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• Dusky Bush Tanager Chlorospingus semifuscus

  

  It occurs in the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador, joins mixed flocks, and uses fruit and insects. Males may sing in clustered territories along ridges.

• Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

  A vulture known for a white body, yellow face and occasional use of stones as tools.

• New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

  The New Holland Honeyeater is a small bird found in southern Australia’s forests and gardens. It feeds mainly on nectar, as well as insects and other foods.

• Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans

  This woodcreeper occurs in Central and South America, where it uses humid forests. It searches trunks for ants, spiders, and other small arthropods.

• Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor

  This antbird is recorded in Costa Rica's humid lowland forests. Its chestnut back, white underside, and blue-gray skin around the eye stand out; it uses the understory and adjacent secondary growth.

• Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus

  The Olive-winged Bulbul is marked by olive-toned wing feathers and a pale streak behind the eye. It occurs in forests and mangroves across Southeast Asia and is described as a common resident in Singapore.

• Javan Coucal Centropus nigrorufus

  This large coucal is recorded in Java's lowlands, where it uses mangroves and nearby wetlands.

• Malayan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron peninsulae

  This laughingthrush lives in montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its cinnamon-brown body, olive-yellow wings, and narrow white eye-ring stand out.

• Blue-bellied Parrot Triclaria malachitacea

  The Blue-bellied Parrot lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. Males have a violet-blue belly, females are green, and they nest in tree cavities.

• Indigo Flowerpiercer Diglossa indigotica

  This tanager inhabits humid forest on the lower western Andean slopes of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Its brilliant indigo-blue plumage is distinctive.

• Emerald Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii

  This tiny parrot feeds upside down on lichens and fungi on tree trunks. Plumage and colour patterns vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami

  The Garnet-throated Hummingbird has a bright pink throat and violet chest in adult males; females have dark grey underparts. It inhabits highland forests from Mexico to Honduras.

• Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge Arborophila mandellii

  The Chestnut-breasted Hill Partridge is a forest partridge of the eastern Himalayas. A chestnut band across the breast and a grey belly help identify it.

• Piura Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca piurae

  The Piura Chat-Tyrant occurs on the western Andean slope of northwestern Peru. It has a brown back, broad white eyebrow, and rufous wing bars.

• Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris

  The Tundra Bean Goose breeds in northern Siberia and winters in Europe. The race recorded in the UK in winter is rossicus.

• Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea

  The Green Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon of forests and mangroves in Asia. It eats fruit and spends time high in the trees.

• Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio

  The Eastern Screech-Owl is a small owl that hides in tree cavities and nest boxes. It lives in woods, suburbs, and parks east of the Rocky Mountains, and its calls can be heard at night.

• White-throated Jay Cyanolyca mirabilis

  This small jay is dark blue with a striking black-and-white head pattern. It lives in mountain forests of southwestern Mexico and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Long-billed Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius

  The Long-billed Sunbird is a small sunbird with a long, downcurved bill. It occurs in farmland, moist forest, and scrub in India and Sri Lanka.

• Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus temminckii

  The Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of forests and woodland on Sulawesi. It searches tree bark for small invertebrates.

• Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus

  The Tinkling Cisticola lives in scrub and open woodland in south-central Africa. Its orange-rufous tail and call help distinguish it from the Rattling Cisticola.

• Hauxwell's Thrush Turdus hauxwelli

  Peru Aves' adult examples of unknown sex show rich brown plumage and a pale, dusky-spotted lower belly. The thrush forages in the forest understory and often on the ground.

• Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis

  The Scrub Euphonia is a small bird of woodland, forest edges and semi-open habitats from Mexico through Central America. It is about 9 cm long, weighs around 10 g and eats fruit.

• Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias nicobaricus

  The Nicobar Jungle Flycatcher (Cyornis nicobaricus) is endemic to the southern Nicobar Islands. It is dark brown above, with a buff eye-ring; the whitish underside has a mottled breast-band. It lives in forest and feeds on invertebrates.