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• Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica

  

  Birds Colombia describes the Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper in humid lowland and foothill forest, with a disjunct range from Central America to northern Colombia. It notes that some classifications treat D. typica as a species and others as a group within D. longicauda.

• Roll's Hill Partridge Arborophila rolli

  This pheasant-family bird lives in forests of northwestern Sumatra. It has a brown, dark-marked back, a reddish-brown breast, a white belly, and bold black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Sandy Scops Owl Otus icterorhynchus

  The Sandy Scops Owl is a small owl with a white shoulder stripe and yellow eyes and bill. It is nocturnal in lowland evergreen forest and feeds on crickets and grasshoppers.

• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus

  The Spotted Towhee searches leaf litter for seeds and small invertebrates in western North American thickets and forest edges.

• Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni

  This babbler ranges across southeastern Laos and Vietnam. Males have rufous-chestnut backs, females have olive-brown backs, and both have black bars below. It searches mossy forest branches and trunks for food.

• Streak-breasted Honeyeater Territornis reticulata

  This honeyeater is endemic to Timor and Semau islands. Accounts record it in habitats from forest to gardens and mangroves, with more records in lowlands near the coast.

• Bagobo Babbler Leonardina woodi

  This flycatcher lives in forests on Mindanao. Its chestnut upperparts and long tail stand out, and it searches for invertebrates near the ground.

• Rook Corvus frugilegus

  A social black crow that often feeds in flocks on farmland.

• Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca

  This bullfinch lives in montane coniferous and mixed forests. Adult males have an orange breast patch, while females are browner overall.

• Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris

  The Bar-winged Prinia has an olive back marked by white wing bars. It searches for insects in gardens, parks, and secondary growth on Sumatra, Java, and Bali.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Black Parrot Coracopsis nigra

  A fairly large black parrot found in and around forests. Its loud calls are musical whistles.

• Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa

  The Blue Ground Dove is a small pigeon whose male's blue-gray plumage contrasts with the female's reddish brown. By day it searches the ground for seeds and small insects, using forest edges and grasslands.

• Forest Buzzard Buteo trizonatus

  A buzzard of southern African forests. It watches for prey from a perch, then drops down to catch it.

• Naked-faced Spiderhunter Arachnothera clarae

  The Naked-faced Spiderhunter has a long, curved bill and orange bare skin at its base. It inhabits forest and scrub in the Philippines and favors plantain flowers.

• Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea

  This migratory bird lives in the grasslands of southern South America. Its breeding range includes Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil; after breeding it moves north to central Brazil and other areas.

• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

  An olive-colored small bird of wet thickets. It darts from branches to catch insects on leaves or in the air.

• White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri

  This thrush breeds in the eastern and northeastern Tibetan Plateau of China. Males show black and chestnut markings, and winter records in the Himalayas are vagrants.

• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

  A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.

• Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea

  This antbird lives in humid forest and bamboo thickets in southeastern Brazil. Its black head has a white eyebrow and cheeks; its black tail has broad white bars, and its underparts are rusty.

• Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini

  Falkenstein's Greenbul is a bulbul ranging from southern Cameroon to western Angola. In Angola, the cited guide reports it along northern and central escarpments. That guide uses the English name Yellow-necked Greenbul.

• Maroon-tailed Parakeet Pyrrhura melanura

  The Maroon-tailed Parakeet has a green body and dark maroon tail. It occurs in forested parts of Colombia and feeds on fruit in small flocks.

• Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela

  This hummingbird has a dark head, white breast feathers, and a shining blue rump. It feeds at flowers in Bolivia's highlands.

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis

  This woodpecker lives in pine forests of the southeastern United States. A breeding pair may receive help from other family members.