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• Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini

  

  The Buff-tailed Sicklebill has buff outer tail feathers and a streaked underside. It feeds on nectar in the understory of humid forests.

• Common Squirrel-cuckoo Piaya cayana

  This cuckoo ranges from northeastern Mexico to northern Argentina in the tropics. It moves through trees with its long tail as it searches for insects.

• Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis

  The Rufous-throated Honeyeater is recorded in waterside woodland and semi-arid riverine forest in northern Australia. Its diet is mainly invertebrates but broader than that.

• Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola

  This small owl lives in cloud forests from western Ecuador into Colombia. It may be active by day or night and is seen alone or in pairs.

• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus

  The Aleutian Tern breeds along coasts and islands of the northern North Pacific and catches small fish and crustaceans in summer.

• Metallic-winged Sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrima

  This sunbird occurs on several Philippine islands. Clements now includes the Luzon and Bohol birds, formerly treated as separate species, within A. pulcherrima. Males on Mindanao are described with metallic blue-green markings and a broad throat patch.

• White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae

  This icterid ranges from western Ecuador into northwestern Peru. Adults are yellow-orange with a black bib, back, wings, and tail; white edging on the outer tail feathers is a useful mark.

• Dusky-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes fuscoolivaceus

  It lives on the eastern side of the Colombian Andes, moving in small groups through dense vegetation at forest edges and in second growth. The cited source does not report its diet.

• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus

  The Brown-cheeked Rail has long legs and a slightly curved bill. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a scarce winter visitor.

• Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus

  A seabird with dark upper wings and white undersides. It breeds on islands off the UK and migrates to the South American coast for winter.

• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

  A glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and red legs. In Britain it occurs along western coasts, around cliffs and coastal grassland.

• Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius

  The Ultramarine Kingfisher is a forest kingfisher of the Solomon Islands region. Males and females differ in back color, so the sexes are not uniformly blue.

• Cape Clapper Lark Corypha apiata

  In southwestern and western South Africa, the older broad treatment of Corypha apiata recorded a grayer population. A wing-clapping display flight is also reported.

• Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis

  This African eagle has a black chest band and a white belly. It spots and catches snakes and other prey on the ground.

• Yellow-legged Thrush Turdus flavipes

  This thrush occurs widely in South America. An island study by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro reports it in lowlands during the coldest months and conspicuous near mountaintops in spring and summer on Bom Jesus Island.

• Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii

  Tawny-crested Tanagers may move in flocks through moist lowland and montane forest, usually at lower or middle levels. They can join mixed-species flocks.

• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa

  This large antshrike lives in forest understory. It is recorded in Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina and feeds on insects and other small invertebrates.

• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

  This small bird occurs widely in South and Southeast Asia. It has olive upperparts and a rufous crown; males have a dark throat patch.

• Planalto Tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatus

  This small bird has gray to olive-brown upperparts and a pale eye-ring. It occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina, feeding on insects and small fruits in the canopy of humid lowland forest.

• Long-tailed Ground Dove Uropelia campestris

  The Long-tailed Ground Dove is a long-tailed dove of South American grasslands. Black spots on its brown wings and its V-shaped tail are distinctive.

• African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus

  The African Palm Swift is a slender swift with a deeply forked tail that clings beneath palm fronds.

• Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus

  The Masked Duck rests and dives in wetlands with dense vegetation. A breeding male has a black face and reddish body, while females and nonbreeding males show strong dark stripes on the face.

• Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii

  The Chinese Monal lives in the mountains of southwestern China; males have metallic green and purplish plumage.