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• Green-backed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus

  

  The Green-backed Kingfisher is a large forest kingfisher of northern Sulawesi and nearby islands. It is marked by a blue head, white throat, green back, and rufous breast.

• Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor

  A small Andean bird found in forest canopy and high native scrub. Its glossy blue back contrasts with a black head and chest and rufous underparts.

• Karoo Scrub Robin Erythropygia coryphoeus

  The Karoo Scrub Robin lives in dry shrubland in South Africa and southern Namibia. It searches for insects among low bushes and on the ground. The pool's older genus name is updated to Cercotrichas coryphaeus as used by the source.

• African Crake Crecopsis egregia

  A small rail that moves through grass. It has mottled upperparts and bold black-and-white bars visible in flight.

• Grey-capped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseocapilla

  The Grey-capped Tyrannulet is a small bird with a gray head, green back, and yellowish flanks. In eastern Brazil's Atlantic Forest highlands, it takes insects from outer tree branches and also eats small fruit.

• Sunda Crow Corvus enca

  The Sunda Crow is a black crow with a slender bill and a purplish sheen. On Borneo it also occurs along forest edges and near the coast.

• Snethlage's Antpitta Hylopezus paraensis

  This antpitta occurs in the southern Brazilian Amazon. A 2012 revision treated it as a lineage distinguished from relatives by vocal and genetic evidence.

• Rote Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis

  The Rote Leaf-warbler was described from Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2018 study reports its appearance and behavior from observations on the island.

• Moluccan Hanging Parrot Loriculus amabilis

  This small parrot lives in the North Moluccas. It feeds on fruit in the forest canopy and is seen alone, in pairs, or in small groups.

• Cachar Bulbul Iole cacharensis

  A bulbul of northeastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. Its plumage is similar to a close relative, while its call offers an identification clue.

• Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa

  The Yellow-rumped Thornbill occurs in open woodland and grassland in eastern and southeastern Australia. Its yellow rump is distinctive, and it often feeds for insects on the ground.

• Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata

  Male Black-throated Sunbirds have a black throat and breast, a maroon back, and a purple iridescent head. They use forests and forest edges and feed mainly on nectar.

• Rondonia Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis ochrogyna

  This antbird occurs in the Brazilian states of Rondônia and Mato Grosso and eastern Bolivia. Males have black-and-white streaks, while females have browner heads and backs.

• Tumbes Sparrow Rhynchospiza stolzmanni

  This sparrow has a finely streaked brown back, a striped head, and a gray underside. It forages on the ground in scrub. Most records cited here are from north-western Peru, with the species also occurring in Ecuador.

• Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus

  The Crowned Lapwing lives in open grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. Adults have a white ring around the black head and search the ground for ants, termites, and other insects.

• Blaze-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura devillei

  Adult Blaze-winged Parakeets are mostly green, with a gray-brown crown and red feathers at the bend of the wing. Wild birds eat fruit and other plant foods, including seeds, nuts, and flowers.

• Choco Vireo Vireo masteri

  It is recorded in humid montane primary cloud forest in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It searches the upper forest for small invertebrates.

• Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera

  The Golden-winged Warbler is a small North American migrant, with golden markings that stand out against its gray body.

• Fea's Petrel Pterodroma feae

  The Cape Verde Petrel spends most of its life at sea and returns to the highlands of the Cape Verde Islands to breed. It nests in rocky crevices and cavities.

• Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus

  This nightjar has dark brown plumage with pale and chestnut mottling, and rests in the lower growth of tropical forest.

• Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus

  A small woodpecker described from Costa Rica's mountain forests. Its brownish body has a small red crown-to-nape patch in males.

• Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus

  The Chestnut Weaver's breeding male stands out for its chestnut body and black face. Males weave nests from grasses and hang them from branches.

• Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis

  A small bird that walks across the high grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. It spends much of its time on the ground and nests in burrows.

• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

  This hummingbird ranges across southern South America. Its plumage shines golden green and its tail is bronze. It takes nectar as well as insects and small spiders.