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• Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii

  

  This small lorikeet is native to Rimatara. It is often recorded in plantations and around villages where flowers and fruit are plentiful, and feeds on nectar.

• Yellow-tufted Dacnis Dacnis egregia

  A small dacnis of humid Colombian forests and forest edges. Males are bright blue and yellow and forage for insects and fruit in the canopy.

• Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea

  The Golden Swallow has bronzy to golden iridescence on its upperparts. This entry focuses on the Hispaniolan subspecies, which has been studied in the field and during breeding.

• Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae

  The Rosy-throated Longclaw is a shy bird of wet grassland with striking pink underparts.

• Satanic Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus

  The Satanic Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of Sulawesi. Males have a white throat band and females a pale buff band.

• Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda

  A long-tailed raptor of New Guinea. It can be seen circling slowly with wings spread above the forest canopy.

• Colombian Mountain Grackle Macroagelaius subalaris

  This grackle inhabits Andean forests in eastern Colombia. Cooperative breeding has been reported, with several members of a group helping to build nests and care for young.

• Black Tern Chlidonias niger

  The North American subspecies of Black Tern flies over freshwater wetlands during breeding and catches small fish and insects.

• Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola

  This small owl lives in cloud forests from western Ecuador into Colombia. It may be active by day or night and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans

  The Cricket Warbler is a pale, long-tailed bird of the Sahel. It lives in dry acacia scrub and savanna, often in pairs or small family groups.

• Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

  The Wattled Starling lives in dry grasslands and other open habitats in Africa and may move in flocks to find food. Breeding males have black wattles on the head.

• White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura

  This ptarmigan inhabits alpine areas of western North America. Its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathers cover its feet.

• Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans

  The Blackish Rail is about 28.5 cm long and is described as rare and local in Peru. Records there include lowland Amazonian forest in Madre de Dios and Andean foothills farther north.

• Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans

  This 26–32 cm woodpecker forages on trunks and branches by day, taking invertebrates from bark.

• White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta

  The White-vented Euphonia lives in humid tropical forest and nearby vegetation. Males have a dark throat and yellow belly, while females are olive above; the birds mainly search for fruit in the canopy.

• Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata

  This New Zealand endemic duck has white-headed females and black-headed males. Pairs are often seen together.

• Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta

  The Plain-breasted Ground Dove feeds on seeds and fruit on the ground in dry grasslands and other open habitats. Males have a blue-gray head; females are paler.

• Spot-winged Antbird Myrmelastes leucostigma

  This antbird lives in Amazonian forest. Males are gray with white wing bars, females are brown with rufous wing spots, and the birds forage in wet places inside forest.

• Pied Cuckooshrike Coracina bicolor

  A cuckooshrike of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Males are sharply black and white, while females are dark gray and white; it uses lowland and hill forest.

• Brown-eared bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis

  A bird found among trees in Japanese woods and towns. A brown area behind the eye and across the cheek is a useful identifying feature.

• White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila

  The White-tipped Plantcutter shows strong sex differences in plumage. Males have a red forehead and underparts, while females are grey with dark streaks.

• Red-fronted Macaw Ara rubrogenys

  This large parrot has red on its forehead, shoulders, and thighs, with blue on its wings. It occurs in central Bolivia and uses dry woodland and thorn scrub.

• Chaco Sparrow Rhynchospiza strigiceps

  This sparrow uses dry grassland and scrub in South America. It breeds in north-central Argentina, and some birds move seasonally into Bolivia and Paraguay.

• Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii

  The Black-hooded Coucal is a cuckoo relative recorded on Mindoro in the Philippines. Records describe it moving through dense lowland-forest thickets along branches.