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• Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum

  

  The Grey-backed Thrush is a common winter visitor in Hong Kong, occurring in forests, wooded areas, and urban parks. Males show grey and orange, while females are brown and spotted.

• Trilling Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus

  

  This small bird lives on Java. The male has chestnut on the forehead and throat, yellow-green upperparts and bold black-and-white wing bars; the female is more rufous and has paler wing bars.

• Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus

  

  The Lanner Falcon hunts birds around rocky and open country. It uses long, pointed wings and a short tail to pursue prey in level flight.

• Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis

  

  This hornbill has strongly different male and female plumage and lives in forests on Mindanao and nearby islands in the Philippines.

• Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus

  

  Male Hooded Siskins are conspicuous for their black caps and yellow-green bodies. They feed on small seeds from grasses and shrubs and form flocks.

• Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare

  

  This poorly known babbler occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. A 2014 account found many records in lowland peat-swamp and heath forests.

• Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami

  Tristram's Bunting is a migratory bunting. In Hong Kong it is seen in winter and searches for food on the forest floor and quiet paths.

• Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andean slope. The Peru account gives an elevational range of 800–1,950 m and notes that it also occurs in Colombia and Ecuador.

• Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator

  This large bird lives in West African savanna, open woodland, and cultivated land. Its plumage is mostly subdued gray and brown, and it feeds mainly on fruit.

• African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata

  A bustard of dry North African landscapes. It uses sandy or stony semi-desert with scattered plants and shrubs.

• Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris

  Males have glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen and a V-shaped tail. Female color varies among islands. Carib Grackles use open places, including residential areas, and eat insects and other invertebrates.

• Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii

  The Scarlet-rumped Trogon perches low in forests and eats mainly insects. The adult male has a red belly and rump and a blue bill.

• Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea

  Males are black and white while females are brownish; the species lives in wet habitats and lowland forest in central and eastern Africa and eats insects.

• Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii

  Its back has black-edged scales, its crown is black, and its eyes are yellow. In Andean montane forest it forages at several heights.

• Ashy-faced Owl Tyto glaucops

  The Ashy-faced Owl has a gray facial disk and tawny plumage marked with darker spots. It takes small mammals and other prey.

• Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus

  The Common Buttonquail is a small bird that runs beneath grass and scrub. Adult females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus

  The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush has a black facial mask and yellow belly. Around northeast India, it searches the ground in forest undergrowth and scrub.

• Javan Plover Charadrius javanicus

  It is a small plover recorded in Indonesia and Timor-Leste, with an incomplete white hindneck collar and pale, long legs.

• Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti

  A small brown bird that hides in reedbeds and dense scrub near water. It is difficult to see, but its loud, abrupt song can reveal its presence.

• Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator

  The Greater Honeyguide is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It can lead people, honey badgers, or baboons to a hive, then eat wax and larvae after the hive is opened.

• Kalkadoon Grasswren Amytornis ballarae

  This grasswren lives on rocky hills near Mount Isa, moving on the ground through spinifex clumps. Its range and biology remain incompletely studied.

• Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

  Pycroft's Petrel breeds on islands off the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is active at night around colonies and feeds on small crustaceans and squid near the sea surface during long flights.

• Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia

  The Philippine cockatoo is a white parrot found only in the Philippines. Orange-red feathers beneath the tail, with pale yellow and pink on the cheeks and underwings, help identify it.

• White-tailed Nuthatch Sitta himalayensis

  It has blue-grey upperparts, a short tail, and orange-tinged underparts. The white on the tail can be difficult to see.