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• Crimson-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura perlata

  

  The Crimson-bellied Parakeet is green with a red belly and eats fruit and flowers. Wild birds may be seen in small flocks.

• Moluccan King Parrot Alisterus amboinensis

  This parrot lives in forests on Indonesian islands, including the Moluccas. The six subspecies differ in plumage.

• Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata

  The Spectacled Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon recorded in North Maluku, Indonesia.

• Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii

  The Buff-fronted Owl has a rufous face and white spots on its wings and tail. Argentine records place it in forests in the northeast and northwest of the country.

• Spix's Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis striata

  The species account classifies this antbird as a forest-dwelling invertivore. In Anapu, Pará, two nests were documented in dense terra firme forest in April 2016.

• Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris

  This sparrowhawk occurs in fragmented parts of eastern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. In southern Africa, slate-grey upperparts and plain rufous underparts are distinctive.

• Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus

  The Cinnamon Woodpecker has cinnamon-colored upperparts and wavy black barring. Plumage and barring vary among subspecies and individuals; males have a red throat, while females have a uniformly rufous head.

• Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula

  A forest cuckoo found only in Jamaica. Red bare skin around the eye and a long tail with white spots are distinctive. It walks along branches while searching for lizards and insects.

• Humboldt's Sapphire Chrysuronia humboldtii

  This hummingbird is recorded along Colombia's Pacific coast. In a 19th-century account the male has a blue head and throat, while the female has a coppery back. It feeds on nectar and visits flowering mangroves.

• Short-billed Honeycreeper Cyanerpes nitidus

  This is a honeycreeper with a short bill. In 2000, one male was recorded at Brownsberg Nature Park in Suriname.

• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei

  The Harlequin Quail lives in grasslands, and males and females have different plumage.

• Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa

  The Maccoa Duck is a diving duck with disjunct populations in eastern and southern Africa. The breeding male has a blue bill and chestnut body; the female is brown with a pale eye stripe.

• Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda

  The Thorn-tailed Rayadito is a small bird of southern South American temperate forests and scrub. The tips of its tail feathers look thorn-like.

• Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi

  Its gray plumage has buff wing patches and a white eyering. In western North American mountain forests, it eats mostly insects while breeding and fruit, especially juniper berries, in winter.

• Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea

  The Yellow-throated Euphonia lives in Central American woodland. Males have blue upperparts and bright yellow underparts, while females are more subdued green.

• Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae

  This small flycatcher ranges along the Andes from southwestern Colombia through Ecuador and Peru to central Bolivia. It occurs at edges of humid montane forest.

• Congo Moor Chat Myrmecocichla tholloni

  A field-guide account describes a dark brown bird with pale areas on the face, throat, upper breast and lower belly, plus a white wing patch. A Congo reserve survey found it common in open grassland.

• White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons

  A small Amazon parrot marked by a white forehead and red face, it feeds on different plants as local and seasonal conditions change.

• Flores Hanging-parrot Loriculus flosculus

  The Flores Hanging Parrot is a small green parrot. Males have a red mark on the throat, and the species eats fruit and nectar.

• Inca Dove Columbina inca

  The Inca Dove is a small dove that walks on the ground to find seeds in dry, open places. Its feathers have a scaly-looking pattern.

• White-fronted Scops Owl Otus sagittatus

  The White-fronted Scops-owl ranges from southern Myanmar through Thailand to the Malay Peninsula. It has a white forehead and brows and uses forest understorey.

• Unicolored Antwren Myrmotherula unicolor

  The Unicolored Antwren occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It searches leaves for food and also probes creases in dead foliage for small arthropods.

• Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens

  In the Argentine account, the Crane Hawk is a raptor that walks through wetlands, grasslands, and woodland while searching for food. It has a bluish-gray back and gray-and-white barring.

• Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus

  The Laced Woodpecker has a green back and yellowish underparts. The male has a red crown and nape, while those areas are black in the female.