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• Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis

  

  The Sind Woodpecker lives in dry lowlands of Iran and Pakistan. It searches trunks and branches for food, and males and females differ in crown color.

• Bronze-tailed Comet Polyonymus caroli

  This hummingbird lives on the Pacific slope of the Peruvian Andes. It has bronzy-green upperparts and a white spot behind the eye, and takes nectar from flowering agaves and cacti.

• Orinoco Saltator Saltator orenocensis

  Orinoco Saltator is about 19 cm long. It uses dry to moist lowland forest and shrubland. The species page lists separate ranges for two subspecies across northern Colombia and Venezuela.

• Chestnut-headed Hill Partridge Arborophila cambodiana

  A partridge of southwestern Cambodia. The Cardamom Mountains population includes a locally described subspecies.

• Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri

  Bernier’s Teal is a duck of brackish lakes and wetlands in western Madagascar. It forms pairs in the breeding season and small groups at other times.

• Short-billed Leaftosser Sclerurus rufigularis

  Short-billed Leaftosser is a small leaftosser about 15–16 cm long. It uses humid forest understory and secondary growth, and searches on the ground for invertebrates. Oiseaux.net lists sound records from Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and French Guiana.

• Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster

  The male’s orange-yellow head and belly stand out against a blue-black body, while the female is browner overall. It eats mainly fruits and berries in moist forest and along its edges.

• Western Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis

  This flycatcher lives in lowland and foothill forests in Central and South America. Its very broad bill and faint pale eye-ring help identify it.

• Chorister Robin-Chat Cossypha dichroa

  The Chorister Robin-Chat is marked by its black hood and orange underparts. In southern Africa it lives in moist forests and searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis

  This African parrot is described with two subspecies. Their head and rump colors, ranges and woodland habitats differ.

• Red-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus dohertyi

  The Red-naped Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon marked by a red patch on the back of its neck. It forages in the canopy and middle storey of Sumba's forests and prefers primary forest at higher elevations.

• Giant Scops Owl Otus gurneyi

  A large scops owl that lives in forests in the Philippines.

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii

  Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.

• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus

  The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a small raptor that uses its long tail and short wings to maneuver through forests. Birds breeding in northern North America migrate south in autumn.

• White-headed Woodpecker Leuconotopicus albolarvatus

  This woodpecker has a white head and neck against a black body. It feeds heavily on pine seeds in mountainous forests of western North America.

• Cinnamon-throated Hermit Phaethornis nattereri

  The Cinnamon-throated Hermit lives in dry forest, savanna and woodland. It follows regular trap-lines between flowers and also eats insects. Its range includes separated areas in eastern Bolivia and Brazil, whose connection is uncertain.

• Great Inca Finch Incaspiza pulchra

  This finch is endemic to Peru and lives in dry scrub on the western Andes. A 2016-2017 study also recorded it at lower elevations in a coastal hill reserve in La Libertad.

• Gray Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii

  The Gray Junglefowl is a pheasant relative of forests and scrub in peninsular India. The sexes differ in plumage and leg colour, and males also have a seasonal plumage change.

• Chubut Steamer Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus

  The Chubut Steamer Duck is a flightless sea duck found along the Patagonian coast. A study at a breeding site recorded it feeding on crabs, mussels, and ragworms during low tide.

• Rufous-breasted Leaftosser Sclerurus scansor

  The Rufous-breasted Leaftosser lives in South American forests and searches leaf litter for small invertebrates. It has a dark face, a pale scaled throat and a chestnut rump.

• Twite Linaria flavirostris

  A small, mostly seed-eating finch with brown plumage. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in northern uplands, and some birds move to southern coasts in winter.

• White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in northern and central Argentina in open, dry country and shrub steppe. Males are black with conspicuous white wing patches.

• Luzon Water Redstart Rhyacornis bicolor

  The main reported range is the Central Cordillera and Sierra Madre on Luzon, Philippines. It catches aquatic invertebrates beside rocky streams and riparian thickets. Males are dark slaty blue above with chestnut rump, tail and belly; females are similar but duller. The sources use Phoenicurus bicolor; this entry retains the pool name Rhyacornis bicolor.

• Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis

  The Brown-hooded Parrot is a medium-sized parrot that feeds on fruit in the canopy of humid tropical forest. Costa Rican observations describe pairs and small flocks.