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• Simeulue Scops Owl Otus umbra

  

  The Simeulue Scops Owl is a small owl found on Simeulue Island off northwest Sumatra. Adults weigh about 95 g and hunt invertebrates at night.

• Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens

  Its olive back, white eye-ring, and pale wing bars are useful clues. In mature forests of the eastern United States, it darts out to catch insects.

• Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii

  This chat lives in semi-desert shrubland in southwestern Africa. It has a gray back, white underside, and white outer tail feathers, and catches insects in short flights.

• Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus

  The Mongolian Finch lives in dry mountains from Central to East Asia. Breeding males show a rosy flush on the head and breast.

• Rufous-backed Inca Finch Incaspiza personata

  This finch is recorded in dry montane scrub on Peru's western Andean slope. It has a rufous back and bright orange bill and legs.

• Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae

  In the Taiwan account, the male has a rusty-orange crown and nape, with some purple feathers on the shoulder. It eats fruit in the forest canopy.

• Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis

  The Ovambo Sparrowhawk is a hawk of sub-Saharan Africa. It hunts other birds around dry woodland edges and savannas.

• Velvet-browed Brilliant Heliodoxa xanthogonys

  This hummingbird occurs in Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil. The male has a glittering greenish-blue forehead and visits flowers for nectar.

• Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha

  The Black-crowned Antshrike forages in the understory of humid and semi-deciduous forests. Adult males are gray and black, while females are olive-brown; the species is also recorded in Tumbes, northwestern Peru.

• Ash-browed Spinetail Cranioleuca curtata

  This ovenbird searches among mosses and epiphytes in humid montane forest on the eastern slope of the Andes.

• Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps

  This woodpecker occurs in the eastern Andes, in montane forest and scrub. It has olive-brown upperparts, barred underparts, and red on the male’s head; it forages near the ground.

• Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti

  The Southern White-faced Owl is a nocturnal owl of dry habitats in eastern and southern Africa.

• Mishana Tyrannulet Zimmerius villarejoi

  This small tyrannulet occurs in a restricted part of northern Peru. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid forest and in secondary growth, sometimes alone.

• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides

  The White-bellied Redstart has dark blue males with a white lower belly, while females are mainly brown. In Nepal, it is recorded often in summer and rarely in lowlands in winter.

• Black-headed Canary Serinus alario

  Males combine black, white, and chestnut, while females have a gray-brown head with a chestnut back and tail. This canary moves through arid scrub following rain and seeding events.

• Gilt-edged Tanager Tangara cyanoventris

  This tanager occurs in hill and mountain forest of southeastern Brazil. Golden-yellow upperparts contrast with a turquoise underside. A survey at Serra do Caraça recorded it feeding on fruit in forest and rocky grassland.

• Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla

  This dove is recorded in central Myanmar. A yellow ring of bare skin around the eye is a useful field mark. ITIS lists the name as valid and cites the 2025 IOC World Bird List.

• Sulawesi Goshawk Lophospiza griseiceps

  The Sulawesi Goshawk is a hawk of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its gray head and dark bars across the pale underside are useful clues to its appearance.

• Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia

  The Stripe-tailed Hummingbird lives in Central American mountains and feeds by darting among flowers. White stripes show when it spreads its tail.

• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in northwestern South America. Males have black crowns; females have rufous crowns. Both search for insects in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops

  This small brown bird occurs in reedbeds across Argentina. It stays hidden among reeds and attaches a globular nest to them near the water.

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis

  This woodpecker lives in pine forests of the southeastern United States. A breeding pair may receive help from other family members.

• Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis

  The Rufous-banded Owl has separate field records from Ecuador and Colombia. An Ecuadorian report describes a pale-down juvenile; a Colombian study suggests foraging in secondary forest and plantations.

• Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer

  The Dusky-capped Flycatcher has a gray chest, yellow belly, and rusty highlights in the wings. It forages within tree foliage for insects.