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• Guianan Tyrannulet Zimmerius acer

  

  The Guianan Tyrannulet is a small bird of humid lowland forest, foraging high in the canopy north of the Amazon. Its reported range includes eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil. A population south of the river may represent a different, undescribed species.

• Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura

  A bulbul of western and central African forests. It eats fruit and other plant food and occurs in raffia-palm stands and damp forest near water.

• Western Gull Larus occidentalis

  A large gull of the Pacific coast, marked by a dark back, it eats fish and marine invertebrates.

• Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

  The Purple Grenadier occurs in East Africa. The species account consulted uses the name Granatina ianthinogaster, while the candidate pool lists Uraeginthus ianthinogaster. Adult males and females differ in their underpart colors.

• White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis

  The White-tailed Ant Thrush keeps to forest undergrowth and the forest floor. The East African account describes broad white tips on the outer tail feathers and records the species in western Uganda and Kenya's Kakamega Forest.

• Buff-breasted Warbling-finch Microspingus lateralis

  This small tanager lives in the mountains of southeastern Brazil. It uses forest edges and bamboo patches, eating insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus

  The Pheasant Coucal is a large cuckoo relative with a long tail. It lives in grassland and scrub across northern and eastern Australia.

• Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri

  This rarely recorded kingfisher lives along lowland rivers and forest streams in the Bismarck Archipelago.

• Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros

  This woodpecker lives in the subcanopy of Amazonian forest. Adult males have red on the head, while females lack red there.

• Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus

  This antshrike has strongly different male and female plumage. It uses dense vegetation along humid forest edges in the eastern Andean foothills.

• White-billed Starling Onychognathus albirostris

  Its glossy blue-black plumage and pale bill stand out. In the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands it uses cliffs, gorges, moorland, and towns, eating fruit and insects.

• African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus

  The African Pygmy Goose is a perching duck despite its name. A male has a white face, green markings, and a bright yellow bill.

• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata

  The Rufous Sibia is a rufous-colored bird of Himalayan forests. It forages mainly in the canopy and may move to different elevations with the seasons.

• Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus

  The Yellow-billed Cacique ranges from Mexico through Central America into northwestern South America. It lives in thickets and bamboo near forest edges.

• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus

  The Black-winged Kite is a small raptor with a grey back, white underparts, and black shoulder patches. It has a broad range across Africa, southern Europe, and parts of Asia.

• Great Xenops Megaxenops parnaguae

  This rufous arboreal furnariid has a large upturned bill and a white throat. Records from inland Brazil describe birds probing under bark for small insects in Caatinga woodland and other dry forests.

• Chestnut-crested Yuhina Yuhina everetti

  This bird lives in Borneo's forests. The Wildlife of Borneo account uses the name Staphida everetti, while the pool name is Yuhina everetti. It has a chestnut crest and streaked underparts.

• Striped Sparrow Oriturus superciliosus

  This sparrow lives in the Mexican highlands. It has a bold white eyebrow, a rusty-brown crown, and dark facial markings. It searches for food on the ground in dry bunchgrass and open pine woodland.

• Cordilleran Parakeet Psittacara frontatus

  This medium-sized parakeet ranges through the Andes of southern Ecuador and Peru. Red on the forehead and thighs and bare white eye-rings are conspicuous. It can also be found in fields and orchards as well as forest habitats.

• White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis

  This ground-dwelling bird walks through savanna with patches of grass. Males and females have different breast patterns.

• Jonquil Parrot Aprosmictus jonquillaceus

  The Jonquil Parrot comprises two subspecies on Timor, Roti, and Wetar. A male of the nominate subspecies is green with a blue rump and red wing patches, and the species uses woodland and Acacia savanna.

• Collared Whitestart Myioborus torquatus

  This warbler lives in Costa Rica's highland forests. It stays in pairs and may forage in mixed-species flocks.

• Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha

  The Hooded Wheatear is a flycatcher relative of bare desert valleys and canyons. Males are black and white; females and young birds are paler.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.