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• Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii

  

  A small flycatcher that breeds in North America and migrates through Central America to northern Colombia. It has an olive-brown back, a white throat and pale wing bars.

• Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus

  The Violaceous Jay has a black head and face contrasting with a pale nape. In Bolivia it is recorded in small flocks near rivers and forest edges.

• Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus

  Pesquet’s Parrot has a mostly bare face, dark upperparts, and red lower belly and underwings. Adult males have a red mark behind the eye.

• Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus

  This bulbul was described in field notes for the Upper Guinea forest zone. It has olive-brown upperparts, sulfur-yellow underparts and a rufous tail, and may be seen near columns of ants.

• Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis

  The Bronzy Sunbird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Its head and back are iridescent bronze, and its dark central tail feathers are elongated. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides

  This antbird lives in lowland evergreen forests in Central America, including Panama. Adult males have a black head and white throat; females differ, with a paler throat.

• Bolivian Brush Finch Atlapetes rufinucha

  A brushfinch of montane forest in Bolivia and far southern Peru, also using edges and second growth.

• Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata

  The Puerto Rican Amazon is a green parrot endemic to Puerto Rico. It feeds mainly on wild fruit; tabonuco fruit is also important in October.

• Yellow-faced Flameback Chrysocolaptes xanthocephalus

  A woodpecker of the Philippines. BirdLife's amended 2017 account describes adults with a yellow head, neck and belly, red back and wings, a red crown in males, and an entirely yellow head in females.

• Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird Leucolia wagneri

  This small hummingbird occurs in Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Cinnamon-colored feathers on its sides are a notable field mark, although checklists differ on its taxonomic rank.

• Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus

  The Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon ranges from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia and nearby islands. Males show metallic colors on the head and chest.

• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula

  The male has a green-black head with a round white spot, while the female's head is brown. In North America, it breeds by northern forest lakes and winters on lakes and coasts.

• Least Boobook Ninox sumbaensis

  This small owl was described from Sumba, Indonesia. The original study recorded it in places where forest remained.

• Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus

  A bird that runs through dry scrub and uses its long tail to steer while chasing lizards.

• Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus

  It is a small cisticola of African savannas and grasslands. During breeding, males sing from exposed perches and also perform aerial courtship displays.

• Yellow-billed Babbler Argya affinis

  The Yellow-billed Babbler is a social bird of drier habitats in southern India and Sri Lanka. It has a pale crown, yellow bill, and blue eyes.

• Rufous-backed Thrush Turdus rufopalliatus

  It resembles an American Robin but lacks a white eye-ring, and has rufous on the back and wings. It often hides in woods and dense thickets.

• Red-bellied Hill Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris

  The Red-bellied Hill Partridge lives in Sumatra's moist montane forests and searches for food on the forest floor among fallen leaves.

• African Citril Crithagra citrinelloides

  A small yellow-green finch, with a dark facial pattern in males of the nominate subspecies. It occurs in highland grasslands and forest edges in East Africa.

• Mountain Serpent Eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis

  The Mountain Serpent-eagle lives in Borneo's mountain forests. It has dark brown plumage and a pale, speckled underside.

• Malaita Myzomela Myzomela malaitae

  The Malaita Myzomela is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands. It feeds on nectar and forest invertebrates. In a 2018 East Kwaio survey, observers recorded it only above 850 m.

• Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis

  The Grey-throated Leaftosser lives near the ground in humid foothill and montane forest. It turns over leaves with its bill while searching for invertebrates.

• Dubois's Seedeater Sporophila ardesiaca

  This small finch is found in grassland with bushes. The name and taxonomy shown here follow the pool’s current entry.

• Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra

  The Sooty Chat is a chat whose male has black plumage and a white wing patch. Females and juveniles are brown, and the species forages on the ground in grassland.