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• Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner Automolus lammi

  

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in states of northeastern Brazil. It has white eyes and throat and coppery plumage, and searches among leaves and vines in forest interiors near streams.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Dusky Parrot Pionus fuscus

  The Dusky Parrot is a northern South American parrot with a slate-blue head and purple-tinged plumage that lives in humid forests.

• Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica

  This diving duck has an adult male with a purplish head and long white crescent, while females have brown heads.

• Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius

  The Black-backed Cisticola occurs in African grasslands. It uses dry open grassland and savanna, and forages mainly for invertebrates on the ground.

• Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata

  This sunbird occurs in the Philippines. Males have a purple throat and red belly, and feed on nectar and small insects.

• Antillean Piculet Nesoctites micromegas

  This small piculet lives on Hispaniola. Its yellow crown and the streaked pale underside are distinctive.

• Cape Siskin Crithagra totta

  The Cape Siskin lives in montane fynbos and other habitats of southwestern South Africa, where it searches for seeds on the ground.

• Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons

  The Crested Finchbill ranges across Bangladesh, mainland China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its thick pale bill and upright black nape crest are distinctive.

• Painted Francolin Francolinus pictus

  The Painted Francolin has a rufous face and throat and conspicuous white-spotted feathers. In India it lives in pairs or family groups around grassland and cultivated areas.

• David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi

  David’s Fulvetta ranges from China to northern Indochina and lives in the understory of broad-leaved evergreen forest. It has been recorded in mixed flocks with other birds and feeds on insects and berries.

• Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus

  A thrush with rusty-brown chest and flanks, using mountain and snow-free forests in different seasons.

• Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps

  The Gray-headed Dove is a forest dove with a distinctive blue-gray head.

• Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni

  A crested hawk that waits on a perch for prey, it breeds in scattered areas from India to Southeast Asia.

• Rufous-winged Tyrannulet Mecocerculus calopterus

  This small tyrant flycatcher uses Andean forest and tall montane scrub. Its white eyebrow and rufous-edged wing feathers contrast with a gray crown and back.

• Black-headed Brush Finch Arremon atricapillus

  The Black-headed Brush Finch occurs in eastern Panama and the Colombian Andes. A comparative study found a mostly solid black head, a larger bill and higher, faster song than in the related A. assimilis. It is recorded in evergreen, secondary and elfin forest.

• Scarlet-throated Tanager Compsothraupis loricata

  This tanager is recorded in dry woodland, caatinga, and carnauba-palm stands in northeastern Brazil. A bird guide for Sete Cidades National Park describes flocks of up to about 20.

• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

  Male Variable Wheatears occur in several black-and-white plumage forms, and females also vary in color. In southern Kazakhstan, the species breeds in dry mountains and along river cliffs.

• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

  This cuckoo has rufous-brown, finely streaked plumage and a long white-tipped tail. The museum account describes the Indian nominate subspecies walking and feeding on the ground in dry scrub.

• Black-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax colliei

  This large magpie-jay is native to Mexico. It uses tropical deciduous and secondary forest and shrubland, and is omnivorous.

• Everett's Scops Owl Otus everetti

  This small scops owl inhabits lower montane forest in the Philippines. It has a dark brown crown and ear-tufts, pale forehead, and orange-red eye rims.

• 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.

• Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi

  The Ancient Antwren occurs in lowland forest in southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It has yellowish sides of the head and underside, with white wing bars on a gray back.

• Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens

  The Crimson Shining Parrot lives in forests and farmland on Fiji's islands. It has a red head and belly, with a broad blue band around the neck.