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• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis

  

  This entry covers the Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis, as a species separate from the Tundra Bean Goose, A. serrirostris.

• Golden-capped Parakeet Aratinga auricapillus

  The Golden-capped Conure lives in forests and along forest edges in eastern Brazil, where it eats fruit and seeds.

• White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta

  The White-vented Euphonia lives in humid tropical forest and nearby vegetation. Males have a dark throat and yellow belly, while females are olive above; the birds mainly search for fruit in the canopy.

• Grey-throated Warbler Myiothlypis cinereicollis

  This warbler is recorded in the northeastern Colombian and western Venezuelan Andes. It has olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and a grey throat and chest.

• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus

  Males have glossy purplish upperparts that contrast with a pale head and underside. The species uses forest edges and open plantations, moving to Southeast Asia for winter.

• Black-breasted Munia Lonchura teerinki

  This finch of New Guinea feeds on seeds. Adult males stand out with a black face and breast, a reddish-brown back, and a yellow rump.

• Orange-breasted Sunbird Anthobaphes violacea

  This sunbird is endemic to South Africa’s fynbos region. It feeds on nectar and small invertebrates, with records suggesting seasonal movement between low and higher elevations.

• Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia doreya

  A forest dove ranging from Sulawesi through the Moluccas to northwestern New Guinea. The account notes that some island populations may be treated as separate species.

• Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus

  This wren has a rich rufous eyebrow and uses humid montane pine-oak and evergreen forest, moving among epiphytes, branches, and fallen logs.

• Streak-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus insignis

  It occurs in humid forest understory in Venezuela’s southern tepui highlands. Males and females differ in head color and wing and tail markings.

• Cinnamon Warbling Finch Poospiza ornata

  This small finch has a gray face and back, a chestnut patch on the mid-back, and cinnamon tones on its eyebrow and underparts. It breeds in Argentina’s Monte Desert and moves north-east in winter.

• Painted Honeyeater Grantiella picta

  This honeyeater occurs in southeastern Australia. Mistletoe fruit is its main food, and it also takes nectar and insects.

• Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis

  The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.

• Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens

  Leaf-love is a bulbul found from western to central Africa, where it uses woodland and thickets near water.

• Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula

  This large woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia and is often found high in the forest canopy. It is also noted for tending to occur alone.

• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

  This small shorebird breeds in the Northern Hemisphere and migrates to Australia. Its head and neck turn reddish-brown in breeding plumage.

• Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

  A North American eagle whose head and tail become white as it matures.

• Meratus Blue-flycatcher Cyornis kadayangensis

  The Meratus Blue-flycatcher was described from the Meratus Mountains of southeast Borneo. The female has olive upperparts and a white belly; the study also recorded the species in montane forest and at lower sites in secondary woodland.

• Santa Marta Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps

  This hummingbird lives in the Santa Marta mountains. The male has a peach-toned crown and gray throat, and the bird takes nectar from small flowers low in the vegetation.

• Grey-breasted Flycatcher Lathrotriccus griseipectus

  This flycatcher lives in forest understory from southwestern Ecuador to northern Peru. It has a gray head and breast, whitish belly, and white wingbars.

• Echo Parakeet Psittacula eques

  This green parrot lives on Mauritius. It eats flowers, leaves, and fruit, and nests in cavities in large trees.

• Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons

  The Golden-fronted Woodpecker has a yellow nape and lower belly. Males add a gold forehead and brilliant red crown.

• Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus

  The Abyssinian White-eye is marked by a white eye-ring and occurs in small groups in wooded highlands.

• Long-billed Partridge Rhizothera longirostris

  A forest-floor pheasant that probes leaf litter with its long bill. In the lowland form described from Sarawak, males and females differ in breast color and the number of leg spurs.