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• Apurimac Spinetail Synallaxis courseni

  

  This spinetail is largely restricted to Peru’s Apurimac Valley, where it forages in dense humid montane undergrowth and second growth; juveniles lack the adult’s rufous crown.

• White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus

  An adult in breeding plumage has a black hood and white crescents around the eyes, but the irises are dark brown. This gull is endemic to the Red Sea.

• Cordillera Azul Antbird Myrmoderus eowilsoni

  This antbird is known from the Cordillera Azul of Peru. The describing paper reports it walking on the ground in humid montane forest and, at the time, known only from one ridge.

• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes

  This migrant breeds in Siberia and moves south, probing mud and rocks for food at estuaries and tidal flats.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki

  This finch of New Guinea feeds on seeds. Adult males stand out with a black face and breast, a reddish-brown back, and a yellow rump.

• MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila macgillivrayi

  A seabird breeding around St Paul Island in the southern Indian Ocean and on Gough Island in the South Atlantic. It eats small crustaceans at sea and ranges widely outside the breeding season.

• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

  The Lesser Coucal has black plumage and chestnut wings and may be seen basking among grassland shrubs. The observations and range shown here are from its native population in Singapore.

• Mount Victoria Babax Pterorhinus woodi

  A babbler recorded from northeastern India and western Myanmar. Its 1902 original description is of one specimen from Kanpetlet, and the authors were cautious about distinguishing it without comparative specimens.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis

  This fruiteater occurs in two separated parts of the eastern Andes. Males have red on the throat and breast, while females have green upperparts and scaled underparts; birds forage in humid montane forest.

• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka

  A nocturnal bird with intricate silver-grey and brown plumage.

• Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera

  The Correndera Pipit has a dark-streaked back and pale belly. It searches for insects in wet grassland near lakes and ponds.

• Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi

  Weyns’s Weaver occurs in central Africa, including around Lake Victoria and along the Congo River. Species accounts place it in seasonal swamp forest and lakeside vegetation; it is usually resident but may wander irregularly.

• Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius

  The Scaly-naped Amazon lives in Andean forests. This account separates the appearance and range of subspecies A. m. mercenarius from behavior reported for the species as a whole.

• Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii

  The Flame-faced Tanager lives in montane forest on the eastern Andes. Peru Aves does not assign sex to its adult examples and describes an orange face, black throat, and greenish-buff underside. It lists the Peruvian form as subspecies urubambae.

• Hooded Parrot Psephotellus dissimilis

  The Hooded Parrot lives in dry open woodland and grassland in northern Australia. It feeds on seeds on the ground and nests inside termite mounds.

• Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis

  A small hummingbird of the eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia. Its buff leg puffs and dark blue tail are useful field marks; it uses humid montane forest understory.

• Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx malaitae

  The Malaita Dwarf-Kingfisher is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands.

• Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys

  This large wren uses humid Andean montane forest, often around bamboo patches.

• White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis

  The White-shouldered Starling is marked by white shoulders and gathers in open areas with scattered trees.

• Puna Plover Charadrius alticola

  This small plover lives by high-Andean rivers and lakes. Its head and neck colors change between breeding and winter plumage.

• Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus

  The male Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark is recognizable by its chestnut-colored head. By day, it feeds on seeds on the ground in dry grassland and acacia scrub.

• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus

  A grouse of subarctic and subalpine North America. In many regions its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathered feet help it cope with snow and cold.

• White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme

  This very small tyrant flycatcher occurs in Amazonian lowlands and on the eastern Andean slopes. Its greyish olive body has a white forehead line between the eyes and pale wing-bars. It searches for tiny insects in mature forest canopy.