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• Sharp-tailed Ibis Cercibis oxycerca

  

  This large ibis has glossy black plumage and a long tail. In the Venezuelan Llanos, its food changes between dry and wet seasons.

• Ethiopian Oriole Oriolus monacha

  

  It occurs in the western and southeastern Ethiopian highlands, the Rift Valley, and southern Ethiopia, at about 1,200–3,200 m.

• Fire-tailed Myzornis Myzornis pyrrhoura

  

  The Fire-tailed Myzornis has green-and-gold plumage, a dark face mask, and a red tail. It searches flowering shrubs for food in the Himalayas.

• Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus

  

  The Pygmy Cormorant is a small cormorant that uses freshwater wetlands and river deltas.

• Bearded Guan Penelope barbata

  

  The Bearded Guan is a large forest bird with a small red throat wattle and gray speckles. It lives in montane forests of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Chin Hills Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis oatesi

  

  This wren-babbler has a very restricted range in Mizoram, eastern India, and the Chin Hills of northern Myanmar. It forages near the ground in dense montane undergrowth.

• Berlepsch's Tinamou Crypturellus berlepschi

  Berlepsch's Tinamou is a ground-dwelling bird about 29–32 cm long. It lives in humid forests of northwestern South America, is active by day, and eats both plant and animal matter.

• Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Weaver is a bird whose breeding males show a black head and yellow body and build woven grass nests. It lives in open country and wetlands across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Anthony's Nightjar Nyctidromus anthonyi

  The male has a white throat but no white wing or tail patches, even in flight. In dry Pacific lowlands from western Ecuador to Peru, it catches flying insects at night.

• Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris

  This sunbird lives in the forests of the Albertine Rift. Breeding males show a long tail and iridescent colors, and forage at flowering trees.

• Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

  The Brown-headed Parrot is mainly green, with yellow underwings. Two subspecies are listed; one is paler and greener than the other.

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

  This lorikeet is marked by yellow, scale-like feathers on its breast. It feeds on nectar and pollen in eastern Australian forests.

• Cream-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus merrilli

  This medium-sized dove lives in forests around Luzon. A field study recorded it feeding on fruit in the forest canopy.

• Inca Wren Pheugopedius eisenmanni

  A wren of humid mountain forest in southern Peru, marked by a white eyebrow and barred tail.

• Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola

  A breeding-plumage male of the nominate subspecies is slate blue-grey with a rufous patch on the wing. It uses dry montane scrub; some birds move seasonally.

• California Quail Callipepla californica

  A ground-foraging quail with a forward-drooping head plume, often seen in family groups.

• Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii

  Males show a strong contrast between a red cap and breast and a black face. They drop from a perch to search the ground for insects and other prey.

• Black-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis albertisi

  Male black-billed sicklebills court by displaying the purple sheen and ornamental feathers on the head. They live in New Guinea's mountain forests and eat mainly insects.

• White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis

  The White-thighed Swallow flies near the canopy above humid Amazonian forest. The appearance and range described here are those documented for subspecies griseiventris.

• Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus

  The Mountain Scops Owl hides in the middle and lower layers of humid mountain forests and is active at night.

• Russet-crowned Crake Rufirallus viridis

  A small South American crake with a russet crown and cinnamon underparts.

• Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea

  BirdLife South Africa's 2025 account describes a population restricted in South Africa to oNgoye Forest. It uses Cryptolybia olivacea and says the wider group's taxonomy remains unsettled. Local birds have bronzy-green upperparts and use the forest canopy.

• Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii

  The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga of eastern Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. It is notable for its huge blue bill; a field study recorded insects as its main prey and both parents sharing incubation.

• Ethiopian Bee-eater Merops lafresnayii

  Its back is green and its underparts are pale cinnamon, with a yellow throat bordered behind by blackish blue. A 2015 field report lists at least five birds of the lafresnayii form at Lake Langano, Ethiopia.