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• Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda

  

  This small bird occurs in northern Australia. It has a red face, olive upperparts, a yellowish underside, and tiny white star-like spots.

• Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris

  This green sunbird occurs from northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda. The account also notes one record from northwestern Tanzania. It searches for insects, spiders and small fruits in the middle and upper forest levels.

• Little Green Pigeon Treron olax

  This small pigeon eats fruit in the canopy. The male has a slate-gray head and maroon wings, while the female is greener.

• Plain-tailed Wren Pheugopedius euophrys

  This large wren uses humid Andean montane forest, often around bamboo patches.

• Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis

  The male has a black crown, a long white supercilium and a broad black band through the eye. The species ranges from southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to Misiones, Argentina, and searches for arthropods in bamboo thickets.

• Scarlet-browed Tanager Heterospingus xanthopygius

  This tanager occurs from Panama through Colombia to Ecuador. Males are mostly black with a white eyebrow and scarlet eyebrow tufts; the species uses humid lowland forest and its edges.

• Orange-cheeked Honeyeater Oreornis chrysogenys

  This large honeyeater has a dark olive head and back set off by a bright orange cheek patch. It is restricted to the high mountains of west-central New Guinea, where it feeds on fruit, insects and sedge seeds.

• Indochinese Cuckooshrike Coracina polioptera

  This cuckooshrike uses semi-open habitats and lower mountains in the Indo-Malay region. Oiseaux.net lists the pool name Coracina polioptera as Lalage polioptera.

• Palawan Bulbul Alophoixus frater

  This bulbul is recorded only on the Palawan and Calamian islands of the Philippines. It uses forests and forest edges and feeds on insects and fruit.

• Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans

  This woodcreeper occurs in Central and South America, where it uses humid forests. It searches trunks for ants, spiders, and other small arthropods.

• Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira

  The Amami Woodcock is a large ground-dwelling shorebird of broadleaf forests in the Amami Islands and northern Okinawa Island. Its dark plumage and long legs blend into the forest floor.

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

  A large eagle of open steppe and semidesert, migrating between Eurasian breeding grounds and wintering areas in Africa and Asia.

• Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis

  The Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush lives among mountain rocks. In breeding plumage, the male stands out in blue and orange.

• Streak-throated Hermit Phaethornis rupurumii

  The Streak-throated Hermit occurs in the Amazon region of northern South America. It has pale green-gold upperparts, a black-streaked throat, and long central tail feathers with white tips.

• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens

  The Ash-throated Flycatcher has a yellow belly and rusty tail and catches insects in flight.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus

  The Bearded Woodpecker is a large woodpecker of woodland and savanna in southern Africa. Both sexes have strongly marked faces.

• Long-billed White-eye Rukia longirostra

  This white-eye is distinctive for its long, slender bill that curves downward. It is restricted to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia.

• Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii

  The Chinese Monal lives in the mountains of southwestern China; males have metallic green and purplish plumage.

• Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus

  This sparrow lives in the Mexican highlands. It has a bold white eyebrow, a rusty-brown crown, and dark facial markings. It searches for food on the ground in dry bunchgrass and open pine woodland.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Halmahera Boobook Ninox hypogramma

  This owl occurs on islands of North Maluku. It has a gray-brown head and reddish-brown upperparts, and uses both lowland rainforest and mature secondary forest with large trees.

• Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas

  The Green Jay has a green back and yellow underparts. It has two separated ranges: from southern Texas through Central America, and from the northern Andes into Bolivia.

• Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey

  The Thick-billed Lark is a pale, dry-country lark with a notably large bill. It searches for food close to the ground.