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• Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata

  

  This thrush occurs around the Himalayas. It has a dark-brown head and reddish-brown wings. A report from Majuli Island, Assam, describes feeding in damp leaf litter and a record of a small frog in its diet.

• Gray-crested Finch Lophospingus griseocristatus

  The Gray-crested Finch searches the ground in pairs or loose groups and uses dry scrub. Juveniles are browner overall, with buffy-white eyebrows and throats.

• Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus

  The Sahul Brush Cuckoo often waits quietly on a branch for hairy caterpillars and other insects. It lays eggs in other birds’ nests, leaving the hosts to raise its young.

• Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda

  The Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of waterways in the Neotropics. It often perches alone close to the water and waits for prey.

• Red-collared Woodpecker Picus rabieri

  Adult males show a red head and upper breast, green upperparts, and pale bars on the belly; females have a black crown. The species uses forest and bamboo-rich woodland and searches low branches or the ground for ants.

• Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis

  In Guyana, it has been recorded foraging in the understory of moist lowland forest, taking insects hidden among leaves. It may join mixed flocks of other antbirds.

• Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni

  This starling has a patchy range from West Africa into western Central Africa. It uses rocky cliffs, outcrops, and gorges and feeds mainly on fruit, with insects and snails also recorded.

• Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris

  This duck has a brown, pale-spotted body and a dark stripe through the eye. It uses shallow wetlands.

• Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea

  This babbler was rediscovered in Nepal's Chitwan region. A 2018 report confirmed by photograph a bird with crimson markings on its body; birds moved quickly through dark thickets and the canopy.

• Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus

  The Peru account describes this cacique in montane forest on the eastern Andes. It reports a yellow wing patch north of Junín and a yellow rump in southern populations.

• Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus

  An eagle with a large head and broad wings. It hovers to search for snakes and lizards on the ground.

• White-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes palliatus

  This ovenbird lives in the high Andes of Peru. It has reddish upperparts and a white belly, and walks on the ground to forage in high-elevation bogs.

• Woodlark Lullula arborea

  The Woodlark is a lark of wooded heath, with an eyebrow stripe that meets behind the head. In Britain it may form small flocks in winter.

• Mount Cameroon Speirops Zosterops melanocephalus

  It has a pale grey-white forehead and eye area, with a dark brown head and nape. It occurs in open forest edges and mountain scrub on Mount Cameroon.

• Short-billed Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris

  This small bird inhabits humid forests on the eastern Andes from Colombia to northwestern Bolivia. It has olive upperparts and yellow lines at the sides of the throat; the gray below varies among subspecies.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon

  This entry covers the drouynii subspecies of the White Eared Pheasant. Males and females have the same plumage, and it lives in high mountain forests.

• Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons

  A small green parrot with red on the lower throat and rump. It lives in wooded lowlands and foothills on New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa

  This small warbler is common in Mexico's mountain pine forests and sometimes moves to lower elevations in winter.

• Brown-backed Scrub Robin Erythropygia hartlaubi

  This small robin has a brown back. It uses tall grass savanna and scrub near woodland, where it searches for invertebrates on the ground.

• Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana

  A rail that hides in dense vegetation near wetlands. Its body is dull blue-gray, with a reddish-brown undertail, and its call is loud.

• Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze

  This large sunbird lives in the highlands of eastern Africa. It feeds mainly on nectar, and its elongated central tail feathers are conspicuous.

• Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba

  The Phoenix Petrel is a pelagic seabird with a dark brown head clearly set off from its white belly. It ranges over the central Pacific and takes squid and other prey near the sea surface.

• White-eared Tailorbird Orthotomus cinereiceps

  This resident bird occurs in the Philippines. BirdLife lists moist lowland forest as its main habitat and records it up to 1,000 m.