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• Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis

  

  This rail hides in dense vegetation around wet grassland and woodland edges in Madagascar. The male has a rufous head and breast and pale streaks on the dark back.

• Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura

  

  This small bird is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. Breeding males grow long tails, and the species lays eggs in other birds' nests.

• Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca

  

  This Australian bird has bold black-and-white markings. Pairs search the ground for food and build mud nests.

• Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

  

  An aquatic bird with a long bill and a stretchy pouch beneath it.

• Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus

  

  This longspur breeds in the Arctic and moves to central North American grasslands for winter.

• Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor

  

  A small flamingo with a long curved neck and slender pink legs, gathering on saline lakes and similar wetlands.

• Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro

  The Yellow-billed Kingfisher inhabits forest on New Guinea and on Australia's Cape York Peninsula. It watches for prey from low branches.

• Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera

  The Long-tailed Ground Roller is a ground-dwelling bird of dry forest in southwestern Madagascar. Its long tail and patterned head are distinctive.

• Satin Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus

  The male Satin Bowerbird builds and decorates a stick avenue with blue objects to attract females. Mature males have glossy blue-black plumage.

• Ashy Prinia Prinia socialis

  The Ashy Prinia is a small prinia recorded widely across the Indian subcontinent. It uses open habitats such as gardens, farmland, thorn scrub, and grassland, feeding on invertebrates.

• Short-crested Coquette Lophornis brachylophus

  This small hummingbird is restricted to a limited mountain area in Guerrero, southwestern Mexico. Adult males have an orange-rufous crest and green gorget; females lack those ornaments.

• Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri

  This albatross has a white body, dark grey wings, and a yellow ridge on its bill. It breeds on subantarctic islands in the southern Indian Ocean and ranges widely at sea.

• Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus

  This bulbul lives in Philippine forests and forest edges. It has a brown back, an orange-brown throat and breast with pale streaks, and short, strong whistled phrases.

• Andean Potoo Nyctibius maculosus

  Fine gray, brown, and black markings and yellow eyes stand out on this nocturnal bird of Andean cloud forest.

• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

  This bird lives along fast-flowing streams. Adults are dark brown with a white throat and chest.

• Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus

  The black crown and white eyebrow stand out on this tchagra, which occurs widely across sub-Saharan Africa. It uses dry thorn woodland, miombo woodland, and some gardens.

• Rufous-crested Tanager Creurgops verticalis

  This tanager inhabits the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It joins mixed-species flocks high in the canopy and mainly forages for insects.

• Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis

  This terrestrial antthrush is recorded in lowland Amazonian forest in Peru. PeruAves describes it as rare and associates it with terra firme, or relatively flood-free forest. This entry limits its account to Peruvian records.

• Guadalupe Junco Junco insularis

  This junco is endemic to Guadalupe Island. It has a grayish head, white underparts and white outer tail sides, and forages in trees and on the ground.

• Santa Marta Warbler Myiothlypis basilica

  This warbler lives in the understory of humid forest in the Santa Marta Mountains. Its black head has white markings, its upperparts are olive, and its underside is yellow.

• Legge's Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens

  This small flowerpecker is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is common in wet lowland forest, moves through the treetops and descends to feed on nectar, fruit, berries, and seeds.

• Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

  The Grey-backed Shrike has a grey back, a black facial mask, and a chestnut tail. It breeds at high elevations, and winter movements differ between subspecies.

• Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis

  The Basra Reed Warbler breeds in Iraqi wetlands and winters in eastern Africa. Its breeding sites include extensive reed beds in the Tigris and Euphrates valleys.

• Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons

  The Black-fronted Nunbird stands out for its coral-red bill and nearly black, dark-gray plumage. It may gather in family groups at forest edges.