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• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus

  

  This wren lives near the forest floor in Amazonian lowlands. Adults have brown upperparts, a white throat and breast, and brown scale-like markings across the breast and flanks.

• White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius

  This small swiftlet occurs in Melanesia and Polynesia and uses moist forests and caves.

• Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus

  The Bridled White-eye occurs in the Mariana Islands. The living population around Saipan has olive-green upperparts and a white ring around each eye.

• Western Gull Larus occidentalis

  A large gull of the Pacific coast, marked by a dark back, it eats fish and marine invertebrates.

• Palau Ground Dove Pampusana canifrons

  This ground dove lives on Palau’s islands. A male specimen was described with a grey head and breast and a bronze-toned back.

• Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus

  A yellow, downcurved bill, white eyebrow and chestnut back identify this babbler. It forages in the lower growth of forests on Java and Bali.

• Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti

  The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater has a green body, chestnut head, yellow face and throat, and blue on the rump and lower belly. It catches flying insects in the air.

• Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea

  The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike lives in forest from West Africa through the Congo Basin. Males are blue-black with a red shoulder patch; females are olive with barred white underparts.

• 'Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis

  This forest bird is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Adults are dark brown above and white below, and the throat differs between males and females. It searches foliage for small arthropods and also catches prey in flight.

• Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis

  The Tawny Grassbird hides among grasses and shrubs. This entry presents behaviour recorded by a local field guide on Cebu in the Philippines.

• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala

  The summer male has a dark greenish-gray head and black lores and throat. It uses woodland and scrub in different seasons and moves between breeding and wintering areas, including within Japan.

• Subantarctic Snipe Coenocorypha aucklandica

  The Subantarctic Snipe lives on islands south of mainland New Zealand. Its brown and blackish back feathers have buff edges, and it hides among dense vegetation during the day.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis

  This parrotbill stands out for its oversized orange bill, gray head, and black brow and throat.

• Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea

  Males are black and white while females are brownish; the species lives in wet habitats and lowland forest in central and eastern Africa and eats insects.

• Blue Korhaan Eupodotis caerulescens

  This bustard lives mainly in South Africa. The male stands out with a blue-grey neck and underparts and a black-and-white face.

• Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda

  The Common Newtonia is endemic to Madagascar. It has grey-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and searches forests for small invertebrates.

• Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis

  The Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark uses open, sparsely grassed ground, including sandy and gravel plains. Its black head and neck contrast with large white ear patches.

• Cuban Pygmy Owl Glaucidium siju

  The Cuban Pygmy Owl has brown upperparts, pale underparts, and two dark spots on the back of its head. It hunts by day as well as at night.

• Scaled Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger

  This rare, terrestrial cuckoo inhabits rainforest between the Xingu and Tapajós rivers in Brazil. Its behavior is still poorly known.

• Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

  This barbet lives in open woodland, wooded grassland, and scrub in East Africa. It has a sturdy body, large head, and strong bill.

• Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans

  The Cricket Warbler is a pale, long-tailed bird of the Sahel. It lives in dry acacia scrub and savanna, often in pairs or small family groups.

• Fawn-breasted Whistler Pachycephala orpheus

  This whistler is recorded on Timor and Rote. On Timor it prefers lower elevations, although it was observed beside Pachycephala calliope on Mount Mutis up to 1,850 m. The Rote population was reported to be larger than the Timor population.

• Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens

  Reddish Egrets occur in a dark, reddish-brown morph and a white morph. They chase fish in shallow water, walking after them and using their wings to cast shadows on the water.