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• Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei

  

  During the Bishop Museum expedition to Mount Dayman in Papua New Guinea, it was recorded frequently above 1,400 m and used several forest strata.

• Parker's Antbird Cercomacroides parkeri

  A Colombian antbird of forest understory, with gray males and brown-and-cinnamon females.

• Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti

  This small hummingbird lives in the highlands from southern Mexico to northern Central America. Males have a gleaming wine-red throat, and the birds use mountain forest edges and scrub where they feed on nectar.

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

  The White-collared Swift is a large swift with a conspicuous white collar on its black body. It flies in flocks across the American tropics and catches insects in the air.

• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis

  This small bird lives in sub-Saharan African savanna and open woodland. It has a grey-tinged olive back and a belly whose yellow varies in intensity, and it moves actively among foliage.

• Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus

  A large, pale-brown vulture that feeds on animal carcasses.

• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

  The Common Hawk-Cuckoo uses forest and farmland edges. It feeds on invertebrates in trees and moves seasonally.

• Afghan Babbler Argya huttoni

  The Afghan Babbler is a long-tailed babbler found from Iraq and Iran east through Afghanistan to southwestern Pakistan. It inhabits dry scrub and rocky hills.

• Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea

  A small gull that breeds in wet Arctic tundra; breeding adults show a pale pink wash and a black collar.

• Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi

  The Unspotted Saw-whet Owl has a rounded head without ear-tufts and a brown facial disc edged in white. It is nocturnal and occurs in mountain forests from southern Mexico into Central America. Details of its diet and breeding remain poorly known.

• Reunion Olive White-eye Zosterops olivaceus

  A white-eye endemic to Réunion, with yellow-green plumage and a conspicuous white ring around the eye.

• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania. The entry follows current Cinnyris mediocris after the related Forest Sunbird and Usambara Double-collared Sunbird were separated.

• African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis

  This wetland bird has long legs, a red bill and frontal shield, and a blue-violet body. It feeds on plant material in slow-moving waters with tall aquatic vegetation.

• Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus

  The male has a lemon-yellow breast patch over a white belly; the female's breast is buff. The species occurs locally in lowland southeastern Africa and uses palm savanna and grassland.

• Visayan Rhabdornis Rhabdornis rabori

  This bird is endemic to forest on Panay and Negros in the Philippines. It has a grey head and neck, a brown back, and dark tail and flight feathers, with a subtle facial mask and white streaks on the mantle. Field observations describe it high in the canopy or on exposed perches.

• Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea

  The Prothonotary Warbler stands out as a bright yellow bird in dim wet forests. It forages low near water and nests in holes in standing dead trees.

• White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

  The White-breasted Kingfisher is a kingfisher with a red bill, blue back and tail, brown head and belly, and a white throat and breast. It eats fish and shrimp as well as crabs and lizards.

• Banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cinctus

  The Banded Fruit Dove has a white head and neck, a black back, and grey underparts. Its sharply contrasting plumage makes it distinctive.

• Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri

  The male has a red throat stripe and a chestnut breast dotted with white. This small bird stays near grass and shrubs and hops along the ground searching for seeds and small insects.

• Silver Teal Spatula versicolor

  The silver teal is a small duck with a dark brown cap and a blue-green wing patch. It is recorded at lakes and rivers in Argentina.

• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

  This grassland bird is known for a black V on its yellow breast and a flutelike song. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus

  A grouse of subarctic and subalpine North America. In many regions its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathered feet help it cope with snow and cold.

• Javan Flameback Chrysocolaptes strictus

  The Javan Flameback is a woodpecker reported from Java and Bali. It has golden upperparts, a black band from behind the eye to the nape, a red crest in males and a yellow crest in females. Lowland moist forest is considered an important habitat.

• Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus

  The Yellow-collared Lovebird is a small parrot with a green body, dark mask, and bright yellow collar. In eastern Tanzania it uses grassland and savanna and eats seeds.