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• Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major

  

  The Gray-collared Becard is described from semi-open forests in Mexico and Guatemala. Males have a black cap and back with a pale grey nape and underside; females have a brown crown and back.

• Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum melanozanthum

  A small bird of forests from the Himalayas into northern Southeast Asia. The male has a dark head and back with a yellow belly, and the species moves with elevation.

• Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus

  The Ornate Hawk-Eagle is a forest raptor marked by a black crest and a rufous neck. In Argentina it glides along forest edges and hunts large birds and mammals.

• Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica

  This tyrant flycatcher occurs on Caribbean islands. It is found at forest edges and gardens and has dark olive-gray upperparts with a grayish-white underside washed yellow below.

• Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules

  It is a kingfisher with a blue back, orange underparts, red eyes, and coral-colored legs. The Bangladesh account describes it fishing near streams.

• Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata

  The Horned Puffin is a black-and-white seabird with an orange-and-yellow bill in breeding adults. It nests on rocky cliffs and spends winter far offshore in the Pacific.

• Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana

  The Asian Desert Warbler is a small, sandy-brown warbler. In the UAE it is seen mainly in winter or while passing through, in dry places with sparse plants.

• Przevalski's Parrotbill Suthora przewalskii

  Suthora przewalskii is a parrotbill of the mountains of central China. It has an ash-grey crown, chestnut throat and upper breast, and pale grey-buffy belly, and searches for insects in open coniferous forest with bamboo.

• Caatinga Puffbird Nystalus maculatus

  A puffbird of Brazil's Caatinga. The ICMBio regional guide uses the English name Spot-backed Puffbird for the same scientific name.

• Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata

  The Sickle-billed Vanga is a black-and-white bird with a long, slender bill that curves down. It searches among branches for food in Madagascar's forest and savanna habitats.

• Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans

  This lark migrates from breeding areas in central Africa to southern Africa. It forages on the ground in open savanna and woodland, eating insects and some seeds.

• Spotted Thrush-Babbler Illadopsis turdina

  A babbler of damp African woodland and streamside thickets, foraging close to the ground. Its white breast is spotted rufous.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• Thick-billed Vireo Vireo crassirostris

  This vireo lives on islands around the Bahamas and Cuba. It can be difficult to see in scrubby thickets.

• Stiles's Tapaculo Scytalopus stilesi

  Stiles's Tapaculo lives in humid montane forest in Colombia's Central Cordillera. It has dark plumage and searches for food in undergrowth and near the forest floor.

• Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus

  This trogon is often found in Amazonian floodplain forest. Both sexes share a red belly and black underside of the tail; males are iridescent green and females are grey.

• Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana

  The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise has strongly different male and female plumage. Males display red flank plumes in courtship, while females care for the nest and young.

• Tricolored Parrot-Finch Erythrura tricolor

  A small finch of forests and woodland edges in the Lesser Sundas. It has a green back, blue body, and red tail; females are duller than males.

• White-necked Myna Streptocitta albicollis

  The White-necked Myna is a Sulawesi forest starling marked by a white collar and a long tail.

• McGregor's Cuckooshrike Coracina mcgregori

  It lives in montane forest above 1,000 m on Mindanao and appears in small or mixed-species groups in the canopy. It has a black throat and white wing patch.

• Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea

  This heron has yellow head plumes and a black-and-white face; it searches shallow wetlands for crabs and crayfish.

• Chinese Bush-Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia

  The Chinese Bush-Warbler is a plain brown bird that breeds from southern Siberia to southern China. It keeps hidden in vegetation on its breeding grounds, and its winter range is uncertain.

• Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti

  Abert’s Towhee lives year-round in brush along waterways in the Sonoran Desert. Its sandy body and rusty undertail help identify it.

• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

  The Australian Bustard is a large bird of dry plains, grassland, and open woodland. It eats both plant and animal foods.