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• Black-billed Flycatcher Aphanotriccus audax

  

  This small flycatcher occurs locally from eastern Panama to northern Colombia. The male has an olive-grey crown.

• Great Hanging Parrot Loriculus stigmatus

  The Great Hanging Parrot is a small parrot found mainly on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is active by day and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii

  A large pigeon of forests around New Guinea, it is marked by a black collar and maroon back and may move as fruit availability changes.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli

  This seabird breeds in the Hawaiian Islands. It has a dark back and white underparts, nests in the island highlands, and catches squid and fish at sea.

• Campo Troupial Icterus jamacaii

  Campo Troupials occur in northeastern Brazil, extending south to Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo. Adults have orange, black, and white plumage; juveniles are duller, with brownish-black areas and pale orange-yellow underparts. They may use domed stick nests built by other birds.

• Fernando Po Speirops Zosterops brunneus

  This bird occurs on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. It is chocolate brown overall, darker near the face and paler on the flanks and vent, with a blue-gray bill and legs; it is found almost exclusively in the island's high alpine zone.

• Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum

  The Rufescent Tiger-Heron has a long rufous neck and a streaked throat, and waits for prey by the water. Adult and juvenile plumages differ greatly.

• Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata

  A flycatcher whose wing markings differ between males and females.

• Grey-backed Wagtail Motacilla clara

  This long-tailed gray wagtail catches insects along humid streams. The Ethiopian population is resident, while birds elsewhere may move locally.

• Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi

  The Marquesan Kingfisher was recorded on Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands by a 2011 survey. In forest it eats insects and small lizards and nests in tree cavities.

• Collared Warbling Finch Poospiza hispaniolensis

  The Collared Warbling Finch occurs in Ecuador and Peru. Males show a white eyebrow and breast band, while females are browner and have dark streaks on the breast and belly.

• Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii

  The Green-and-black Fruiteater eats fruit in the canopy and middle levels of Andean montane forest. Males in northern Peru show striking green and black plumage.

• Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

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

• Bismarck Cicadabird Coracina remota

  A cicadabird of the Bismarck Archipelago. Females are described with a gray crown and chestnut back.

• Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus

  A long-tailed cuckoo with a black bill that hides in woods and thickets while waiting for large insects.

• Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus maculatus

  A small woodpecker of Philippine forests. This entry covers the three subspecies aligned with the candidate taxon and excludes the Sulu population.

• Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris

  This entry covers records from Santa Isabel and Guadalcanal. The nominate form has a chestnut belly, and field notes record nesting in a tree fork.

• Maghreb Lark Galerida macrorhyncha

  This lark was treated as a distinct Maghreb form in a field study. Moroccan observations described a larger, longer bill than in Crested Larks and records from breeding sites with less vegetation cover.

• Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae

  Katanga Masked-Weavers live in wetlands with reeds and nearby woodland. Breeding males have a black facial mask, and the width of the yellow forehead band varies by region.

• Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum

  This tiny owl is endemic to western Mexico. It occurs in pine and semi-deciduous forests and is also reported from coffee plantations.

• Campina Thrush Turdus arthuri

  The Campina Thrush occurs in the Guianas and northern Amazonia, with records in savanna and at forest edges. A South American committee proposal summarizes why it is treated separately from Turdus ignobilis.

• Klages's Antwren Myrmotherula klagesi

  This small antwren lives in the canopy of lowland floodplain forest in northern Brazil. Males are black and white; females have buff streaks.

• Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis

  This bulbul is endemic to Palawan. Adults have an olive body, fine white crown streaks and a yellow belly; the guide records insects and fruit among its foods.