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• White-throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis

  

  The White-throated Manakin is a small bird of humid forests in the northern Amazon. During breeding, males gather to display.

• Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax hemimelaena

  This antbird lives in lowland Amazonian forest and forests along the eastern Andes. Males and females differ in color, and it forages near the ground in dense vegetation.

• Large-footed Tapaculo Scytalopus macropus

  This tapaculo lives in streamside forest in the central Peruvian Andes. Adults are uniformly blackish gray and are often encountered on the ground.

• Common Merganser Mergus merganser

  A streamlined diving duck with a long, narrow bill that eats fish. It breeds widely across the north and moves south for winter.

• Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus

  The Pale-headed Rosella is a medium-sized parrot with a pale head, blue-and-white cheeks, a blue belly, and red under the tail. Females are slightly duller, and plumage varies by region.

• Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini

  This medium-sized coucal skulks along lowland forest edges and grasslands, usually keeping to cover. It may perch in the open after rain.

• Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata

  The Spotted Laughingthrush has a black crown, nape, and throat, with pale wing and tail patches. It occurs in mountain regions from the Himalayas to central and southwestern China.

• Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

  The Indigo Bunting is a small bird that breeds in eastern North America and migrates toward Central America for winter. Breeding males are bright blue.

• Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus

  The Band-rumped Swift occurs from Central America to northern South America. In Guyana’s Iwokrama it flies over forest, open areas and water.

• Owston's Tit Sittiparus owstoni

  This tit inhabits forests on the southern Izu Islands. It eats insects as well as seeds and nuts.

• Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus

  This hawk lives in tropical forests of western and central Africa. It has a long tail, and adults occur in pale and dark forms.

• Cuban Bullfinch Melopyrrha nigra

  This black bird inhabits Cuba and nearby islands and has white on the shoulders and outer flight feathers. Males have a blue-violet gloss, while females are duller black.

• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

  This large petrel ranges widely over the Southern Ocean and breeds in burrows on vegetated island slopes.

• Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi

  This small bird occurs in miombo woodland. A survey in northern Mozambique found it on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga and recorded up to four territorial individuals in a day.

• Happy Wren Pheugopedius felix

  This wren is endemic to western Mexico. A white eyebrow, black-and-white flecking on the face and neck, and a rufous crown and upper back distinguish it. It lives in second growth and forest edges, feeding mainly on invertebrates.

• Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis

  A large pheasant-family bird of high mountains from Central Asia to the Himalaya.

• Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi

  An adult of the nominate subspecies has a pale gray crown and sandy body, with a white eye-ring and black bill.

• Silvery-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes brevis

  A forest bird with silvery facial feathers and a large bill.

• Red-headed Falcon Falco chicquera

  This falcon is marked by a chestnut-red head and cheek stripe. The account here covers the nominate subspecies in South Asia.

• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

  A tern that travels from Arctic breeding grounds to Antarctic waters with the seasons. In Britain, it breeds along northern coasts.

• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris

  This bulbul occurs across parts of Central and East Africa. BirdLife lists moist lowland and montane forests among its major habitats.

• Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva

  This large parrot has a green body, blue forehead, and yellow face. It lives in South American forests and savannas, eating nuts and other plant foods.

• Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni

  This small monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. It uses moist forest and may also live in well-wooded parks and gardens.

• Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

  This small forest bird has a grayish head and rufous-brown back. It stays in the lower forest growth and searches for food in pairs or small groups.