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• Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons

  

  This tanager occurs in lowland forests from eastern Costa Rica to Panama. Its nest was described in detail for the first time from a 2023 observation in Costa Rica.

• Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons

  This small bird is recorded in Bolivia's Amazonian regions and on lower eastern Andean slopes. It uses grassy and shrubby areas near rivers and roads and forages on the ground.

• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii

  This pheasant is notable for its long crest and red bare facial skin. It lives on rocky western Himalayan slopes and lays its eggs in undergrowth during the breeding season.

• Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus

  A small duck with striking black-white and chestnut plumage in males and a cinnamon crest in females. It dives for food in North American ponds and rivers.

• Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus

  The Tawny-throated Leaftosser lives in humid Central American forests, walking through leaf litter to find food. It has dark brown upperparts and a rusty throat extending onto the breast. It is seen alone or in pairs; local records describe a burrow nest near the ground.

• Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi

  The Chestnut-backed Thrush is a thrush with a rich chestnut back and a black-and-white face. It occurs in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands.

• Sillem's Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi

  The pool and the 2014 field paper use Leucosticte sillemi; BirdForum Opus gives Carpodacus sillemi. This entry is limited to records from Yeniugou Valley, Qinghai, in 2012 and 2013, including a brief feeding observation in May 2013.

• Giant Kingbird Tyrannus cubensis

  This large tyrant flycatcher has a massive black bill and orange crown feathers that may be raised in display. Its range is restricted to forested parts of Cuba.

• Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia

  The Taiwanese population described by the Ministry's bird guide is a forest bird with a grey head and a white eye-ring. Outside the breeding season it forages in mixed-species flocks.

• Sumba Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa segregata

  This flycatcher occurs on Sumba, Indonesia. In a comparison of 12 specimens, the breast was brown with slight streaking, while the vent was nearly white and showed almost no pattern. A 1995 record noted four birds in primary-forest understory.

• Grey Crow Corvus tristis

  This crow has bare pink facial skin and pale blue eyes. It is often seen in noisy groups in forests around New Guinea.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Maroon-naped Sunbird Aethopyga guimarasensis

  This small sunbird occurs on Negros, Panay, and Guimaras in the western Visayas of the Philippines. It is recorded in forest and along forest edges; a species-level ecological dataset classifies nectar as its main food niche.

• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

  The Maroon-bellied Parakeet is a green parrot with a reddish-brown forehead and maroon belly. It forms flocks in forests and along their edges.

• Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis

  The Hooded Parrot lives in dry open woodland and grassland in northern Australia. It feeds on seeds on the ground and nests inside termite mounds.

• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis

  The Pale-vented Pigeon has a ruddy brown body, gray head, and pale lower belly. It perches high in trees in woodland and more open habitats and gives a low-pitched call.

• Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi

  The Pacific Screech-Owl is a medium-sized owl of the Pacific Slope lowland edge. Short ear tufts, yellow eyes, and pale gray plumage help identify it.

• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi

  This antwren lives in lowland evergreen forest in northwestern South America. Males have black crowns; females have rufous crowns. Both search for insects in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea

  The Plumbeous Kite is a daytime raptor with a lead-gray body, red eyes, and yellow legs. It often flies around forest edges and savannas and feeds mainly on insects.

• Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus

  This small woodpecker is widespread across northern and eastern South America. It favors forest edges and regenerating woodland over dense forest interior and searches bark for insects.

• Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi

  The Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo inhabits forests of central Africa. Its long, graduated tail is distinctive, and it uses the lower forest storey and dense undergrowth.

• Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata

  This small apalis lives in Central African mountain forests and nearby openings. It has a dark head, a white spot on the side of the neck, a short tail, and a mostly insect diet.

• Black Inca Coeligena prunellei

  This hummingbird is endemic to Colombia's eastern Andes. Males have black plumage with a green-blue sheen and hover while feeding at flowers.

• White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis

  The White-eared Bulbul has bright white cheek feathers, eats fruit, and lives in scrub and woodland from Oman to India.