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• White-throated Seedeater Sporophila albogularis

  

  This small bird is recorded in the Caatinga of northeastern Brazil. Males have small white patches near the eye, and the birds take grass seeds from the ground. Regional accounts describe shrubland near wet places and along dry-forest edges.

• Grey-headed Bulbul Brachypodius priocephalus

  The Grey-headed Bulbul has a gray head, yellow forehead, and silvery rump and tail. It occurs in wet forest and forest edge in India, gleaning food at all forest levels.

• Brown-headed Crow Corvus fuscicapillus

  The Brown-headed Crow has glossy black plumage, except for its dark-brown head and neck. It lives in moist forests and mangroves around northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques

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

• Angola Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis brunneus

  This uncommon, poorly known flycatcher is endemic to Angola. The candidate name Dioptrornis brunneus is an older generic combination; current accounts use Melaenornis brunneus.

• Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger

  A woodcreeper of humid Andean montane forest. It climbs trunks and branches while foraging at different forest heights.

• Bahaman Parrot Amazona leucocephala

  The Bahaman Parrot has a green body, a white forehead, and reddish facial feathers. It occurs on Caribbean islands and is seen in pairs or flocks outside the breeding season.

• Slaty Brush Finch Atlapetes schistaceus

  Its gray body, rufous crown, and black-and-white facial stripes are distinctive. It forages in humid scrub and forest-edge undergrowth on the eastern slope of the Central Andes, including Peru.

• Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae

  This large honeyeater is endemic to New Zealand. It occurs from forest to suburban gardens and moves locally as flowering and fruiting plants change through the seasons.

• Tapajos Fire-eye Pyriglena similis

  The Tapajos Fire-eye lives in humid forest understory in Brazil’s Amazonian lowlands between the Tapajós and Xingu rivers. Males are black and females rufous brown; both have red eyes and a white back patch that is usually hidden.

• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus

  This small hummingbird is restricted to a limited mountain area in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Adult males have an orange-rufous crest and green gorget; females lack those ornaments.

• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera

  This prinia lives in open grassland and scrub. It has dark streaks on its brown upperparts and streaked pale underparts. It moves through grass and low shrubs in search of insects and other small invertebrates.

• Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus

  The Lizard Buzzard is a small raptor of sub-Saharan Africa. Its grey head and back contrast with a black stripe down its white throat.

• Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus musschenbroeki

  The Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo occurs on islands in eastern Indonesia. A juvenile observed on Sulawesi in 2021 had a black body with dense white spots and a very short tail.

• Rufous-vented Laughingthrush Pterorhinus gularis

  The Rufous-vented Laughingthrush ranges from the eastern Himalayas into northern Indochina. It has a black facial mask, yellow throat and rufous-chestnut on the belly and outer tail feathers.

• Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum

  Adults have a chestnut back and a prominent white throat patch. Black streaks mark the underside, and the eyes are bright yellow. It lives in small groups in wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka and hunts or calls in daylight. It mainly eats insects such as beetles, and also takes mice, small birds, and reptiles.

• Javan Sunbird Aethopyga mystacalis

  A sunbird of forests and secondary growth on Java. Males are red, while females are duller grey-olive; both feed on nectar and small arthropods.

• Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea

  This small bird has a thick bill. Males have a yellow band on the forehead, while females are olive above and grey below.

• Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens

  The Dusky Turtle Dove is a dark gray dove with a black patch on the side of its neck. It searches for seeds in forests, bamboo stands, farmland, and other highland places in its range.

• Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala

  The Ashy-headed Goose is a small sheldgoose of Chile and southern Argentina. The sexes have similar plumage, and the birds use wetlands and grasslands in different seasons.

• Ceylon Spurfowl Galloperdix bicalcarata

  The Ceylon Spurfowl is a hard-to-see bird of Sri Lankan forests. Males and females have different plumage, and the female incubates the eggs in a ground nest.

• Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius

  A bark-foraging woodpecker recorded in Argentina’s montane forests and forest edges in the regional account.

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

  This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.

• White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern and central Argentina in open, dry country and shrub steppe. Males are black with conspicuous white wing patches.