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• Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura

  

  This entry covers records of the nominate subspecies P. o. obscura in southern Paraguay. The paper reports reddish irises in an observed male and brown irises in an observed female.

• Long-tufted Screech Owl Megascops sanctaecatarinae

  This owl is recorded in southern Brazil, northern Uruguay and northeastern Argentina. In Corrientes, Argentina, the first documented provincial records were reported in 2022.

• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

  A shrike with a long tail and dark facial mask. Several plumage forms are recorded in Hong Kong.

• Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa

  A flycatcher that walks on the ground near lakes, rivers and wetlands to find insects. Birds in north-western Patagonia spend summer there and move to central Argentina in winter.

• Ceylon Whistling-Thrush Myophonus blighi

  This bird lives in wet mountain forests of Sri Lanka. Males and females have different plumage, and it looks for food along streams.

• Wrentit Chamaea fasciata

  The Wrentit is a small bird of the shrubs along the western coast of the United States. It has a gray-brown body and a long tail, and searches dense brush for insects and fruit.

• Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus

  The Scarce Swift occurs patchily in African highlands and gorges. Its long, deeply forked tail is distinctive, and it catches insects in flight.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi

  The Evergreen Forest Warbler is a small bird recorded in moist forests and wet shrubland across scattered African highlands. It is about 15 cm long and weighs 15–21 g.

• Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

  It occurs in montane forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The species-level name used here is Southern Emerald Toucanet; White-throated may refer only to the white-throated nominate subspecies and should not be generalized to every form.

• Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor

  The Ferruginous Babbler has rich rufous-brown plumage that blends into the forest floor. It searches for insects low in the understory of lowland and swamp forest.

• Marquesan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus mendanae

  This reed warbler lives in the Marquesas Islands. It has an olive-yellow back and yellow underside and uses gardens and scrub as well as woodland.

• Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Weaver is a bird whose breeding males show a black head and yellow body and build woven grass nests. It lives in open country and wetlands across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis

  Tsavo Sunbird occurs in Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania. Males are blue-green and black, while females are mainly gray-brown.

• Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca

  A babbler found in central Kenya and eastern and northeastern Tanzania. It forages on the ground near cover and moves in family parties or larger groups.

• Common Merganser Mergus merganser

  A streamlined diving duck with a long, narrow bill that eats fish. It breeds widely across the north and moves south for winter.

• Natewa Silktail Lamprolia klinesmithi

  This bird is known only from the Natewa Peninsula on Vanua Levu, Fiji. It searches for small invertebrates on the forest floor and in low vegetation.

• Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi

  Ward’s Flycatcher is a Madagascan bird with white and midnight-blue plumage. A study records it in dry forest at the southern tip of Nosy Hara, where it was seen perched in trees.

• Bay-vented Cotinga Doliornis sclateri

  This cotinga is restricted to the eastern slope of the central Peruvian Andes. It uses cloud forest at or near treeline and feeds largely on fruit.

• Red-throated Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula

  The Red-throated Cliff Swallow is a small swallow with a black and glossy blue-black back and rufous markings around the face. It catches flying insects in flocks and nests in colonies near cliffs and gorges.

• Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum

  Scott's Oriole lives in arid areas of the southwestern United States and eats insects, nectar, and fruit. The male is bright yellow and black.

• Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus castaneiceps

  This tailorbird occurs in the Visayan Islands. A 1971 Philippine bird account treated castaneiceps as a subspecies and recorded a gray upper back and white underparts.

• Great Thrush Turdus fuscater

  A large thrush common in Andean highlands, it is brown with an orange bill and legs. Males have a yellow eye-ring.

• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus

  A seabird with dark upper wings and white undersides. It breeds on islands off the UK and migrates to the South American coast for winter.