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• Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris

  

  The Thick-billed Euphonia is a small bird about 11 cm long. Males have a glossy blue back and yellow-orange underparts; females have an olive back and yellow-orange underparts. It feeds on fruit.

• Little Crow Corvus bennetti

  This crow lives in dry woodland and shrubland in Australia. It is active by day and eats a varied diet.

• Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus

  This hummingbird is recorded in montane forest in the northeastern Andes, where it is uncommon in the understory and shrubbery.

• Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris

  The Ochre-bellied Dove is a South American pigeon that walks quietly near the forest floor. Its ochre-colored belly and use of the forest understory stand out.

• Desert Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus

  This large owl lives among rocks in dry country and searches for prey at night.

• Brown-breasted Bamboo Tyrant Hemitriccus obsoletus

  One individual was documented in a bamboo patch in Misiones, northeastern Argentina. The description here follows that local observation.

• Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques

  The Collared Finchbill occurs in southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It eats seeds, fruit, and insects and is seen in flocks or pairs.

• White-collared Blackbird Turdus albocinctus

  The White-collared Blackbird is a thrush whose male has a broad white collar against black plumage. It searches for food among leaf litter and moves in pairs or small groups. It occurs in Himalayan mountain forests and alpine meadows.

• Buff-breasted Mountain Tanager Dubusia taeniata

  This mountain tanager has a dull-black central crown and back. The Bogotá guide records it in local forest and describes insects and fruit as food. Following the 2025 split, its range runs from southwestern Venezuela to far northern Peru.

• Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos

  This coucal lives in lowland wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka. Its black plumage has a blue-purple sheen, and its wings are chestnut.

• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

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

• Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis

  The Sooty Antbird lives in Amazonian forest understory and sometimes forages near columns of army ants.

• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa

  A duck that breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in East Asia. In Hong Kong it is a scarce winter visitor to the Deep Bay area.

• Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta

  The Red-tailed Minla lives in forest canopies, often joining small or mixed flocks. Its red tail is distinctive, and the sexes differ in plumage.

• Nicobar Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza butleri

  The Nicobar Sparrowhawk occurs on India's Nicobar Islands and lives in humid lowland forest. It is listed at about 28–34 cm long, with a 50–57 cm wingspan, and is active by day, taking small animals.

• Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

  A woodcreeper of northern South American forests. Pale streaks on its dark crown contrast with its chestnut rump, wings and tail.

• Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata

  This sparrow has separated populations in Cuba. The nominate form at Zapata Swamp lives in sawgrass marsh; adults have a chestnut crown and white throat, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera

  The Golden-winged Parakeet is a small green parakeet with a golden wing patch. Outside the breeding season it travels in flocks and may gather at fruiting trees.

• Harwood's Francolin Pternistis harwoodi

  This spurfowl is endemic to Ethiopia. At the study sites, breeding females' plumage blended with the ground and stones, while males gave territorial calls.

• Azure-rumped Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus

  A parrot of Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. It has a green body and blue rump; males have a red bill, while females have a pale bill.

• Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus

  This flycatcher occurs on Borneo. The male is conspicuous for bright blue across the forehead and nape.

• Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus

  The Purple Sunbird is small; breeding males are bluish-black, while females are olive-brown above and pale yellow below.

• Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri

  Hunter’s Cisticola occurs locally in the highlands of Kenya, at Mount Elgon in Uganda and in northern Tanzania. Two or more birds may sing together.

• Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis

  This honeyeater has an olive back and yellow ear patches. A fluffy white patch sits above the tail, and it feeds on fruit and other foods in forest.