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• Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

  

  The Yellow-streaked Greenbul has a gray head, gray-brown back, and white throat. It occurs patchily in eastern and southern African forests and feeds mainly on arthropods.

• Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata

  A small, social bird widespread south of the Sahara. A Southern African account describes flocks feeding on grass seeds in grassy and scrubby places and along woodland edges.

• Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

  The Southern Giant Petrel occurs in brown and rarer white phases. It breeds on Southern Ocean islands and the Antarctic Continent and is a distinct species from the related Northern Giant Petrel.

• Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis

  The Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo is a small cuckoo of New Guinea's humid mountain forests. Its throat and underparts are rufous, crossed by broad dark bars.

• Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus

  The Brown Babbler's pale lores and chin stand out against its brown plumage. It searches the ground for insects and other invertebrates in scrub and acacia thickets.

• Chestnut-bellied Cotinga Doliornis remseni

  The Chestnut-bellied Cotinga is recorded in the high Andes of Ecuador and Colombia. A 2008 paper reported one male observed in 2006 at Llanganates National Park, Ecuador, and described its habitat.

• Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus

  The Eastern Whip-poor-will is a nocturnal bird whose mottled gray-brown plumage blends into the forest floor. It hunts flying insects at dusk and night in open woods.

• Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris

  The Tawny Pipit walks through dry, open country and searches for food on the ground.

• Black Falcon Falco subniger

  The Black Falcon is a large falcon spread across much of mainland Australia. It uses open habitats in arid and semi-arid areas, including wooded watercourses.

• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis

  This weaver occurs widely in parts of southern, central, and eastern Africa. Males change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding plumages, and the birds eat grass seeds as well as insects.

• Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni

  This parakeet has large yellow patches on its wings. It forms flocks in Costa Rica's mountains and nests in tree cavities.

• Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons

  This tanager occurs in lowland forests from eastern Costa Rica to Panama. Its nest was described in detail for the first time from a 2023 observation in Costa Rica.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• Frilled Coquette Lophornis magnificus

  The Frilled Coquette is a small hummingbird found in Brazil. At one reserve in Santa Catarina, one adult male was repeatedly recorded visiting a garden feeder and flying into nearby riparian forest.

• Manus Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx dispar

  A small kingfisher endemic to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Males and females differ in head coloration.

• Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus

  Plumage brightness varies across the Bolivian account: a paler subspecies occurs through most of the country, while another is recorded in several northern areas.

• Sulawesi Myna Basilornis celebensis

  The Sulawesi Myna is a starling with a rounded crest and pale patches on its glossy black plumage. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands.

• 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.

• Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni

  A lark of arid land along the southern Sahara margin; it may move after rain.

• Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus

  A rounded partridge with a short tail that lives in thickets and grassy places.

• Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis lividus

  This large tyrant occurs in dry hills of central Chile. Breeding records describe slopes with thorny shrubs, cacti, and Puya bromeliads.

• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata

  The male stands out with a green and copper sheen on its head and long, curved ornamental feathers.

• Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus

  This waterbird inhabits wetlands in the Philippines. An older handbook describes the adult male in slate blue to deep navy, while a current species page lists sheltered, slow or still waters fringed with reeds.

• Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea

  The Ruddy Pigeon is usually found in the canopy or subcanopy of mature forest. In Peru it is recorded in Andean foothill forest and humid forest in far northwestern Tumbes.