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• Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus

  

  This small bird occurs in savannas and miombo woodland in central and eastern Africa. It has a dark gray head, barred underparts, and orange eyes.

• Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda

  A starling of Sierra Leone's forest canopy. Adults have a glossy purple head and breast, a blue-black body, and a coppery-bronze tail.

• Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus

  This partridge is striking for its orange head and breast and black-and-white scaling on the back and sides. It forages on the ground in lowland and middle-elevation forests.

• Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla

  Baillon’s Crake is a small, secretive rail. The species ranges across Eurasia, southeastern Africa, Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand; the BTO account identifies eastern Europe as its main range.

• Black-necked Woodpecker Colaptes atricollis

  The Black-necked Woodpecker occurs on the western side of the Peruvian Andes. It has a black throat and upper breast, a barred body, and feeds mainly on ants and other insects.

• Golden-rumped Euphonia Euphonia cyanocephala

  The male has a blue head and back with a golden rump. The Peru species account associates the bird with semi-deciduous and humid montane forest, including places with mistletoes.

• Wood Duck Aix sponsa

  A colorful duck that perches in trees and nests in tree cavities near water.

• Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

  The Ruddy Quail-Dove is a shy dove of tropical forests that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris

  This antwren occurs in forests and scrub on the Brazilian plateau and in northeastern Bolivia. A white eyebrow and spotted gray breast help identify it.

• Lesser Cuckooshrike Coracina fimbriata

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests across Southeast Asia. The Singapore account lists it as a former resident there and now a very rare visitor.

• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina

  The Icterine Warbler is a migrant that searches leafy branches for insects. Its greenish-brown back and yellow underside are useful field marks.

• Malayan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum nigrocapitatum

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs in southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, in moist forest and dense vegetation.

• Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus

  A field guide to the Mimika region of Papua records this species under its older name, Sericornis perspicillatus. The account describes olive upperparts and a pale buff-orange face, and records it in shrubs and the midstory at montane forest edges.

• Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus

  This brownish African bird also visits orchards and gardens. It eats many kinds of fruit, and pairs or small groups call noisily.

• Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius

  This terrestrial bird is endemic to central Chile. It walks with its tail raised and scratches or digs with one foot to find invertebrates. It prefers rocky ravines and scrub.

• Madagascan Kestrel Falco newtoni

  This small falcon occurs in many open habitats and towns across Madagascar, while avoiding dense forest.

• Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis

  The male is metallic blue and purple, while the female has a scaly gray, brown, and whitish pattern. It uses humid forest canopy, sometimes gathering at fruiting trees.

• Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni

  This parakeet has large yellow patches on its wings. It forms flocks in Costa Rica's mountains and nests in tree cavities.

• Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi

  Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow is endemic to Costa Rica, from the Central Valley east toward Turrialba. Adults have black-and-white facial markings and a large black chest patch; juveniles are browner and more faintly marked. It uses thickets, young secondary growth, fragmented groves, and coffee plots.

• African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus

  This parasitic cuckoo occurs in Africa and is characteristically associated with the canopy of evergreen forest.

• Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi

  The Juniper Titmouse is a gray bird of dry pinyon-juniper woodland, with a crest and a prominent dark eye.

• Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis erythrocephalus

  This Andean forest ovenbird has a reddish hood, wings, and tail that stand out against its brown body. It searches for prey by moving dead leaves near the forest floor.

• Grey Wren Cantorchilus griseus

  A small, grey wren studied along the Brazilian side of the Javari River. The detailed published observations cover five territories and do not establish the species’ full range.

• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

  The Indian White-eye is a small bird with a clear white ring around each eye. It forages in small groups among trees for insects, nectar and fruit.