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• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus

  

  A green-and-gray parakeet native to South America. It builds communal stick nests in trees and on poles, where groups live together.

• Marquesan Monarch Pomarea mendozae

  This island endemic survives on Moho Tani in the Marquesas. It hunts insects, spiders, and small lizards in forest habitat.

• Falcated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla falcata

  This ground-dwelling babbler lives in forest on Palawan. The account describes a dark chestnut crown and wings, white streaks on the back, and a white throat.

• Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens

  The Blunt-winged Warbler is a small reed warbler of wetlands and mountain grasslands. Some populations migrate seasonally.

• Striated Grasswren Amytornis striatus

  The Striated Grasswren lives in open mallee woodland in South Australia. This entry follows the sandplain subspecies described in the state fact sheet.

• Lewis' Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis

  Lewis's Woodpecker has a green-glossed black back and red belly. It catches insects in flight and may store acorns in tree crevices.

• Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula

  The Cinnamon Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling pigeon with a golden patch of breast feathers. It walks on the forest floor in rain and monsoon forests of New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata

  A small canary of central African woodland and savanna, ranging from the Congo region toward Angola and Zambia.

• Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei

  This social barbet feeds on fruit in groups; adult males have a grey throat and brown plumage.

• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis

  This whistler lives in Australian mallee shrubland. The New South Wales factsheet describes known populations around Round Hill and Nombinnie in central New South Wales.

• Spotted Fantail Rhipidura perlata

  The Spotted Fantail is marked by fine spots on its breast and an active, tail-fanning way of pursuing insects. It forages inside forest rather than in more open areas.

• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata

  Adult Western Wattlebirds have dark brown foreheads and crowns with white spots at feather tips. A 2021 study in Western Australia recorded the species among the more abundant nectarivorous birds visiting Banksia flowers.

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike ranges from eastern Mexico to central Argentina. Its grey head has a reddish eyebrow and brown crown marks; its back is olive and its throat and belly yellow. It uses forest, scrub, and plantations and eats insects and fruit.

• Reunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus

  The Reunion Grey White-eye is endemic to Réunion. Highland populations contain grey and brown plumage morphs, and the species also uses gardens, cultivated areas, and savannas created by people.

• American Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri

  The Dusky Flycatcher is a small bird of mountains and foothills in western North America. Its olive-gray back, bold eyering, and two wingbars stand out as it catches flying insects low in the vegetation.

• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna

  A finch of northwestern Australia. Adults have a pale gray head and yellow-brown rump, unlike the brown head and rump of juveniles.

• Chapin's Flycatcher Muscicapa lendu

  This flycatcher lives in humid mountain forests and sallies from branches to catch flying insects.

• Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii

  This pitta is conspicuous for its bright blue breast and red lower belly. It lives in lowland forest on a limited group of Philippine islands.

• Ochre-fronted Antpitta Grallaricula ochraceifrons

  The Ochre-fronted Antpitta is a small bird endemic to Peru. Males have an ochre forehead and face, and the species lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus

  A montane forest bird of western Cameroon and southeastern Nigeria whose pairs duet.

• Barred Puffbird Nystalus radiatus

  This puffbird occurs from central Panama through western Colombia to western Ecuador, in wet forest and its edges. Its reddish-brown body is barred with black, and it waits quietly on a perch for prey. Its diet includes large insects and small lizards.

• African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei

  The African Dwarf Kingfisher is described as the world's smallest kingfisher, with an orange forehead, rufous crown, and blue-violet back.

• Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus

  This nightjar is active after dark. Its grey and brown mottled plumage blends into open grassland and savanna.

• Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi

  Males are turquoise, with violet on the chin, throat, upper chest, and center of the belly. Females are dusky with white spots and buff patterning below.