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• Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae

  

  This red-billed hornbill form was recorded in central and southern Tanzania. Its original description named ruahae as a subspecies of Tockus erythrorhynchus.

• Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii

  This tanager occurs in the eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia. A yellow band around the head and a dark facial mask stand out; it feeds on fruit and insects in the lower levels of humid montane forest.

• Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris

  This small montane flycatcher forages in vegetation overhanging streams on the eastern Andes. Chestnut on the breast and belly varies across the Marañón Valley.

• Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps

  The Red-headed Bunting breeds in Central Asia and winters in India. In Hong Kong it is a rare winter visitor; females and young can be difficult to identify because they resemble Black-headed Buntings.

• Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus

  Redthroat is a bird of inland shrublands in Australia. The NSW profile places the state’s records in its far west and describes quiet foraging among low shrubs and on the ground.

• Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano

  The Bearded Bellbird is noted for the male’s black, beard-like throat wattles and the different plumage of males and females. Males give loud bell-like calls and eat fruit.

• Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus

  The Dead Sea Sparrow is a small bird with a gray head and brown body. It is found around waterside vegetation, and at some breeding sites it nests in loose colonies.

• Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu

  The Alagoas Curassow is historically known from Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. It is classified as extinct in the wild (EW), but it is not globally extinct (EX): individuals survive in captivity. In September 2019, three pairs were released in Alagoas; follow-up monitoring reported the deaths of two males and one female.

• Samoan Triller Lalage sharpei

  This small bird occurs in the highlands of Upolu and Savai'i in Samoa. The sexes are similar and it feeds on fruit and invertebrates. The Savai'i form, tenebrosa, is darker.

• Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra

  A heron that feeds along rocky shores and estuaries. It occurs in dark gray and white plumage forms and lives along coasts.

• Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops

  The Birds of Bolivia account describes males with a white iris and black plumage, while females are warmer brown with a dark bill. It places the species at the edges of cloud forest on the eastern Andes.

• Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus

  This wren occurs on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its rufous back, barred tail and wings, and heavily streaked throat and breast stand out. Pairs forage in the understory of moist lowland forest.

• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis

  An Arctic-breeding sea duck that spends winter along coasts and on large lakes, where it dives for aquatic animals.

• Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus

  This small tapaculo ranges from the central Andes of Colombia to central Ecuador. A Colombian male specimen shows fine barring near the base of the tail, on the flanks and thighs. Recordings document songs and calls made of rapidly repeated short notes.

• Bahia Antwren Herpsilochmus pileatus

  The Bahia Antwren inhabits coastal forest in southern Bahia, Brazil. Males are gray and black, while females show buff tones.

• Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus

  This small African barbet lives in western and central African forest. The plumage described here is that of subspecies flavisquamatus.

• Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti

  This wattle-eye inhabits humid lowland forest in West Africa. Males have glossy black upperparts and females dark grey upperparts; both have blue eye wattles and chestnut cheek patches.

• White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni

  The White-shouldered Ibis is a large ibis with a pale blue-white neck band and a white wing mark visible in flight.

• Inland Dotterel Peltohyas australis

  This sandy, mottled plover blends into open plains. It forages in small flocks by day and alone or in pairs at night.

• Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus

  The Bolivia species account records this becard in humid forests from Amazonian lowlands to lower mountain forests. It is often alone or in pairs in the canopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus

  This forest bird has a heavy bill and a dark band across the face. It searches quietly for food in the upper forest layers.

• New Caledonian Streaked Fantail Rhipidura verreauxi

  This small bird often fans its long tail. It has an observation record from Mont Koghi, New Caledonia, and lives in forest and forest edge.

• Red-and-black Grosbeak Periporphyrus erythromelas

  The Red-and-black Grosbeak shows a marked plumage difference between the sexes: males are red and black, while females are mainly yellow. It occupies the lower and middle layers of lowland forest in northeastern South America.

• Plateau Lark Corypha nigrescens

  This lark is very localized on high plateaus in Tanzania and Malawi. Its natural history is poorly documented.