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• Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea

  

  A stork with a white body, long legs and a long bill. It breeds in parts of Southeast Asia and forages in groups in wetlands such as mangroves and tidal flats.

• Bahama Mockingbird Mimus gundlachii

  

  The Bahama Mockingbird is an island bird with gray-brown plumage and dark streaks on the flanks. Its song has varied notes and phrases, but it does not mimic other species.

• Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti

  

  Dupont's Lark has a pale eyebrow and a short, white-edged tail. It feeds on seeds and insects on the ground in dry grassland.

• New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica

  

  In the nominate subspecies described by Province Sud, the male has a dark gray head, white throat, black collar, and yellow belly. The female is brown, with a white throat and pale brown belly.

• Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus

  

  This bird occurs in damp scrub and thickets along forest edges in the East African highlands. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a pale eyebrow and a cinnamon-colored breast band.

• Zimmer's Tapaculo Scytalopus zimmeri

  

  Zimmer's Tapaculo is a small ground-level bird of humid ravines and open woodland on the eastern Andes. A white throat and pale eyebrow stand out; it is usually alone or in pairs and is often heard before it is seen. This account is limited to southern Andean records in Bolivia and neighboring northwestern Argentina.

• Brazilian Laniisoma Laniisoma elegans

  This bird inhabits humid forests in southeastern Brazil and forages from the understory into the subcanopy.

• White-necked Crow Corvus leucognaphalus

  The White-necked Crow is a large corvid. Its present range is on Hispaniola and nearby islands.

• Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda

  The Mid-mountain Berrypecker lives in mountain forests of New Guinea. Males and females have different upperparts, and the bird feeds on small berries and spiders in the forest understorey.

• Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps

  This small bird lives in grassland and cultivated areas in Papua New Guinea. Males have a gray head and throat, dark brown back, and orange rump.

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

  The White-collared Swift is a large swift with a conspicuous white collar on its black body. It flies in flocks across the American tropics and catches insects in the air.

• Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula

  This honeyeater lives in dry woodland and scrub on mainland Australia and searches for food on the ground and in trees.

• Bronzy Jacamar Galbula leucogastra

  This jacamar has a long bill and metallic green-blue and bronze plumage. It waits on branches and catches flying insects.

• Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris

  The Tawny-faced Gnatwren lives in the lower levels of humid forest from Central America to northwestern South America. It forages near the ground and in leaf litter, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata

  A seabird that grows long, pale-yellow head plumes for the breeding season.

• Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus

  The Bare-faced Ibis occurs in South America and feeds on small animals such as beetles in wetlands.

• Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus

  This oriole ranges through western and central Africa and into parts of eastern Africa, including Uganda and Kenya. It feeds mostly on invertebrates, especially caterpillars.

• Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis

  The Spot-breasted Parrotbill lives in grassy and shrubby areas in parts of eastern South Asia, including northeastern India.

• Pitt Shag Phalacrocorax featherstoni

  The Pitt Shag is a gray cormorant of the Chatham Islands, with yellow feet. It dives for fish and marine invertebrates.

• Chestnut-bellied Guan Penelope ochrogaster

  This large guan is about 67–75 cm long and feeds on fruit in Brazilian forests. A field paper describes three separated populations that remain in different parts of central Brazil.

• Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius

  A Philippine drongo. The white underparts and mimicry described here apply specifically to subspecies mirabilis.

• Crescent-chested Babbler Cyanoderma melanothorax

  This small babbler lives on Java and Bali and keeps hidden in dense vegetation.

• Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria

  Its streaked grey-brown plumage blends into the ground; it feeds on plant material and small animals in grassland and fields.

• Forest Fody Foudia omissa

  This small bird is endemic to Madagascar. The breeding-plumage male has red on the head, throat, upper breast, and rump, with dark streaks on the olive-brown back. Females and males outside the breeding season are described separately, with olive-brown upperparts and a pale buff belly. It searches trees and shrubs for seeds, fruit, and insects.