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• American Goshawk Astur atricapillus

  

  This large forest raptor uses mature woodland. Wisconsin’s wildlife agency records it across the northern two-thirds of the state, in mature deciduous, conifer, and mixed forest.

• Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

  This large honeyeater is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs from forest to suburban gardens and moves locally as flowering and fruiting plants change through the seasons.

• Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus

  The Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in lowland forests from Colombia to Bolivia. It forages in the understory of young floodplain forest; the Peru Aves account also associates it with Guadua bamboo in southeastern Peru.

• Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus

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

• Javan Bulbul Ixos virescens

  The Javan Bulbul is a bulbul of Java's highland forests. Its long, slender bill and olive-colored back and wings are distinctive.

• Ethiopian Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata

  The Ethiopian Firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata, occurs in southeastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan and western Ethiopia. This account follows the nominate population.

• 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.

• Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki

  The Palani Laughingthrush is a small bird of the hills of southwest India. It has an olive-brown back, a white eyebrow, and a rusty belly, and searches low scrub for insects and fruit. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the Ashambu Laughingthrush; this entry follows the current separate species concept.

• Maroon-faced Parakeet Pyrrhura leucotis

  This parakeet lives in humid lowland forest in eastern Brazil. It has a white ear patch, chestnut face, and dark-red belly and tail underside, and forages from treetops to the ground.

• Cinereous Finch Piezorina cinerea

  Cinereous Finch is a finch about 16 cm long. The specialist species page lists dry scrub and dry woodland as habitat and classifies its diet as omnivorous. The same page lists several song and call recordings from Peru.

• Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis

  This 19 cm lorikeet is active by day and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Fiery-tailed Awlbill Avocettula recurvirostris

  The Fiery-tailed Awlbill is a small hummingbird with a bill that curves upward at the tip. It occurs in northern South America and visits flowering trees and shrubs for nectar.

• Roll's Hill Partridge Arborophila rolli

  This pheasant-family bird lives in forests of northwestern Sumatra. It has a brown, dark-marked back, a reddish-brown breast, a white belly, and bold black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus

  This flycatcher is common in Peru's Andean montane forests. At forest edges and in semi-open places, it searches for food from exposed branch tips.

• American Wigeon Mareca americana

  This duck feeds on plants in wetlands and fields. Breeding males have a green eye stripe and a white crown.

• Banggai Fruit Dove Ptilinopus subgularis

  The Banggai Fruit Dove occurs in Indonesia's Banggai Islands.

• Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo

  The Spotted Wood Owl lives in Southeast Asian forests. It is usually solitary or in pairs and feeds on rats, birds, and other animals.

• Oriental Magpie Pica serica

  The Oriental Magpie is a corvid with striking black-and-white plumage and a long tail. Hong Kong records describe a varied diet that includes fruit and small animals, and sightings in both wooded and settled areas.

• Príncipe Sunbird Anabathmis hartlaubii

  This sunbird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses lowland forest, scrub and cultivated areas, where it gleans small invertebrates.

• Plain-breasted Piculet Picumnus castelnau

  This small woodpecker inhabits floodplain forest along the Amazon and Ucayali rivers. Its range is closely tied to Cecropia-rich riverside forest, river islands, and nearby secondary forest.

• Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi

  This small bird occurs in miombo woodland. A survey in northern Mozambique found it on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga and recorded up to four territorial individuals in a day.

• Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus

  The Black Solitaire occurs in humid forests of the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador. Its black plumage contrasts with white cheek and breast tufts and red eyes.

• Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni

  A rosefinch found in central China and Tibet. It uses open areas such as forest edges and shrubby expanses.

• Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa

  This robin-chat has a black head, white eyebrow, orange throat, and orange sides to its tail. It moves in the lower growth of East African forests and woodlands.