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• Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher

  

  The Chestnut-bellied Starling lives in Sahelian savanna and shrubland. It has glossy blue-green upperparts and breast, a chestnut belly, and searches for food in small flocks on the ground.

• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

  The Black-naped Oriole is conspicuous for its yellow and black plumage. The account here describes its appearance and habits recorded in Singapore.

• Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava

  The Sakalava Weaver occurs in northern, western, and southern Madagascar. It is a roughly 15 cm granivore that forms groups and forages on the ground and in trees. It uses open disturbed areas, village and crop edges, sparse savanna, and dry spiny scrub.

• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates

  The Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater occurs in open places in East African highlands and forests. Adults are about 21 cm long and catch insects in flight.

• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

  A sandpiper that breeds in northeastern Siberia and winters along coasts in Southeast Asia and Australia. Adults in breeding plumage have a breast band and orange-brown shoulder feathers.

• Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus

  The Golden-winged Cacique has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the rump and wings. It searches trees for fruit and insects.

• Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana

  The Great-billed Heron is a large heron with a massive bill. It lives around coastal rocks and shallow water near mangroves.

• Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis

  The Sokoke Pipit is a shy bird of coastal forests in Kenya and Tanzania, with Arabuko-Sokoke Forest as its stronghold.

• Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata

  The Waved Albatross is a large seabird with a white head and neck, brown-to-gray body plumage, and bluish legs. It nests on the ground on its breeding island and searches the open ocean for fish, squid, and other prey.

• White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna

  This swallow inhabits arid and semi-arid parts of southern and central Australia. It breeds in open country where sandy banks or earth cliffs are available.

• California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum

  The California Thrasher is a large thrasher of California chaparral. It searches for food on the ground beneath dense shrubs, sweeping leaf litter with its bill.

• Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius

  This sunbird uses wooded habitats near water in Central Africa and takes nectar and fruit. A study in the Republic of the Congo documented several adults feeding young both before and after they fledged.

• Common Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavopectus

  It is 11.5–13 cm long. In Bolivia's eastern Andes, it lives in pairs or small flocks, and Bolivian subspecies differ in crown, cheek, and eye color.

• Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper Upucerthia saturatior

  This earthcreeper inhabits Patagonian forest. A primary study distinguishes it from the related open-country species by traits including its short black bill and breeding habitat.

• Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova

  This lark lives in open parts of Madagascar. Its pale-brown body has dark streaks, and it searches for seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei

  A small hummingbird of humid mountain forest. The male has a green crown and ear coverts, and its upper throat shines emerald green.

• Bush Blackcap Sylvia nigricapillus

  This babbler occurs in South Africa and western Eswatini. It uses montane forest margins and scrub, and some high-altitude populations move downslope in winter.

• Collared Trogon Trogon collaris

  The Collared Trogon lives in humid forests of Central and South America and eats insects and fruit. It may excavate a nest cavity in decayed wood.

• Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri

  This entry uses the current combination *Phylloscopus whistleri* rather than the pool's older *Seicercus whistleri*. It occurs in mountain regions around the Himalayas and forages for insects in forest understory.

• Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus

  This plover breeds in grasslands and wetlands at the southern tip of South America. Some move north along the Pacific coast outside the breeding season, while others remain in the south throughout the year.

• Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis

  The Straw-necked Ibis is a large ibis widely distributed in Australia. It moves in search of suitable habitat and forages in shallow water and on the ground.

• Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia

  The male Cretzschmar’s Bunting has a grey head that helps distinguish it from the greener-headed Ortolan Bunting. It is a rare vagrant in Britain.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

  This thrush has been recorded in mountain forests from the eastern Himalaya to Yunnan, China. It is treated as a species distinct from the related Alpine Thrush in the 2016 study.