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• Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri

  

  The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.

• Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii

  The Square-tailed Drongo is a black bird of forests and thickets in eastern and southern Africa. It catches insects by flying out from a perch.

• Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus

  The Blue-throated Barbet has a green body and blue throat and ranges through forests from South Asia to northern mainland Southeast Asia.

• Banggai Crow Corvus unicolor

  This black crow stands out for its pale eye and short tail. It lives in groups in the canopy of montane forest on Peleng Island, Indonesia.

• Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume

  The Japanese Murrelet breeds on islands of Japan. Adults have a prominent crest during the breeding season.

• Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia

  This kingfisher has a shining blue back and long white tail feathers. It moves from New Guinea to northeastern Australia, where it nests in ground termite mounds.

• 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.

• Black-faced Cotinga Conioptilon mcilhennyi

  A cotinga of southwestern Amazonian floodplain forest. Its dingy-white body contrasts with black wings, tail, mask, and throat.

• Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma

  The Variable Hawk has several plumage forms. In Argentina's biodiversity account, a white tail with a broad black band is a shared field mark; the hawk searches open mountain habitats while soaring.

• Cactus Wren Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus

  The Cactus Wren has a white stripe over the eye and a spotted chest. It uses cacti and thorny shrubs in dry country and builds a rounded grass nest among them. Its range extends from the southwestern United States into central Mexico.

• Western Grasswren Amytornis textilis

  In the Shark Bay area of Western Australia, this grasswren uses shrublands and is recorded foraging on the ground in pairs or family groups.

• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis

  The Black-breasted Thrush lives in forests of the eastern Himalaya. An adult male has a black head and upper breast with orange-red flanks. It moves from higher breeding forests to lower ground in winter.

• White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata

  This tanager lives in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its white cap and red throat and chest stand out, and family groups forage in the upper forest.

• Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans

  A small bird endemic to Rodrigues. Both sexes are usually brown on the back, wings and tail, and search branches and leaf undersides for insects.

• Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

  This subtly patterned bird occurs in eastern and central North America in summer. It moves slowly through high deciduous branches to find caterpillars; its rolling song often gives it away.

• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans

  A grey-brown bird marked by white outer tail feathers and a fine white eyebrow, found in open woodland and grassy areas with scattered trees.

• Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula

  An antbird of northeastern South American lowland forest, including the Guianas and northeastern Brazil. It follows army-ant swarms to catch insects fleeing from the ants.

• Plain-backed Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi

  This small sparrow-family bird lives in dry highlands of Tibet and the Himalayas. It searches for food on the ground.

• Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii

  The Banded Prinia skulks in undergrowth at forest edges and clearings, usually in pairs. It has barred underparts; eastern mountain birds may have a dark throat while other birds have a barred throat.

• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens

  The Ash-throated Flycatcher has a yellow belly and rusty tail and catches insects in flight.

• Dusky Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscus

  This Chilean endemic stays concealed near the ground in dense vegetation. It is slate-gray with a darker forehead and feeds on insects and spiders.

• White-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopia

  This dove has a purplish-blue sheen on the back and a white forehead. It walks on the leaf litter of humid montane forest in Hispaniola.

• Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi

  This small swift has a very short tail and flies fast above African savannas and open woodland.