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• Yellow-striped Brush Finch Atlapetes citrinellus

  

  This brush finch inhabits the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. Records span about 400–2,500 m, and birds move up and down the slopes seasonally.

• Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates

  The Dark Chanting Goshawk is a daytime raptor. It watches for prey from a perch and gives a ringing call during the breeding season.

• White-lined Honeyeater Territornis albilineata

  A 1967 Northern Territory list records it on the Arnhem Land Plateau and in sandstone ranges and canyons, especially near fruiting trees such as figs. A separate banding guide says adult males and females do not differ in plumage.

• Short-billed Leaftosser Sclerurus rufigularis

  Short-billed Leaftosser is a small leaftosser about 15–16 cm long. It uses humid forest understory and secondary growth, and searches on the ground for invertebrates. Oiseaux.net lists sound records from Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and French Guiana.

• Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus

  This antvireo lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Males are gray with a blacker chest, while females are olive-brown. It searches for small arthropods in the lower forest stratum.

• Palawan Bulbul Alophoixus frater

  This bulbul is recorded only on the Palawan and Calamian islands of the Philippines. It uses forests and forest edges and feeds on insects and fruit.

• Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki

  The Dark Hawk-Cuckoo is a large, long-tailed cuckoo with a hawk-like shape, found in montane and foothill forests of Borneo.

• Scarlet-faced Liocichla Liocichla ripponi

  The Scarlet-faced Liocichla is resident from Myanmar through Thailand and Vietnam to southern China. It is olive overall, with red facial and wing patches, and uses dense hill-forest undergrowth.

• Yellow-faced Parrotlet Forpus xanthops

  The Yellow-faced Parrotlet is a small parrot restricted to the upper Marañón drainage in northern Peru. Both sexes have a yellow face and breast; males show blue on the rump and wings.

• Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida

  A small tanager with a yellow-orange head. It moves through scrub, savanna, and forest edges.

• Blue-crowned Racket-tail Prioniturus discurus

  The Blue-crowned Racket-tail has green plumage and a blue crown and uses forests, mangroves, and cultivated areas in the Philippines.

• Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingii

  This hummingbird lives in Andean mountain forest. Males flash a very long blue-green tail and look markedly different from females.

• Silver pheasant Lophura nycthemera

  A pheasant whose male has white-and-black patterned feathers on its back and long tail.

• Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus

  Western Wood-Pewees spend summer in open woodlands across western North America. They sally from exposed branches to catch flying insects; their exact winter range remains unclear.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina

  The Common Ground Dove is a small dove of the southern United States. It forages for seeds on the ground, where its gray-brown plumage blends with soil and grass.

• Sula Scops Owl Otus sulaensis

  This owl lives on the Sula Islands. It has a grey-brown facial disk and dark streaks with pale bars on its underside.

• 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.

• Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti

  This West African sunbird uses lowland forest and flowers. Adult males have a metallic green crown and moustachial stripe, a dark head, and a pale buff-to-cream throat.

• Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia

  The Pale-headed Woodpecker lives in bamboo and forest habitats. Males have chestnut upperparts and a reddish patch on the forecrown that females lack.

• Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex

  This small bird has sooty grey plumage and a dark tail. It searches for small invertebrates near the ground in dry woodland and acacia savanna scrub.

• Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii

  This thrush is resident in northwestern Patagonia. Dark streaks mark its white throat, and ochre coloring spreads across the breast and belly.

• Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus

  An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.

• Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica

  In breeding plumage, an adult male has a black facial mask, a white throat, and pale ochre upperparts. It searches for insects in dry open country and visits Europe in summer.