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• Smoky Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fumigatus

  

  This flycatcher inhabits Andean forests. It is dark brown with pale mottling on the throat; one nest on a dead stump was reported in Ecuador.

• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

  A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.

• Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor

  The Red-necked Crake ranges from eastern Indonesia through New Guinea to northeastern Australia. Adults are chestnut from the head to the breast.

• Palau Ground Dove Pampusana canifrons

  This ground dove lives on Palau’s islands. A male specimen was described with a grey head and breast and a bronze-toned back.

• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

  A brown-and-buff heron that can blend into marsh vegetation by stretching its neck and pointing its bill upward.

• Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembaensis

  The Pemba Scops Owl is found only on Pemba Island off northern Tanzania. It is nocturnal, and its plumage ranges from light brown to russet.

• Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus

  The Forest Raven is a large corvid with black plumage and a white eye-ring. In Tasmania it is found from forests to coasts.

• 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.

• Apricot-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris buettikoferi

  Males have dark metallic blue-violet patches on the throat and chest, including an orange chest patch. A Sumba survey recorded the species more often at forest edges than in forest interiors.

• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer

  An identification guide describes this warbler among rocks and boulders near the upper rhododendron zone, with streamside vegetation used in winter.

• Black-capped Speirops Zosterops lugubris

  This white-eye occurs throughout São Tomé in forest and plantations. Cornell Lab's eBird account says it prefers highland forest above 900 m.

• Buff-spotted Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus

  This woodpecker lives in forests of the southern Philippines. Its back is orange-red, and pale spots mark its body.

• Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae

  This small bird occurs in Cameroon. Its species account notes a dark gray head and chestnut throat, while a government biodiversity report records one bird in the canopy of disturbed forest at Bali-Ngemba.

• Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii

  This thrush lives in the canopy of lowland Amazonian forest. It has dark brown upperparts, a rufous-brown belly, and a yellow bill and eye-ring skin.

• Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii

  This canary occurs from Tanzania west to Zambia and northern Malawi. It has a long, slightly notched tail and feeds on small seeds and other foods along woodland edges and in open country.

• Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

  The Indian Cuckooshrike occurs on the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka. The male described from India has gray upperparts, a dark face mask, and fine gray bars on its white belly.

• Philippine Magpie-Robin Copsychus mindanensis

  The Philippine Magpie-Robin is endemic to the Philippines. It has a white belly and all-black tail and also lives in open forest, second growth, farmland, gardens, and scrub.

• Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis

  A small North American bird whose plumage varies from grey to brown by region, with white outer tail feathers that flash in flight.

• Philippine Spine-tailed Swift Mearnsia picina

  This Philippine spinetail has long wings and a short tail. It catches insects while flying above forest.

• Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis

  The Crested Eagle is a large raptor of mature forests and foothills in Central and South America. It often perches in the canopy and can be difficult to spot.

• White-fronted Chat Epthianura albifrons

  The White-fronted Chat occurs across southern Australia, including Tasmania, from Shark Bay to the Queensland–New South Wales border. It uses damp, open places with low vegetation.

• Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae

  This forest bird is endemic to Tinian. Juveniles have a yellow bill base and buff tips on the wing bars and rump, which distinguish them from adults.

• Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris

  This swallow occurs in western Peru and Ecuador, from lowlands to Andean foothills. The Peru Aves account describes it over scrub, deciduous woodland, and farmland.

• Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons

  The Rufous-capped Warbler has a striking rufous-and-white head and a yellow throat and breast. It searches for insects in low brush and builds a domed nest on the ground.