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• Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus

  

  This antwren occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, in dry or moist lowland forests.

• Visayan Bulbul Hypsipetes guimarasensis

  A bulbul of the Visayan Islands in the central Philippines. It uses dense forest and eats fruit.

• Forest Canary Crithagra scotops

  The Forest Canary is a canary of southeastern Africa with a thick, conical bill and a yellow eyebrow stripe. Its upperparts are olive-yellow, with streaks on the breast and flanks.

• African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus

  African Shrike-flycatchers show clear differences between the sexes. They inhabit African lowland forest, where they eat insects and may wag the tail while perched.

• White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis

  The White-crowned Parrot is a Central American parrot with a white head and blue-green cheeks. It flies in pairs or small flocks and eats fruits and seeds.

• Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris

  The Aztec Rail is a rail of Mexico’s highland freshwater marshes. A 2014 taxonomic proposal describes that population as bright rufous below, with diffuse barring on the flanks.

• Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus

  This wren has a rich rufous eyebrow and uses humid montane pine-oak and evergreen forest, moving among epiphytes, branches, and fallen logs.

• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi

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

• Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor

  This bushshrike lives in forests of western and central Africa. It has several plumage forms, including birds with orange or red underparts.

• Tufted Jay Cyanocorax dickeyi

  The Tufted Jay is a jay of western Mexico, recognized by its black fan-shaped crest and blue back. It moves through the forest in small groups.

• Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus

  The Slate-throated Whitestart lives in mountain forests and is marked by white edges on the tail and a reddish crown patch. Crown and belly colors vary by region.

• Galapagos Martin Progne modesta

  This martin is about 15 cm long. Males are almost entirely black with a blue sheen, while females are duller brown. It catches flying insects in the Galapagos and nests near cliffs and mangroves.

• Crimson-rumped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus haematopygus

  The Crimson-rumped Toucanet has a green body, red rump, and large reddish-brown and black bill. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in old woodpecker holes.

• Buzzing Flowerpecker Dicaeum hypoleucum

  This small flowerpecker uses forests and scrub. Its dark upperparts, pale underparts, and slender, slightly curved bill help distinguish it.

• Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius

  Kittlitz's plover walks along African coasts and inland sand or mud, searching for small prey.

• Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus

  The Blue-throated Barbet has a green body and blue throat and ranges through forests from South Asia to northern mainland Southeast Asia.

• Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis

  An Andean bird of humid forests that sallies from a perch to catch invertebrates.

• Sahyadri Sunbird Aethopyga vigorsii

  The Sahyadri Sunbird is an approximately 11 cm sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of southwest India. Males have a crimson breast with yellow streaks; females have olive-green upperparts.

• White-browed Robin Poecilodryas superciliosa

  This robin occurs in north-eastern Australia. It has a long white eyebrow and bold white wing-bars, and nests in forest along creeks.

• Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis

  This large finch occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Males show a strong yellow-and-black pattern, while females and young birds are more olive. It searches for fruit, seeds, and insects in forest canopies and edges.

• Cisticola chiniana

  The Rattling Cisticola is a small passerine of dry savanna and open grassland. It has a rufous crown and streaked back and searches for insects in low cover or near the ground.

• Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor

  It is a small swiftlet of the Western Ghats of south-western India and Sri Lanka. It catches insects and other invertebrates in flight and builds dark nests of feathers and saliva in caves.

• White-bellied Fantail Rhipidura euryura

  The White-bellied Fantail lives in moist mountain forests on Java. Its gray body has a white belly and a broad white stripe above each eye.

• Jocotoco Antpitta Grallaria ridgelyi

  This ground-dwelling antpitta inhabits wet, mossy montane forest in southern Ecuador. It has a white cheek patch and black crown, and known records are from a limited mountain area.