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• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni

  

  This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to Indochina, using damp montane forest and bamboo undergrowth to find insects.

• Purple-crowned Fairywren Malurus coronatus

  In breeding plumage, the male of the western subspecies has a purple crown and blue tail. The subspecies lives in thick river-edge vegetation from the Victoria River catchment to the northern Kimberley.

• Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli

  The Northern Giant Petrel is a large seabird whose plumage becomes paler with age. It breeds on subantarctic islands and feeds at sea on fish and squid.

• Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii

  The Broad-crested Corella is a white cockatoo found from forests to areas near people.

• Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis

  The Red-breasted Nuthatch moves up, down, and around tree trunks and branches while foraging. It is most often found in coniferous woods.

• Sombre Chat Oenanthe dubia

  Breeding has been confirmed in Djibouti. In 2020, family groups and recently fledged young were seen in rocky wadis with trees.

• White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

  The White-throated Fantail is a forest-dwelling fantail that feeds on small invertebrates.

• Lemon-spectacled Tanager Chlorothraupis olivacea

  The Lemon-spectacled Tanager is a tanager of humid tropical forest. Its yellow lores and eye ring are reported as useful distinctions from close relatives.

• Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus

  This long-tailed, flocking minivet is a common year-round resident in Hong Kong woodland and forest margins. It may also use green spaces along the urban edge.

• Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus

  The Long-tailed Glossy Starling is an African starling with a metallic green back and a long purple tail.

• Ocellated Thrasher Toxostoma ocellatum

  This large thrasher is endemic to Mexico, with records from Guanajuato south to Oaxaca. It forages on the ground in dry montane forest and scrub.

• Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura

  This small lark has inconspicuous plumage. It forages on the desert ground in small flocks and seeks shade during the hottest part of the day.

• Cinnamon-breasted Whistler Pachycephala johni

  This whistler is recorded on Obi Island. Its taxonomic treatment differs among sources, which may rank it as a species or as a subspecies.

• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata

  Its breeding range extends from northern Europe across Siberia to northeastern China. Another subspecies breeds on islands in the Sea of Okhotsk and in northern Hokkaido.

• Tatama Tapaculo Scytalopus alvarezlopezi

  This tapaculo lives in cloud forest in Colombia's western Andes. The original description covers male plumage, and an observation recorded two birds searching for arthropods while walking through leaf litter.

• Russet-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis stenorhyncha

  The Russet-winged Schiffornis occurs in eastern Panama, northern Colombia, and northern Venezuela. The account notes that it was formerly included in Thrush-like Schiffornis, but treats it as a separate species.

• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

  Clark's Nutcracker is a corvid of western North American mountains. It carries conifer seeds and caches them in the ground.

• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja

  The White-headed Munia is a small bird with a white head and pale brown body that gathers seeds from the ground and grass stems.

• African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus

  The African Palm Swift is a slender swift with a deeply forked tail that clings beneath palm fronds.

• Cardinal Honeyeater Myzomela cardinalis

  A National Park of American Samoa guide records this bird on Tutuila, American Samoa, but not on the Manuʻa Islands. Adult males have red bodies with black wings and tails; females are grayish with a red rump. The guide describes it visiting flowers for nectar.

• Common Guillemot Uria aalge

  The Common Guillemot is a seabird that gathers on coastal cliffs to breed and otherwise lives at sea.

• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

  An ibis whose adult head and neck have bare black skin, while most body feathers are white. It probes for food in shallows and rice fields.

• Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus

  The Olive-backed Oriole lives in semi-open woodland and eucalypt forest. It has an olive back, red eye, and streaked pale underparts.

• Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius

  This large parrotbill occurs in the eastern Himalaya and neighboring regions. A bird photographed at Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, in 2024 showed a robust body and large curved bill.