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• White-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus candicans

  

  This nightjar lives in open grasslands from central Brazil to Paraguay. In breeding season males make short display flights with wing sounds; Bolivia has only a few September records from seasonally flooded savanna.

• Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius

  The Solitary Eagle is a large raptor of tropical forests. Adults are almost entirely black with a white band across the middle of the tail. An Argentine regional account records mammals as prey and trees as nesting sites.

• Melodious Blackbird Dives dives

  This icterid occurs in Central America. Adult males are glossy black with a blue sheen, while females and young birds are duller. In Costa Rica it is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Yellow-footed Gull Larus livens

  The Yellow-footed Gull is a large gull that breeds on islands around the Gulf of California. Adults are marked by yellow legs, a gray back and wings, and a white body.

• Yellow-crested Manakin Heterocercus flavivertex

  This manakin occurs in the lowlands of northern South America. At one study site in northern Venezuela it was observed in seasonally flooded forest and white-sand scrub woodland.

• Rose-breasted Chat Granatellus pelzelni

  The Rose-breasted Chat differs strongly by sex and inhabits forest canopy and edges.

• Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli

  Rüppell's Warbler breeds around the eastern Mediterranean and migrates to Africa for the non-breeding season.

• Red-eyed Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys imberbis

  Erythrogenys imberbis is a scimitar babbler of Myanmar and Thailand. Clements' 2024 checklist treats it as a species split from the Himalayan E. erythrogenys.

• Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis

  The Plain-pouched Hornbill lives in lowland forests from south-eastern Myanmar through Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Males and females differ in head and neck plumage.

• Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus

  A bird of open Australian country, recognized by its crest, long pointed tail and orange cheek patches.

• Red-and-white Antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca

  Both sexes have similar rufous-brown and white plumage. In southeastern Peru's moist mountain forests, it searches near the ground for beetles, ants, and spiders.

• Mindanao Boobook Ninox spilocephala

  This boobook occurs on Mindanao. It has long ear-covert extensions, while breast barring and belly streaks vary among individuals. Researchers recorded long solo songs and shorter duets.

• Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla

  The Neddicky is a small bird about 11 cm long. By day it uses light woodland, savanna, and grassland, searching the ground for invertebrates.

• Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus

  This starling has glossy purple plumage and large yellow eyes. It eats fruit, nectar, and insects and roosts in large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus

  A pheasant-family bird of western Africa, with a separate population in western Morocco; it uses vegetated habitats.

• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni

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

• Virginia Rail Rallus limicola

  Virginia Rails forage by probing shallow water and mud in marshes, where emergent plants such as cattails and bulrushes provide cover.

• Helmeted Woodpecker Celeus galeatus

  The Helmeted Woodpecker lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America. A study reports that its plumage resembles that of a larger, co-occurring woodpecker, and tracked birds used cavities in large trees as roosts.

• Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla

  This nunlet is recognized by its rufous cap and grey sides of the head. It occurs in humid lowland forest and may remain motionless on a branch for long periods.

• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus

  The Red-fronted Rosefinch is about 20 cm long and eats plant seeds on rocky, shrub-covered high slopes by day. Call-recording sites in western China, including Qinghai and Sichuan, show only part of its range.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus

  The Ornate Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon of New Guinea's hill and montane forests. Its crown ranges from wine-red to yellowish olive among subspecies, and the sexes look alike.

• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster

  An antwren of woodland and dense scrub in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, feeding on insects and spiders.

• Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus

  A black shrike with a white wing stripe and vivid red underparts, it lives in dry scrub and savanna of southern Africa, where pairs defend territories.