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• Varied Solitaire Myadestes coloratus

  

  The Varied Solitaire has a gray crown and underparts, a black face, brown back, and orange bill and legs. It lives in humid mountain forest from southern Panama to northwestern Colombia.

• Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens

  The Double-collared Seedeater occurs at forest edges, in scrub, and near farmland. Males have a black face and double collar, while females are brown.

• Gray-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus

  The Grey-bellied Cuckoo lives in woodlands, gardens, and plantations across the Indian subcontinent. It moves among trees and shrubs, taking flying insects and other small prey.

• Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

  The Green Kingfisher is a small kingfisher that hunts fish near streams and canals.

• Chestnut Piculet Picumnus cinnamomeus

  This small woodpecker occurs in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It uses dry woodland, mangroves, and other dry scrubby habitats, and males and females differ in crown spotting.

• Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps

  The Black Antshrike occurs in eastern Panama and northern Colombia. The AOS checklist places it at lowland evergreen-forest edges and in secondary forest from 0–600 m; a species account lists its length as 16 cm.

• Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica

  Adults have glossy black plumage, a white wing patch, yellow skin wattles behind the eyes, and an orange-to-red bill. They feed mainly on fruit and nectar and are usually seen in pairs or small groups.

• Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha

  A duck distributed in eastern and southern Africa. It uses shallow freshwater wetlands with vegetation; the male’s bill becomes redder during breeding, according to the regional account.

• Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus

  This laughingthrush lives in moist forests on Sumatra and Borneo and is often seen in small groups.

• Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris

  A breeding-plumaged male shows a red throat and chest against dark plumage; the breeding female is more buff and streaked, with a duller red breast. The species searches for food on the ground.

• Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax

  The Wedge-tailed Eagle is a large eagle marked by a long, wedge-shaped tail and feathered legs down to the toes. It eats live prey as well as carcasses.

• Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

  A woodcreeper of Central American forests, with many pale streaks on the crown and nape and additional streaking on the back and wings.

• Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens

  A small, pale lark that runs along the ground while feeding in dry, open country. It can be hard to distinguish from similar short-toed larks where their ranges meet.

• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris

  This small bird lives only on Norfolk Island. It probes bark crevices with its long, slender bill to find insects and also feeds on nectar.

• Bell's Sparrow Artemisiospiza belli

  Bell's Sparrow lives in dry scrub and has a greyish head. It searches for seeds and insects near shrubs.

• Turquoise-winged Parrotlet Forpus spengeli

  Forpus spengeli is a small parrot recorded in northern Colombia. A Colombian taxonomic and distribution review reports it from dry savanna, open woodland, and scrub.

• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus

  This long-tailed, flocking minivet is a common year-round resident in Hong Kong woodland and forest margins. It may also use green spaces along the urban edge.

• 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.

• Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

  This entry describes the Attwater's subspecies of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. Males perform courtship displays, and females nest in prairie grass.

• Malherbe's Parakeet Cyanoramphus malherbi

  This small green parakeet has blue on the wings, a yellow crown, and an orange band above the eyes. Its native range is restricted to beech-forest valleys on New Zealand’s South Island.

• Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia

  The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a small bird whose adult male has golden cheeks against black plumage. Its breeding grounds are juniper-oak woodlands in central Texas.

• Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae

  The Small Niltava has blue-purple plumage in males and mainly brown and rufous plumage in females. In Hong Kong it is a rare autumn migrant and a scarce winter visitor to wooded areas.

• African Rail Rallus caerulescens

  The African Rail has a long red bill and red legs; males have fine white barring on the belly.

• Grey-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta

  The Grey-breasted Spiderhunter lives in Southeast Asian woodland. Its olive back and fine streaks on the throat and chest are useful field marks.