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• Chinchipe Spinetail Synallaxis chinchipensis

  

  This furnariid is known from the Río Chinchipe area of northwestern Peru. A 2020 specimen comparison supported treating it as a distinct species rather than a subspecies of a close relative.

• Grey-necked Friarbird Philemon subcorniculatus

  The Grey-necked Friarbird is endemic to Seram Island, Indonesia. Two plumage forms have been reported, one with a grey head and throat and another with dark markings; records extend from the coast into mountain forest.

• Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae

  The Green-cheeked Parakeet is a South American forest parrot that gathers in flocks in the canopy and feeds on fruit and seeds.

• African Black Duck Anas sparsa

  A duck strongly associated with rivers, especially fast-flowing rivers and streams. It eats aquatic plants and small animals.

• Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota

  An East African bird guide places the Olive-green Camaroptera in forest undergrowth in Uganda and western Kenya. Its upperparts are dull olive-green; the underparts are grayish-white, with dusky buff on the chest and flanks.

• Neergaard's sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi

  This sunbird occurs in southeastern Africa. Males have green upperparts with blue-violet and red bands, while females are gray-brown; it feeds on nectar and small invertebrates.

• Zebra Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis

  This small woodpecker has dense black-and-pale bars. Its current native range is limited to Java.

• Kauai Amakihi Chlorodrepanis stejnegeri

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper lives in high-elevation native forest on Kauai. It uses its curved bill to search trunks and branches for insects and also feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus

  The Yellow-bellied Bulbul has olive-brown upperparts and a bright yellow belly. It forms small groups in the middle storey of forests and eats fruit and insects.

• Siamese Partridge Arborophila diversa

  The Thai diversa form has a pale-brown forehead and throat and a rich chestnut breast. It has been recorded in hill and montane evergreen forest at Khao Soi Dao.

• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola

  The Long-billed Thrush is a mountain forest thrush with a long, curved bill. It searches damp forest floors and stream margins for earthworms and other prey.

• White-faced Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena manadensis

  A pigeon with a white face and dark body. It eats fruit in trees and uses several kinds of woodland on Sulawesi.

• Sulawesi Goshawk Lophospiza griseiceps

  The Sulawesi Goshawk is a hawk of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its gray head and dark bars across the pale underside are useful clues to its appearance.

• Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris

  This small tyrant flycatcher is a permanent resident of northwest Patagonia. It uses wet forest and ecotonal woodland and catches flying insects from a perch.

• Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps

  This finch forages in the understory of humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its olive-green body and rufous crown stand out, while the sides of the head, throat, and breast are gray.

• Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera

  This tanager lives in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. It favors forested areas and may join other tanagers in the treetops.

• Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis

  This small bird occurs widely across Madagascar, and its plumage varies by sex and subspecies. It searches for insects near the forest floor.

• Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana

  The red breast and blue bare skin around the eyes stand out on this coua from northeastern Madagascar. It walks on the forest floor for insects and fallen fruit and runs for cover when alarmed.

• Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes

  A mountain forest corvid with conspicuous white spots on its dark brown feathers.

• Jungle Boobook Ninox theomacha

  The Jungle Boobook is a small-to-medium owl found on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has no ear-tufts.

• Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus

  This hummingbird uses tangled vegetation at forest edges and streams. It is usually solitary; males display at thickets near streams and other dense vegetation.

• Rufous-tailed Antbird Drymophila genei

  This antbird has a dark head and rufous-brown tail. In southeastern Brazil's montane forest, it searches among bamboo and vines for insects.

• Turquoise Parakeet Neophema pulchella

  A parakeet of southeastern Australia. Males show a turquoise-blue face and red shoulder patch, and the birds forage near the ground for grass seeds.

• Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus

  The Falkland Islands nominate form of the Blackish Cinclodes is dark brown with a paler, speckled throat. On rat-free islands it forages along the coast and may follow people.