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• Rufous-backed Antvireo Dysithamnus xanthopterus

  

  This antvireo occurs in montane forest on Brazil's Atlantic slope. A Brazilian species account describes birds moving alone or in pairs through the middle and lower forest strata and searching live foliage for invertebrates.

• Rote Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis

  The Rote Leaf-warbler was described from Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2018 study reports its appearance and behavior from observations on the island.

• Willow tit Poecile montanus

  In Japan it occurs in mountain woodland from Kyushu northward. A black cap on the head is conspicuous.

• Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda

  The Band-tailed Manakin forages in the forest understory of Amazonia. Males show black, red, and yellow plumage, while females are mainly olive green.

• Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli

  The Snares Island Snipe has a stocky body and relatively short bill and legs. It probes the ground and mud for invertebrates.

• Western Thornbill Acanthiza inornata

  The Western Thornbill is a small bird of southwestern Western Australia that searches for insects in the undergrowth. It has an olive-gray back and creamy-buff underparts.

• Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres

  A large vulture with a pale body and bare bluish-grey head and neck. It feeds on carrion in southern Africa and nests on cliffs.

• Gilded Flicker Colaptes chrysoides

  The Gilded Flicker lives in the Sonoran Desert and nearby areas of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It nests in cacti and searches for ants on the ground.

• Crested Coua Coua cristata

  The Madagascar cuckoo-relative has gray-green plumage, a crest, and blue bare skin around the eyes. It moves between the ground and trees.

• Snowy Egret Egretta thula

  A slender white heron with black legs and bright yellow feet that searches shallow water for small aquatic animals.

• Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus

  This small white-eye lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Its white eye-ring and yellow face stand out as it searches forests and shrubland for fruit, nectar, and invertebrates.

• Boyaca Antpitta Grallaria alticola

  This antpitta occurs in Colombia's eastern Andes. The 2023 eBird taxonomy update treats it as separate from Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis). Todd's 1919 description of the adult male type records a dark back and ochre underparts with white mottling. A December 2025 field report records it foraging at Sumapaz National Park.

• Socotra Sparrow Passer insularis

  The Socotra Sparrow is a sparrow of Yemen’s Socotra Archipelago. This entry follows BirdLife’s treatment of Passer insularis as a species.

• Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris

  The Samoan Flycatcher is restricted to Samoa. It is found in open forest, forest edges, village gardens, and mangrove edges, where it makes short sallies to catch insects in the air.

• Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi

  The Marquesan Kingfisher was recorded on Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands by a 2011 survey. In forest it eats insects and small lizards and nests in tree cavities.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

  Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.

• Ashy-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus cinereifrons

  The Ashy-fronted Bulbul occurs on Palawan and nearby islands in the western Philippines. It is treated here as the separate species Pycnonotus cinereifrons, rather than under older treatments that included it as a subspecies of the Olive-winged Bulbul. It eats fruit in forest edges and coastal scrub.

• Black-throated Saltator Saltatricula atricollis

  This tanager lives in open grassland and savanna in eastern Bolivia, including lightly wooded and seasonally flooded areas.

• Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus

  This sparrow occurs in the forest understory of the Amazon Basin. White head stripes and the male's black breast band are useful field marks.

• Flavescent Warbler Myiothlypis flaveola

  Bolivian records place the Flavescent Warbler in dry to semi-humid woodland and gallery forest. Its yellow underside and olive upperparts are useful field marks.

• Seychelles Brush Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

  This small bird has been conserved across the Seychelles islands. A 2001 action plan describes its olive-brown plumage and leaf-gleaning habits; a 2019 report says populations had become established on five islands.

• Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis

  This small quail shows a strong color contrast: males are blue-gray and chestnut, while females are brown. It walks through grass and scrub to find seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Japanese wagtail Motacilla grandis

  A black-and-white waterside bird that repeatedly bobs its tail.