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• White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra

  

  A resident wren of Mexico and Central America, it searches forest thickets for insects and spiders.

• Floreana Mockingbird Mimus trifasciatus

  This large grey-and-white mockingbird now lives on two islets off Floreana Island.

• Sri Lanka Thrush Zoothera imbricata

  The Sri Lanka Thrush is endemic to Sri Lanka. Black scale-like markings pattern its pale plumage, and a black band shows across the white underwing in flight. A Sri Lankan study treated it as a ground-layer species and found higher density in forest than in buffer habitat.

• Orangequit Euneornis campestris

  The Orangequit lives in Jamaican forests and wooded farmland. Males and females have different plumage.

• Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus

  The Northern Red Bishop changes markedly in the male's breeding plumage. Flocks feed mainly on seeds in wet grasslands and marshes.

• Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps

  Its tawny forehead and crown distinguish it. It forages in the Amazonian forest understory and often joins mixed-species flocks.

• White-winged Robin Peneothello sigillata

  The White-winged Robin has velvety black plumage and white patches in the wings. In New Guinea's mountains it forages in the lower forest levels for insects and also takes fruit and seeds.

• White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes

  In Panama, pairs of this antbird held territories year-round in second growth and forest edges. Males have rufous upperparts and a white belly; females have buff on the throat and breast.

• Small Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana

  A snowfinch of open high country, it walks on the ground in dry grassland and semi-desert while searching for seeds and insects.

• Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens

  Two birds were recorded foraging in open hillside woodland at Akagera National Park, Rwanda. The reported birds had green backs and wings, white throats, yellow breasts and bellies, and a dark band through the eye.

• Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps

  The Sooty-headed Tyrannulet forages in the canopy and subcanopy of humid montane forest. Peru Aves says its range is poorly understood and lists records in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.

• Jalca Tapaculo Scytalopus frankeae

  Aves de Peru describes the Jalca Tapaculo as endemic to two separated areas in Peru: Huánuco and Pasco in the north, and Junín farther south. Records include remaining dwarf-forest patches, rocky ground, shrubs and tall grass.

• Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra

  The Thick-billed Green Pigeon is a green pigeon that feeds on figs and other fruit in the forest canopy. Males and females have different plumage patterns.

• Forbes-Watson's Swift Apus berliozi

  Forbes-Watson's Swift has a pale throat patch with fine streaks. Its breeding range includes Socotra, Somalia, and the southern Arabian Peninsula.

• Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis

  A forest bird with a cinnamon head, large bill, and a black collar across the neck and chest, it waits to ambush sizable prey.

• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

  A small duck with a peaked crest and gray bill, also seen in wetlands in Cyprus.

• Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix

  In spring, male Black Grouse gather at traditional display grounds to court. Females are smaller and brownish.

• Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus

  The Northern Emerald-Toucanet is a medium-sized green toucanet with cinnamon at the tail tips. Pairs and small groups move through the canopy of humid tropical hills and highlands.

• Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera

  This falcon is marked by a chestnut-red head and cheek stripe. The account here covers the nominate subspecies in South Asia.

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

  The Plumbeous Ibis is a grey ibis with a long, curved bill. In Argentina it uses wetlands with trees and nests in trees.

• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi

  The cinnamon-breasted bunting is a bunting that searches for seeds and insects on rocky hills and mountain slopes.

• Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea

  The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike lives in forest from West Africa through the Congo Basin. Males are blue-black with a red shoulder patch; females are olive with barred white underparts.

• Chestnut-rumped Heathwren Hylacola pyrrhopygia

  This small bird occurs in South Australia’s Mount Lofty Ranges. The appearance and habits described here are for the form recorded in that region.

• Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys

  The Sri Lanka Hill Myna is endemic to Sri Lanka's wet forests. It eats fruit and moves through the canopy while giving loud calls.