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• Rufous-backed Antvireo Dysithamnus xanthopterus

  

  This antvireo occurs in montane forest on Brazil's Atlantic slope. A Brazilian species account describes birds moving alone or in pairs through the middle and lower forest strata and searching live foliage for invertebrates.

• Eyebrowed Hemispingus Thlypopsis superciliaris

  This tanager forages in the canopy of humid Andean forest, often with mixed-species flocks. Plumage varies geographically; the description here is limited to birds from southern Cusco toward Bolivia.

• Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii

  The Red-collared Myzomela is a small bird of New Guinea's mountains and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Brown Nunlet Nonnula brunnea

  This nunlet lives in forest in northeastern Peru. It has a reddish-brown body and red skin around the eye, and is described perching on branches.

• Halmahera Cuckooshrike Coracina parvula

  The Halmahera Cuckooshrike lives in forest and mountain habitat and searches trees for small invertebrates. The colour description is limited to one distant observation on Halmahera.

• Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus

  The Tumbes population in north-western Peru is recorded in humid and semi-deciduous forest, from the canopy to the subcanopy. The local account describes an olive back and grey head.

• Javan Bulbul Ixos virescens

  The Javan Bulbul is a bulbul of Java's highland forests. Its long, slender bill and olive-colored back and wings are distinctive.

• Black Bustard Afrotis afra

  The Black Bustard is a small bustard of southwestern South Africa that uses low shrubland.

• Steinbach's Canastero Pseudasthenes steinbachi

  Steinbach's Canastero is a small bird of dry mountains in western Argentina. It is seen alone or in pairs among scrub and ravines.

• Moustached Barbet Psilopogon incognitus

  Adults are green with blue cheeks and a blue throat. The extent of red and blue markings on the head and throat differs among the three subspecies described by Oiseaux.net.

• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea

  The Whiskered Auklet is a small seabird with a crest and white plumes that stand out in the breeding season.

• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  The Black Turnstone is a seasonal migrant along the Pacific coast that searches for food by turning over rocks and seaweed.

• African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus

  Males are smaller and greyer, while females are larger and mainly brown. It flies low over coastal and inland wetlands in search of prey and ranges from eastern to southern Africa.

• Sunda Blue Flycatcher Cyornis caerulatus

  This flycatcher lives in evergreen tropical forest on Borneo and Sumatra. Males are blue and orange, while females are mainly brown; birds sally from canopy perches to catch flying insects.

• Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus

  This hummingbird is restricted to Cozumel Island, Mexico. Males are emerald green with a deeply forked tail; females also have a forked tail and a dark facial mask.

• Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus

  It occurs in the high Andes at 3,200–4,800 m; the same source also reports it from Bolivia and Chile.

• Collared Lory Vini solitaria

  This red-and-green parrot occurs in Fiji and has a short tail and purple-black crown. It feeds on flowers and fruit and nests in tree cavities.

• Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps

  The Puff-throated Babbler forages on the ground. In the Indian nominate form, its rufous head, white throat, and dark breast streaks stand out.

• Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus

  This woodpecker has mostly chestnut-brown plumage and a sturdy bill for working into wood. Males have a red stripe along the side of the face; females do not. Ants and termites are major foods.

• Dusky Grasswren Amytornis purnelli

  A small bird of central Australian rocky areas and gorges, it has rusty-brown plumage with fine white streaks and moves around rocks and spinifex clumps near the ground.

• Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami

  The south-eastern form often feeds on she-oak seeds and raises its young in hollows in old eucalypts.

• Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa

  The Fairy Gerygone is a small bird about 10–12 cm long. It uses humid forest, riparian woodland and mangroves, gleaning invertebrates from foliage by day.

• Javan White-eye Zosterops flavus

  A small white-eye of coastal Java and Madura, it also has an isolated coastal population in southern Borneo. It uses habitats such as wetlands, mangroves and coastal scrub.

• Jungle Bush Quail Perdicula asiatica

  The Jungle Bush Quail is a small quail of dry grassland and scrub in India and Sri Lanka. It feeds on seeds and insects on the ground.