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• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

  

  A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.

• Little tern Sternula albifrons

  A small tern that visits Japan in warmer months to breed on beaches and river bars.

• Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis

  This woodcreeper occurs in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its rufous tail and buff spotting on the throat and chest help identify it; it forages from the midstory to the canopy.

• Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii

  This thrush is resident in northwestern Patagonia. Dark streaks mark its white throat, and ochre coloring spreads across the breast and belly.

• Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis

  This small shrike-babbler has a white eye-ring and a black border behind its yellow ear-coverts. It searches for insects in the canopy.

• Madagascan Kestrel Falco newtoni

  This small falcon occurs in many open habitats and towns across Madagascar, while avoiding dense forest.

• Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi

  A small hornbill of West Africa and lands west of the Congo River, marked by a broad gray-white eyebrow stripe.

• Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica

  Males are bluish grey with a yellow band across the mid-belly; females and young birds are olive and grey. It eats fruit and buds.

• Indian Grassbird Graminicola bengalensis

  The Indian Grassbird is a ground-dwelling bird of freshwater wetlands and tall grass. It has a reddish-brown back and rump and a long tail with a white tip.

• White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti

  This bunting breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves toward northwestern India outside the breeding season. It gathers in flocks and searches for food on the ground during that period.

• Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris

  This small flycatcher has an olive back, yellow wing-bars, and yellow throat and belly. It ranges from Central America into northern South America.

• Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis

  This grackle lives in marshes, lake edges, riverside areas, pastures, and flooded scrub. It travels and forages in groups ranging from small parties to large flocks. In Nicaragua, it also occurs along large-lake shores and nearby wetlands.

• Cinnamon-vented Piha Lipaugus lanioides

  A cotinga endemic to southeastern Brazil, inhabiting humid montane Atlantic Forest, mainly at about 500–1,000 m.

• Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi

  This barwing lives in mountain regions from Southeast Asia to southern China. It has a bold white eye-ring and barred wings and tail; the crown and mantle colors differ among described subspecies.

• Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus

  This plover breeds in western North America and searches for insects on grassland and semidesert ground.

• Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis

  The Black-winged Petrel breeds on islands in the southwest Pacific and moves north and east across the Pacific outside the breeding period.

• Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris

  This wheatear lives in rocky mountains and uplands of East Africa. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have two reported forms of belly color.

• Mexican Yellow Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplus

  The Mexican Yellow Grosbeak occurs in Mexico and Guatemala. A research paper describes it from open, dry forest at elevations of 300–1,850 m.

• Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata

  This cuckooshrike lives in the humid forests and mangroves of parts of Southeast Asia. Males are grey, while females show bars on the underparts.

• Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius

  This starling lives in dry savanna from Ethiopia to northeastern Tanzania. Adults have blue-green upperparts and golden underparts; females have shorter tails than males.

• Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana

  This ground-dwelling lark occupies semi-arid savanna in Botswana and South Africa. It feeds on insects and seeds on the ground in open areas with low bushes.

• White-breasted Tapaculo Eleoscytalopus indigoticus

  The White-breasted Tapaculo searches leaf litter for insects in the dark understory of humid Atlantic Forest. Males are dark blue-gray above, brown from the back to the tail, and whitish from throat to belly; females have grayer underparts.

• Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea

  The Taiwan Blue Magpie is a corvid of Taiwan's forests and mountains, notable for its long blue tail and red bill.

• Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis

  This small finch uses rocky grassland and scrub. It follows streams in the rainy season and uses places where water remains in the dry season.