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• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata

  The Chestnut-capped Babbler is a small, skulking bird. A field study in southern West Bengal recorded it in grasslands along the Rupnarayan and Damodar rivers.

• Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi

  This small hornbill lives in savannas and open woodland in West Africa. Its pied plumage and long, slender red bill stand out.

• Rusty-tinged Antpitta Grallaria przewalskii

  This antpitta is endemic to Peru and searches for food near the ground in montane forest. It has a brown back, with rusty coloring on the sides of the head and neck.

• Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes

  The Puerto Rican Owl is endemic to Puerto Rico. It occurs from forest to urban settings and feeds on insects and other small prey.

• Cloud Cisticola Cisticola textrix

  This small cisticola lives in grasslands of southern Africa. The western Cape nominate form has streaking on the underside that can help identify it.

• Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris

  The Emerald Starling is a West African starling with a restricted range in savanna woodland and open woodland.

• Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis

  The Udzungwa Forest Partridge was described from restricted montane forest in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. It walks on the forest floor in small groups while searching for food.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.

• Guadeloupe Woodpecker Melanerpes herminieri

  This woodpecker occurs on Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre in Guadeloupe. It uses several island habitats, including humid forest, semi-deciduous forest, and mangroves.

• African Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys alienus

  This finch occurs in Morocco’s mountains; a localized range in Algeria’s Aurès is reported in the literature. A male specimen from Glaoui had an ashy hindneck, a rosy-white throat, and a brown rump and upper-tail coverts.

• Gadwall Mareca strepera

  The male has fine gray patterning and a distinctive black rear.

• Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae

  A 17–18 cm dove with extensive orange bare skin around the eye and pale scaling on the back and wings. In Bolivia it uses dry slopes and grasslands and searches for food on the ground.

• Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina

  This antbird occurs from Central America into northern South America. Males are dark gray with white tips on the wings and tail; females are olive-brown above and rufous below. Pairs forage for insects along lowland forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

  This minivet uses open forest, forest edges and secondary growth. It is recorded in mountains at 900–2,450 m and gleans invertebrates from trees.

• Striped Wren-Babbler Kenopia striata

  The Striped Wren-Babbler is a small bird with white streaks on its dark head and chestnut back. It searches for small insects close to the ground in moist lowland forest, especially swampy areas.

• Grey Thornbill Acanthiza cinerea

  A small thornbill with grey upperparts and a white underside, active in the canopy of montane forest.

• Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus

  The Reunion Bulbul is a forest bird endemic to Réunion. Its gray-black plumage contrasts with a bright orange bill and legs, and it has a crest. It eats fruit and insects.

• Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus

  A small falcon whose males and females have different plumage. It breeds in eastern Europe and Central Asia, then migrates to southern Africa, where it may roost in flocks.

• Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana

  This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli

  Bell's Sparrow lives in dry scrub and has a greyish head. It searches for seeds and insects near shrubs.

• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

  This cuckoo has rufous-brown, finely streaked plumage and a long white-tipped tail. The museum account describes the Indian nominate subspecies walking and feeding on the ground in dry scrub.

• Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris

  The Rufous-bellied Tit lives in hilly broadleaf woodland and searches tree branches for small invertebrates.