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• Fire-fronted Bishop Euplectes diadematus

  

  The Fire-fronted Bishop moves in response to rainfall in eastern Africa. A breeding male is black and yellow with a red forehead patch, and the species feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus

  The Montane Nightjar is about 22–24 cm long. It is active at night and hunts insects in highland forest and semi-open places.

• Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

  This small waxbill lives in dry thorn savanna and scrub. It has a slim body, long tail, and is often seen in small flocks.

• Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis

  The Green Cochoa lives in moist forest, often near streams. Males combine green and blue plumage, while females have brown wings and a blue tail.

• Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea

  This flowerpiercer occurs in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Panama. It can pierce the base of a flower with its upturned bill to obtain nectar.

• Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

  The Channel-billed Cuckoo is a large cuckoo with a massive pale, down-curved bill. It migrates to Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti

  This kingfisher is restricted to Kofiau Island in Indonesia. Its blue head, white body, and long central tail feathers are striking. Little is known about its ecology, and its feeding behavior is presented as probable.

• Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii

  This woodpecker occurs in forests of western and central Africa. Red on the rear crown is a male trait; females lack it.

• White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus

  This small bird lives in low tangles of humid montane forest. Males are gray, while females have a rufous-brown head and back, among other sex-specific differences.

• Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides

  Adults are black with red eyes and a short, square tail. They nest in tree holes, cliffs, or buildings and occur on New Guinea and nearby island groups.

• Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla

  The Black-headed Duck lives in wetlands and lakes of southern South America. It has an unusual breeding strategy: it lays its eggs in the nests of other waterbirds rather than building its own nest.

• Scarlet-faced Liocichla Liocichla ripponi

  The Scarlet-faced Liocichla is resident from Myanmar through Thailand and Vietnam to southern China. It is olive overall, with red facial and wing patches, and uses dense hill-forest undergrowth.

• Jamaican Oriole Icterus leucopteryx

  A black-and-yellow oriole that feeds on fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Monkey-eating Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi

  The Philippine Eagle is a large eagle of Philippine forests, found on Luzon, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. A pair nests in a large tree and raises one egg.

• Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda

  The Thorn-tailed Rayadito is a small bird of southern South American temperate forests and scrub. The tips of its tail feathers look thorn-like.

• Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha

  Temminck's Lark is a small lark that searches for seeds on dry, open ground. In breeding plumage, the male is marked by black head tufts and a bold black-and-white face pattern.

• Mindanao Ibon Lophozosterops goodfellowi

  This forest bird occurs on Mindanao in the Philippines. Sources use different generic combinations, including Heleia, Lophozosterops, and Apoia.

• Rufous-winged Sparrow Peucaea carpalis

  A small sparrow of the Sonoran Desert, from the southwestern United States into northwestern Mexico. It uses dry scrub and grassland, and breeds around the start of the summer rains.

• Large-billed Parrotlet Forpus crassirostris

  The Large-billed Parrotlet is a small parrot of lowlands from southeastern Colombia to western Brazil. Males have blue wing markings; females are green and less yellow overall.

• Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests from West Africa into parts of Central Africa. Adult males are blue, while females are duller.

• Rufous-bellied Swallow Cecropis badia

  A swallow with rich rufous, unstreaked underparts that uses open habitats such as grassland and feeds on invertebrates.

• Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia

  In Finland, Hazel Grouse live in coniferous forests and eat buds, young shoots, and berries.

• Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna

  This lorikeet lives in eucalypt woodland in southeastern Australia. Red facial markings and a blue crown stand out against its green body.

• Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi

  Townsend's Warbler searches for small insects high in conifers, where its yellow and black plumage stands out among the foliage. In winter it also occurs in Mexico, Central America, and along the Pacific coast of the United States.