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• Horned Curassow Pauxi unicornis

  

  The Horned Curassow is a large bird of central Bolivian forests. A blue-grey casque rises above its red bill, and it feeds on fruit.

• Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis longicaudatus

  

  This small bird has a restricted range in northeast India. It lives mostly on the forest floor among mossy rocks and crevices.

• White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris

  

  This large weaver lives in dry habitats south of the Sahara and feeds on seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates found on the ground.

• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

  

  The Savanna Nightjar rests on the ground or rocks by day, blending into its surroundings, and catches flying insects at dusk and at night.

• Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris

  

  This green sunbird occurs from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda. The account also notes one record from northwestern Tanzania. It searches for insects, spiders and small fruits in the middle and upper forest levels.

• Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix

  

  The Yellow-headed Amazon is a green parrot found in Mexico and parts of Central America; the extent of yellow on the head varies by subspecies.

• Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus

  The Chattering Lory has a red body and green wings. In Indonesia's North Maluku Islands, it lives in lowland and secondary forest.

• African Lemon Dove Columba larvata

  The Lemon Dove lives in African forests. It searches for food among leaf litter on the forest floor and eats seeds, fruit, insects, and other foods.

• Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus

  This wren lives in woodland and scrub in northwestern Costa Rica. Its rufous back and white eyebrow are distinctive; pairs place grass-and-root nests low in vegetation.

• Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi

  The Peruvian Martin is a swallow recorded along the coasts and lowlands of Peru and Chile. It catches insects in the air and nests in holes in cliffs, trees, and buildings.

• Arabian Eagle-Owl Bubo milesi

  An eagle-owl of southwestern Arabia. It uses wadis and other wooded places.

• White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis

  The White-throated Crake hides among plants in wetlands. Its white throat and barred flanks are useful marks, while face and neck color vary among subspecies.

• Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota

  This small antwren lives in the canopy and edges of montane evergreen forest in Central and South America. The male has a black head, pale eyebrow, olive back, and rufous rump.

• Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri

  This entry uses the current combination *Phylloscopus whistleri* rather than the pool's older *Seicercus whistleri*. It occurs in mountain regions around the Himalayas and forages for insects in forest understory.

• Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis

  This tit lives in mountain regions from the western Himalayas into Central Asia. The male is marked by a black head and white cheeks.

• Black Manakin Xenopipo atronitens

  This manakin uses low forest on nutrient-poor soils. Males are glossy black and females dark olive; the account reports it in Peru and also in Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia.

• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana

  The Wandering Tattler has heavily barred gray-and-white underparts in breeding plumage and a plain gray chest outside the breeding season. It breeds beside northern rivers and moves to rocky Pacific shores and islands.

• Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis

  The Chestnut-rumped Thornbill is a small Australian bird of dry woodland. It has a pale face with a white eye-ring and a chestnut rump.

• Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda

  A long-tailed raptor of New Guinea. It can be seen circling slowly with wings spread above the forest canopy.

• White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea

  The White-browed Piculet is a small woodpecker with green upperparts, a rufous rump, and a white stripe behind the eye. It searches for ants and other small prey in low, dense vegetation near bamboo or water.

• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

  The Green-billed Malkoha is marked by a curved green bill and red bare skin around the eyes. It moves through woodland from tree to tree, often showing its long tail.

• Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens

  Reddish Egrets occur in a dark, reddish-brown morph and a white morph. They chase fish in shallow water, walking after them and using their wings to cast shadows on the water.

• Mountain Blackeye Chlorocharis emiliae

  This white-eye lives in scattered mountain populations on Borneo. Its black eye-ring distinguishes it from other white-eyes.

• White-browed Antpitta Hylopezus ochroleucus

  This antpitta occurs in northeastern Brazil. It has a white eyebrow and a second pale line below it, with rufous flanks, and searches for small invertebrates near the forest floor.