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• Orange-bellied Parakeet Neophema chrysogaster

  

  The Orange-bellied Parakeet has a green back, wings, and flanks, a yellow chest, blue wing and brow markings, and a vivid orange belly patch. It breeds in southwestern Tasmania in summer and moves to mainland coasts for the rest of the year.

• Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides

  This resident hummingbird is recorded in Argentina and Bolivia, at elevations of 1,500–3,400 m.

• Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae

  The Tibetan Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of the Tibetan Plateau and nearby highlands. It walks through open mountain country and nests on the ground.

• Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus

  This small bird has olive-yellow upperparts and pale underparts. It uses the canopy and subcanopy of humid Andean forest from southeastern Peru into Bolivia.

• Torrent Duck Merganetta armata

  The torrent duck lives on fast rivers in the Andes. It dives into the current to catch aquatic insect larvae and other small prey.

• White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela

  Adults stand out for their white head, neck, and breast against dark wings. They feed on fruit in rainforests of eastern Australia.

• Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis

  The Indian Eagle-Owl is a large owl of hills and rocky country in the Indian subcontinent. Its raised feather tufts are a clear feature.

• Abyssinian Woodpecker Dendropicos abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian Woodpecker has a golden-yellow back and red rump and occurs in the Ethiopian highlands. It uses wooded habitats but is described as elusive.

• Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare

  This small cisticola lives in Kenya’s highland grassland and moorland. It builds a ball-shaped nest among grass tussocks.

• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis

  This thrush breeds in montane areas of eastern Siberia and Mongolia, then moves to lower areas for winter. Adult males show a red throat against gray and white plumage.

• Akiapolaau Hemignathus wilsoni

  This endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper lives in montane forest on Hawaiʻi Island. It uses a long curved upper bill and a short lower bill to search branches for insects and larvae.

• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus

  This stonechat uses tall riverside grasslands; white areas on its tail are conspicuous in flight.

• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

  The Black Eagle is a large, dark eagle with broad wings that uses forested hills and mountains. A historical observation in Sri Lanka described it gliding slowly over wooded slopes and into ravines while searching for prey.

• Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer

  The Tawny-breasted Honeyeater occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands and in northeastern Australia. It uses forest, mangroves and edges, locally to about 1,500 m.

• Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura pileata

  This tit-spinetail is endemic to Peru. It forages in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub, and occurs on the western Andes and in the Marañón and upper Huallaga valleys.

• Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulatus

  This small antbird inhabits Amazonian lowland forest, especially in northeastern Peru. It searches for food along stream edges and within the forest.

• Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis

  The Yellow-throated Cuckoo is a cuckoo of forests in western and central Africa. The male has a yellow throat, and the species feeds mainly on caterpillars.

• Yellow-lored Amazon Amazona xantholora

  The Yellow-lored Amazon is a green parrot whose adult male has a white forehead, yellow lores, and red around the eyes. The birds live in flocks and feed mostly in treetops.

• Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris

  The Rusty-collared Seedeater lives in wet grasslands and marshes of southern South America. Males have a rusty collar.

• Great Hanging Parrot Loriculus stigmatus

  The Great Hanging Parrot is a small parrot found mainly on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is active by day and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer

  The Violet-throated Starfrontlet has a green head and chest, with an iridescent violet throat patch in males. It belongs to a hummingbird family that uses nectar and small insects.

• Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

  The world’s largest grouse lives mainly in pine woodland. In Britain, it remains in northern Scotland.

• White-rumped Sirystes Sirystes albocinereus

  The White-rumped Sirystes ranges from southwestern Venezuela to northern Bolivia in moist lowland forest. Accounts describe it foraging alone or in pairs in the canopy.

• Eastern spot-billed duck Anas zonorhyncha

  A duck seen on rivers and ponds across Japan. Its black bill has a yellow tip, and males and females have similar body colours.