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• 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.

• Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus

  Pesquet’s Parrot has a mostly bare face, dark upperparts, and red lower belly and underwings. Adult males have a red mark behind the eye.

• Carbon Finch Porphyrospiza carbonaria

  This finch lives in shrub-rich grassland and open country in Argentina. The current IOC combination is Rhopospina carbonaria.

• Gray-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster

  The Gray-bellied Hawk is a large forest hawk. Adults are dark above and pale below.

• Negros Scops Owl Otus nigrorum

  This small owl lives in forests on Negros and Panay in the Philippines. Its dark brown plumage, upright ear tufts, and orange-red eye rims are distinctive.

• 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.

• Bar-backed Hill Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus

  A hill partridge of evergreen forest and bamboo. The nominate subspecies recorded in China has a barred back and chestnut breast.

• Black-bodied Woodpecker Dryocopus schulzii

  An Argentine biodiversity page records the species in open woodland and savanna. It describes the male with a red crest, a pale throat, and a mostly black body.

• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

  Pallas's Rosefinch is about 16–18 cm long. The sexes differ in plumage, and birds in forests from central Siberia to northern Mongolia eat plant seeds.

• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata

  Wild Muscovy Ducks are large waterfowl of tropical American forests and watersides. They use holes in trees for roosting or nesting.

• Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota

  The Snow Pigeon is a high-mountain pigeon often seen around cliffs and passes. Its dark head contrasts with a white neck and underside, and it occurs in pairs or small flocks.

• East Amazonian Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota

  The East Amazonian Fire-eye lives in evergreen forests of north-central and northeastern Brazil. Males are glossy black and females are reddish brown; both have a white patch on the back.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus

  This treehunter lives in the understory of humid montane forest on the eastern Andes. Its head, back, and breast are densely streaked with rufous, and its tail is rufous.

• Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea

  This thrush has a grey head and back, white wing bars, and spotted underparts. It occurs in montane forest on Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.

• Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus

  This flycatcher lives in evergreen tropical forest on Borneo and Sumatra. Males are blue and orange, while females are mainly brown; birds sally from canopy perches to catch flying insects.

• Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa

  Its head and back are grayish and its belly is pale yellow. When alarmed, it may show hidden red feathers on its head.

• Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei

  This hermit hummingbird occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its long, slightly curved bill and long tail feathers are distinctive.

• Biak Lorikeet Trichoglossus rosenbergii

  This lorikeet is restricted to Biak Island, Indonesia. It moves in search of flowering trees and may gather in small groups; its wild diet is not well known.

• Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis

  In Bolivia, the Swallow Tanager is seen in forest canopies and feeds mainly on fruit. Females have a dark facial mask and barred flanks.

• Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus

  A hawk ranging from Africa through South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is known for catching bats in flight around dusk.

• Yungas Pygmy Owl Glaucidium bolivianum

  The Yungas Pygmy Owl lives in humid mountain forest on the eastern Andes and has eye-like markings on the back of its head.

• Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla

  This small cisticola occurs in southern Africa. It searches for insects among low grass and shrubs, from dry scrub to coastal vegetation.