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• Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii

  

  This toucan is described from the canopy of Amazonian forest. Narrow black feathers on the crown and nape curl into a distinctive crest, and a red band crosses the middle of the belly. The account gives a range in Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia.

• Blue-rumped Manakin Lepidothrix isidorei

  This manakin lives in montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andean slope. The male’s rump color differs between subspecies, while the female is mainly green.

• Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides

  This antbird lives in lowland evergreen forests in Central America, including Panama. Adult males have a black head and white throat; females differ, with a paler throat.

• Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii

  The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga of eastern Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. It is notable for its huge blue bill; a field study recorded insects as its main prey and both parents sharing incubation.

• Slaty Bristlefront Merulaxis ater

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. Males are slate-grey and females brown, with fine bristles at the base of the bill. It searches for insects among leaf litter close to the forest floor.

• Vogelkop Lophorina Lophorina superba

  The male spreads black plumage around an iridescent blue-green breast shield. It eats fruit and arthropods and performs a courtship display.

• Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe

  A Philippine flowerpecker that feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba

  The Coscoroba Swan is a large white waterbird of South American wetlands and lakes.

• Plum-headed Parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala

  The Plum-headed Parakeet is notable for the male’s reddish-purple head and the female’s blue-grey head. It lives in South Asian woodland and nearby open or cultivated areas.

• Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus

  In southern Africa, the Black Cuckoo is a migrant that breeds in summer. It is often noticed by its call because the bird itself is hard to see. It lays its eggs in nests of other birds, including boubous.

• Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Recently collected specimens show vivid green plumage. A study in Misiones found nests on tree ferns near the forest floor.

• Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa

  This laughingthrush occurs in the savannas and shrublands of eastern Africa. It searches close to the ground in leaf litter for termites and other invertebrates.

• Red-headed Tanager Piranga erythrocephala

  This tanager inhabits mountain forests in western Mexico. Males have a red head and throat; females lack the red areas.

• Gray Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis

  Long wings and gray-brown plumage identify this swiftlet. It glides through the air and builds a nest using moss.

• Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus

  This tit ranges from central and eastern China through southeastern Tibet to western Myanmar. It searches for insects in open woodland and forest edges.

• Madagascan Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis

  The Madagascan Sparrowhawk occurs on Madagascar. It is about 29–42 cm long and uses forest, dry thorn forest, and scrub.

• Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis

  This tanager-like bird occurs in northeastern Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. It uses wetlands and mangroves near water.

• Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang

  Scarlet Robins search near the ground for insects in open forest and woodland. Their breast colour differs by sex: males are vivid red, while females are more muted orange-red.

• Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus

  The Pink-footed Shearwater breeds on islands off central Chile and moves from waters off Peru toward the west coast of North America outside the breeding period. It catches fish and squid at the surface or in shallow dives.

• Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla

  The Neddicky is a small bird about 11 cm long. By day it uses light woodland, savanna, and grassland, searching the ground for invertebrates.

• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii

  Bewick's Wren is a small bird that flicks its long tail as it moves from branch to branch. Its bold white eyebrow stands out, and its song strings together short whistles, warbles, and trills.

• Red junglefowl Gallus gallus

  A bird of South and Southeast Asia and the wild ancestor of domestic chickens. Males and females differ strongly in appearance.

• Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs along the Pacific side from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. Its pale brow and barred back help identify it.

• Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli

  The Campbell Shag lives on Campbell Island and its adjacent coasts. Breeding adults are black and white, with a crest and reddish facial skin.