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• Rufous-faced Antpitta Grallaria erythrotis

  

  This antpitta occurs in humid mountain forest in Bolivia. It has a dark crown, orange face and white throat, and searches for small prey close to the ground.

• Scarlet Myzomela Myzomela sanguinolenta

  This small honeyeater occurs in eastern Australia. Males are red and black, while females and immature birds are mainly brown. It often visits flowers for nectar.

• Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri

  This entry follows the 2005 treatment of Batis erlangeri as a separate species. Males have a dark crown and back; females have a maroon breast-band.

• Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica

  The Balearic Warbler is endemic to the Balearic Islands and has a long tail and red eye-ring. It feeds on small invertebrates in dense Mediterranean scrub.

• Pied Heron Egretta picata

  The Pied Heron is a wetland heron of northern Australia and nearby islands. It has black-and-white plumage and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fish and frogs.

• Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi

  This grey-brown bird has a dark facial patch and fine streaking on its head and underparts. The Raja Ampat account describes it in forest canopies and regrowth, alone or in pairs, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens

  This owl has a rounded, ear-tuftless head and a pale ochre face. It hunts at night and rests in shade or a cavity by day.

• Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

  The Asian Green Bee-eater is a green bee-eater with a slender bill. The details here are limited to the account of the nominate subspecies in India.

• Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus

  The Cinereous Tinamou is a dark, nearly unpatterned ground bird of the Amazonian lowlands. It is commonly recorded in floodplain and várzea forest.

• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus

  In breeding plumage, its black body and silvery-white wings stand out. It breeds in eastern Europe and western Asia.

• Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis

  The Mariqua Sunbird shows strong differences in plumage between males and females. It feeds on nectar and uses dry acacia savanna and other wooded habitats.

• Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus

  A striking black-and-orange oriole of the Amazon Basin, it also uses secondary growth and forest edges and may occur near water. It is not a true starling despite its English name ending in “troupial.”

• Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii

  This grayish-brown sparrow has a faint eye-ring. It feeds on the ground in dry grasslands, and breeding males sing as they rise and float back down through the air.

• Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis

  This understory bird is recorded in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Records include Lohit, Roing, and Hunli, with a 2016 report farther north near Anini.

• White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera

  Its dark body contrasts with white wing tips and white undertail feathers. It swims in lakes and wetlands with abundant aquatic plants, sometimes in moderate-sized groups.

• Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

  Greater Sand Plovers breed in inland parts of Eurasia and move to southern coasts for the non-breeding season.

• Indian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

  The Indian Paradise Flycatcher catches insects while darting among branches. Some males have greatly elongated central tail feathers.

• Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica

  A seabird that breeds on tropical Pacific islands and occurs in a range of plumage colors.

• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

  A blue-black back, rusty throat and long forked tail help identify it. It catches insects in flight and builds mud-and-grass nests on structures such as bridges or buildings.

• Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris

  This whistler inhabits forests on Luzon and Mindoro in the northern Philippines. The entry follows the pool’s Pachycephala albiventris; the source notes that some taxonomies group it with related whistlers.

• Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda

  The Band-tailed Manakin forages in the forest understory of Amazonia. Males show black, red, and yellow plumage, while females are mainly olive green.

• Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii

  The Yellow-crowned Barbet is green with a yellow crown and blue throat. It eats fruit in forests across Southeast Asia.

• White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis

  The White-necked Raven is a large corvid of African highlands. Its broad diet includes animal matter and carrion.

• Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

  The Red-backed Kingfisher is an Australian bird with blue-green and white plumage and a flame-colored rump. It hunts on the ground in dry woodland, taking insects and small reptiles.