Brent Stephenson / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) perched in a desert shrub. Isla Santa Catalina, Baja California, Mexico, September.

David Welling / Black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) male bathing in small pond, Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, USA, April

David Welling / Black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) perching on a mesquite log in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, USA, April

Gerrit Vyn / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata bilineata) on sandy ground, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA, March.

David Tipling / Male Black throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) singing, Joshua Tree NP, California, April

John Cancalosi / Black-throated / Desert Sparrow (Anphispiza bilineata) perched on cholla cactus, Arizona, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) on blooming Guayacan (Guaiacum angustifolium), Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2002

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) on Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia lindheimeri), Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2002

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) on blooming Guayacan (Guaiacum angustifolium), Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2002

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2002

David Welling / Black throated sparrow {Amphispiza bilineata} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black throated sparrow {Amphispiza bilineata} on Soapbush {Guayacan} Texas, USA.

Tom Vezo / Black throated sparrow perched on cactus {Amphispiza bilineata} Green Valley, Arizona, USA

Claudio Contreras / Black-throated sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata) perched on Mexican giant cardon cactus (Pachycereus pringlei). Santa Catalina Island, Loreto Bay National Park, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. May.

Ann & Steve Toon / Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) at water, Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Eric Baccega / Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) looking at its reflection in a car wing mirror, Moremi National Park, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Southern Africa

Richard Du Toit / Levaillant's cisticola (Cisticola tinniens) in PomPom weed (Campuloclinium macrocephalum) Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii), Zimanga private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, May

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Crested barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) perched, Kruger National Park, South Africa, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Crested/Levaillant's Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) perched on branch. Botswana. July.

Bruno D'Amicis / Levaillant's woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) adult male in the Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) forest of the Atlas mountain, Morocco, NW Africa, Endemic

Philippe Clement / Crested / Levaillant's barbet {Trachyphonus vaillantii} rear view on rock, Kruger NP, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Crested / Levaillant's Barbet {Trachphonus vaillantii} Okavango delta, Botswana.

Philippe Clement / Crested / Levaillant's barbet {Trachyphonus vaillantii} Kruger NP S Africa

Rosl Roessner/ BIA / Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii) male, Morocco

Mike Read / Levaillant's cisticola {Cisticola tinniens} with food for young, Darvill Bird Sanctuary, South Africa, November

Mike Read / Crested / Levaillant's barbet {Trachyphonus vaillantii} perched in tree, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mike Read / Levaillant's cisticola {Cisticola tinniens} with food for young, Darvill Bird Sanctuary, South Africa, November

Richard Du Toit / Levaillant's cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa.