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• Principe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus

  

  The Príncipe Thrush is recorded on Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe. Its account describes a white, streaked throat; field records include both primary forest and mature secondary forest.

• Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu

  This antbird is common in bamboo patches of southeastern Peru. It forages almost exclusively in stands of Guadua bamboo.

• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

  A small duck with a peaked crest and gray bill, also seen in wetlands in Cyprus.

• Buru Racket-tail Prioniturus mada

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

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

  The Greater Coucal has red eyes, glossy black plumage and chestnut wings. In Singapore it often hides in dense forest undergrowth and gives a deep booming call.

• Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides

  The Long-tailed Sibia has a very long white-tipped tail and a white wing patch. It lives in forests from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia and feeds on insects, fruits, and other foods in the canopy.

• 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.

• Merida Flowerpiercer Diglossa gloriosa

  The head, throat, and much of the upperparts are black; the belly is chestnut and the wings have blue-gray coverts. It lives in highland scrub and forest edges in western Venezuela, feeding on nectar and insects.

• Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida

  A warbler of East African scrub and forest. Williams and Arlott's 1980 field guide describes a green bird with a grey, black-banded crown and a dark chestnut throat patch that skulks in dense thickets, often near water.

• Mountain Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum

  The Mountain Peacock-Pheasant is a pheasant of montane forests in the Indomalayan region. It spends time on the forest floor and eats small animals such as insects.

• Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex

  The Simple Greenbul is marked by its white throat and two white crescents around the eye. In Upper Guinea it is found in regrowth and thickets.

• Plum-crowned Parrot Pionus tumultuosus

  Adults of the nominate subspecies are green with a dark red crown and nape and red-purple markings from the face to the breast. The species occurs in moist mountain forests of Peru and Bolivia.

• Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola

  A woodpecker of open Andean highlands, marked by a white rump and yellow wings, that often feeds on the ground.

• Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus

  A dove of dry savanna woodland and scrub that feeds on grass and other small seeds. It is also found near water.

• Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina

  The Evening Grosbeak is a stocky finch with a massive bill. Males are yellow and black, while females are mostly gray.

• Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys

  The Bell Miner is a colonial honeyeater of eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia. It feeds on lerps on leaves and on nectar.

• Riverside Tyrant Knipolegus orenocensis

  This flycatcher forages in young vegetation created by rivers. Males are black; females have gray upperparts and pale, streaked underparts.

• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

  A small bird that also lives in British cities and industrial centres. Males have grey-black plumage and a red tail.

• Christmas Boobook Ninox natalis

  This owl lives in the forests of Christmas Island, with reddish-brown plumage and yellow eyes, and hunts at night.

• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

  Clark's Nutcracker is a corvid of western North American mountains. It carries conifer seeds and caches them in the ground.

• Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris

  The current eBird name for this taxon is Yellow-chinned Sunbird. It ranges from Sierra Leone to Ghana in West Africa; the related gray-chinned taxon is now listed separately.

• Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis

  This brushfinch occurs in Panama. The sexes have nearly identical plumage. It is often found at forest or scrub edges and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus

  The Crag Chilia inhabits foothills, hills, and ravines in central Chile. It has a brown body and pale throat, and moves among shrubs and rocks while seeking food.

• Green-headed Hillstar Oreotrochilus stolzmanni

  The Green-headed Hillstar lives in the high Andes from southern Peru to southern Ecuador. It uses rocky grassland and scrub and feeds on nectar.