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• Ochraceous Attila Attila torridus

  

  It lives in forests of western Ecuador and adjacent Colombia and Peru. It catches large insects and spiders in the upper forest.

• Torresian Crow Corvus orru

  The Torresian Crow is distinguished by glossy black plumage and a white eye.

• Sunset Lorikeet Trichoglossus forsteni

  This large parrot inhabits Indonesian islands. It has a purple head and underparts, red chest, and green collar, and moves in groups through forest edges, woodland, and plantations. BirdLife’s assessment page uses Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet for the same scientific name.

• White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus

  The White-browed Bulbul is a resident breeder in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Its white eyebrow is distinctive, and it searches bushes for fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti

  This West African sunbird uses lowland forest and flowers. Adult males have a metallic green crown and moustachial stripe, a dark head, and a pale buff-to-cream throat.

• Predicted Antwren Herpsilochmus praedictus

  The Predicted Antwren occurs mainly between the Purus and Madeira rivers in the western Brazilian Amazon; its western limit is provisional.

• Sao Francisco Sparrow Arremon franciscanus

  This sparrow inhabits dry forest and gallery forest in central Brazil. It often forages as a pair in the lower vegetation and on the ground.

• Burrowing Parakeet Cyanoliseus patagonus

  The Burrowing Parakeet lives in open country in Chile and Argentina. Its white eye ring and yellow-red belly are distinctive, and it nests in burrows in banks and cliffs.

• Lafresnaye's Piculet Picumnus lafresnayi

  This small woodpecker occurs in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It uses humid lowland forest as well as forest edges, secondary growth, and clearings.

• Hispaniolan Emerald Riccordia swainsonii

  The Hispaniolan Emerald is a small hummingbird of forests and scrub on Hispaniola. It feeds on flower nectar and also takes fruit. Older accounts may use the former genus Chlorostilbon; this entry keeps the candidate pool's scientific name.

• Flores Green Pigeon Treron floris

  A fruit-eating pigeon of Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Islands. Males show a grayish face and pale yellow wing fringes, and flocks gather at fruiting trees.

• Common Eider Somateria mollissima

  A large sea duck of northern rocky coasts that dives for mussels and other shellfish.

• Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi

  The Pacific Screech-Owl is a medium-sized owl of the Pacific Slope lowland edge. Short ear tufts, yellow eyes, and pale gray plumage help identify it.

• Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea

  Males are rufous while females are gray and rufous, giving the species a strong difference in appearance by sex. It searches dense vegetation for food.

• Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus

  This cisticola is about 13–14 cm long. The account lists acacia woodland and thornbush, with ground foraging for invertebrates. Sound recordings include the Amboseli area in Kenya.

• Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera

  The Blue-winged Minla is a babbler with blue wings and a blue-gray head that moves in flocks through forest undergrowth.

• Great Thrush Turdus fuscater

  A large thrush common in Andean highlands, it is brown with an orange bill and legs. Males have a yellow eye-ring.

• Rock Partridge Alectoris graeca

  The Rock Partridge is a mountain-dwelling pheasant relative with a white throat patch bordered in black. Its range is limited to European mountain regions.

• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

  Pallas's Rosefinch is about 16–18 cm long. The sexes differ in plumage, and birds in forests from central Siberia to northern Mongolia eat plant seeds.

• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus

  The White-tailed Hawk uses its broad wings to hang in the wind as it searches grasslands for prey.

• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata

  This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.

• Pernambuco Foliage-gleaner Automolus lammi

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in states of northeastern Brazil. It has white eyes and throat and coppery plumage, and searches among leaves and vines in forest interiors near streams.

• Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma

  This finch inhabits Andean rocky ground and high-altitude grassland. Males are yellow and olive, while females and young birds are brown and streaked; it searches for seeds on the ground.

• Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus

  The Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher inhabits montane forest in the Albertine Rift and also uses forest edges and clearings.