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• Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus

  

  This icterid occurs in the Amazon basin. tanagrinus.

• Madanga Madanga ruficollis

  This mountain bird is known only from Buru Island, Indonesia. During a 2006 survey, birds at 1,750 m clung to tree bark and fed in a nuthatch-like manner. Its habitat was described as montane forest with abundant epiphytes and stunted trees.

• Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda

  The Eastern Cattle Egret is mostly white, but its head, neck, and breast turn orange during breeding. It uses open grassland, fields, and wetlands and moves seasonally.

• Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani

  A hornbill with a black body and white tail, living in forests of the Sulu Archipelago in the southern Philippines.

• Nimba Flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae

  This black flycatcher is recorded in Sierra Leone’s Gola Forest National Park. It lives inside primary forest and catches insects in the canopy or from crevices in branches.

• Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris

  The Madagascar Wagtail has a gray head and back, a white eyebrow, and a narrow black breast band. It forages on the ground near water in Madagascar.

• Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis

  The Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher occurs on Sulawesi and Lembeh Island. It waits for prey from low branches in forest and catches invertebrates on the ground.

• Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus

  A small bird of conifer forests in Alaska and northern Canada. It has a brown cap and hides food in autumn for winter.

• Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis

  This tanager occurs in Colombia's lowlands and foothills. It has been recorded foraging for fruit and insects in trees.

• Grey-winged Cotinga Lipaugus conditus

  This cotinga was recorded in mountain cloud forests in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A field report described calling males as similar to females but brighter, with a greyer face.

• Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata

  A tern of islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Observations on Kerguelen showed it feeding on fish and crustaceans at sea as well as small land invertebrates.

• Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii

  This cuckooshrike is described from the canopy of tall forest in New Guinea. It has an orange-yellow body and black wings with white bars.

• Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi

  Verreaux's Coua lives in southwestern Madagascar. Its grey crest and blue bare skin around the eyes are distinctive, and it often spends time in trees.

• Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus

  The Mountain Caracara lives in open grasslands of the Andes. It hunts small animals and also feeds on carrion.

• Cuban Green Woodpecker Xiphidiopicus percussus

  The Cuban Green Woodpecker is endemic to Cuba. It climbs along branches to look for insects and can excavate nest cavities in smaller trunks and branches.

• 'Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis

  This forest bird is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Adults are dark brown above and white below, and the throat differs between males and females. It searches foliage for small arthropods and also catches prey in flight.

• Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes

  The Greater Hoopoe-Lark is a desert bird with sandy plumage, a long tail, and a down-curved bill. It is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus

  The Little Weaver lives in African savanna and open woodland. A breeding male has a black facial mask, and the bird is often seen alone.

• Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata

  The Black-and-white Owl is a nocturnal owl with bold black-and-white bars across its chest and neck.

• Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus

  The Red-legged Thrush has blue-grey to slate-grey upperparts and bright reddish-orange legs. Its plumage varies among islands, and some subspecies have conspicuous white tail tips.

• Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus

  The Green Shrike-Vireo ranges from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama. It occurs in humid forest canopies and second-growth woodland in lowlands and foothills.

• Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul

  The Chestnut-backed Antbird is described as an understory bird of lowland tropical forest from Honduras to Ecuador. The committee page describes five subspecies in two broad groups distinguished in part by white wing spots.

• Streak-breasted Bulbul Hypsipetes siquijorensis

  This bulbul is divided among four Central Philippine islands: Tablas, Romblon, Siquijor, and Cebu. It uses forest edges and secondary growth, but in degraded places it occurs only where forest remains nearby.

• Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa

  The male has a blue back and yellow underparts. This euphonia lives in humid forests from Panama through Ecuador and mainly eats fruit.