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• Tanager Finch Oreothraupis arremonops

  

  This sparrow-like bird occurs in the western Andes of Colombia and north-western Ecuador. In wet cloud-forest undergrowth, pairs or family groups search slowly among leaf litter and mossy logs.

• White-browed Hawk Leucopternis kuhli

  This hawk lives in lowlands south of the Amazon River. A study between Brazil's Madeira and Purus rivers recorded its nesting and plumage.

• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata

  Adult Western Wattlebirds have dark brown foreheads and crowns with white spots at feather tips. A 2021 study in Western Australia recorded the species among the more abundant nectarivorous birds visiting Banksia flowers.

• Great Spinetail Synallaxis hypochondriaca

  The Great Spinetail is a furnariid restricted to the upper Marañón drainage of northern Peru. It uses the understory of dry and semideciduous forest.

• Streak-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus insignis

  It occurs in humid forest understory in Venezuela’s southern tepui highlands. Males and females differ in head color and wing and tail markings.

• Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis

  The Cape Bulbul is endemic to South Africa and is recognizable by its white eye-rings and bright yellow feathers under the tail.

• Gray-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus

  The Grey-bellied Cuckoo lives in woodlands, gardens, and plantations across the Indian subcontinent. It moves among trees and shrubs, taking flying insects and other small prey.

• Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens

  A sibia of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar to northern Vietnam. Its subspecies occupy separate parts of the range.

• 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.

• White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera

  A small bird of grassland with scattered bushes; males and females have different plumage.

• Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

  The Pale-headed Rosella is a medium-sized parrot with a pale head, blue-and-white cheeks, a blue belly, and red under the tail. Females are slightly duller, and plumage varies by region.

• Buffy Hummingbird Leucippus fallax

  This small hummingbird occurs in northern Colombia and Venezuela. It uses dry scrub and mangroves and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• 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.

• Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea

  The Torrent Tyrannulet is a small tyrant flycatcher recorded along Andean streams and rivers. The El Oro guide gives an elevation range of 700–3,100 m.

• Philippine Duck Anas luzonica

  The Philippine Duck is endemic to the Philippines and has a cinnamon-brown head with a black crown and eye stripe. It feeds at shallow wetlands.

• Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii

  The red bare skin around its eyes and gray head help identify this pigeon. It is active by day and eats fruit in New Guinea’s mountain forests.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi

  Adult White-winged Magpies have dark head and upperparts, a gray underside, pale wing markings, a long tail, and a heavy red bill.

• Elegant Sunbird Aethopyga duyvenbodei

  The male has maroon and iridescent blue-green plumage, while the female is olive above. The species lives on Sangihe Island.

• White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus

  This small piculet has grey upperparts and evenly scalloped underparts. At a nest studied in southeastern Brazil, both adults fed the chicks.

• Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida

  The Yellow-breasted Apalis is a small bird with yellow on the sides of its neck and breast. At the Namibian sites described by the source, it occurs in pairs or small family groups and feeds on insects.

• Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii

  This thrush lives in mountain forests from Mexico to Panama. A gray breast and pale orange lower bill help identify it, and it forages on the ground and in fruiting trees or shrubs.

• Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi

  A small East African finch of open woodland and fields. Its yellow rump and streaked breast and flanks are noticeable features.

• Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops

  Its dark brown body has a broad white patch on the open wing, and it is often seen on termite mounds or low perches. It feeds mainly on insects and ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.