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• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius

  

  Male Varied Thrushes have striking blue-gray and orange markings, while females and young birds are browner. The species breeds in Pacific Coast forests and changes its diet with the seasons.

• Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali

  The Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak lives in the southwestern Saudi highlands and has a very thick black bill. White cheeks and yellow wing patches make it distinctive.

• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

  An olive-colored small bird of wet thickets. It darts from branches to catch insects on leaves or in the air.

• Grey-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera

  The Grey-winged Robin-Chat is a small African forest bird. It has a slate-grey crown, olive-brown mantle, and rufous rump. In lowland and foothill evergreen, riverine, and gallery forests, it feeds on beetles, ants, and other insects.

• Crimson-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura perlata

  The Crimson-bellied Parakeet is green with a red belly and eats fruit and flowers. Wild birds may be seen in small flocks.

• Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene

  This small parrot lives on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. The male is green with red markings and feeds on nectar from coconut and other flowers. Females are also known to carry dry leaves to line their nests.

• Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata

  The Spectacled Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon recorded in North Maluku, Indonesia.

• Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum

  Adults have a chestnut back and a prominent white throat patch. Black streaks mark the underside, and the eyes are bright yellow. It lives in small groups in wet forest in southwestern Sri Lanka and hunts or calls in daylight. It mainly eats insects such as beetles, and also takes mice, small birds, and reptiles.

• 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.

• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

  A large raptor that flies low over wetlands with broad wings held in a shallow V. Many birds in Britain arrive in spring to breed and head to Africa in autumn, while some now remain there through winter.

• Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus

  The Cinnamon Woodpecker has cinnamon-colored upperparts and wavy black barring. Plumage and barring vary among subspecies and individuals; males have a red throat, while females have a uniformly rufous head.

• Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis

  The Sumatran ground-cuckoo is a large forest cuckoo with a long tail and sturdy green legs and bill. It lives on the ground and is thought to feed on prey found on the forest floor.

• Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus

  A 2007 paper treated a Sierra Leone population as Chattering Cisticola, while noting it might represent a distinct local form. It describes grey-brown birds with plain backs recorded around wet rice fields.

• Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata

  This hummingbird lives in Colombia’s humid lowlands and river-edge forest. Males show a blue-violet throat against glossy green plumage, and it feeds mainly at flowers.

• Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea

  This blue Andean bird has a large black mask around its red eyes. It lives in humid high-elevation forests and feeds on flower nectar, fruit, seeds, and insects.

• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei

  The Harlequin Quail lives in grasslands, and males and females have different plumage.

• West Indian Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arborea

  The West Indian Whistling Duck is a large duck of Caribbean islands. It has a long neck and legs and is active at night.

• Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda

  The Thorn-tailed Rayadito is a small bird of southern South American temperate forests and scrub. The tips of its tail feathers look thorn-like.

• Geomalia Zoothera heinrichi

  Geomalia is restricted to Sulawesi, Indonesia. The account identifies it as Zoothera heinrichi and notes that it was formerly placed in its own genus, Geomalia.

• Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera

  The Two-barred Crossbill uses its crossed bill to open conifer cones and take their seeds.

• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana

  The Fork-tailed Flycatcher is conspicuous for the adult male's long, deeply forked tail. It catches flying insects over open ground.

• White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus

  This stonechat uses tall riverside grasslands; white areas on its tail are conspicuous in flight.

• White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons

  A small Amazon parrot marked by a white forehead and red face, it feeds on different plants as local and seasonal conditions change.

• Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis

  A small parrot that feeds in forest canopies on fruit, berries, figs, nectar, and seeds. It nests in tree hollows.