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• Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax

  

  The Brown-throated Parakeet varies in plumage across its range. It nests in arboreal termite mounds and gathers in flocks where food is abundant.

• Blackish-headed Spinetail Synallaxis tithys

  The Blackish-headed Spinetail is about 14.5 cm long. It is recorded in humid and semi-deciduous forest in Tumbes at extreme northwestern Peru and also occurs in Ecuador.

• Rhinomyias additus

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

• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

  The Eastern Kingbird perches in open places to catch flying insects. It breeds in North America and migrates to South America for winter.

• Green-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon alice

  The male's crown and breast shine golden green, while the female has grayish-white underparts and a different tail pattern. This small hummingbird takes nectar at forest and cloud-forest edges, in second growth, and around plantations. It is partially migratory.

• Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch Sporophila angolensis

  This seed finch is recorded in Amazonia, including Bolivia. It forages in tall grass by rivers, overgrown fallow fields, and scrub, and males and females look quite different.

• Doria's Goshawk Megatriorchis doriae

  A large raptor of New Guinea's lowland and foothill forests. It hunts birds in the forest, and a juvenile recorded at Varirata had a pale head and streaked underparts.

• Halmahera Boobook Ninox hypogramma

  This owl occurs on islands of North Maluku. It has a gray-brown head and reddish-brown upperparts, and uses both lowland rainforest and mature secondary forest with large trees.

• Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

  This ground-dwelling bird has barred brown-and-white plumage and lives in grasslands of the southern United States. In spring, males gather at display grounds to court females.

• Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica

  The Mombasa Woodpecker lives in coastal forests of East Africa. It searches among trunks and leafy branches, feeding mainly on ants and their larvae.

• Oahu Amakihi Chlorodrepanis flava

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper occurs only on Oahu. It uses native and non-native forest as well as lowland yards and parks, and feeds on nectar, insects, and fruit.

• Partridge Pigeon Geophaps smithii

  This ground-dwelling pigeon is recognized by facial skin and a white stripe along the body. In northern Australia the facial skin is red in one region and yellow in another; it feeds on seeds on the ground.

• Rondonia Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis ochrogyna

  This antbird occurs in the Brazilian states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso and eastern Bolivia. Males have black-and-white streaks, while females have browner heads and backs.

• Red-browed Amazon Amazona rhodocorytha

  Adult Red-browed Amazons are green, with a red forehead and crown and blue on the throat and upper cheeks. In the wild, they eat fruits and seeds high in the trees of humid forests in eastern Brazil.

• Duida Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes duidae

  Duida Woodcreeper is a woodcreeper found north of the Amazon in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, and northeastern Peru.

• Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias olivaceus

  This flycatcher inhabits lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Rhinomyias olivaceus, the candidate-pool name, is an older generic combination; current accounts use Cyornis olivaceus. It catches insects from mid-level perches.

• Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus inornatus

  This small tyrant flycatcher is patchily recorded around Brazil's Rio Negro basin, including white-sand campinarana.

• Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens

  A large hummingbird of mountain forests, it feeds at flowers and the male shows glossy colors on its crown and throat.

• Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata

  In the lineata form described by Peru Aves, males are black and blue, while females are olive and grey. It forages in the canopy of mature forest and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

  The Grey-headed Fish Eagle is a large eagle identified by the adult's gray head and brown breast. It lives in woodland near water and feeds mainly on fish.

• Chocolate Boobook Ninox randi

  The Chocolate Boobook is an owl of the main Philippine islands. It is recorded in lowland and foothill forest and along forest edges.

• Jackson's Francolin Pternistis jacksoni

  Jackson's Francolin occurs in the highlands of western and central Kenya, using montane forest, moorland, and bamboo patches.

• Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus

  Williamson's Sapsucker is a woodpecker of western North American mountains. Males and females look very different, and the birds eat conifer sap and insects.

• Akiapolaau Hemignathus wilsoni

  This endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper lives in montane forest on Hawaiʻi Island. It uses a long curved upper bill and a short lower bill to search branches for insects and larvae.