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• Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae

  

  Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher was described from mid-elevation forest in northern Peru. The paper describes a reddish-brown crown, yellowish olive-green back, a white band below the throat, and an orange-yellow to yellow-ochre belly. It reports four localities.

• Woodhouse's Scrub Jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii

  This jay occurs from Nevada south into Mexico in dry shrublands and pinyon-juniper woodland. Its muted blue plumage is set off by gray-brown and white.

• Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus

  The Coconut Lorikeet is about 30 cm long. It is active by day in forests and eats fruit and nectar. The source gives a breeding-latitude band from near the equator to about 23 degrees south, shown here as only part of its range.

• Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus

  A forest bird of West and Central Africa. Records from Upper Guinea place it singly or in pairs in the canopy of well-developed forest; it eats fruit.

• Príncipe Sunbird Anabathmis hartlaubii

  This sunbird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses lowland forest, scrub and cultivated areas, where it gleans small invertebrates.

• Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea

  A large, robust antshrike with distinct male and female plumage; the Argentina account records it in forest habitats.

• White-throated Towhee Melozone albicollis

  This towhee lives in the highlands of southern Mexico. Accounts place it in moist montane areas and high-elevation scrub, with Oaxaca highlighted as an observation region.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis

  The Pale-billed Woodpecker is a large woodpecker with a red head and pale bill. It drums on trees while searching for insects and lives from Mexico to western Panama.

• Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii

  The Chilean Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in Chile and Peru. Males have olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and an iridescent violet-red throat, and feed on flower nectar.

• Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi

  The Grenada Dove is a pigeon endemic to the Caribbean island of Grenada. It forages on the ground in dry coastal and deciduous forest.

• Freckled Duck Stictonetta naevosa

  Fine white and pale buff flecks cover the dark grey-brown body of this Australian duck. The male’s bill turns red during the breeding season.

• Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji

  A small owl with noticeable ear tufts and a pale brown collar. It is recorded as resident in Singapore.

• Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus

  The Red-billed Malkoha is a slender gray cuckoo with a red bill. It moves along branches near the canopy of lowland and foothill forests.

• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis

  This small bird lives in sub-Saharan African savanna and open woodland. It has a grey-tinged olive back and a belly whose yellow varies in intensity, and it moves actively among foliage.

• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

  A forest thrush marked by spots on its breast. It breeds in North America and migrates to Central and South America for winter.

• Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani

  A pheasant found in southeastern Tibet and one locality in northeastern India. Its blue-gray plumage, white throat band and long, drooping tail are distinctive.

• Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis

  The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch breeds high in the central Rocky Mountains and descends to nearby lower elevations in winter to find seeds and insects. Males show pinkish markings on the wings and rump that are less evident in females.

• Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata

  A long-tailed, crested hawk that searches the canopy for large insects; females have a browner crown than males.

• New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

  The New Holland Honeyeater is a small bird found in southern Australia’s forests and gardens. It feeds mainly on nectar, as well as insects and other foods.

• Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii

  This woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia. Its scaly-looking breast pattern is noted as a feature that distinguishes it from close relatives.

• Gilt-edged Tanager Tangara cyanoventris

  This tanager occurs in hill and mountain forest of southeastern Brazil. Golden-yellow upperparts contrast with a turquoise underside. A survey at Serra do Caraça recorded it feeding on fruit in forest and rocky grassland.

• Rufous-vented Niltava Niltava sumatrana

  This flycatcher inhabits montane evergreen broad-leaved forest on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. Males have blue heads and upperparts; the plumage details here are specifically for males.

• White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern and central Argentina in open, dry country and shrub steppe. Males are black with conspicuous white wing patches.