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• Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus

  

  The Chestnut Bulbul has chestnut upperparts, a black crown and wings, and white and pearly-grey underparts. It is resident in Hong Kong forests, with additional birds arriving from the north in winter.

• White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus

  This small parakeet was studied in montane forests of southern Ecuador. Flocks use fruiting trees.

• Pied Monarch Arses kaupi

  Adults are black and white with a blue bare eye-ring. The male has a broad black breast band below the white throat; in the female the band is narrower and browner. It takes insects from trunks and vines in rainforests of north-eastern Queensland, Australia.

• Black-throated Wren-Babbler Turdinus atrigularis

  This elusive wren-babbler inhabits lowland to foothill forest on Borneo. Small groups forage near the ground; a black throat and scaly-looking breast are useful field marks.

• Henderson Reed Warbler Acrocephalus taiti

  The Henderson Reed Warbler is found only on Henderson Island. A field study recorded it foraging in varied places and noted individual variation in patches of white plumage.

• Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus

  This woodpecker lives in lowland forests of western and central Africa. Its blackish crown has white specks and broad yellow tips, and it searches large trees for insects.

• White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies

  The White-faced Quail-Dove occurs patchily in mountains from southern Mexico through northern Central America. It walks on the forest floor, and adults show a gray crown, a pale face, and chestnut upperparts.

• Pine Siskin Spinus pinus

  The Pine Siskin is a small finch widespread in North America. In winter it moves widely in response to seed crops.

• Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata

  This whistler is sparsely distributed through arid and semi-arid inland southern Australia. Males have a black patch between the red eye and bill, while females are more uniformly brown.

• Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus

  The Noisy Friarbird lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia. Its head is black and bare, with a rounded knob at the base of the bill.

• Providencia Vireo Vireo approximans

  Vireo approximans was studied on Providencia and Santa Catalina in Colombia. Captured birds were described with an olive head, a strong yellow eye area and three pale yellow wing bars.

• Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus

  This small white-eye lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its white eye-ring and yellow face stand out as it searches forests and shrubland for fruit, nectar, and invertebrates.

• Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra

  The Rufous Mourner uses the canopy and edges of humid forest in Costa Rica. Adults are brown to rufous, and may be seen alone, in pairs, or in family groups.

• Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons

  The Red-fronted Antpecker is a small bird that searches for ants in low forest-edge growth. Males have a red forehead, while females have a spotted underside.

• European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola

  In Britain, European Stonechats are small birds that perch on low bushes. Males and females differ in head and breast color.

• Snethlage's Antpitta Hylopezus paraensis

  This antpitta occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. A 2012 revision treated it as a lineage distinguished from relatives by vocal and genetic evidence.

• Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae

  The Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher is a kingfisher of Numfor Island. Long, narrow feathers trail from the tail; it searches near the forest floor for invertebrates and nests in termite mounds.

• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

  The Jungle Nightjar is a nocturnal bird whose intricate gray-brown pattern blends into trees or the ground. It also occurs in grassy and scrubby places, not only in forest.

• Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata

  The Barred Fruiteater is an Andean bird with a black head and a yellow, barred belly. It feeds in the canopy and middle levels of humid montane forest.

• Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum

  A small owl of northern Eurasian coniferous forests. It hunts small birds and mammals around dusk and before sunrise.

• Black Cicadabird Coracina melas

  The Black Cicadabird occurs on New Guinea and is included in a field guide for the Mimika region. The guide describes different plumages for males and females.

• Siberian Jay Perisoreus infaustus

  A jay with a grayish body and conspicuous pale rusty patches on the tail and wings. It uses dense conifer forest for breeding.

• Snoring Rail Aramidopsis plateni

  The Snoring Rail is a difficult-to-see rail of Sulawesi's forests. It moves on the ground among dense undergrowth.

• Himalayan Grasshopper-warbler Locustella kashmirensis

  This small bird is recorded in the western Himalaya. Plumage alone does not distinguish the sexes, and uncertainty remains at the edges of its known range.