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• 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.

• Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus

  The Red-headed Flameback occurs around Palawan in the Philippines. It uses forest and woodland and is treated as a species distinct from the Greater Flameback group.

• Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis

  A 19th-century account by Gould records specimens from Peru's Cuzco region and flights between flowers with apparent aerial insect-catching. The male description has a blue crown and long green-and-purple throat ornament.

• 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.

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis

  A long-legged waterbird with a pink bill that feeds on plants near shallow water and fields.

• Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus

  The Jamaican Owl lives on Jamaica. It uses habitats ranging from forest and farmland to parks, and takes small birds and animals as prey.

• White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis

  The pool calls this species the White-throated Robin. Audubon’s species page uses White-throated Thrush and notes that White-throated Robin was its former name.

• Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii

  A junglefowl endemic to Sri Lanka that forages on the ground in forest and scrub. Males and females differ markedly in plumage.

• Hispaniolan Crossbill Loxia megaplaga

  The Hispaniolan Crossbill is a finch from Hispaniola that feeds on pine seeds. The sexes differ in plumage, and the tips of the bill cross.

• Henst's Goshawk Astur henstii

  A large hawk 52–62 cm long. It lives in Madagascar's forests, including eastern rainforest and western dry forest. It is active by day and hunts vertebrates.

• Greater Scythebill Drymotoxeres pucheranii

  An Andean treehunter of humid mountain forest, with a very long downcurved pale bill and a rufous body marked by pale streaks.

• Vegetarian Finch Platyspiza crassirostris

  The Vegetarian Finch lives on several Galápagos Islands and uses its stout bill to take plant foods. It is extinct on Floreana.

• Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher Ficedula buruensis

  This flycatcher is recorded in the mountains of Buru, Seram, and Kai Besar. In 2023, a male of the Kai Besar subspecies had brightly iridescent blue upperparts; another bird, possibly a female, looked less blue and more slate-grey.

• Blue Mountain Elaenia Elaenia fallax

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in Jamaica’s humid mountain forests. It has olive-brown upperparts and white wing-bars, and eats insects and fruit. Current references treat it separately from the former Greater Antillean Elaenia.

• Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii

  Brehm's Tiger Parrot is a green parrot of New Guinea's mountain forests. Barred back feathers and the male's yellow facial crescent are useful field marks.

• Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus

  This antbird forages in dense thickets and scrub along lowland Amazonian rivers. Males are dark, while females are rufous-brown above; both sexes have a white throat, pale wing bars, and red irises.

• Jandaya Parakeet Aratinga jandaya

  This parakeet occurs in northeastern Brazil. Adults have yellow heads and necks with orange breasts and bellies; it also uses forest edges and palm groves.

• Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica

  The Nubian Woodpecker lives in savanna woodland and scrub, where it searches bark for insects and other invertebrates. Its olive-brown back and sex-specific head patterns help identify it.

• Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

  Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.

• Grey-fronted Green Pigeon Treron affinis

  This green pigeon lives in the Western Ghats of southwestern India. The male has a chestnut back, while the female's back is green.

• Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis

  The Green-winged Teal is a small North American duck, notable for the green stripe on the male's head. It feeds near the water's surface and moves between breeding and wintering areas with the seasons.

• Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes

  The Puerto Rican Owl is endemic to Puerto Rico. It occurs from forest to urban settings and feeds on insects and other small prey.

• Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus

  A pheasant-family bird of western Africa, with a separate population in western Morocco; it uses vegetated habitats.

• White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis

  The White-cheeked Bullfinch is endemic to the Philippine mountains and is marked by white cheek patches. It eats fruits and seeds, and also uses insects seasonally.