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• Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas

  

  This bird occurs in the high Andes of Peru. Its account describes feeding in short, wet grass beside water; males are black with a rufous back, while females are grey-brown.

• White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus

  The male is notable for its white eyebrow and ochre belly. The bird stays close to the ground in shrubby mountain forest.

• Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca

  The male has a conspicuous red bill, while the female is brown. Rosy-billed Pochards feed on plants and seeds in shallow water and may gather in flocks of thousands.

• African Thrush Turdus pelios

  The African Thrush has a gray-brown back and yellow bill; its underparts range from buff and gray to rufous. It uses wooded places from forest edges to gardens.

• Yemen Serin Crithagra menachensis

  The Yemen Serin is a small finch of the southwestern Arabian highlands. It searches for seeds on the ground and rocks and is listed as a localized breeding resident in southern Oman.

• Emerald Tanager Tangara florida

  The Emerald Tanager searches for fruit in the canopy of humid montane forest and also finds small invertebrates in moss on branches.

• Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva

  This large parrot has a green body, blue forehead, and yellow face. It lives in South American forests and savannas, eating nuts and other plant foods.

• Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

  A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.

• Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger

  This forest eagle occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and northern Borneo. The adult male has black upperparts and a white throat and breast marked with dark streaks, and watches for prey from a perch.

• Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

  This small hummingbird breeds along the Pacific coast of Oregon and California. Males display a reddish-orange throat and perform pendulum-like arcs followed by steep dives.

• Riparian Antbird Cercomacroides fuscicauda

  The Riparian Antbird uses riverside floodplain forest and dense river-island thickets. Males are gray and females brown to rufous. Habitat and voice help distinguish it from similar antbirds.

• White-chinned Thistletail Asthenes fuliginosa

  The White-chinned Thistletail occurs in the Andes. A Bogotá bird guide describes it foraging among foliage and branches, alone or in pairs.

• White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon

  This entry covers the drouynii subspecies of the White Eared Pheasant. Males and females have the same plumage, and it lives in high mountain forests.

• Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorynchos

  The Great-billed Parrot is green with a large bill. Flocks feed on fruit and seeds in forests on islands of eastern Indonesia.

• Zebra Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis

  This small woodpecker has dense black-and-pale bars. Its current native range is limited to Java.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox

  This flycatcher forages in river-created habitats and other second growth in Amazonia. Its gray breast changes sharply to a yellow belly.

• White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti

  This small Old World flycatcher is about 13 cm long. In southwestern Cameroon, it was recorded in primary and secondary forest at 1,100–1,300 m.

• 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-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.

• Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina

  The Azores Bullfinch has a rounded grey-brown body with a black head, wings and tail. It is confined to eastern São Miguel, where it feeds on native fruits, seeds and flowers in laurel forest.

• Black-headed Hemispingus Pseudospingus verticalis

  This tanager occurs on the eastern Andean slope north and west of the Marañón Valley. The species account also lists records from Colombia and Ecuador.

• Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina

  A parrot of the northern Andes' montane forests. Its green plumage is accented by rusty tones on the face, whose extent and shade vary among subspecies.

• Blue-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus monacha

  The Blue-capped Fruit Dove is a mostly green pigeon that eats fruit. Males show blue patches on the crown and breast, while females have less blue.