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• Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens

  

  The Rufescent Screech Owl is a small nocturnal owl of humid Andean forests. The Bolivia account describes it alone or in pairs in dense middle-level foliage.

• White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti

  This small hummingbird occurs in foothill forests on the eastern side of the Andes in Peru and Bolivia. Its long, slightly downcurved bill and white eyebrow are distinctive.

• Black-throated Antbird Myrmophylax atrothorax

  Male and female Black-throated Antbirds differ in throat and belly color. The male has a black throat and breast and forages in dense undergrowth near wetlands and streams.

• Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae

  A medium-sized parakeet with a red forehead and green body. Its three extant subspecies occupy islands around New Zealand, and the source describes their island distributions.

• Pink-legged Graveteiro Acrobatornis fonsecai

  This bird occurs in humid Atlantic Forest in southeastern Bahia, Brazil. Researchers recorded it in the canopy of tall trees retained over cocoa plantations.

• Socorro Parakeet Psittacara brevipes

  This parakeet occurs on Socorro Island off Mexico. It was recorded in the island forest, and a field study documented feeding on native fruits and seeds.

• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

  The Common Scoter is a sea duck whose males and females differ in color. It breeds in northern European wetlands and moves to coastal waters for winter.

• Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida

  The Yellow-breasted Apalis is a small bird with yellow on the sides of its neck and breast. At the Namibian sites described by the source, it occurs in pairs or small family groups and feeds on insects.

• Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber

  This woodpecker has a scarlet head and a black-and-white checkerboard back. It drills rows of shallow sap wells in trees and occurs in forests of the Sierra Nevada and Pacific Coast.

• Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis

  The Papyrus Canary uses papyrus swamps and nearby habitats. The sexes look similar, though the male has more strongly marked facial patterning.

• Gray-winged Francolin Scleroptila afra

  A finely patterned bird that blends into grassland, endemic to South Africa and Lesotho and found in mountains and rocky hills.

• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis

  This thrush lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. A broad white cheek-and-ear stripe stands out against its dark head and underparts.

• Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae

  A 17–18 cm dove with extensive orange bare skin around the eye and pale scaling on the back and wings. In Bolivia it uses dry slopes and grasslands and searches for food on the ground.

• Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini

  This snake eagle lives in the sparsely wooded Sahel. It searches from prominent perches and takes snakes and other small prey.

• Restinga Tyrannulet Phylloscartes kronei

  This small flycatcher is recorded in coastal forest in southeastern Brazil. Its habitat includes sandy restinga woodland and nearby riverine forest.

• Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola

  This yellow finch searches for seeds on the ground. Males have orange heads, while plumage differences in females vary by region.

• Himalayan Bush-robin Tarsiger rufilatus

  This flycatcher breeds in the high Himalaya and moves to lower elevations in winter. eBird and other references also call it the Himalayan Bluetail.

• Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus

  The Rufous Coucal is a rufous-colored coucal of forests in the northern Philippines. It uses both the ground and trees.

• Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius

  A small owl native only to Cyprus. It may sit still on a branch by day and hunts invertebrates at night.

• Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula

  The Green-throated Mango ranges from northeastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil. It is a hummingbird whose male has a green throat while the female has reddish upperparts.

• Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta

  This small antbird occurs in Costa Rica and Panama. It uses dense understory in cloud forest near streams and deep ravines. Males are dark grey and rufous; females are paler.

• Azure-rumped Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus

  A parrot of Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. It has a green body and blue rump; males have a red bill, while females have a pale bill.

• Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus

  This ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.

• Red-crowned Amazon Amazona viridigenalis

  The Red-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with a striking red forehead. It can be seen flying to and from roosts in the morning and evening.