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• Wallacean Drongo Dicrurus densus

  

  This drongo occurs in the Lesser Sundas and southeastern Moluccas of Indonesia and in Timor-Leste. It has glossy blue-black plumage and a long, deeply forked tail.

• Dark-fronted Babbler Dumetia atriceps

  

  The Dark-fronted Babbler often stays hidden near the ground, and its dark head pattern varies among subspecies.

• Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei

  

  The Highland Tinamou often remains on the ground during the day. It was recorded in rainforest at about 1,200 m at Cacao Biological Station in Costa Rica.

• Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius

  

  Males have yellow wing patches that can act as signals in territorial contests. In a field experiment in southern Tanzania, males whose patches were blackened more often lost territories or contests.

• Satanic Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus

  

  The Satanic Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of Sulawesi. Males have a white throat band and females a pale buff band.

• Rufous-winged Sunbird Cinnyris rufipennis

  

  The Rufous-winged Sunbird is a small sunbird known only from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. It feeds at flowering plants from the understory to the canopy, and breeding is thought to occur during the November–February rainy season.

• Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro

  The Band-rumped Storm Petrel is a small seabird of waters far from land. It flies low over the sea on long wings and has a white band across its rump.

• Fuertes's Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi

  Fuertes's Parrot is an Andean parrot recognized by its turquoise nape and canopy feeding. Its documented range is concentrated on the western slope of Colombia’s Central Andes.

• Great Hanging Parrot Loriculus stigmatus

  The Great Hanging Parrot is a small parrot found mainly on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is active by day and feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Little Green Pigeon Treron olax

  This small pigeon eats fruit in the canopy. The male has a slate-gray head and maroon wings, while the female is greener.

• Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii

  A roller of Sulawesi forests and woodlands, it is noted for its purple wings and catches invertebrates on the ground.

• Whiskered Wren Pheugopedius mystacalis

  The Whiskered Wren is recorded in foothills and subtropical areas from Venezuela to western Ecuador. It has rufous upperparts, a striped black-and-white face, and pale gray underparts, and it keeps to thickets at forest edges.

• Abyssinian Catbird Sylvia galinieri

  This babbler is found in the Ethiopian highlands. Its sooty-gray body, black spot before the eye, whitish forehead, and chestnut lower belly are distinctive.

• Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata

  The Scaled Quail walks in groups through the dry grasslands of the southwestern United States. Its pale-tipped crest and scaly-looking breast and belly stand out.

• Canary Flyrobin Microeca papuana

  This small flyrobin lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. The research paper calls it the Papuan Flyrobin, while the pool name is Canary Flyrobin. The main reported elevation band is 1,800–2,500 m, with records beyond it.

• Wilson's Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes respublica

  Wilson's Bird-of-paradise is a bird whose adult male has vivid colors and curved central tail feathers. It lives in hill forest on Waigeo and Batanta in Indonesia.

• Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata

  This small swallow is mostly dark, with a large white belly patch. The cap is only slightly darker than the rest of the head. It occurs in the mountains of Central America.

• Rote Boobook Ninox rotiensis

  An owl endemic to Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2010 field study recorded it in dry woodland and around settlement trees.

• Great Grebe Podiceps major

  The Great Grebe is a large grebe of lakes and wetlands in southern South America. It dives to catch fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Jerdon's Courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus

  This lapwing-like bird has a large eye and short, two-toned bill. It lives in dry thorn scrub and is nocturnal, so it is rarely encountered in the field.

• Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis

  The Black-throated Accentor breeds in mountain regions of Central Asia and around the Urals. The nominate form and subspecies huttoni differ in throat markings and winter movements.

• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus

  A waterbird using rivers, ponds, rice fields and other wetlands.

• Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor

  It has a red forehead, whitish underparts washed pink, and black thighs. It is recorded in riverine woodland, forest edges, and near cultivation.

• Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus

  The Madagascar Blue Vanga lives in forests on Madagascar. Males have a blue head and back, a black stripe through the eye, and white throat and underparts. Females are duller. It searches among leaves for insects and sometimes eats berries.