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• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus

  

  The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo has a long tail, chestnut plumage, and a black crest. It breeds in temperate Eurasia and passes through or winters in Southeast Asia from autumn to spring.

• Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti

  Humblot's Heron is a large heron of shallow waters in western Madagascar and the Comoros. Its dark gray plumage is distinctive.

• Mauritius Olive White-eye Zosterops chloronothos

  A small white-eye found only on Mauritius, where nectar is its main food.

• Bay Antpitta Grallaria capitalis

  This antpitta occurs in the eastern Andes of central Peru. It inhabits humid montane forest and edges, with records around 1,800–3,000 m.

• Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici

  The Tibetan Snowfinch feeds on the ground in rocky, open country on the eastern Tibetan Plateau.

• Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata

  The Rarotonga Monarch’s native range is Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Its plumage changes with age; it uses wet forested valleys near stream headwaters and feeds on small insects.

• Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella

  Males are blue, while females show orange-and-black barring, making the sexes look quite different. It perches and waits for prey in lowland and hill forests.

• Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis

  At Bui National Park, this cisticola was recorded in tall grass beside riparian forest and in mature woodland. A 2007 paper also distinguishes it from a related cisticola by its crown and wing coloring.

• Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti

  Male Shining-green Hummingbirds are mostly green, with a slightly downcurved bill and a moderately forked tail. Females have a white chin and belly. The species uses habitats from dry forest to gallery forest; birds may gather at large flowering trees.

• Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris

  This greenbul occurs in eastern and south-central Africa. It is recorded in streamside thickets, gallery forest, bamboo thickets, and moist evergreen forest, and eats insects and fruit.

• Blue-backed Tanager Cyanicterus cyanicterus

  The Blue-backed Tanager is a resident bird recorded in northern South America. Oiseaux.net lists vocal recordings from the Guianas and northern Brazil.

• Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus

  The Olive Sparrow forages on the ground in dense thorn scrub, staying close to cover. In the United States it is limited to southern Texas, and it also occurs in Mexico and Central America.

• Hooded Yellowthroat Geothlypis nelsoni

  This yellowthroat is recorded in Mexico, where it uses brush on rather dry slopes and open pine or pine-oak woods.

• African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus

  This small warbler lives in reedbeds and grassy vegetation near water in Africa and feeds on insects. Sources differ on whether baeticatus is treated as a separate African Reed Warbler species or as a subspecies of Common Reed Warbler.

• Campbell's Hill Partridge Arborophila campbelli

  This partridge has black-and-white bands on its head, olive-brown upperparts, and a grey breast. It lives in montane rainforest on the Malay Peninsula.

• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

  Recorded throughout the year in Britain and Ireland. It is most widespread in the north and west and in uplands during breeding, and across much of the area in winter except the highest ground.

• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

  This dabbling duck feeds mainly on plants in shallow wetlands. Males show an orange-red mark at the bill base and a large white wing marking.

• Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus

  The Black-fronted Tern breeds along rivers on New Zealand's South Island. In breeding plumage it has a black cap and orange bill, then disperses to coastal areas after breeding.

• Common Miner Geositta cunicularia

  This ground-dwelling bird forages in open country across South America. The sources describe several subspecies and habitats, from coastal dunes to dry highland plains.

• Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera

  The Spot-winged Thrush has two pale bars on its wings and brown spots across its breast and belly. It searches forest floors in Sri Lanka for insects and fallen fruit.

• Golden Vireo Vireo hypochryseus

  This small vireo is endemic to Mexico. Adults are mainly olive and yellow, with a yellow line above the eye.

• Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris

  The Banded Kestrel is a diurnal falcon found only in Madagascar. It has horizontal barring from the throat to the belly and hunts small reptiles and insects.

• Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus

  A small hornbill with a striking red bill. It inhabits tropical lowland forest and gives wavering whistles alone or in pairs.

• White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia

  The White-rumped Seedeater is a finch about 12 cm long. It uses dry savanna as well as fields, pastures, and rural gardens.