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• Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys

  

  This woodpecker lives in the lowlands of western Mexico. It has golden cheeks and a black marking around the eye. Males have a red crown; females have a gray crown.

• Cuzco Warbler Myiothlypis chrysogaster

  This warbler lives in cloud forest on the eastern Andes. It has olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and an orange stripe down the center of the crown.

• Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps

  The Cream-throated White-eye occurs in Indonesia's North Maluku islands. A 2010 survey recorded it on Obi, where the observers heard it often but saw it only occasionally.

• White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei

  The male has a white collar between its throat and breast, with olive upperparts and grey underparts. It takes small seeds in wet thickets and along streams.

• Rusty Laughingthrush Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus

  This laughingthrush is endemic to Taiwan's mid-elevation forests. Mainland birds once included within the same species are now treated as Buffy Laughingthrush, Pterorhinus berthemyi.

• Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

  The Ivory-billed Woodcreeper has a long, pale bill and conspicuous white streaks on its back. In Mexican and Central American forests, it searches tree trunks as it climbs.

• Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae

  This flycatcher breeds in eastern China and winters in southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. It is recorded mainly during autumn passage in Hong Kong.

• Moluccan King Parrot Alisterus amboinensis

  This parrot lives in forests on Indonesian islands, including the Moluccas. The six subspecies differ in plumage.

• Oahu Amakihi Chlorodrepanis flava

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper occurs only on Oahu. It uses native and non-native forest as well as lowland yards and parks, and feeds on nectar, insects, and fruit.

• Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severus

  The Chestnut-fronted Macaw is a green macaw with a long tail and blue and red markings. It can be quiet and hard to spot in the canopy, and is usually in pairs or small flocks outside communal roosts.

• Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus

  This small hummingbird occurs in northern Colombia and western Venezuela. The male is golden green with coppery tones, while the female has gray underparts; it feeds in scrub and forest edges.

• Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli

  This cuckoo has a long tail and legs, blue bare skin around the eye, and a rufous belly. It inhabits dry deciduous forest in western and northern Madagascar.

• Dark-eared Honeyeater Myza celebensis

  This honeyeater has fine dark streaks across its brownish plumage and a curved black bill. The sexes look alike in plumage, but males are larger in the Lore Lindu study.

• Rinjani Scops Owl Otus jolandae

  This scops owl is known from around Mount Rinjani on Lombok. Researchers heard it in undisturbed forest, degraded forest, and beside quiet roads.

• Armenian Gull Larus armenicus

  The Armenian Gull is a relatively small gull with a short bill and a rounded head. It breeds on upland lakes and winters along coasts and inland wetlands.

• Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex

  The Plain Sunbird is a small bird with olive-green upperparts and yellowish underparts. It lacks the iridescent patches of many sunbirds and feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi

  The Montserrat Oriole is endemic to the Caribbean island of Montserrat and breeds in its hill forests.

• Rufous-eared Brush Finch Atlapetes rufigenis

  The Rufous-eared Brush-Finch is endemic to Peru. It forages in Andean scrub and Polylepis forest; its rufous head and black-and-white facial markings are distinctive.

• Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca

  A coot of high Andean lakes and ponds. Bill and frontal-shield colors vary by region, and birds feed on open water, often in flocks.

• Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii

  An ocean-going shearwater that nests in burrows on islands. It is treated separately from Cory's Shearwater.

• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

  This swift-flying martin catches insects in the air. It is recorded as a migrant in Singapore.

• Little Raven Corvus mellori

  The Little Raven is a black raven with a blue-green to blue-purple sheen and white eyes. It occurs in southeastern Australia and uses places with abundant food, including farms and pastures.

• Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus

  A tiny blue-and-white kingfisher of rivers, wetlands, and mangroves. It watches for prey from a perch near the water.

• Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix griseus

  The male has a gray crown, a white patch on the nape, and a dark face and underside. The female is paler brown. This small lark searches for food on dry open ground.