Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris

  A bulbul with a black crest and bright yellow underparts that searches forest for fruit and insects, sometimes in small groups.

• Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola

  The Black-capped Parakeet lives in humid lowland forest in Peru, Bolivia, and western Brazil. Its head and breast markings vary between two subspecies, and it feeds in the canopy on fruit.