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• Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis

  

  The Sind Woodpecker lives in dry lowlands of Iran and Pakistan. It searches trunks and branches for food, and males and females differ in crown color.

• Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura fuliginiceps

  This small ovenbird-family species occurs in Bolivia and northern Argentina. It has been observed on open hillsides.

• Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia

  This bird has a grey-brown back and a paler belly. It is active at dusk and at night, singing loudly from waterside thickets.

• Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou

  A long-tailed parrot of montane forest in northwestern New Guinea, with a red body and green wings.

• Hawaii Creeper Loxops mana

  The Hawaii Creeper searches for small invertebrates in wet ʻōhiʻa and koa forest. A 2015 state plan describes four separated populations above 1,500 m on Hawaiʻi Island.

• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

  The Maroon-bellied Parakeet is a green parrot with a reddish-brown forehead and maroon belly. It forms flocks in forests and along their edges.

• Stripe-breasted Starthroat Heliomaster squamosus

  This hummingbird occurs in eastern Brazil. Males have a bright breeding plumage and a duller post-breeding plumage.

• Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

  The Groove-billed Ani is a black bird with a high-ridged bill. It forages on the ground in flocks, searching for insects.

• Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus

  The Spotted Eagle-Owl is a nocturnal owl widespread in southern Africa. It can also live in towns with parks and gardens.

• Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus

  The Madagascar Buzzard is a medium-sized raptor endemic to Madagascar. It searches for prey on the ground in places such as forest edges and savannah.

• Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus

  The Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush has a black head, brown back, and orange bill and legs. It occurs in humid forest understory and is resident in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

• Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala

  This tanager inhabits Andean forest and humid scrub. Its blue head and gray throat and belly help distinguish it from similar species.

• Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps

  This antvireo ranges from southeastern Honduras to Costa Rica. It is recorded mainly in evergreen forest on the Caribbean slope of Central America; the AOS checklist does not accept records from western Panama.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae

  This small flycatcher ranges along the Andes from southwestern Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to central Bolivia. It occurs at edges of humid montane forest.

• Black Imperial Pigeon Ducula melanochroa

  This large pigeon lives in forests of the Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit in the canopy and is seen alone or in small groups.

• Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica

  A brown, long-necked duck that gathers in flocks near water and forages at night or in the early morning.

• Mountain Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum

  The Mountain Peacock-Pheasant is a pheasant of montane forests in the Indomalayan region. It spends time on the forest floor and eats small animals such as insects.

• Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus

  The Magellanic Woodpecker searches for food on tree trunks in Patagonian forests. The male gives resonant blows on hollow trunks.

• Dark-winged Canastero Asthenes arequipae

  Dark-winged Canastero is an Andean species recognized after a former broad species was split. One bird recorded in Chile had a rufous rump and vent.

• Shiny Whistling Thrush Myophonus melanurus

  This thrush is found in the mountains of Sumatra. Its black plumage has deep blue glossed spots, and it forages on the ground and in the lower levels of moist forest.

• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus

  This medium-sized parrot is notable for its red shoulder patches. It feeds in the canopy of open woodland and trees along watercourses.

• Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii

  The male has a black head, an unstreaked yellow mantle, bright yellow underparts, and a broad yellow wing band. The female lacks the black head and is yellow-olive overall. The species uses open habitats and farmland.

• Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis

  The Yellow-shouldered Amazon is a parrot with a green body and a conspicuous yellow head. It eats fruit and seeds in dry scrub in northern Venezuela and nearby islands.