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• Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon Treron griseicauda

  

  This green pigeon has grey cheeks, and males also show a dark burgundy back. It searches for fruit in trees and may gather at fruiting trees.

• Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana

  This small owl is described in a regional account for northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. It is brown to reddish, with a pale underside marked by heavy brown streaks.

• Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus

  This antshrike has strongly different male and female plumage. It uses dense vegetation along humid forest edges in the eastern Andean foothills.

• Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus

  A mountain vulture with beard-like feathers below the beak and a diet centered on bone.

• Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius

  A woodpecker of Southeast Asian deciduous forests. Males are marked by a black face and a red crown patch.

• Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei

  A small hummingbird of humid mountain forest. The male has a green crown and ear coverts, and its upper throat shines emerald green.

• Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia

  This tanager ranges from Central America into northwestern South America. It uses the canopy and edges of moist lowland forest and may join mixed-species flocks in pairs.

• Natal Francolin Pternistis natalensis

  The Natal Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird with red legs and bold black-and-white barring. Small groups occur around rocky ground and thickets near water in southern Africa.

• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

  A small duck with a peaked crest and gray bill, also seen in wetlands in Cyprus.

• Little Thornbird Phacellodomus sibilatrix

  This ovenbird is recorded from thorny woods and open woodland in northern Argentina. It has dull olive-brown upperparts, with chestnut on the forehead and part of the wing. An old account describes a large twig-and-thorn nest placed in a tree branch.

• Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris

  The Yellow-collared Chlorophonia is a small bird whose male has a green head and yellow eye-ring. It forages in the canopy of humid forest, mainly for small fruits.

• Oustalet's Tyrannulet Phylloscartes oustaleti

  A small tyrannulet of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. It uses the canopy and subcanopy and occurs in mixed-species flocks.

• Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

  This small flycatcher lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas into Southeast Asia. Males are blue and orange; females are olive-brown.

• Grey parrot Psittacus erithacus

  An African forest parrot with grey plumage and a striking bright red tail.

• Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora

  The Pompadour Green Pigeon is endemic to Sri Lanka. It eats fruit and seeds in rainforest and other wet woodland.

• Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia

  A small, long-legged owl that uses burrows in the ground for nesting and shelter.

• Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum

  This uncommon antbird is known from two small areas of Loreto in northeastern Peru. It is closely associated with forest growing on sandy, nutrient-poor soil.

• Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana

  Cassin's Hawk-Eagle is a forest eagle marked in black and white, with a short crest. In humid tropical forest it is secretive and rarely seen soaring.

• Bar-bellied Woodpecker Veniliornis nigriceps

  This woodpecker occurs in the eastern Andes, in montane forest and scrub. It has olive-brown upperparts, barred underparts, and red on the male’s head; it forages near the ground.

• Violet-capped Hummingbird Goldmania violiceps

  The Violet-capped Hummingbird occurs in tropical forest from eastern Panama to northwestern Colombia. The male has a violet crown and forked chestnut tail, and visits flowers low in the forest.

• Common Cactus Finch Geospiza scandens

  The Common Cactus Finch lives in the dry zone of the Galápagos and often uses prickly pear cactus for food. Its long, pointed bill helps it take food from the cactus.

• Swamp Francolin Ortygornis gularis

  This ground-dwelling bird forages in wet grass and along wetland edges. It eats plants and seeds as well as invertebrates from the ground.

• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa

  A duck that breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in East Asia. In Hong Kong it is a scarce winter visitor to the Deep Bay area.

• Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina

  A ground-foraging bird of the high Andes. It searches the soil and spaces among rocks for arthropods.