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• Bay Hornero Furnarius torridus

  

  This ovenbird is associated with river islands and floodplain forest along major Amazonian rivers. It forages on the ground and has a white throat sharply set off from rich rufous underparts.

• Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani

  A pheasant found in southeastern Tibet and one locality in northeastern India. Its blue-gray plumage, white throat band and long, drooping tail are distinctive.

• Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana

  Adult Blue Lorikeets are dark blue-purple with white on the face and upper breast. They feed on nectar and soft fruit and move in small groups between flowering coconut palms.

• 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.

• Elegant Scops Owl Otus elegans

  The Elegant Scops Owl is a small owl resident on the Ryukyu Islands. On Amami-Oshima it uses forests from near sea level to mountain tops and nests in tree hollows.

• Ticking Doradito Pseudocolopteryx citreola

  The Ticking Doradito breeds in central Chile and western Argentina, then moves north to Bolivia in winter.

• Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac

  A small chat of dry open country in southern Africa. The source lists five subspecies whose plumage differs.

• Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus

  A goose with black bars on its white head, found from Central to South Asia.

• Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta

  Rhodospiza obsoleta is a finch of dry parts of Eurasia. The Royal Commission for AlUla’s bird guide records it at Tayma in Saudi Arabia.

• Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata

  A small tanager that moves through the canopy and forest edges. In Costa Rica it occurs in Caribbean lowlands, including along streams.

• White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus

  This small parakeet was studied in montane forests of southern Ecuador. Flocks use fruiting trees.

• Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata

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

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

  A large eagle of open steppe and semidesert, migrating between Eurasian breeding grounds and wintering areas in Africa and Asia.

• Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei

  A small hummingbird of humid mountain forest. The male has a green crown and ear coverts, and its upper throat shines emerald green.

• Acre Antshrike Thamnophilus divisorius

  This antshrike is known from Serra do Divisor in Acre, Brazil. Males are dusky grey; females are grey above and tawny-rufous below.

• Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus

  A large woodcreeper that climbs tree trunks while foraging. The subspecies casaresi is recorded in forests of northwestern Argentina.

• Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis

  This ground-dwelling bird forages in wet grass and along wetland edges. It eats plants and seeds as well as invertebrates from the ground.

• Crimson-backed Flameback Chrysocolaptes stricklandi

  This large woodpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka’s forests. It has deep crimson upperparts, and pairs have been reported in the forest understory.

• Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli

  Pel's Fishing Owl lives near rivers and lakes south of the Sahara in Africa and catches fish. It uses waterside trees for roosting and nesting.

• White-throated Pewee Contopus albogularis

  A French Guiana field report describes a small flycatcher with a dark-gray body and white throat. At Nouragues, one bird was observed chasing insects from a branch and returning to it.

• Cryptic Flycatcher Ficedula crypta

  This elusive flycatcher lives on Mindanao in mountain forest. It is recorded alone or in pairs in low vegetation on wet ravine slopes.

• Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta

  The Southern Citril is recorded in Tanzania, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. A survey in Niassa found small groups in mountain habitats, including one larger evening gathering.

• Monte Yellow Finch Sicalis mendozae

  This finch lives in the dry Monte Desert of western Argentina. Breeding males are bright yellow and lack olive tones on the throat and breast.

• African Orange-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris

  The African Orange-bellied Parrot has an orange-red belly in males and a brown-grey abdomen in females. It eats fruits and seeds in dry scrub and acacia woodlands.