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• Regent Bowerbird Sericulus chrysocephalus

  

  The Regent Bowerbird lives in rainforests and gullies of eastern Australia. Males build a decorated bower, and the birds eat fruit and insects.

• Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii

  

  This warbler inhabits lowland forest in West Africa. It has slate-colored upperparts and a dark brown-black head and neck, and gleans insects from leaves and branches.

• Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides

  

  This hummingbird occurs in Andean cloud forest. Females resemble males but have more green spotting below, and their pink throat patch may be smaller or absent.

• Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta

  

  The Shy Albatross is a large seabird that glides over the ocean on long wings and breeds on islands off Tasmania.

• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris

  

  This bulbul occurs across parts of Central and East Africa. BirdLife lists moist lowland and montane forests among its major habitats.

• Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei

  

  Chlorophoneus bocagei inhabits lowland to mid-altitude forest in tropical Africa. Adults have grey upperparts, a white eyebrow, and white underparts with a buff wash on the breast. It gleans insects in the canopy.

• Buff-breasted Warbling-finch Microspingus lateralis

  This small tanager lives in the mountains of southeastern Brazil. It uses forest edges and bamboo patches, eating insects, fruit, and seeds.

• Black-fronted Brush Finch Atlapetes nigrifrons

  This brush-finch occurs in the Serranía del Perijá. A 2014 study describes a black forehead, rufous rear crown, and gray cheek patch, and recorded pairs or small groups in lower montane and secondary forest on the Colombian side.

• Painted Whitestart Myioborus pictus

  The Painted Whitestart has a bright scarlet belly and black-and-white wings. It fans its tail and moves through branches to flush and catch insects.

• Whiskered Flowerpecker Dicaeum proprium

  The Whiskered Flowerpecker occurs in forest on Mindanao. The sexes are similar, with blue-black upperparts and moustachial stripes, white chin and malar stripes, and sepia-brown underparts.

• Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus

  The Magpie Shrike is an African shrike with a long tail and black-and-white plumage. It watches for prey from savanna branches and may breed cooperatively in family groups.

• Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus

  A reed warbler with a relatively long bill and tail. Museum research supports breeding in Central Asia, although the precise breeding range and habitat remain unresolved.

• Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis

  Nominate adults have pale cheeks and a russet throat and chest. They wait quietly on open branches and dart out after prey.

• Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus

  The Spotted Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird that searches for seeds in dry, open country.

• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa

  A high-altitude partridge of the Himalayas, marked by fine black-and-white barring and a red bill and legs. It may descend to lower elevations in severe winter weather.

• White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus

  This small bird is marked by a white crown and a dark facial band. It breeds in Central Asia and moves south for winter.

• Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura

  The Indian Pitta is a colorful ground-dwelling bird of scrub and forest in the Indian subcontinent. It moves between regions seasonally.

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

  The Forest Wagtail is an olive-brown bird with a long tail. It breeds in northeast Asia and winters as far south as Singapore.

• Red-footed booby Sula sula

  A red-footed booby that nests in trees and shrubs on tropical islands.

• Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca

  The Slaty Gnateater is a short-tailed bird of the eastern Andean slopes of Bolivia, living close to the forest floor.

• Hardhead Aythya australis

  The Hardhead is an Australian diving duck with a dark brown body and white belly.

• Short-tailed Frogmouth Batrachostomus poliolophus

  The Sumatran Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of mountain forest on Sumatra.

• Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda

  Breeding adults have a black head and belly, an orange bill and a deeply forked tail.

• Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus

  This ovenbird-family species occurs in northwestern South America, including Peru. A nest was studied in Peruvian floodplain forest.