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• Tawny-bellied Seedeater Sporophila hypoxantha

  

  A small seedeater of southern South American grasslands. It takes grass seeds and places its nest in low shrubs during the breeding season.

• Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps

  This finch forages in the understory of humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its olive-green body and rufous crown stand out, while the sides of the head, throat, and breast are gray.

• Gray-breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus

  This ground-dwelling gamebird uses Tanzanian savannas and grassland. Its red bill, orange-red bare throat, and black-and-white facial pattern are conspicuous.

• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis

  This entry covers the Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis, as a species separate from the Tundra Bean Goose, A. serrirostris.

• Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus

  This woodcreeper climbs tree trunks. The eBird account describes forest as its main setting, and a 2012 checklist records one individual in Ecuador.

• Bassian Thrush Zoothera lunulata

  The Bassian Thrush lives in forests of Australia and Tasmania and searches beneath leaf litter on the forest floor. Pale spots and dark crescent-like markings pattern its plumage; it eats insects, worms, and fruit.

• Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus

  A small finch with bright yellow areas, it lives in forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Males have a black hood.

• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus

  This small flycatcher ranges broadly from Central into South America, using scrub and wooded habitats. This account excludes populations assigned to the separately recognized Tumbesian and Marañón tyrannulets.

• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

  The White-crested Laughingthrush is a large babbler with a white crest and black facial mask. Flocks of about 6–12 birds search the forest floor for food.

• Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum

  On Cousin Island, it forages on small animals exposed as Hawksbill Turtles dig their nests. It has also been seen feeding on turtle eggs.

• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila

  The Southern Nutcracker is a corvid of Himalayan forests. It has chestnut plumage with white spots on the head and neck. Gould’s 1831 species account places it in thick woods and lists insects, worms, and fruit as food.

• Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei

  During the Bishop Museum expedition to Mount Dayman in Papua New Guinea, it was recorded frequently above 1,400 m and used several forest strata.

• Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus

  A breeding male has a glossy black head, back, and chest with a white belly. The orange pectoral tufts may show when he is excited or displaying. The species feeds mainly on nectar.

• Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae

  The Green-cheeked Parakeet is a South American forest parrot that gathers in flocks in the canopy and feeds on fruit and seeds.

• Mindanao Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti

  This parrot lives in montane forest on Mindanao. It has a green body, a bluish face, and racket-shaped tips on its tail feathers.

• Kosrae Fruit Dove Ptilinopus hernsheimi

  This fruit-dove lives on Kosrae. Calls are often heard in rainforest, and an older comparison found higher density there than in mangroves. Micronesian forms, including the Kosrae group, have a yellow band at the tail tip.

• Amazonian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hardyi

  The 14–15 cm Amazonian Pygmy Owl lives in the canopy of primary tropical forest across much of Amazonia. It is partly active by day; one nest in French Guiana was in an old woodpecker hole.

• Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea

  This antbird lives in humid forest and bamboo thickets in southeastern Brazil. Its black head has a white eyebrow and cheeks; its black tail has broad white bars, and its underparts are rusty.

• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga

  Adults are dark brown with broad wings; young birds have prominent white spots on the back and wings.

• Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos

  The Crimson-crested Woodpecker is mostly black with white back stripes; the male's red crest is striking. It climbs trunks and large branches to search for insects.

• Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

  The Smooth-billed Ani lives in groups in shrubby parts of tropical South America and the Caribbean. Its glossy black plumage and oversized bill stand out.

• Namaqua Warbler Phragmacia substriata

  The Namaqua Warbler skulks in reedbeds near watercourses. It has a rufous-brown back and flanks contrasting with a white breast marked by faint streaks. The Namibian guide records it along the Orange River and at Fish River Canyon.

• Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward

  Its glossy green plumage and white belly are distinctive. The distribution entry here is one 2021 observation in Panama.

• Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator

  The Honeyguide Greenbul ranges across West Africa to western Kenya, south to northern Angola and northwestern Zambia. It is olive above with a white undertail and feeds on fruit and nectar.