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• Golden-plumed Parakeet Leptosittaca branickii

  

  The Golden-plumed Parakeet lives in Andean forests from Colombia south to Peru. Adults are mostly green, with yellow plumes behind the eyes and orange tones on the belly.

• Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus

  A small woodpecker described from Costa Rica's mountain forests. Its brownish body has a small red crown-to-nape patch in males.

• Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei

  This large green pigeon has olive plumage and golden lines on its wings. Males have a yellow-orange breast; it feeds on figs in lowland forests.

• Black-headed Canary Serinus alario

  Males combine black, white, and chestnut, while females have a gray-brown head with a chestnut back and tail. This canary moves through arid scrub following rain and seeding events.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Fiji White-eye Zosterops explorator

  A small white-eye found in Fijian forest, forest edges, shrubland and farmland. It is also recorded in mountains above 750 m.

• Hudson's Black Tyrant Knipolegus hudsoni

  This austral migrant reaches southeastern Peru. The Peru Aves account says all Peruvian sight records are from Madre de Dios and that it forages in young vegetation at river-created habitats.

• Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps

  This small bird lives in grassland and cultivated areas in Papua New Guinea. Males have a gray head and throat, dark brown back, and orange rump.

• White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga

  The White-crowned Wheatear is a black-and-white desert bird that watches for prey from a perch before dropping to the ground.

• Brown-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon gularis

  This kingfisher occurs in the Philippines. Its brown breast and blue wings stand out, and it takes small animals in open country and along forest edges.

• Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli

  Pel's Fishing Owl lives near rivers and lakes south of the Sahara in Africa and catches fish. It uses waterside trees for roosting and nesting.

• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris

  This long-tailed crow relative has pale blue plumage and a vivid yellow bill. Flocks forage noisily together.

• Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha

  This large rail walks through wetlands as it searches for food. Its red legs, grey face and breast, and reddish nape help identify it.

• Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus

  An African starling with glossy green and blue plumage and a bronze-glossed purple tail. It eats insects and fruit.

• Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans

  A small bird endemic to Rodrigues. Both sexes are usually brown on the back, wings and tail, and search branches and leaf undersides for insects.

• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii

  Temminck's Stint is a small wader seen in the UK mainly on passage; breeding records in northern Scotland are exceptional.

• Mexican Cacique Cassiculus melanicterus

  The Mexican Cacique is a black-and-yellow bird of tropical lowlands in western Mexico. It gathers in the canopy around flowering or fruiting trees and also forages on the ground.

• White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

  The White-rumped Swallow is a South American swallow with glossy blue-green upperparts and a white rump and belly. It catches insects over water and grassland and also nests in building cavities.

• Apo Sunbird Aethopyga boltoni

  The Apo Sunbird occurs in mountain forest on Mindanao in the Philippines. Males have a dark grey head and olive-green upperparts.

• Costa Rican Brush Finch Arremon costaricensis

  This brush finch lives in forests of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its 1907 description noted the olive back and yellow wing bend as differences from a close relative.

• Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura

  This spinetail is recorded in the humid forests of Tumbes in northwestern Peru. Adults are gray with a rufous crown, and they forage in low growth at forest edges and in secondary forest.

• Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris

  The Cape Long-billed Lark is about 20–24 cm long. It lives among coastal dunes and nearby low vegetation on South Africa's southwestern coast.

• White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii

  The White-vented Plumeleteer is a hummingbird ranging from Central America into northwestern South America. A study in Colombia found a nest in dense understory beside a stream.

• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea

  Males show violet and purplish-brown plumage, while females are more reddish and earthy brown. A study in northeast India recorded birds feeding on fruit in the canopy.