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• Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus

  

  The Olive Sparrow forages on the ground in dense thorn scrub, staying close to cover. In the United States it is limited to southern Texas, and it also occurs in Mexico and Central America.

• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  A long-tailed cuckoo with a black bill that hides in woods and thickets while waiting for large insects.

• Campo Miner Geositta poeciloptera

  This ground-dwelling bird inhabits Brazilian grasslands. A study at one Minas Gerais site examined the soils where it nested.

• Gray Honeyeater Conopophila whitei

  The Gray Honeyeater is an inconspicuous bird of arid inland Australia. It has also been observed spreading its wings while foraging.

• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

  A thrush with brown upperparts and a spotted breast that repeats short phrases in its song.

• Yellow-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris venustus

  The source's main name for Cinnyris venustus is Variable Sunbird. The candidate English name Yellow-bellied Sunbird is also used for other birds, so this entry is identified by its scientific name. The source lists five subspecies and distinct male and female plumages.

• Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira

  Breeding males draw attention with a vivid blue back and white belly. Females are mainly brown, and nonbreeding or young males look more like females.

• Velvety Black Tyrant Knipolegus nigerrimus

  An eastern Brazilian tyrant flycatcher found in open grassy and rocky habitats, as well as dry forest. Its range has two separated populations.

• Nilgiri Laughingthrush Montecincla cachinnans

  The Nilgiri Laughingthrush occurs in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern India. The genus account notes a white eyebrow and olive-gray upperparts, with breast color differing among species.

• Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus

  This crow occurs in the Philippines. It is all black, with a long curved bill, and sometimes uses food scraps around people.

• Western Alpine Munia Lonchura montana

  This small finch occurs in the Snow Mountains of New Guinea. In the Mimika highlands, it is recorded in boggy alpine meadows at about 2,100–4,100 m.

• Santa Marta Woodstar Chaetocercus astreans

  This small hummingbird is found in Colombia's Santa Marta Mountains. Males have a green head, dark bluish upperparts, reddish gorget, and long deeply forked tail; females have buff underparts and a shorter rounded tail.

• Flores Hanging-parrot Loriculus flosculus

  The Flores Hanging Parrot is a small green parrot. Males have a red mark on the throat, and the species eats fruit and nectar.

• Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata

  This tanager is recorded in a university project area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Only males have a black cap, and small flocks move through the canopy.

• Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles

  This harrier searches for food over wetlands and other open places. Males show more white and grey, while females are browner. It occurs in Madagascar and the Comoros.

• Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembaensis

  The Pemba Scops Owl is found only on Pemba Island off northern Tanzania. It is nocturnal, and its plumage ranges from light brown to russet.

• Hartert's Camaroptera Camaroptera harterti

  A small northwestern Angolan bird with gray-brown upperparts and green wings and tail. It uses humid forest undergrowth and thickets for small invertebrates.

• Black-billed Capercaillie Tetrao urogalloides

  This grouse has strongly different male and female plumage. In Siberian taiga, males gather at visible display sites in spring, calling and fanning their tails during courtship.

• Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus

  This small Sahelian woodpecker lives in dry, sparsely wooded country and searches trees for insect larvae.

• Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis

  The Yemen Serin is a small finch of the southwestern Arabian highlands. It searches for seeds on the ground and rocks and is listed as a localized breeding resident in southern Oman.

• Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis

  With a white face and black neck, this goose migrates from Arctic breeding areas to UK coasts and estuaries for winter.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota

  The Rufous-backed Stipplethroat is a small bird of tropical South American forests. Males have a rufous back and white spots on the black throat.

• Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis

  The Taiwanese subspecies has a white patch behind the head and lives in farmland and city parks.