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• Brown-headed Crow Corvus fuscicapillus

  

  The Brown-headed Crow has glossy black plumage, except for its dark-brown head and neck. It lives in moist forests and mangroves around northwestern New Guinea and nearby islands.

• Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi

  

  Shelley's Oliveback is a compact finch with a short tail and thick bluish bill. It lives in highland forests, forest edges, and farmland in parts of West-Central Africa.

• White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus

  

  The White-tipped Swift occurs on northern South American tepuis and along the Andes. It flies over humid forest and feeds in small flocks.

• Elfin Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae

  

  A tiny honeyeater of New Guinea's mid-montane forest canopy and village edges. Males show red on the head and rump against a dark back and wings; females have red only at the chin.

• Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla

  

  The Three-toed Jacamar occurs in southeastern Brazil. It has fine golden-buff markings on its head, a green gloss on its dark tail, and three toes on each foot.

• Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris

  

  This small seabird lives mostly in Alaska and also in parts of Russia's Far East. The winter adult is mottled brown and white; although it lives at sea, a nest has been documented on a remote alpine ridge.

• Southern Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus

  The Southern Bald Ibis has a bare red crown and whitish bare face. It searches grasslands and fields in southern Africa for insects and nests on cliff ledges.

• Raja Ampat Pitohui Pitohui cerviniventris

  This bird lives in lowland forest on Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands. Its island forms differ in the color of the underparts, and the species account reports fruit and insects in its diet.

• Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea

  This parrotbill occurs in the mountains of southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Its chestnut head and vinous streaking across the throat and upper breast are distinctive.

• Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi

  This marine shag is found only in the Auckland Islands. It has black-and-white plumage and pale pink feet; in breeding season it develops a head crest and red facial skin and throat pouch.

• Great Curassow Crax rubra

  A large forest bird that searches the ground for fruit, seeds, and other food. The glossy black male and chestnut female look very different.

• Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus

  This dark bird has a long forked tail and red eyes. It catches flying insects in the high canopy and may hunt at dusk.

• Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata

  The Chestnut-capped Babbler is a small, skulking bird. A field study in southern West Bengal recorded it in grasslands along the Rupnarayan and Damodar rivers.

• Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs along the Pacific side from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. Its pale brow and barred back help identify it.

• Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha

  Glossy black plumage and pale eyes stand out on this weaver. In adults, white feather bases on the nape show as a pale patch.

• Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus

  A long-tailed nightjar with different male and female plumage. It uses African habitats from arid semi-desert to savanna and lowland forest clearings, catching insects in flight.

• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis

  The Ruby-cheeked Sunbird has different male and female plumage. It forages high in trees, taking nectar from flowers and sometimes insects from spider webs.

• Hyacinth macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus

  A large South American parrot with deep blue plumage and bright yellow skin around the eyes and lower bill.

• Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria

  The Alexandrine Parakeet is a large parakeet native to parts of South and Southeast Asia, including wooded and cultivated areas.

• Seram Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps stalkeri

  Seram Mountain Pigeon is a forest bird of Seram's mountains and eats fruit. A taxonomic comparison reports that its underpart coloration differs markedly from the Buru form.

• Grey-mantled Wren Odontorchilus branickii

  This wren lives in humid montane forest in Peru's eastern Andes. It is reported in mixed-species flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca

  A small warbler with dark cheeks contrasting with a pale throat. Wild birds in the UK mainly eat insects in spring and summer, then berries in autumn.

• Long-tailed Wood Partridge Dendrortyx macroura

  A quail of Mexico’s high-elevation forests, notable for its long tail and red bill and legs.

• Black-throated Robin Poecilodryas albonotata

  This robin inhabits montane forest on New Guinea. The male has bluish-gray plumage with a black face and throat.