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• Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea

  

  A bird found in Japanese mountain woodland. It has a short tail and may perch on trees with its head pointing down.

• Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus

  

  The Golden Bush-Robin is a small bird of the montane forest understory. The male has a golden brow, yellow underparts, and black face; the female is less contrasting but still yellowish.

• Pohnpei Fantail Rhipidura kubaryi

  

  This fantail lives on Pohnpei and nearby larger lagoon islands in Micronesia. It moves through forest while fanning or wagging its white-tipped tail.

• Crested Ant Tanager Habia cristata

  

  This ant-tanager has a long, vivid red crest. A 1966 paper based on field observations in 1962 describes its life in stream ravines of Colombia's Western Andes.

• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis

  

  In Hong Kong, Swinhoe's Minivet is recorded as a rare spring and autumn passage migrant. The regional bird account reports it singly or in small groups at wooded sites, and describes different plumage in males and females. It gives no local diet records.

• Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus

  

  Adult males have a dark-brown head and throat, a white chest and belly, and white-edged wings. A historical account describes groups feeding on the ground in open areas near streams in Madagascar.

• Gray Trembler Cinclocerthia gutturalis

  This trembler occurs on Martinique and Saint Lucia. The Martinique source describes it in humid forest and gives a length of about 23–26 cm.

• Cape Long-billed Lark Certhilauda curvirostris

  The Cape Long-billed Lark is about 20–24 cm long. It lives among coastal dunes and nearby low vegetation on South Africa's southwestern coast.

• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis

  This whistler lives in Australian mallee shrubland. The New South Wales factsheet describes known populations around Round Hill and Nombinnie in central New South Wales.

• White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis

  This small bird inhabits papyrus swamps in central and eastern Africa. It has dark brown upperparts, a pale eyebrow, and white wing markings. In an East African survey it was recorded only in undisturbed papyrus stands.

• Bahia Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus psychopompus

  The Bahia Tapaculo occurs in lowland Atlantic Forest along the coast of Bahia, Brazil. In the coastal birds examined in the study, the flanks are rufous and the thighs bluish.

• Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus

  An integrative taxonomic study separated P. albogriseus from P. salvini, which had been included in the broader Black-and-white Becard. This entry concerns P. albogriseus, found on the eastern Andean slope and in montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama.

• Little Crow Corvus bennetti

  This crow lives in dry woodland and shrubland in Australia. It is active by day and eats a varied diet.

• Masked Finch Poephila personata

  The Masked Finch lives in grassy areas and near water in northern Australia. Its heavy yellow bill and black facial markings are distinctive.

• White-naped Swift Streptoprocne semicollaris

  This large swift occurs in the mountains of Mexico. It catches flying insects above forests and uses caves or cliff crevices for roosting and nesting.

• Gilbert's Honeyeater Melithreptus chloropsis

  This honeyeater inhabits the wetter forests of southwestern Western Australia. Adults have pale bare skin around the eye and feed on nectar and insects.

• Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

  The Horned Puffin is a black-and-white seabird with an orange-and-yellow bill in breeding adults. It nests on rocky cliffs and spends winter far offshore in the Pacific.

• Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata

  This ibis lives only in the forests of Madagascar. Its white wings and crest stand out, and it probes the forest floor for food with a long bill.

• Dusky-brown Oriole Oriolus phaeochromus

  The Dusky-brown Oriole, also called the Halmahera Oriole, is a uniformly brown oriole from the North Moluccas. It uses upper forest and edges and gives a fluty call.

• Golden Parrotbill Suthora verreauxi

  The Golden Parrotbill is a small bird, about 11 cm long, with a distinctive head and neck. It uses bamboo patches in pairs or small groups and eats insect larvae, small beetles and seeds.

• Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus

  This small cormorant has a long tail and short crest, and breeds mainly around African fresh waters.

• Chestnut-winged Chachalaca Ortalis garrula

  The Chestnut-winged Chachalaca occurs in lowlands of northwestern Colombia. Its chestnut wings and long tail stand out, and it is common in scrub and riparian woodland.

• White-bellied Drongo Dicrurus caerulescens

  The White-bellied Drongo has glossy, bluish-black plumage and a forked tail. The extent of white on its belly varies among regional forms.

• Tawny-bellied Babbler Dumetia hyperythra

  The Tawny-bellied Babbler searches for food among grass and fallen leaves. Plumage on its throat and belly varies among subspecies.