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• Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex

  

  The Cream-vented Bulbul is olive-brown with a white eye-ring. It occurs from the Thai-Malay Peninsula through Indonesia and uses forest and secondary growth.

• Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

  A North American tern of wetlands and coasts whose head pattern changes between breeding and nonbreeding plumage.

• Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens

  The Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.

• Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus

  Bonaparte's Nightjar is a small nightjar of lowland forests in Southeast Asia. It catches insects in flight after dusk and rests among dense foliage by day.

• Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta

  Both sexes have a plum-colored head spot, while only the male has a dark chin spot. The JCU page documents a local occurrence in Townsville.

• Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus

  This thrush ranges from eastern and southern Mexico into Central America. Males are dark, while females are browner and differ in appearance.

• Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis

  This tanager has dark plumage covered in iridescent blue-green spots. It occurs in Andean cloud forest from Venezuela to Bolivia.

• Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo

  The Buff-headed Coucal is a large coucal of the Solomon Islands' humid forests. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black body with a buff head and chest.

• New Guinea Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx solitarius

  This small kingfisher has blue upperparts and honey-colored underparts. It ranges across New Guinea and nearby islands; a Raja Ampat account records it inside forest.

• Ochraceous Piculet Picumnus limae

  The Ochraceous Piculet is a small woodpecker of northeastern Brazil. Its underside grades from pale in the north to brown farther south.

• Ornate Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla ornata

  The Ornate Stipplethroat occurs in the lower and middle forest layers of the Amazon region. It has been reported moving through hanging dead leaves while foraging.

• Apo Myna Goodfellowia miranda

  The Apo Myna is a mountain bird of Mindanao, notable for its crest and bare yellow skin around the eyes.

• Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala

  The Ashy-headed Goose is a small sheldgoose of Chile and southern Argentina. The sexes have similar plumage, and the birds use wetlands and grasslands in different seasons.

• Streaked Barwing Actinodura souliei

  This barwing occurs in parts of China and Vietnam. Its crest is pointed, and the crown and ear-coverts are silver-gray and streaked. Markings and tail pattern differ between subspecies.

• Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

  This icterid is endemic to Colombia. The sexes look alike, and small groups live in the canopy of cloud forest.

• Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus

  This large eagle has a crest and a barred tail. Studies in South Africa report that it feeds mainly on mammals.

• Pacific Hornero Furnarius cinnamomeus

  This hornero ranges from western Ecuador to southwestern Colombia and northwestern Peru. It is cinnamon-colored, with a grey-brown crown and white eyebrow and throat. It searches on the ground for arthropods and snails, and builds an oven-shaped mud nest.

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike ranges from eastern Mexico to central Argentina. Its grey head has a reddish eyebrow and brown crown marks; its back is olive and its throat and belly yellow. It uses forest, scrub, and plantations and eats insects and fruit.

• Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova

  This lark lives in open parts of Madagascar. Its pale-brown body has dark streaks, and it searches for seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Bonin White-eye Apalopteron familiare

  The Bonin White-eye is a small bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands and now lives on Hahajima and nearby small islands. Historical records also describe a population with yellow, green, and black markings.

• Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii

  This small bird hides near the ground in dense grass. Its olive-washed face and fine black breast streaks are useful clues.

• Bonaparte's Parakeet Pyrrhura lucianii

  Bonaparte's Parakeet is mostly green, with dark red on the forehead, around the eyes, and on the abdomen. It inhabits lowland humid and semi-humid forest and nests in abandoned woodpecker holes. Older classifications included it within the Pyrrhura picta complex.

• Pygmy Cuckooshrike Coracina abbotti

  This small cuckooshrike is restricted to Sulawesi, where it inhabits montane forest. Current accounts place it in Celebesica.

• Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata

  The Greater Striped Swallow stands out for its rufous forehead and rump and deeply forked tail. It breeds mainly in southern Africa, builds mud nests, and catches insects in flight.