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• Capped Seedeater Sporophila bouvreuil

  

  This seedeater occurs in South America. A plumage study separates reddish-brown males as Sporophila bouvreuil and grey-to-white males as the distinct S. pileata.

• Yellow-wattled Bulbul Poliolophus urostictus

  This Philippine bulbul forages for fruit along forest edges and in young woodland.

• Silvery-throated Jay Cyanolyca argentigula

  This blue-violet jay is marked by a silvery throat and upper breast and a white band on the forehead. It lives in humid mountain forest from Costa Rica to western Panama and eats fruit and small animals.

• Cuban Solitaire Myadestes elisabeth

  The Cuban Solitaire is a forest bird endemic to Cuba. Its brown upperparts, pale gray underparts, and white eyering are distinctive.

• Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis

  This flycatcher occurs in forests from western and central Africa to Uganda and Tanzania. Its species account uses Fraseria and lists Myioparus as a former genus placement.

• Plain Thornbird Phacellodomus inornatus

  Phacellodomus inornatus is a thornbird of the Llanos region from northeastern Colombia into Venezuela. The recent Clements treatment recognizes it as distinct from the Rufous-fronted Thornbird.

• Crimson-fronted Parakeet Psittacara finschi

  The Crimson-fronted Parakeet is a Central American parakeet with a green body and red forehead. It eats fruit and flowers, travels in flocks, and gathers at communal roosts in the evening.

• Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli

  This sparrow lives in woodland and scrub in Colombia and Venezuela. Its black head and yellow bill are conspicuous, and it searches near the ground for seeds, fruit, and insects.

• White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger

  The White-cheeked Honeyeater inhabits eastern Australian heath and woodland. Adults show a white cheek patch and yellow tail and wing panels, and feed mainly on nectar.

• Stub-tailed Antbird Sipia berlepschi

  This antbird occurs in lowlands of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It uses densely vegetated lowland forest edges, light gaps, and second growth.

• Perija Metaltail Metallura iracunda

  The Perija Metaltail is a small hummingbird restricted to the Perija Mountains on the Colombia–Venezuela border.

• Lowland Masked Apalis Apalis binotata

  This apalis inhabits lowland forest in central Africa. Reichenow's 1896 description records a male with a black throat and white throat tufts; a separate species account describes its forest habitat and branch gleaning.

• Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates

  The Dark Chanting Goshawk is a daytime raptor. It watches for prey from a perch and gives a ringing call during the breeding season.

• Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii

  At about 26–28 cm long, this cuckoo breeds in Madagascar. It searches for invertebrates in forest, forest edge, and scrub habitats, then migrates.

• Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine

  A laughingthrush of Himalayan forests, it is described here through the nominate form from eastern Nepal to Bhutan, whose account gives a black face and yellow outer wing and tail feathers.

• African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis

  A small gray-brown owl that blends into tree trunks, it is active at night. It uses wooded areas and dry savannas where trees provide cavities.

• Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga

  A small sunbird found on Madagascar and nearby western Indian Ocean islands. Males are metallic green, while females are much duller brown and yellow.

• Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua

  The Black-headed Greenfinch is a small finch found in parts of the Indomalayan region. It feeds on plant seeds in open woodland, fields, and scrub.

• Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi

  This island-dwelling dove ranges from the Solomon Islands to Vanuatu. The nominate subspecies has rufous and grey color forms.

• Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis

  The Australasian Shoveler strains small foods from the water with its broad bill. Breeding males are more brightly colored than females.

• Rock Bush Quail Perdicula argoondah

  The Rock Bush Quail is a small quail of dry scrub in the western Indian subcontinent. It forages in small groups and may take dust baths.

• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus

  The Grey-headed Woodpecker has a green body and grey head. In India’s Great Himalayan National Park, it is described feeding on ants and insects, as well as fruit in winter.

• Buru Racket-tail Prioniturus mada

  A parrot found only on Buru Island, with tail feathers that end in racket-shaped tips.

• Lesser Antillean Pewee Contopus latirostris

  A pewee distributed across Puerto Rico and islands of the Lesser Antilles. Subspecies differ among islands, including in the color of the breast and belly.