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• 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.

• Wing-barred Seedeater Sporophila americana

  This South American small bird has a black male with two clear white wing bars. Females are browner, and the species feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica

  This small honeyeater weighs about 7 g. It is active by day and uses forest, mangroves, and woodland, feeding mainly on nectar.

• Fulvous-chinned Nunlet Nonnula sclateri

  This bird occurs in lowland Amazonia in Peru, with many records from Ucayali and Madre de Dios. It is brown to gray-brown, has red orbital skin, and may sit motionless on a branch for long periods.

• Sunda Minivet Pericrocotus miniatus

  This minivet was recorded in forests on Java. At Mount Lawoe, the account places it near the upper parts of trees and reports beetle wing cases in one stomach.

• Flat-billed Vireo Vireo nanus

  This small vireo is endemic to Hispaniola. With a broad, flattened bill, it moves low through scrub and thickets in limestone dry forest while looking for fruit and insects.

• Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus

  This bulbul was described in field notes for the Upper Guinea forest zone. It has olive-brown upperparts, sulfur-yellow underparts and a rufous tail, and may be seen near columns of ants.

• Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

  The Kori Bustard is a large bird of grasslands and savannas in eastern and southern Africa. It spends much of its time on the ground and eats both animal and plant foods.

• Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris

  This miner walks over rocky high-altitude grasslands in the Andes, searching for food on the ground. It is recorded at 3,000–4,000 m in northwestern Argentina.

• Brown-headed Barbet Psilopogon zeylanicus

  This barbet has a brown head and green body and feeds on fruit and insects. It uses forests as well as orchards, parks, and other green spaces near people.

• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix

  The Long-billed Murrelet is an alcid that breeds along the Siberian coast and also spends time at sea. It is recorded only rarely as a vagrant in North America.

• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

  A shorebird with bright yellow legs and a thin bill. It breeds in northern North America and uses shallow wetlands during migration.

• Sanford's Sea Eagle Icthyophaga sanfordi

  Sanford’s Sea Eagle is a large raptor found in the Solomon Islands. Observations recorded birds, flying foxes, and large skinks among its prey.

• Arnot's Chat Pentholaea arnotti

  This bird inhabits woodlands of central and southern Africa. In the nominate subspecies, the male is black with a white crown and wing patch; small groups search for insects beneath large trees.

• Doubleday's Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest on Mexico's Pacific coast. The study argues that plumage, voice, and range together distinguish it from the related Broad-billed Hummingbird. Their summer ranges are separate, but they may meet in winter in the Balsas Basin.

• Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana

  This tyrant flycatcher uses wetlands and damp grasslands. A BirdLife regional record lists it at Serranías del Este in eastern Uruguay; males and females differ in plumage.

• Emerald Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii

  This tiny parrot feeds upside down on lichens and fungi on tree trunks. Plumage and colour patterns vary among subspecies and between sexes.

• Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii

  The Rufous-vented Grass Babbler lives in wetlands and reedbeds. It is brown above, with fine streaks below and rich rufous feathers under the tail.

• Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale

  The Checker-throated Woodpecker is green, with a checkered pattern on its throat. It searches trunks and branches in lowland and hill forests in Borneo and nearby regions.

• Purple-crowned Fairywren Malurus coronatus

  In breeding plumage, the male of the western subspecies has a purple crown and blue tail. The subspecies lives in thick river-edge vegetation from the Victoria River catchment to the northern Kimberley.

• Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana

  Mostly white with yellow and orange in its plumage, this cockatoo is native to Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands.

• Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla

  The Brown Thornbill lives in shrubs and forest understory in eastern and southeastern Australia and feeds mainly on insects.

• Crested Ibon Lophozosterops dohertyi

  This white-eye-family bird occurs in forests of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands. It is about 12 cm long and feeds on fruit.

• Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata

  The male has spotted black-green plumage and a golden-buff belly, while the female is mostly brown and olive. The species lives among dry rocky ground and thorn scrub in India.