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• Fringe-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena atra

  

  Pyriglena atra is an antbird of coastal forest in northeastern Brazil. It has red eyes; males are black, while females are mainly reddish brown. It forages in dense lower vegetation along forest edges.

• Australasian Shoveler Spatula rhynchotis

  The Australasian Shoveler strains small foods from the water with its broad bill. Breeding males are more brightly colored than females.

• Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus

  This medium-sized parrot is notable for its red shoulder patches. It feeds in the canopy of open woodland and trees along watercourses.

• Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii

  This large cuckoo has a greenish-brown back and a black crest, and forages on the ground. Its Amazonian lowland range is described as two subspecies in the source account.

• Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus

  The Brown Babbler's pale lores and chin stand out against its brown plumage. It searches the ground for insects and other invertebrates in scrub and acacia thickets.

• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis

  The Asian Palm Swift is a slender, small swift that attaches its nest with saliva beneath palm leaves.

• Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus

  The Red-shouldered Hawk hunts from trees in forests and wetlands. Adult plumage varies by region, and juveniles have a different pattern.

• Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii

  Tawny-crested Tanagers may move in flocks through moist lowland and montane forest, usually at lower or middle levels. They can join mixed-species flocks.

• Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris

  It is blue-gray above, with a black M-shaped wing marking, a black tail tip, and a mostly white underside. It spends much of its life at sea, and its two subspecies nest on different island groups.

• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens

  The Rufescent Prinia is recorded at forest edges, in scrub, bamboo, and upland grassland in Bangladesh. The country's bird Red List describes it in small daytime flocks and foraging near the ground for insects.

• Musician Wren Cyphorhinus arada

  This small wren is recorded in Bolivian Amazonian forests. It forages mainly in leaf litter and keeps to dense lower growth or the ground, alone or in pairs.

• Malay Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron malacense

  The Malay Peacock-pheasant is a pheasant whose male has a showy crest and eye-like markings on its wings. It lives in damp forests of the Malay Peninsula.

• Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis

  A large gull found around the Mediterranean and northwestern Africa. Adults have a gray back and yellowish legs.

• Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger

  This bulbul occurs in forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. Fine, hair-like feather shafts on its back give it its name. It eats fruit and insects.

• Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet Touit huetii

  The Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet is a small parrot of forests in northern South America and Trinidad, and it may move in flocks.

• Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata

  The Rarotonga Monarch’s native range is Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Its plumage changes with age; it uses wet forested valleys near stream headwaters and feeds on small insects.

• Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

  This woodpecker is recorded in Yunnan and nearby areas. It has black-and-white barring; males have a red crown while females have a black crown.

• Banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cinctus

  The Banded Fruit Dove has a white head and neck, a black back, and grey underparts. Its sharply contrasting plumage makes it distinctive.

• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus

  Bucanetes githagineus is a finch of arid regions. A Spanish specialist encyclopedia describes breeding-plumage males and females separately and records seasonal food examples.

• Tawny Straightbill Timeliopsis griseigula

  This New Guinean honeyeater has been observed in mixed flocks of brown birds, and field accounts describe it hanging upside down to probe leaves.

• Pygmy Ibon Oculocincta squamifrons

  This Bornean endemic has a patchy range in north-central Borneo. A survey in the Menyapa Mountains frequently recorded it at about 300 m.

• White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus

  This flycatcher occurs in lowland forests from Central America to the northern western slope of the Andes. Its white eyebrow lines meet behind the head, and its throat is white.

• Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides

  An adult Javan Munia has a black face, throat, and upper breast that contrast with its white underparts.

• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

  A black-and-white wheatear. In its UK account, BTO describes it as a rare autumn migrant arriving from southeastern Europe.