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• Xantus's Hummingbird Basilinna xantusii

  

  This hummingbird is resident in Baja California, Mexico. It occurs in arid habitats, woodland, and scrub, and can hover with rapid wingbeats.

• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

  The Common Hawk-Cuckoo uses forest and farmland edges. It feeds on invertebrates in trees and moves seasonally.

• Wetar Scops Owl Otus tempestatis

  A small owl endemic to Wetar Island, Indonesia. Gray and rufous forms occur. It was recorded in tropical forest and heard in eucalyptus woodland at 300 m, calling at night.

• Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster

  The Variable Goshawk occurs across Wallacea, New Guinea, and nearby island groups. It hunts from perches, diving on prey such as lizards; plumage and diet vary by region.

• Sooty Robin Turdus nigrescens

  A thrush of the mountains of Costa Rica and far western Panama. Males are dark brown, with yellow bill and eye-ring, and search among leaf litter for prey.

• Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum

  The Cinereous Conebill occurs mainly in the Andes, reaching the coast in northern Chile and Peru. It is a small active bird of shrubbery, hedges, and gardens.

• Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi

  This small antwren inhabits Brazilian scrub and woodland. It searches foliage for small invertebrates.

• Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea

  This small African bird occurs in eastern Africa, including Kenya, and parts of western Africa. It uses montane forest, woodland, and thickets.

• Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda

  This flycatcher uses the lower levels of South American forests. It has a reddish-brown body and rusty tail; a Brazilian breeding record describes a nest in a cavity in a standing dead trunk.

• Black-banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus alligator

  The Black-banded Fruit Dove is marked by a white head and upper chest, a black breast band, and a grey back. It has a limited range on Australia's Arnhem Land Plateau.

• Chubut Steamer Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus

  The Chubut Steamer Duck is a flightless sea duck found along the Patagonian coast. A study at a breeding site recorded it feeding on crabs, mussels, and ragworms during low tide.

• Bornean Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri

  The Bornean Peacock Pheasant is a pheasant found only on Borneo. Its iridescent eye-spots on the wings and tail stand out, and males and females have different plumage.

• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

  A woodpecker with a striking golden-looking back.

• Spot-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus maculipectus

  The Spot-breasted Thornbird is a furnariid of woodlands, savannas, scrub, and wetlands in northwestern Argentina. Its rufous head and pale-marked breast stand out; it builds an elongated nest of twigs.

• Kalahari Scrub Robin Erythropygia paena

  This small bird lives in dry grassland and shrubland of southern Africa. Sandy-brown upperparts contrast with pale underparts, and the rusty rump and tail stand out. It forages near the ground and has a varied song.

• 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.

• 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.

• Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

  The Brown-headed Parrot is mainly green, with yellow underwings. Two subspecies are listed; one is paler and greener than the other.

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

  This hummingbird ranges across southern South America. Its plumage shines golden green and its tail is bronze. It takes nectar as well as insects and small spiders.

• Yellow-billed Malkoha Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus

  The Yellow-billed Malkoha is a large cuckoo endemic to Sulawesi. Its rusty upperparts, long tail, and thick red-and-yellow bill are distinctive.

• Javan Owlet Glaucidium castanopterum

  A small owl with a rounded head, chestnut back, and white underparts marked by long brown streaks. It is mainly nocturnal and lives in forest and forest edge on Java.

• American Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus

  A raptor with narrow wings and a deeply forked tail. It catches prey in flight and also hunts small vertebrates during the breeding season.

• Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi

  The Orange Ground Thrush lives in mountain forests of eastern and southeastern Africa. Its orange face and chest contrast with a white belly, and it searches for small animals and fruit in the lower forest.

• Patagonian Yellow Finch Sicalis lebruni

  This finch occurs in Patagonia in Argentina and Chile. A Tierra del Fuego field guide describes its seasonal flocking and feeding in open country.