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• Pale-naped Brush Finch Atlapetes pallidinucha

  

  The Pale-naped Brush Finch forages in the understory of Andean montane forest. It has grey upperparts and tail, a broad yellow-orange forehead that fades toward the crown and nape, and a yellow throat.

• Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis

  This Andean flycatcher occurs at high elevations. It searches for insects and small vertebrates in scrub and along forest edges.

• Olive-headed Lorikeet Trichoglossus euteles

  The Olive-headed Lorikeet has a green body and yellow-green head and feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit. It lives in forests and open woodland in the Lesser Sunda Islands.

• Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes

  The Crested Pigeon is marked by a thin black crest and a whistle-like sound from its wings when startled into flight.

• Macleay's Honeyeater Xanthotis macleayanus

  A honeyeater of tropical rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia, from Cooktown to Paluma. It takes nectar as well as insects and ripe fruit.

• Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei

  This thrush lives in forest and rocky habitats in Madagascar. The 2016 guide describes different settings for eastern and northern birds and the western form formerly called bensoni.

• Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis

  The Paradise Tanager forages in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest in pairs or family groups, often joining mixed-species flocks. Its plumage combines green, black, blue, and a red or yellow-red rump.

• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

  The Common Hawk-Cuckoo uses forest and farmland edges. It feeds on invertebrates in trees and moves seasonally.

• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

  The Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker has three toes and taps dead trees to find insect larvae.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

  The Rufous-collared Robin is a large thrush of Central American highlands, including forest edges near farmland and villages.

• Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei

  This antbird occurs mainly in southeastern Peru, and also in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, and Ecuador. It uses the forest understory, often in stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni

  This bulbul ranges across central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is mostly brown with olive-yellow wings and tail and distinctive yellow stripes on the face and upper throat.

• Blyth's Rosefinch Carpodacus grandis

  Blyth's Rosefinch is a large rosefinch of high-elevation conifer forest and areas near the treeline. Males and females differ in plumage.

• Black-headed Parrot Pionites melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Parrot lives in humid forests and forest edges of northern South America and eats plant foods such as fruit.

• California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica

  The California Scrub-Jay is a blue, white, and gray-brown jay. It lives in dry shrubland, oak woodland, and some urban areas along the Pacific coast, and caches acorns for later.

• Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii

  This sunbird lives in lowland and montane forest on Borneo and Sumatra, in Malaysia, and in southwestern Thailand. It is active by day, often in pairs or small family groups, and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Cinnamon-breasted Warbler Euryptila subcinnamomea

  A small warbler of rocky, arid country. It searches rocks and shrubs for insects and is usually solitary.

• Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

  The Harris's Hawk is distinguished by reddish shoulders and legs and a dark tail with white bands.

• Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala

  The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta is a small bird of the understory in moist forest and scrub. It eats insects and nectar, and has a grey crown and dark cheeks.

• Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

  This diving duck lives in the Peruvian Andes. Males have a reddish-brown body and blue bill, while females are dark brown.

• Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis

  The Curve-winged Sabrewing occurs in the eastern Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. An 1887 regional account describes the male with a blue crown, bronze-green upperparts and iron-grey underparts.

• Many-striped Canastero Asthenes flammulata

  A nesting study documented four nests of the nominate subspecies in the high Andes of northeastern Ecuador. Newly hatched chicks look different from adults.

• Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox

  This pheasant is endemic to Taiwan and uses hill and mountain woodland, bamboo, and scrub. It is a ground-dwelling bird.