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• Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi

  

  Cabanis's Greenbul is about 16–19 cm long. The account lists primary and secondary forest, gallery forest, riverine scrub, and ravine vegetation among its habitats. It also lists a sound record from Kakamega Forest Reserve in Kenya.

• Caatinga Parakeet Eupsittula cactorum

  This small parakeet lives in dry parts of northeastern Brazil. In the wild it moves in flocks and eats fruit, seeds, flowers, and nectar.

• Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii

  Lincoln's Sparrow often stays low and hidden in grass or brush. During the breeding season it uses moist mountain meadows.

• Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus

  The Sunda Cuckoo occurs from the Malay Peninsula through the Sunda Islands. It eats mainly caterpillars and other insects and is a brood parasite of small leaf-warblers.

• Royal Cinclodes Cinclodes aricomae

  This large ovenbird is recorded in high-altitude woodlands of the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes, including Polylepis woodland. Its large bill is conspicuous.

• Black-throated Honeyeater Caligavis subfrenata

  This honeyeater lives in the mountains of New Guinea. Its black throat and yellow-and-white ear patches are useful identification features.

• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius

  Male Varied Thrushes have striking blue-gray and orange markings, while females and young birds are browner. The species breeds in Pacific Coast forests and changes its diet with the seasons.

• Maroon-naped Sunbird Aethopyga guimarasensis

  This small sunbird occurs on Negros, Panay, and Guimaras in the western Visayas of the Philippines. It is recorded in forest and along forest edges; a species-level ecological dataset classifies nectar as its main food niche.

• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

  A black-and-white wheatear. In its UK account, BTO describes it as a rare autumn migrant arriving from southeastern Europe.

• Brownish Elaenia Elaenia pelzelni

  This flycatcher is restricted to riverine habitats in the Amazon basin, especially islands and forest edges along the Amazon and Napo rivers. It is often associated with early growth that includes Cecropia trees.

• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger

  This laughingthrush ranges through South and Southeast Asia. It is diurnal and gregarious, and the described subspecies has a dark breast necklace and a white eyebrow.

• Hooded Treepie Crypsirina cucullata

  A bird restricted to Myanmar's lowlands, with a long silver-gray tail and black head.

• Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis

  It is recorded in high-elevation oak forest in Costa Rica. An older description says the male has a brilliant violet crown and a metallic green throat.

• Golden-mantled Racket-tail Prioniturus platurus

  The Golden-mantled Racket-tail is a parrot of eastern Indonesia's forests that visits fruiting trees to feed.

• Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis

  This tanager-like bird occurs in northeastern Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It uses wetlands and mangroves near water.

• Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis

  The Savanna Hawk is a raptor with rufous plumage and long legs. It searches for prey by walking through lowland savanna or by hunting from a perch or in flight.

• Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii

  The Buff-fronted Owl has a rufous face and white spots on its wings and tail. Argentine records place it in forests in the northeast and northwest of the country.

• Ruwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii

  A small bird with a slate-grey back, rufous-buff throat and a narrow breast band. It lives in central African montane forest, where pairs duet.

• Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus

  The Dusky Grouse lives in western North American mountain forests. In spring, males display their neck sacs and red eye combs.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa

  The male has a blue back and yellow underparts. This euphonia lives in humid forests from Panama through Ecuador and mainly eats fruit.

• 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.

• Spinifex Pigeon Geophaps plumifera

  The Spinifex Pigeon's belly ranges from reddish-brown to white across its range. It uses rocky places near water and eats seeds of grasses and other plants.

• Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps

  The Bare-crowned Antbird is a lowland antbird occurring from Central America into northern Colombia. The male has a bare blue area on the crown.