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• Oustalet's Tyrannulet Phylloscartes oustaleti

  

  A small tyrannulet of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It uses the canopy and subcanopy and occurs in mixed-species flocks.

• Brown-backed Scrub Robin Erythropygia hartlaubi

  This small robin has a brown back. It uses tall grass savanna and scrub near woodland, where it searches for invertebrates on the ground.

• Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri

  The Spectacled Eider is a sea duck whose breeding-plumage male has a green head and round white patches around the eyes. It breeds along Arctic coasts and gathers in openings in Bering Sea ice in winter.

• Spotted Ground Thrush Geokichla guttata

  The South African race has large black spots across its white underside and searches among forest leaf litter for food.

• Cape Siskin Crithagra totta

  The Cape Siskin lives in montane fynbos and other habitats of southwestern South Africa, where it searches for seeds on the ground.

• Genovesa Cactus Finch Geospiza propinqua

  The Genovesa Cactus Finch is restricted to Genovesa Island in the Galápagos. Its long, narrow bill is compressed from side to side, and the bird uses dry lowland scrub where prickly-pear cactus grows.

• 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.

• Wetar Ground Dove Pampusana hoedtii

  The Wetar Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling dove whose plumage differs strongly between males and females.

• Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis

  The Black-collared Hawk is a fish-eating raptor of Central and South American wetlands. Adults have a reddish-brown body with a black crescent on the upper breast.

• Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps

  This small hummingbird is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica. The adult male's copper-colored crown and tail, with white outer tail feathers, are useful field marks.

• Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulatus

  This small antbird inhabits Amazonian lowland forest, especially in northeastern Peru. It searches for food along stream edges and within the forest.

• Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina

  A ground-foraging bird of the high Andes. It searches the soil and spaces among rocks for arthropods.

• Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis

  The Ahanta Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of forest edges, regrowth, and streamside thickets in West Africa. Its chestnut plumage is patterned.

• Marigold Lorikeet Trichoglossus capistratus

  The Marigold Lorikeet is about 26 cm long. It occurs on Timor and nearby islands of the Lesser Sundas and may move in search of flowering trees.

• Black-rumped Flameback Dinopium benghalense

  A woodpecker with a striking golden-looking back.

• Ural owl Strix uralensis

  A forest owl with mixed white and brown plumage, found in Eurasia including Japan.

• Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus

  The male has extremely elongated central tail feathers. This forest-edge tyrant flycatcher perches to catch insects and spiders.

• Rhinomyias additus

  This flycatcher is endemic to Buru. Recent accounts use the combination Eumyias additus.

• Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis

  The Australasian Shoveler strains small foods from the water with its broad bill. Breeding males are more brightly colored than females.

• Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis

  The Brown-backed Solitaire is a thrush of mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America. It is brown with gray markings and eats mostly fruit in forests near water.

• Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata

  A small canary of central African woodland and savanna, ranging from the Congo region toward Angola and Zambia.

• Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata

  The Yellow-billed Cardinal is a small South American bird with a red head and yellow bill. It forages on the ground near wetlands for seeds, berries, and insects.

• Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis

  The Red-lored Amazon is mostly green, with a red forehead and bluish crown. Its native range extends from eastern Mexico to northwestern South America.

• Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis

  The Pheasant Pigeon is a pigeon that spends much of its time on the ground and has pheasant-like habits. It eats seeds and fallen fruit.