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• Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli

  

  This sparrow lives in woodland and scrub in Colombia and Venezuela. Its black head and yellow bill are conspicuous, and it searches near the ground for seeds, fruit, and insects.

• Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

  This ground-dwelling bird has barred brown-and-white plumage and lives in grasslands of the southern United States. In spring, males gather at display grounds to court females.

• White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus

  A diving duck of sub-Saharan African waters with aquatic plants. It gathers seeds of aquatic plants from muddy bottoms by diving.

• Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri

  This ovenbird occurs in palm groves of northern and central South America and searches among palm fronds for arthropods.

• Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis

  This thrush occurs on the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands. Adults have gray-brown upperparts and a short tail, and forage on the ground for insects and worms. It uses open or scrubby habitats rather than dense forest.

• Ankober Serin Crithagra ankoberensis

  The Ankober Serin is a small bird of rocky slopes and escarpments in the Ethiopian highlands. It eats grass and herb seeds and can forage in flocks of several dozen.

• Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus

  The Bright-rumped Attila is a tyrant flycatcher marked by a yellow rump. Its plumage varies among subspecies and color morphs, and it searches for insects and small animals in the middle forest layers.

• Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus

  This laughingthrush lives in moist forests on Sumatra and Borneo and is often seen in small groups.

• Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris

  The Ultramarine Flycatcher breeds in high country around the Himalayas and moves to lower southern regions for winter.

• Flores Crow Corvus florensis

  The Flores Crow is a relatively small crow found only on Flores Island, Indonesia. BirdLife's older account recorded it widely in lowland forests in the west of the island.

• Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula

  The Green Twinspot is a small bird with a green body and a black, white-spotted belly. It searches for seeds and other food in low vegetation.

• Fuscous Honeyeater Ptilotula fusca

  This olive-brown honeyeater has a yellow patch on the side of its neck and uses dry eucalypt forest and woodland in eastern Australia. Some birds move to lower elevations in winter.

• Neergaard's sunbird Cinnyris neergaardi

  This sunbird occurs in southeastern Africa. Males have green upperparts with blue-violet and red bands, while females are gray-brown; it feeds on nectar and small invertebrates.

• Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana

  The Blue-winged Macaw is a green macaw with a red forehead that feeds on fruits and seeds.

• Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis

  The Blue-naped Parrot is a green parrot native to Philippine islands and Indonesia's Talaud Islands. The pattern of blue on the head and back varies by subspecies.

• Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor

  The male has an olive-yellow head and vivid orange body. It feeds on small fruits high in trees.

• Negros Scops Owl Otus nigrorum

  This small owl lives in forests on Negros and Panay in the Philippines. Its dark brown plumage, upright ear tufts, and orange-red eye rims are distinctive.

• Manicore Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis rondoni

  This antbird occurs in central Amazonian Brazil. Its description places the known range between the Aripuanã and Machado river systems.

• Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  A North American eagle whose head and tail become white as it matures.

• Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis

  This small woodpecker has white bars across its black back. A Vietnam species account describes it as resident there; another bird reference summarizes it as feeding on invertebrates.

• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  A long-tailed cuckoo with a black bill that hides in woods and thickets while waiting for large insects.

• Socotra Warbler Incana incana

  Endemic to Socotra, this small bird occurs widely in habitats with trees and shrubs. The museum description of an adult male records ashy-brown upperparts, pale underparts, and white tips and dark bands on the tail.

• Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis

  This hummingbird occurs in Panama and northern Colombia. Males are metallic green with a purplish-blue throat; females are green above and whitish below. It visits flowers in scrub, dry woodland, and mangroves.

• Zamboanga Bulbul Hypsipetes rufigularis

  It is recorded on Basilan and the Zamboanga Peninsula in western Mindanao, Philippines.