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• African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus

  

  This parasitic cuckoo occurs in Africa and is characteristically associated with the canopy of evergreen forest.

• Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus

  This cisticola occurs in eastern and southern Africa, in moist grassland and near wetlands. During the breeding season, the male has a brown crown while the female keeps streaks on hers.

• Sumatran Laughingthrush Garrulax bicolor

  The Sumatran Laughingthrush lives in montane old-growth forest on Sumatra. It has black-and-white plumage and an erectile crest, and field observations remain limited.

• Taita Thrush Turdus helleri

  A thrush of the Taita Hills cloud forests, it is notable for its bright red bill and is recorded feeding on the forest floor.

• Timor Sparrow Lonchura fuscata

  This flocking bird is found in the eastern Lesser Sundas, in open scrub, farmland, and sparsely wooded country. eBird labels it Padda fuscata, while the batch list uses Lonchura fuscata, so the genus name differs.

• Buff-throated Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii

  The Buff-throated Partridge is a high-mountain pheasant relative in which males and females have similar plumage. A study in western Sichuan found that its preferred woodland changed by season.

• Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor

  A long-tailed starling of inland Tanzania, found in acacia woodland and gardens. Its ash-grey plumage can show an oily green sheen, with a dark mask around the eye.

• Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma

  The Pied-winged Swallow is a small blue-and-white swallow with conspicuous white lines at the base of its wings.

• Finsch's Euphonia Euphonia finschi

  Finsch's Euphonia is a small bird that forages in forest canopy and fruiting trees. It is reported in pairs or small groups; males have a yellow forehead and belly, while females are dull yellow-green.

• African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides

  A raptor of woodland and forest across sub-Saharan Africa. It has a gray crest and broad rufous bars below, and searches for prey from one perch to another.

• Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius

  A honeyeater of mallee heath in southern Australia. It feeds mainly on nectar, but also takes insects.

• Puerto Rican Oriole Icterus portoricensis

  The Puerto Rican Oriole is an oriole endemic to the island of Puerto Rico.

• Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus

  This reedhaunter is recorded in Argentine wet grassland. Accounts describe a yellow throat patch and a local association with sedge marshes and pampas grassland.

• Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris

  The Flat-billed Kingfisher lives on Samoa. It uses dry and moist tropical forest, coasts, farmland, and urban areas, searching for food on the ground and in forests and eating invertebrates and lizards.

• Orange-fronted Yellow Finch Sicalis columbiana

  This small finch occurs in northern South America. Orinoco field notes describe small flocks along pond and stream edges. The recorded female had olive-brown upperparts and a paler belly.

• Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides

  This small flycatcher is about 14–15 cm long. Males have blue throats and upperparts with an orange breast; females have brown upperparts and a rufous tail. It uses dense undergrowth in hill forests.

• Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops

  Its grey head and breast, brown back and large white flank spots make it distinctive. It lives in ponds and marshes across much of South America and picks food from floating vegetation while swimming; the specific foods are not known from the source.

• Greyish Mourner Rhytipterna simplex

  This tyrant flycatcher ranges across northern and central South America. It occurs in middle and upper levels of humid forest, feeds mainly on large insects, and also takes fruit.

• White-winged Magpie Urocissa whiteheadi

  Adult White-winged Magpies have dark head and upperparts, a gray underside, pale wing markings, a long tail, and a heavy red bill.

• Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens

  The Brown Woodland Warbler has a brown-olive back, pale underside, and searches for insects in trees.

• Azure-rumped Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus

  A parrot of Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands. It has a green body and blue rump; males have a red bill, while females have a pale bill.

• Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica

  This bulbul lives in forests in India and Sri Lanka. It has a yellow eyebrow, face, and throat, with olive upperparts.

• Coppery Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus

  Breeding males have a coppery head that can look black in poor light. The species uses savanna, scrub, gardens, and other open places, and is a resident native in Ghana.

• Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor

  This antshrike lives in the understory of humid montane forest along the eastern Andes from Colombia to Peru. It is recorded infrequently.