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• Grey Tinamou Tinamus tao

  

  A large tinamou ranging from the eastern Andes to Brazil’s savanna woodland. It feeds mainly on fruit on the forest floor.

• Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga

  An East African waxbill of grassland and scrub. The male has a grey head and red rump; it feeds on grass seeds and insects.

• Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus

  A coastal cormorant that dives for fish; white patches appear on its face and thighs during breeding season.

• Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi

  This tit inhabits dry woodland and savanna from southwestern Angola through western and central Namibia. It searches among mopane and acacia trees and shrubs for small invertebrates.

• Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis

  It lives in montane forest on New Guinea, and the sexes look very different. The male has a black body with metallic green-blue ornaments; the female is brown and patterned.

• Flame-headed Fig Parrot Psittaculirostris desmarestii

  The Flame-headed Fig Parrot is a small New Guinea parrot with orange, blue, and green markings around the head and face. It favors figs.

• Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon Ducula luctuosa

  The Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon is a large, mostly white pigeon with silvery-gray flight feathers edged in dark markings. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands, using forests and mangroves.

• Necklaced Barbet Psilopogon auricularis

  This barbet is recorded in the forests of Langbiang World Biosphere Reserve in Lam Dong, Vietnam. It eats mainly fruit and flowers, as well as insects.

• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus

  The White-tailed Hawk uses its broad wings to hang in the wind as it searches grasslands for prey.

• Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis

  The Black-throated Babbler lives in lowland evergreen and swamp forest. It searches dense vegetation for small invertebrates.

• Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis

  The Sri Lanka White-eye is endemic to the island's hills. It has a white eye-ring and moves in small groups through woodland and orchards.

• Apo Sunbird Aethopyga boltoni

  The Apo Sunbird occurs in mountain forest on Mindanao in the Philippines. Males have a dark grey head and olive-green upperparts.

• Red-naped Bushshrike Laniarius ruficeps

  This bushshrike inhabits dry lowland scrub. Its underparts are whitish and its hindcrown and nape are chestnut; it searches for insects low in bushes and on the ground.

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus

  The Forest Wagtail is an olive-brown bird with a long tail. It breeds in northeast Asia and winters as far south as Singapore.

• Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica

  This flycatcher occurs in New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Adult males are glossy black; females combine grey and rufous-orange plumage.

• Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whistleri

  This entry uses the current combination *Phylloscopus whistleri* rather than the pool's older *Seicercus whistleri*. It occurs in mountain regions around the Himalayas and forages for insects in forest understory.

• White-rumped Swift Apus caffer

  A swift that catches insects in flight. In southern Africa, it may breed in nests taken over from other birds.

• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus

  The Northern Bobwhite is a ground-dwelling bird of grasslands and woodland edges in eastern and southern North America. It hides in cover and moves in groups.

• Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus

  A mostly black caracara with a red face and throat. It travels in groups and eats wasp larvae and fruit.

• White-collared Manakin Manacus candei

  This small manakin occurs in lowland forest edges and thickets on the Caribbean side of Central America. Adult males are black, white, and yellow; females and young males are olive green with yellow bellies.

• Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis

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

• Silvery-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes brevis

  A forest bird with silvery facial feathers and a large bill.

• Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch Poospiza nigrorufa

  This warbling finch ranges from southern Brazil to southern Argentina and the Paraná basin of Paraguay. Its plumage and habitat differ from those of a close relative, P. whitii.

• Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus

  It is active by day in mountain forest and scrub, flying from perches to catch invertebrates in the air. Bolivian records include a historical specimen without a precise locality and a few sightings.