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• Yellow-throated Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis

  

  This tanager is recorded in humid eastern Andean forests of Peru and Ecuador. The source describes the nominate subspecies.

• Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

  The Red-faced Malkoha is a long-tailed cuckoo with a red face and green bill, native to Sri Lanka. It uses the forest canopy and dense undergrowth.

• Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

  It occurs in humid forests of Central America. In Costa Rica it uses the canopy, edges, and older secondary growth, sometimes in pairs or mixed flocks.

• Taita White-eye Zosterops silvanus

  This small bird lives in forests of the Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau in southeastern Kenya. Its white eyering and yellow brow stand out; it uses forest edges and gleans insects and small fruit.

• Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae

  This warbler inhabits mature pine forests from western North America into Central America. It searches for insects in the upper parts of trees.

• Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi

  Rothschild's Swift is a dark, sooty swift. It occurs above humid forests on the eastern side of the Andes, from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina.

• Black-faced Friarbird Philemon moluccensis

  The Black-faced Friarbird is a honeyeater found on Buru Island, Indonesia. Its grey-brown body contrasts with pale cheeks, a dark facial mask, and red eyes.

• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris

  A thrush that travels from northern Europe to Britain for winter, often moving through the countryside in flocks to find berries.

• Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster

  The Spectacled Spiderhunter is a large member of the sunbird family that uses forests and plantations in tropical Asia. It feeds on nectar, spiders, and insects.

• Siberian blue robin Luscinia cyane

  A bird of shaded forest undergrowth whose male has a blue back.

• Cinnamon Attila Attila cinnamomeus

  The Cinnamon Attila occurs in Amazonian floodplain forest, edges, and river islands, foraging in the canopy and subcanopy. In Peru, the account records it in Loreto and Ucayali and describes it as uncommon there.

• 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.

• Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens

  A sibia of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar to northern Vietnam. Its subspecies occupy separate parts of the range.

• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria

  The Solitary Snipe occurs in mountain wetlands and along streams in valleys. It searches damp ground for small invertebrates.

• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes

  The Flesh-footed Shearwater is a seabird with a dark body and pale bill and feet. It breeds in island burrows and moves across wide ocean areas seasonally.

• Turquoise Jay Cyanolyca turcosa

  This jay ranges through the Andes from southwestern Colombia, across Ecuador, to northern Peru. It has a black face and turquoise-blue plumage and forages in small flocks in the forest canopy and subcanopy.

• Madagascar Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides

  This small kingfisher has bright blue plumage and rufous underparts. It uses rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mangroves and feeds on aquatic animals such as fish.

• Masked Finch Poephila personata

  The Masked Finch lives in grassy areas and near water in northern Australia. Its heavy yellow bill and black facial markings are distinctive.

• 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.

• Malabar Lark Galerida malabarica

  This lark lives in western India. It has reddish-brown plumage with dark streaks and a white belly, and uses open country, farms, and scrub to find seeds and insects.

• Blue-crowned Racket-tail Prioniturus discurus

  The Blue-crowned Racket-tail has green plumage and a blue crown and uses forests, mangroves, and cultivated areas in the Philippines.

• Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea

  The Plumbeous Seedeater is a small bird about 10.5–11 cm long. In lowland Bolivia it is recorded in wooded grassland and savanna; in Colombia, records include the eastern plains and parts of the Andes.

• Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina

  The Brown-bellied Swallow lives in the high Andes and forages above scrub, humid grassland, farmland, and settlements.

• Swamp Harrier Circus approximans

  A large raptor that glides low with its wings in a shallow V, searching open areas for prey and carrion.