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• Ecuadorian Cacique Cacicus sclateri

  

  A black cacique recorded in the northwestern Amazon. Its blue iris and pale yellow bill stand out against its dark plumage.

• Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii

  Males have sky-blue plumage with a dark purplish throat and belly; females are brown and scaly. The species inhabits lowland forest canopy from eastern Panama to northwestern Ecuador.

• Malayan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron peninsulae

  This laughingthrush lives in montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its cinnamon-brown body, olive-yellow wings, and narrow white eye-ring stand out.

• Pied Lapwing Hoploxypterus cayanus

  The Pied Lapwing is a small South American lapwing found east of the Andes. Its red legs and bold black, white, and sandy-brown plumage stand out.

• Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba

  The Phoenix Petrel is a pelagic seabird with a dark brown head clearly set off from its white belly. It ranges over the central Pacific and takes squid and other prey near the sea surface.

• Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis

  This small bird occurs widely across Madagascar, and its plumage varies by sex and subspecies. It searches for insects near the forest floor.

• Halmahera Cuckooshrike Coracina parvula

  The Halmahera Cuckooshrike lives in forest and mountain habitat and searches trees for small invertebrates. The colour description is limited to one distant observation on Halmahera.

• Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris

  Male Narrow-tailed Starlings are glossy blue-black, while females are grey with chestnut flight feathers. They feed mainly on fruit and flock in the canopy.

• Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata

  In southwestern and western South Africa, the older broad treatment of Corypha apiata recorded a grayer population. A wing-clapping display flight is also reported.

• Blue jay Cyanocitta cristata

  A jay of woodlands and parks in eastern North America. Blue, white and black feathers and a raised crest are conspicuous.

• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla

  The Black-headed Waxbill is a 10–11 cm bird of forest clearings and lowland, partly open habitats in Central Africa.

• Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris

  The Gray-rumped Swift is a slender, dark swift that forages in flocks in Bolivia.

• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata

  This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.

• Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus

  The Northern Masked Weaver lives in semi-arid savanna in northeast Africa. Breeding males have a black facial mask on a yellow body, and colonies can form near water.

• Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis

  The Standard-winged Nightjar is an African migrant whose breeding males grow long ornamental wing feathers.

• Pale Spiderhunter Arachnothera dilutior

  The Pale Spiderhunter is recorded on Palawan in the Philippines. It uses forests and forest edges as well as cultivated banana areas. It feeds on nectar and insects and has a long curved bill.

• Pacific Parakeet Psittacara strenuus

  This parakeet ranges from Mexico to Nicaragua. It is mainly green, feeds chiefly on seeds and fruit, and uses forests and other green areas.

• Pygmy Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis

  This small parrot, about 11 cm long, lives on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is green with a red throat patch and rump, and hanging parrots rest upside down.

• Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa

  A large pigeon with a white body and black wing tips. It feeds on fruit while moving among islands and coastal forests.

• Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana

  The Peruvian Wren is rufous with dark bars and a noticeable grey eyebrow. It searches the understory in pairs or family groups in humid mountain forest on Peru's eastern Andean slope.

• Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata

  This small swallow lives in scattered parts of southern Africa. It can be overlooked among similar swallows, yet recorded nest sites range from animal burrows to buildings and bridges.

• Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei

  A small owl with gray and rufous plumage forms, it lives in mountains and foothills.

• Calayan Rail Aptenorallus calayanensis

  This rail is known only from Calayan Island in the northern Philippines. The 2004 description reported it as common in forest over coralline limestone in the island's north-central area.

• Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi

  This small antwren is recorded in humid forest in northeastern Brazil. Males are gray and females are rufous-brown; a 2005 survey documented one male in a forested valley with a stream and dense lianas.