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• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• Orange-breasted Laughingthrush Garrulax annamensis

  This laughingthrush is restricted to a small area of southern Vietnam. It has a dark throat and an orange breast marked with dark spots, and forages near the ground.

• Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri

  This oriole inhabits dry forest and semi-open foothill woodland from Mexico into Central America. Adult males are conspicuously yellow and black.

• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus

  An adult kite with a white head and breast and chestnut body. It is recorded as resident in Singapore and occurs from mangroves to urban areas.

• Short-billed Leaftosser Sclerurus rufigularis

  Short-billed Leaftosser is a small leaftosser about 15–16 cm long. It uses humid forest understory and secondary growth, and searches on the ground for invertebrates. Oiseaux.net lists sound records from Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and French Guiana.

• Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli

  This sparrow lives in woodland and scrub in Colombia and Venezuela. Its black head and yellow bill are conspicuous, and it searches near the ground for seeds, fruit, and insects.

• Bronze-winged Parrot Pionus chalcopterus

  The Bronze-winged Parrot is a medium-sized parrot with blue and green plumage. It lives in mountain forests and other wooded areas of northwestern South America, flying in groups to find fruit and seeds.

• Rufous-throated Hill Partridge Arborophila rufogularis

  This partridge is marked by its red throat and eye-ring and lives in evergreen forests from the Himalayas to Indochina.

• Echo Parakeet Psittacula eques

  This green parrot lives on Mauritius. It eats flowers, leaves, and fruit, and nests in cavities in large trees.

• White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara

  This warbler has a white eyebrow and white markings around the eye. In a diet study in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, ants and beetles made up more than 70% of the recorded food items.

• Buff-streaked Chat Campicoloides bifasciatus

  The Buff-streaked Chat lives in rocky highland grassland in southern Africa. It searches for food on the ground and on rocks, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus

  The Spotted Rail occurs locally in marshes, wet savannas, and rice fields from Mexico and the Greater Antilles south to Argentina. In Jamaica, breeding evidence was reported after a long gap in records.

• Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni

  A sunbird of East Africa’s high mountains, it feeds on Lobelia nectar in Kenya’s alpine moorlands. Males have iridescent green plumage and scarlet pectoral tufts.

• Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe

  This cisticola inhabits high-altitude grassland. A record from Kitulo in Tanzania's southern highlands includes a bird identified as njombe.

• Bell Miner Manorina melanophrys

  The Bell Miner is a colonial honeyeater of eucalyptus forests in eastern Australia. It feeds on lerps on leaves and on nectar.

• 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.

• Forest Raven Corvus tasmanicus

  The Forest Raven is a large corvid with black plumage and a white eye-ring. In Tasmania it is found from forests to coasts.

• White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis

  This hummingbird lives in mountain forests from Nicaragua to northern Mexico. It has a white ear-stripe on a dark head; in bright light, an adult male's face appears violet and its throat gleams green.

• Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris

  This pigeon is endemic to the Philippines and occurs on the islands except Palawan. It eats fruit in the forest canopy, and several birds may gather at fruiting trees.

• Mindanao Boobook Ninox spilocephala

  This boobook occurs on Mindanao. It has long ear-covert extensions, while breast barring and belly streaks vary among individuals. Researchers recorded long solo songs and shorter duets.

• Salinas Monjita Neoxolmis salinarum

  A localized tyrant flycatcher of saline steppe around Argentina's Salinas Grandes and Ambargasta flats. It has a white underside and eyebrow, and the published nesting evidence is one nest placed in a low shrub.

• 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.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Tawny-breasted Parrot-Finch Erythrura hyperythra

  The Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch is a small finch of mountain bamboo and forest edges.