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• Moss-backed Sparrow Arremon dorbignii

  

  The Moss-backed Sparrow ranges from the eastern Bolivian Andes foothills to northwestern Argentina. It uses the understory of second-growth and mature forest, usually alone or with its mate and sometimes in mixed flocks.

• European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

  This raptor varies greatly in plumage. It is a summer visitor in Europe and searches for food in open woodland during the breeding season.

• Dark-eared Honeyeater Myza celebensis

  This honeyeater has fine dark streaks across its brownish plumage and a curved black bill. The sexes look alike in plumage, but males are larger in the Lore Lindu study.

• Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii

  An Andean treehunter of humid mountain forest, with a very long downcurved pale bill and a rufous body marked by pale streaks.

• Slender Antbird Rhopornis ardesiacus

  This antbird is recorded in Brazil's Bahia and Minas Gerais states. In the paper, the pale-purple bare skin around the eye was a narrow ring on the adults observed. The paper spells the scientific name Rhopornis ardesiaca.

• Bare-faced Bulbul Nok hualon

  The Bare-faced Bulbul is known from limestone country in Laos. Bare pale-blue skin surrounds the eyes and bill, and fine hair-like feathers run along the crown. It feeds on berries and is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos

  This coucal lives in lowland wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka. Its black plumage has a blue-purple sheen, and its wings are chestnut.

• Taiwan Barwing Actinodura morrisoniana

  The Taiwan Barwing is endemic to Taiwan and lives in broadleaf and mixed forests at about 1,300–2,500 m.

• Socorro Parakeet Psittacara brevipes

  This parakeet occurs on Socorro Island off Mexico. It was recorded in the island forest, and a field study documented feeding on native fruits and seeds.

• Golden-chested Tanager Bangsia rothschildi

  A tanager of humid forests on the Pacific side of the Andes from central Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. It has a black body with a yellow breast patch and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus

  The Blue-rumped Parrot lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Males and females differ in head and back colors.

• Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus

  The Purple-throated Mountain-gem is a hummingbird of wet subtropical forest from Nicaragua through Costa Rica to Panama. Males have a purple throat patch.

• Djibouti Francolin Pternistis ochropectus

  The Djibouti francolin is a spurfowl that lives in the remaining highland forests of Djibouti. Its belly feathers have a pale streak, and males have two spurs on each leg.

• Little Ground Tyrant Syrtidicola fluviatilis

  The Little Ground Tyrant is a small flycatcher of broad river beaches and mudflats. In 2014, one bird was recorded on a sandbar of the Napo River in Ecuador; the paper considered it a non-breeding visitor.

• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

  A small diving duck that often holds its tail upright. Breeding males have a blue bill and chestnut body; the species breeds in North America.

• Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii

  A large pigeon of forests around New Guinea, it is marked by a black collar and maroon back and may move as fruit availability changes.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Indian Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus

  This crow is recorded from southern peninsular India and Sri Lanka. ITIS, citing the IOC checklist, lists it as a species, while Clements 2024 keeps it among the subspecies of the Large-billed Crow. This entry describes the southern form in an older regional account.

• Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae

  Johanna's Sunbird is a sunbird whose males and females have different plumage. The male's head and throat shine green, and a 2022 survey recorded the species at a forest edge in Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

  This woodpecker has an orange back and a black line across its head. It climbs tree trunks to search for insects and was recorded in Sarpang, southern Bhutan.

• Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla

  This small cisticola occurs in southern Africa. It searches for insects among low grass and shrubs, from dry scrub to coastal vegetation.

• Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi

  Finsch's Rufous Thrush lives in the lower levels of evergreen and semi-deciduous forests in West Africa, including forest near streams and swamps. It takes invertebrates from surfaces in the understory.

• Sillem's Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi

  The pool and the 2014 field paper use Leucosticte sillemi; BirdForum Opus gives Carpodacus sillemi. This entry is limited to records from Yeniugou Valley, Qinghai, in 2012 and 2013, including a brief feeding observation in May 2013.

• Tickell's Blue Flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae

  A flycatcher with a blue back and reddish throat. It catches flying insects in undergrowth and also picks up termites and similar prey from the ground.