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• White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis

  

  The White-cheeked Bullfinch is endemic to the Philippine mountains and is marked by white cheek patches. It eats fruits and seeds, and also uses insects seasonally.

• Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi

  A large green parrot native to Mexico. Adults show blue to lilac tones across the crown.

• Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor

  The Black-tailed Crake lives around wetlands and water from the eastern Himalayas to southwestern China and Indochina. It has a gray head, reddish-brown back, and black tail.

• Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

  The throat and chest are white, a black band crosses the upper chest, and the belly is black with white bars. In Panama’s moist forests it nests in low vine tangles.

• Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

  The Bushy-crested Jay has a raised crown, a black hood, and blue wings and tail. It forages in flocks for insects, seeds, and fruit.

• MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei

  MacGillivray's Warbler is a small warbler that breeds in western North America and migrates to Central America.

• American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

  A swallow that builds gourd-shaped mud nests in colonies on cliffs and beneath bridges.

• Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni

  The current name is Cinnyris stuhlmanni, but a 1949 Ruwenzori account uses the older name Nectarinia afer stuhlmanni and describes males there. Current data place it in Burundi, DR Congo, Rwanda and Uganda.

• Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis

  It is the largest cisticola in southern Africa. It lives in moist grasslands, where breeding males call from exposed perches and make display flights.

• Neotropical Palm Swift Tachornis squamata

  The Neotropical Palm Swift has a deeply forked tail and uses palm groves for nesting and roosting.

• Sulawesi Nightjar Caprimulgus celebensis

  The Sulawesi Nightjar has fine grey-brown, dark brown and buff markings. It lives in lowland forests and mangroves around Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is thought to catch flying insects.

• Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus

  This bird is native to Southeast Asia. Birds that escaped or were released from captivity have been recorded in towns and parks in central Israel.

• Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus

  The Grey-lined Hawk is a raptor recorded in Bolivia's riverside forests and woodlands. It searches for prey from a perch.

• Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus

  This medium-sized laughingthrush is found in Taiwan. The museum account describes it in thickets and broadleaf woodland, where it takes insects, seeds, and fruit.

• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera

  A duck of shallow lakes and wetlands. In breeding plumage, the male becomes a vivid chestnut color.

• Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi

  This hummingbird occurs in the high Andes of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. It uses humid scrub, Polylepis woodland and open areas with short grass.

• White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis

  This large woodcreeper inhabits forests in Brazil and neighboring countries. It climbs trunks and peels bark and lichen to find hidden arthropods.

• Red-bellied Hill Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris

  The Red-bellied Hill Partridge lives in Sumatra's moist montane forests and searches for food on the forest floor among fallen leaves.

• Puna Snipe Gallinago andina

  This snipe lives in high Andean wetlands. When startled, it takes off suddenly and flies in a zigzag. It nests on the ground near water.

• Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica

  The Indian Silverbill is a small finch with a pale rump and a black bill. It feeds on seeds and stays in flocks in both dry open country and places near people.

• Sooty Fox Sparrow Passerella unalaschcensis

  This entry concerns the Pacific Sooty group within the broader Fox Sparrow account. It has dark upperparts and uses different habitats during breeding and winter.

• Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor

  This small flycatcher occurs around slow-moving water in the lowlands of northern South America. It has a brown back and bright yellow underparts and may perch close to the water surface.

• Nicobar Parakeet Psittacula caniceps

  The pale grey head and dark facial bands are distinctive. This parakeet lives in coastal forest on a small group of Nicobar Islands.

• Topknot Pigeon Lopholaimus antarcticus

  This large pigeon lives in rainforest and other wet forests of eastern Australia. It moves in response to seasonal fruit crops.