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• Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis

  

  The Black-chested Jay has a blue nape and tail, a dark chest, and pale underparts. It searches forest canopies for fruit and insects and may move in small groups.

• Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae

  Lucy's Warbler is found in mesquite woodland along streams in the arid Southwest. Adult males show cinnamon on the crown and rump, while females and young birds can be duller.

• Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer

  This sunbird is recorded in wooded and tall-scrub habitats in southern Africa. A 1997 atlas describes the male as having a broader red breast band and a heavier bill than the smaller related species.

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

  A small Asian bird with a greenish back; in breeding season the male has elongated central tail feathers.

• Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor

  The Magpie Starling is an East African starling with blue-black upperparts, white underparts, a white wing bar, and red eyes. It feeds mainly on fruit and gathers in flocks in dry scrub.

• Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax

  The Papuan Harrier is a raptor of grasslands and wetlands on New Guinea. A 2009 paper reports fieldwork in Papua New Guinea under the historical subspecies name Circus spilonotus spilothorax.

• Red-tailed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron milnei

  This laughingthrush ranges through southern China and mainland Southeast Asia, in a fragmented mountain distribution. Some plumage details differ among subspecies.

• Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata

  The Madagascar Pochard is a small brown diving duck. It spends much of its time on the water and dives to find food below the surface.

• Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima

  This very small hummingbird is 6–7 cm long and has a relatively short bill. It is active by day and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

  A forest woodcreeper that moves along trunks and branches, with a buff throat and long streaks below.

• Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum

  The Brown-eared Pheasant is a large pheasant of mountain forests in northeastern China. It eats roots, bulbs and other plant matter.

• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus

  The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is a small African bird notable for blue plumage and a red cheek patch. It searches for seeds on the ground and also uses open scrub and places near people.

• White-eared Ground Sparrow Melozone leucotis

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs in the highlands of Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It searches on or near the ground for insects, spiders, and seeds.

• Lesser Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis murinus

  The Lesser Shrike-Tyrant is a tyrant flycatcher that catches insects on the ground. A species page from the National University of the Litoral describes it alone or in pairs, making short runs to catch insects and also perching at the tops of shrubs.

• Collared Lory Vini solitaria

  This red-and-green parrot occurs in Fiji and has a short tail and purple-black crown. It feeds on flowers and fruit and nests in tree cavities.

• Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa

  The Scaled Pigeon has a scaly pattern across much of its plumage. In Bolivia it is recorded mainly in humid and semi-humid forest below 1,000 m, often in the canopy.

• Regent Honeyeater Anthochaera phrygia

  The Regent Honeyeater has a black head and chest set against pale yellow plumage and yellow wing markings. It moves through southeastern Australia in search of flowering eucalypt woodland.

• Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis

  This blackbird occurs in western Cuba and the Isle of Youth. Adult males have red and yellow patches on the shoulders.

• Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus

  The Sunda Forktail is a streamside bird with dark gray upperparts and white underparts. A short white forehead stripe and the sexes' different crown colors help identify it.

• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

  It is a kingfisher with a blue back, orange underparts, red eyes, and coral-colored legs. The Bangladesh account describes it fishing near streams.

• Patagonian Yellow Finch Sicalis lebruni

  This finch occurs in Patagonia in Argentina and Chile. A Tierra del Fuego field guide describes its seasonal flocking and feeding in open country.

• Saunders's Gull Chroicocephalus saundersi

  It breeds in Yellow Sea coastal saltmarshes, mainly in eastern China and occasionally on the southwestern coast of South Korea. Outside the breeding season it moves to coasts of eastern China, Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

• Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis

  The Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo is a large Jamaican cuckoo with a chestnut belly and long, white-spotted tail. It runs along branches while searching for food.

• Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii

  Levaillant's Woodpecker is a woodpecker of mountain woodlands in northwestern Africa. It is active by day and searches wooded areas for invertebrates.