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• Congo Moor Chat Myrmecocichla tholloni

  

  A field-guide account describes a dark brown bird with pale areas on the face, throat, upper breast and lower belly, plus a white wing patch. A Congo reserve survey found it common in open grassland.

• Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais

  The Wailing Cisticola is a grassland bird with a long tail and streaked back, ranging through eastern and southern Africa.

• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

  Adult males can show red or orange plumage. House Finches also often live near people.

• Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus

  The Lesser Violetear is a small hummingbird, about 11 cm long, found in the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. In Peru it occurs in humid montane forest on the eastern slope and at high forest edges in the northwest.

• Black Cuckoo-Dove Turacoena modesta

  This large dove occurs on Timor and Wetar and feeds almost entirely on fruit.

• Cinnabar Boobook Ninox ios

  The Cinnabar Boobook is an owl found on Sulawesi. One bird observed in a North Sulawesi reserve caught insects in the upper forest canopy.

• Tumbes Pewee Contopus punensis

  The Tumbes Pewee is a small flycatcher of dry to semi-humid forests in western Ecuador and Peru. It catches insects in short sallies from exposed perches.

• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus

  The Chestnut Thrush moves quietly through forests around the Himalaya and descends to lower elevations in winter.

• Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis

  This tanager occurs in Colombia's lowlands and foothills. It has been recorded foraging for fruit and insects in trees.

• Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki

  The Dark Hawk-Cuckoo is a large, long-tailed cuckoo with a hawk-like shape, found in montane and foothill forests of Borneo.

• Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis

  The Bay Woodpecker climbs trunks and large branches while foraging. The Hong Kong account describes it in mature broad-leaved forest, alone, in pairs, or in small family groups.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.

• Gray Teal Anas gracilis

  The Gray Teal is a small duck found in Australia and nearby islands. It uses wetlands and can nest in tree hollows.

• Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis

  This African eagle has a black chest band and a white belly. It spots and catches snakes and other prey on the ground.

• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in riverine forest and seasonally flooded várzea across the Amazon basin, feeding low in dense vegetation.

• Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri

  Meyer's Parrot lives in woodlands and savannas of central and eastern Africa. It has several subspecies whose plumage varies across the range.

• Clapperton's Francolin Pternistis clappertoni

  This francolin lives in sub-Saharan Africa, using grassland and dry scrub among other open habitats. It may be seen in groups and eats seeds, berries, insects, and molluscs.

• Sri Lanka Hanging Parrot Loriculus beryllinus

  This small parrot is found only in Sri Lanka. It is bright green with a red bill and rump; males also have a red crown. It is seen alone or in pairs in forest canopies and other wooded places.

• Kurdistan Wheatear Oenanthe xanthoprymna

  Kurdistan Wheatear breeds in parts of southeastern Turkey, Syria, northern Iraq, and southwestern Iran, then winters farther south toward the Red Sea and southern Arabia.

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

  A small Asian bird with a greenish back; in breeding season the male has elongated central tail feathers.

• Thick-billed Siskin Spinus crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Siskin is a small high-Andean bird with a very broad-based bill. Males have black heads, while females have grey heads; both have yellow rumps.

• Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula

  This hummingbird inhabits wet montane forest from Central America into Colombia and Ecuador. Its green plumage differs between sexes, and it takes nectar from long flower bracts.

• Purple Quail-Dove Geotrygon purpurata

  This dove occurs only in western Colombia through northwestern Ecuador, in the wet rainforests of the Chocó. Adults show purple, blue, and iridescent colors, with a dark blue stripe across a white face. Females and juveniles are duller than males.

• Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

  The Pearl-spotted Owlet has white spots on its back and eye-like markings on the back of its head. It catches small animals in open savanna and woodland.