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• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta

  

  Rock Ptarmigan live in Arctic and alpine habitats and change plumage with the seasons. The population in Japan is the subspecies known as the Japanese Rock Ptarmigan.

• Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus

  The Yellow-bibbed Lory is a parrot with a red body, black crown, yellow chest band, and green wings. In the wild it lives in forests of the eastern Solomon Islands and eats flowers, fruit, and other foods.

• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

  The Ovenbird has a spotted breast and bold black-and-orange crown stripes. It walks on the forest floor, searching among leaf litter for insects and other small prey.

• Ceylon Whistling-Thrush Myophonus blighi

  This bird lives in wet mountain forests of Sri Lanka. Males and females have different plumage, and it looks for food along streams.

• Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata

  The Red-legged Crake is a rail of wet forests and wetlands. In Singapore it has been recorded in a limited part of the country.

• Hunter’s Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri

  A sunbird of dry scrub and open woodland in East Africa. The male is mostly black with green and scarlet marks, while the female is browner.

• Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris

  The Black-lored Cisticola is a highland cisticola with a reddish-brown head and brown back. It searches for small invertebrates by day in grassland and scrub near forest.

• Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana

  This honeyeater is recorded in New Caledonia’s Grand Sud Ramsar area. It searches for nectar and insects in low scrub and open ground.

• Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans

  This euphonia occurs on the southern Pacific slope of Costa Rica. Males have a yellow forehead and underparts with blue-black upperparts; females have an olive back and rufous underparts.

• Flores Crow Corvus florensis

  The Flores Crow is a relatively small crow found only on Flores Island, Indonesia. BirdLife's older account recorded it widely in lowland forests in the west of the island.

• Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis

  The Buff-bellied Hummingbird is notable for its red bill and throat that can look blue-green in the right light. It feeds in South Texas, and some birds move to Louisiana for winter.

• Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia emiliana

  This dove has a rusty-brown body and a paler, yellowish head. It forages quietly in the middle and lower forest, eating fruits and seeds.

• Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii

  The Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl occurs in gray and reddish-brown color morphs and has variable ear tufts. It favors forest interiors.

• Rufous-tailed Flycatcher Myiarchus validus

  A Jamaican forest bird that darts out from cover to catch insects.

• Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier

  The Yellow-vented Bulbul has olive-brown upperparts and a yellow vent. In Singapore it occurs from coastal scrub to parks and urban areas.

• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus

  The Aleutian Tern breeds along coasts and islands of the northern North Pacific and catches small fish and crustaceans in summer.

• Black-faced Quail-Finch Ortygospiza atricollis

  This small bird searches grasslands for seeds, and males have a noticeable black facial mask

• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

  It has a brown back, a grayish head, and spots on the breast and belly. Males may sing after wet and windy weather.

• Black-and-gold Tanager Bangsia melanochlamys

  The Black-and-gold Tanager is endemic to Colombia. It inhabits cloud forest in the western Andes and at the northern end of the Central Andes, and its plumage combines black, orange, yellow, and blue.

• Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

  The Green-billed Malkoha is marked by a curved green bill and red bare skin around the eyes. It moves through woodland from tree to tree, often showing its long tail.

• Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx argentatus

  This small kingfisher lives along forest streams and ponds. Its dark blue back has a silvery-blue stripe, with white throat and belly markings and bright red legs.

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

  This woodpecker has an orange back and a black line across its head. It climbs tree trunks to search for insects and was recorded in Sarpang, southern Bhutan.

• Glossy Antshrike Sakesphorus luctuosus

  This antshrike occurs in Amazonian Brazil. The white tips of its tail feathers vary geographically, tending to be more extensive in northern populations.

• Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus

  The Javan Myna is native to Java and Bali. In Singapore, an introduced urban population is established.