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• Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus

  

  This trogon is often found in Amazonian floodplain forest. Both sexes share a red belly and black underside of the tail; males are iridescent green and females are grey.

• Phylloscopus misoriensis Seicercus misoriensis

  This forest bird is recorded on Biak and Supiori in Indonesia. A 2023 island survey reported repeated encounters in forest at Warafri in south-east Biak and records near Korrido on Supiori.

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

  A bird with a black head and breast, red bill, and red skin in front of the eyes. It is often found in pairs or small groups in grasslands and marshes.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis

  The Cape Bunting forages on the ground for seeds, fruit, and small animals. The male has a gray streaked head and reddish wings.

• Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo

  This small batis occurs in dry parts of East Africa. It uses acacia scrub, woodland, and wooded grassland.

• White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis

  The pool calls this species the White-throated Robin. Audubon’s species page uses White-throated Thrush and notes that White-throated Robin was its former name.

• Norfolk Gerygone Gerygone modesta

  The Norfolk Gerygone is a small bird endemic to Norfolk Island. Parks Australia's account describes both sexes as dull grey-brown above and whitish below, and notes quick flights among trees.

• Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor

  The Black Guan is a large highland bird found from Costa Rica to western Panama. Its black plumage, red eye, and blue bare skin around the face are distinctive.

• Goldman's Warbler Setophaga goldmani

  A highland warbler of Guatemala. The Auk study uses IOC taxonomy and distinguishes it from other members of the Yellow-rumped Warbler complex.

• Brown-throated Fulvetta Fulvetta ludlowi

  This fulvetta lives in Eastern Himalayan forests. Its head is chocolate-brown, and its pale cream throat is marked by dark brown streaks; it uses low bushes and bamboo in rhododendron forest.

• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris humei

  This babbler occurs in the eastern Himalayas, inhabiting evergreen broadleaf forest and bamboo. It forms small groups in the undergrowth.

• Yellow-browed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus huallagae

  The Yellow-browed Toucanet is a green toucanet of montane cloud forest in north-central Peru. Its narrow yellow eyebrow is a striking field mark.

• Araripe Manakin Chiroxiphia bokermanni

  The male Araripe Manakin stands out with red, white, and black plumage and a forward-sweeping red crest. It is restricted to spring-fed forest and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens

  The Variable Antshrike is about 13–14 cm long, and male plumage differs markedly among regions. In Bolivia it is recorded from the eastern Andean Yungas to southeastern lowlands.

• 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.

• White-browed Tapaculo Scytalopus superciliaris

  It lives in moist montane forest in northwestern Argentina and favors dense understory on slopes and in ravines.

• Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae

  Queen Carola's Parotia lives in mountain forests of central New Guinea. The male has a dark body with iridescent green-blue tones and white flank plumes; the brown female has a finely patterned underside.

• Olive-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale

  This small flowerpecker lives in the forest canopy and secondary growth of western New Guinea. Males have a bright red breast, and it uses fruit and nectar.

• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

  The Common Scoter is a sea duck whose males and females differ in color. It breeds in northern European wetlands and moves to coastal waters for winter.

• Red-and-blue Lory Eos histrio

  A parrot with mainly red plumage and blue-purple bands on the head and chest. It occurs in Indonesia’s Talaud Islands and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus

  This malkoha occurs in the Philippines. In moist lowland forest it moves through vine tangles while searching for large insects and other prey. Differences in body traits among island populations and subspecies have also been reported.

• White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus

  The White-winged Becard shows regional variation in male plumage across Central and South America. It uses forest edges and second growth, alone or in pairs, and moves through middle tree levels.

• Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni

  This babbler ranges across southeastern Laos and Vietnam. Males have rufous-chestnut backs, females have olive-brown backs, and both have black bars below. It searches mossy forest branches and trunks for food.