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• Northern Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda

  

  This woodcreeper occurs in the Guianas and in Brazil north of the Amazon. In dry-ground and periodically flooded lowland forest, it climbs trunks from the base while searching for insects.

• Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus

  This ground-dwelling pheasant relative moves through grasslands and shrublands. Males are black and chestnut, while females are golden-brown with black and white spots, so the sexes look very different.

• 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.

• Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens

  The Mourning Collared Dove is an African dove that lives in forests and gardens. It is distinct from North America’s Mourning Dove despite the similar English name.

• Madagascan Stonechat Saxicola sibilla

  This small chat is widespread across Madagascar. A study of its genes and plumage proposed that the Malagasy population could be treated as a distinct species.

• Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys

  This tanager forages in the canopy of mature Amazonian forests, often with mixed-species flocks. The Peru Aves account records it up to 1,000 m along the Andean foothills.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji

  A small owl with noticeable ear tufts and a pale brown collar. It is recorded as resident in Singapore.

• Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris

  The Peru Aves account for subspecies berlepschi associates it with wooded river islands on major Amazonian rivers.

• 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.

• Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana

  The Blue-winged Macaw is a green macaw with a red forehead that feeds on fruits and seeds.

• Barred Honey Buzzard Pernis celebensis

  The Sulawesi Honey-buzzard is a small raptor from Sulawesi and the Banggai Islands. Adults have a rufous, streaked breast and a barred belly.

• Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae

  It has green upperparts, whitish underparts densely speckled green, and white feather tufts on the legs. It inhabits humid montane forest.

• Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura striata

  This small bird ranges through the western Andes of Peru to northwestern Chile. A regional bird account describes pale streaks on the back and rufous streaks on the crown.

• Great Argus Argusianus argus

  The Great Argus is a large pheasant of Indo-Malayan lowland forests. Males have exceptionally long tail feathers.

• Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus furcatus

  This small flycatcher has a long, forked tail. It occurs along humid forest edges and in second growth in southeastern Brazil, especially in dense bamboo, where it gleans small insects.

• Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia

  The Mountain Imperial Pigeon has a dark maroon-brown back and pale purplish-grey head and underparts. In Borneo it is common in montane forest, and some birds fly to lowlands to feed.

• African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta

  The African Dusky Flycatcher is a small, short-tailed flycatcher with plain brown plumage that hawks flying insects.

• Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis

  A retiring lowland saltator from Mexico through Central America. It uses forest edges and thickets while searching for food, including flowers and fruit.

• Luzon Flameback Chrysocolaptes haematribon

  This woodpecker is endemic to Luzon in the Philippines. It has a red back and patterned yellowish underparts; nests were recorded in dead trees along a forest edge.

• Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo

  The Spotted Wood Owl lives in Southeast Asian forests. It is usually solitary or in pairs and feeds on rats, birds, and other animals.

• Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota

  This roughly 8 cm bird lives in northern Amazonia. Males have black-and-white streaking and yellow underparts, while females are buff and black; both search along tree sides.

• Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus

  Male Hooded Siskins are conspicuous for their black caps and yellow-green bodies. They feed on small seeds from grasses and shrubs and form flocks.

• Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii

  Rüppell’s Parrot is a dark brown parrot with yellow markings. Its diet changes with the season and includes seeds, buds, and fruits.