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• Grey-eyed Greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus

  

  This vireo relative lives in forest and scrub in eastern Brazil. Its gray iris and rufous crown stand out, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Thekla Lark Galerida theklae

  A lark with a rounded crest and dark streaks on the chest. Its food changes with the season, and it searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Zosterops capensis

  This southern African white-eye has a grey belly and flanks and lives in fynbos shrubland.

• Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis

  This forest falcon is recorded in Argentina. The Argentine account describes it moving through dense foliage and taking birds and reptiles.

• Perija Brush Finch Arremon perijanus

  This finch occurs in the forests of the Serranía de Perijá. A survey recorded solitary birds or pairs searching low secondary-forest undergrowth and forest edges.

• Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus

  The Mitred Parakeet is a green parakeet with a red face and a long tail. Its native range is on the eastern Andean foothills of southern South America, while escaped birds have formed local feral populations in parts of the United States.

• Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri

  The Atherton Scrubwren lives in upland rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It searches for insects on the forest floor and in the lower canopy.

• Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora

  It occurs on the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in moist lowland and foothill forest and at forest edges. Ecuadorian records extend to about 1,500 m.

• Cerulean Cuckooshrike Coracina temminckii

  This cuckooshrike is endemic to Sulawesi, where it inhabits mature hill and mountain forest. Adults are bluish, but juveniles and regional forms differ in color.

• Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa

  The Red-breasted Swallow is a sub-Saharan African swallow with rufous underparts and long tail streamers. Females and juveniles differ in their streamers or plumage, and seasonal movements vary by region.

• Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii

  A junglefowl endemic to Sri Lanka that forages on the ground in forest and scrub. Males and females differ markedly in plumage.

• Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou

  A long-tailed parrot of montane forest in northwestern New Guinea, with a red body and green wings.

• Altamira Yellowthroat Geothlypis flavovelata

  The Altamira Yellowthroat is a warbler of wetlands in northeastern Mexico. A field study in northern Veracruz recorded it in places with cattails and other wetland plants.

• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus

  This bird is marked by a white crown and rufous underparts. It ranges from western Africa into parts of eastern Africa, using open woodland and waterside thickets.

• White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera

  Its dark body contrasts with white wing tips and white undertail feathers. It swims in lakes and wetlands with abundant aquatic plants, sometimes in moderate-sized groups.

• Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis

  The Bronzy Sunbird occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Its head and back are iridescent bronze, and its dark central tail feathers are elongated. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea

  This bird is about 24 cm long and has a heavy bill. Near Mindo, it was observed repeatedly thrusting its bill sharply into the soil of a muddy forest trail.

• Jouanin's Petrel Bulweria fallax

  Jouanin's Petrel is a sooty-brown seabird of the northwestern Indian Ocean. It visits breeding sites at night and nests on the coastal cliffs of Socotra Island.

• Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius

  The Black-backed Cisticola occurs in African grasslands. It uses dry open grassland and savanna, and forages mainly for invertebrates on the ground.

• Island Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus

  A swiftlet of Micronesian islands, with blackish-brown upperparts and dark grey-brown underparts. It nests in caves using plant material and saliva.

• Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis

  The Bristle-thighed Curlew has a long, down-curved bill and a conspicuous head stripe. It breeds in western Alaska and migrates long distances to Pacific islands.

• Vogelkop Honeyeater Melidectes leucostephes

  This honeyeater is restricted to western New Guinea. It occurs in the mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula and also in the Fakfak and Kumawa ranges of the Bomberai Peninsula.

• Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus

  The Parrot Crossbill is a crossbill of northern Europe that searches for pine seeds. In Britain it is scarce, with small numbers sometimes arriving from the north in winter.

• Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha

  The Dimorphic Egret has dark and white plumage forms and breeds in Madagascar and along parts of the East African coast.