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• Green-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon alice

  

  The male's crown and breast shine golden green, while the female has grayish-white underparts and a different tail pattern. This small hummingbird takes nectar at forest and cloud-forest edges, in second growth, and around plantations. It is partially migratory.

• Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans

  The Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo lives in Southeast Asian forests. It has a hawk-like shape and a dark line behind the eye, and lays its eggs in nests of forest babblers.

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops

  It is widespread in eastern Australian forest and woodland. It probes flowers for nectar and searches leaves and branches for insects.

• African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense

  The African Barred Owlet is a small owl that hunts in woodlands of southern and eastern Africa.

• Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni

  The current name is Cinnyris stuhlmanni, but a 1949 Ruwenzori account uses the older name Nectarinia afer stuhlmanni and describes males there. Current data place it in Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

• Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis

  This sparrow breeds in open sage-dominated shrubsteppe in western North America. During migration and winter it also uses dry scrub with creosote or saltbush.

• Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis

  The Black-chested Jay has a blue nape and tail, a dark chest, and pale underparts. It searches forest canopies for fruit and insects and may move in small groups.

• Madagascar Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vociferoides

  The Madagascar Fish Eagle is a large raptor associated with Madagascar’s coasts and freshwater. Its wingspan is about 1.65–1.80 m, and it hunts around water by day.

• White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius

  The White-chinned Thrush is endemic to Jamaica. Adult males and females look similar, with a dark grey head and back, a white wing patch, pale chin, and orange bill. It searches forest floors for small animals and fruit.

• Moustached Flowerpiercer Diglossa mystacalis

  This flowerpiercer occurs in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. The southern Peruvian form albilinea is described as mostly black, matching a field report from Abra Malaga in Cusco.

• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in northwestern South America. Males have black crowns; females have rufous crowns. Both search for insects in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias

  This small bird occurs in montane areas of Tanzania and Mozambique. Its head and neck are rufous, and it feeds mostly on insects.

• Unadorned Flycatcher Myiophobus inornatus

  A small flycatcher of the eastern Andes, from southeastern Peru to northern Bolivia.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• Silver Teal Spatula versicolor

  The silver teal is a small duck with a dark brown cap and a blue-green wing patch. It is recorded at lakes and rivers in Argentina.

• Red Spurfowl Galloperdix spadicea

  This spurfowl lives on the forest floor in India. The male is mainly rufous, while the female has more dark mottling, and both search among leaf litter for seeds, fruit, and insects.

• Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus

  This bulbul lives in broadleaf forests on hills and mountains. Its streaked plumage is distinctive, and it may move in noisy groups.

• Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus

  The Jamaican Woodpecker has a relatively long bill. It eats both plant and animal matter and forages by probing bark and bromeliads.

• Hoary-throated Barwing Actinodura nipalensis

  This barwing occurs in the Eastern Himalaya, including Nepal. A pale throat and faint arcs around the eye are distinctive; winter records may occur at lower elevations.

• Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

  A woodcreeper of humid lowland and mangrove forests that searches bark for small animals.

• Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata

  Male Variable Wheatears occur in several black-and-white plumage forms, and females also vary in color. In southern Kazakhstan, the species breeds in dry mountains and along river cliffs.

• Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene

  This small parrot lives on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. The male is green with red markings and feeds on nectar from coconut and other flowers. Females are also known to carry dry leaves to line their nests.

• Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi

  Finsch's Euphonia is a small bird that forages in forest canopy and fruiting trees. It is reported in pairs or small groups; males have a yellow forehead and belly, while females are dull yellow-green.

• Mexican Parrotlet Forpus cyanopygius

  This small parrot lives in western Mexico. Males show blue on the rump and wings, and flocks feed on fruit and grass seeds.