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• Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii

  

  A gull associated with the Mediterranean, Audouin's Gull has a pale gray body and red bill as an adult and feeds mainly on fish.

• White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus

  Males are black and white, while females are olive green. During breeding, males gather to display to females.

• Painted Bunting Passerina ciris

  The Painted Bunting is a small bird that breeds in the south-central and coastal southeastern United States. It searches for seeds during migration and winter.

• Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans

  The Eastern Subalpine Warbler is a small warbler that breeds around the Mediterranean and moves to the Sahara region for winter. Males are grey and brick-red, while females are brownish.

• Nonggang Babbler Stachyris nonggangensis

  This babbler was described from Nonggang Nature Reserve in southwest China and depends on limestone forest. Its confirmed known range is restricted; northern Vietnam is discussed as a possible area, not confirmed range.

• Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator

  The Piping Hornbill has a black head and wings with white underparts. The account distinguishes three subspecies with differences in the extent of white on the wings and tail. Some taxonomies treat Bycanistes fistulator as a subspecies of the Trumpeter Hornbill.

• Cundinamarca Antpitta Grallaria kaestneri

  This antpitta occurs in cloud forest in Colombia’s eastern Andes. The account lists records from the departments of Cundinamarca and Meta.

• Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila

  The Hantu Boobook is a small-to-medium owl restricted to Seram Island, with no ear tufts.

• Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii

  This warbler inhabits lowland forest in West Africa. It has slate-colored upperparts and a dark brown-black head and neck, and gleans insects from leaves and branches.

• Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor

  The Magpie Starling is an East African starling with blue-black upperparts, white underparts, a white wing bar, and red eyes. It feeds mainly on fruit and gathers in flocks in dry scrub.

• Bar-tailed Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae

  The Bar-tailed Pheasant is a long-tailed pheasant with red wattles around the eyes. Blue and white markings stand out on males, while females are mottled brown.

• Timor Stubtail Urosphena subulata

  The Timor Stubtail was recorded in forest on Timor, where its short tail was barely visible. A 1991 field report described chestnut upperparts and a pale eyebrow and noted that the bird was difficult to see in the undergrowth.

• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides

  The slaty-legged crake hides near the ground in dense forest and gives its loud calls at night.

• Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus

  An African woodpecker of dry scrub and wooded grassland. The male is marked by a red nape and a white eyebrow.

• Collared Puffbird Bucco capensis

  A forest bird with a cinnamon head, large bill, and a black collar across the neck and chest, it waits to ambush sizable prey.

• Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus

  A small finch with a bright yellow face. It nests in trees in Middle Eastern mountains and eats grass and herb seeds.

• Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides

  A northwestern Patagonia account describes this duck's crest and its feeding near lakes and rivers, where it takes small aquatic animals.

• Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata

  This large pigeon lives on Caribbean islands. It uses forests, wetlands, and other habitats, which differ from island to island.

• Ornate Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla ornata

  The Ornate Stipplethroat occurs in the lower and middle forest layers of the Amazon region. It has been reported moving through hanging dead leaves while foraging.

• Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas

  This bush-shrike occurs in montane forest of the Albertine Rift. This entry follows the catalogue treatment of Laniarius holomelas.

• Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi

  The Evergreen Forest Warbler is a small bird recorded in moist forests and wet shrubland across scattered African highlands. It is about 15 cm long and weighs 15–21 g.

• Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei

  The Highland Tinamou often remains on the ground during the day. It was recorded in rainforest at about 1,200 m at Cacao Biological Station in Costa Rica.

• Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.

• 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.