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• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa

  

  The Asian Rosy Finch is a finch that visits northern Japan in winter. Flocks appear in open places such as coastal cliffs and grassland.

• White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala

  The White-crowned Pigeon is a large fruit-eating pigeon of forests in southern Florida and the Caribbean islands.

• Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus

  A rufous-brown woodpecker whose male has red on the face; it forages at ant nests in forest.

• Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis

  This South American flycatcher has three white wing bars and a weak or absent crest. In Bolivia it is recorded in woodland, second growth and forest edges, where it takes insects and fruit.

• Black-throated Grosbeak Saltator fuliginosus

  The Black-throated Grosbeak lives in Brazil's eastern Atlantic Forest and nearby regions. It searches for fruit and seeds in the middle forest layer, sometimes in mixed-species flocks.

• Ashy-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi

  This flycatcher occurs in moist lowland forest on Luzon and Negros in the Philippines. The account places it mainly below 1,000 m.

• Double-banded Greytail Xenerpestes minlosi

  The Double-banded Greytail is a small ovenbird recorded in eastern Panama and parts of Colombia. A field study in Panama documented a nest in a heavily cleared town, built in a tree fork.

• Bare-eyed Antbird Rhegmatorhina gymnops

  This antbird lives near the forest floor in southeastern Amazonian Brazil. Bare facial skin forms a pale eye-ring, and it follows army-ant swarms to catch small animals flushed by the ants.

• Sapphire-spangled Emerald Chionomesa lactea

  This hummingbird has a green body with a shimmering violet-blue throat and breast. In eastern Peru it visits flowers at forest edges and secondary growth, and also catches small insects in flight.

• Pallas's Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus

  Pallas's Fish Eagle is a large raptor found across parts of central, southern, and eastern Asia. It uses rivers and wetlands where it can catch fish.

• Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae

  This screech-owl ranges from Mexico to northern Nicaragua. Greyish and reddish morphs occur, and it uses humid as well as drier forests and woodland from low to mid elevations.

• Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani

  This canary occurs in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. This entry uses the genus Crithagra, although the species was formerly placed in Serinus. Its listed habitats include acacia scrub, woodland, and gardens.

• Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus leclancheri

  The Black-chinned Fruit Dove occurs mainly in the Philippines and is described as a very rare resident in Taiwan. It uses forest patches.

• White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos

  The White-backed Woodpecker searches for food in forests with dead trees. It has black-and-white bars across its back and is often solitary outside the breeding season.

• Salinas Monjita Neoxolmis salinarum

  A localized tyrant flycatcher of saline steppe around Argentina's Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta flats. It has a white underside and eyebrow, and the published nesting evidence is one nest placed in a low shrub.

• Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti

  A small bird that eats grass seeds in open grassy places. Breeding males vary by region, and southern birds often show a bold black breast band.

• Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni

  Brown-streaked Flycatcher occurs in Southeast Asia and is recorded in forests as well as parks and gardens.

• Streak-backed Canastero Asthenes wyatti

  This canastero lives in high Andean grassland. It has broad dark streaks on its back and rufous outer tail feathers, and forages among bunchgrass, scattered shrubs and rocks.

• Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus

  This small antbird is recorded in thickets on islands and along large rivers in the Amazon basin. Males have bold black-and-white plumage; females differ in appearance.

• Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus

  This tiny hummingbird is about 7 cm long. The male's crest and glittering throat feathers stand out, and the sexes have different patterns.

• Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus

  The Black Hawk-Eagle is a large eagle of lowland tropical forest in the Americas. Adults are mostly black, with bold white checkering under the wings.

• African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii

  The African Wood Owl lives in forests and woodlands across sub-Saharan Africa. It becomes active after dark and hunts from low perches.

• Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura

  The Yungas Dove is a dove of the Andean regions of Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It is usually seen alone or in small, loose groups.

• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus

  The White-naped Woodpecker is marked by a white nape and dark back. It searches bark for invertebrates in open woodland.