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• Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi

  

  This finch is recorded in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. It uses grassland near shallow water or secondary forest and feeds mainly on grass seeds.

• Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida

  The Yellow-breasted Apalis is a small bird with yellow on the sides of its neck and breast. At the Namibian sites described by the source, it occurs in pairs or small family groups and feeds on insects.

• Madagascan Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis

  The Madagascar Partridge is a colorful, ground-dwelling bird. By day it searches for seeds, berries, and small insects, usually in pairs or family groups.

• Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex

  Its long yellow bill and black cap stand out. It lives mainly along rivers and lakes in South America.

• Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus

  The Western Bearded Greenbul has conspicuous yellow throat feathers. In West African forest it moves in pairs or small groups and attends ant columns.

• Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus

  This green parrot has a short tail with a red base. It searches for fruit in the canopy of forests in northern South America.

• Ochre-backed Woodpecker Celeus ochraceus

  This woodpecker occurs in northern and north-eastern Brazil. Males have a red cheek stripe, and a study in Maranhão recorded the species excavating nest cavities in tree trunks.

• Pemba Green Pigeon Treron pembaensis

  The Pemba Green Pigeon has an olive-green back and a gray head and underside. It lives in forests, plantations, and rural areas on Pemba, often near fruit trees.

• Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

  This 9–10 cm bird is active by day and feeds on fruit.

• MacGregor's Honeyeater Macgregoria pulchra

  MacGregor's Honeyeater is a large honeyeater of New Guinea's high mountains. Its black plumage is accented by yellow-orange on the wings and around the eyes, and it feeds mainly on podocarp fruit.

• Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor

  The Black-fronted White-eye lives in hill forests and other wooded areas on New Guinea, where it searches the canopy for insects and fruit. Several regional subspecies are described, with differences in plumage.

• Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus

  This southern South American migrant reaches the coast and adjacent foothills of northwestern Peru. The Peru Aves account places its Peruvian season from April to October and describes foraging in open places such as grassland and fields.

• White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconotus

  This small bird has records from forests in western and central Africa. The historical description gives it a black head, shoulders, flight feathers, and tail, a gray-brown back, and a whitish belly. At Luki Biosphere Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, small groups were observed in the forest-edge canopy.

• Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus

  The plumage is deep blue with shining pale blue spots on the head, throat, and breast. It lives by wooded streams and can also occur in leafy urban areas.

• New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sacerdotis

  A very small kingfisher of New Britain and Umboi in Papua New Guinea. It is usually seen alone near streams and rivers.

• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica

  The Brown Wood Owl described here is a large owl of Hong Kong's forests. It is mainly active at night and forages among the canopy.

• Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus

  The Bushy-crested Jay has a raised crown, a black hood, and blue wings and tail. It forages in flocks for insects, seeds, and fruit.

• Corn Crake Crex crex

  A small rail that hides in tall grass. Its rasping call may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus

  The Long-tailed Glossy Starling is an African starling with a metallic green back and a long purple tail.

• Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus

  A blackbird that nests in freshwater wetlands during the breeding season. Males have glossy black plumage with a yellow head and chest; females are olive-brown with a faded yellow hood.

• Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii

  Reichenbach's Sunbird has an iridescent blue-green face, neck and breast above an olive-brown mantle. A field record placed it at a forest edge and small lakes near Kinshasa, DRC.

• Black-chested Sparrow Peucaea humeralis

  This sparrow is locally distributed in inland southwestern Mexico. It moves in pairs or small groups through dry scrub on slopes and in valleys.

• Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus

  This spinetail has chestnut-brown upperparts and head, with white underparts. Its pale yellow chin can be hard to see.

• Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura

  This hummingbird occurs in lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico through Central America. A blue tail, purplish rump, and rusty wing patch are key marks; it visits flowering trees and shrubs.