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• 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.

• Moluccan Flycatcher Myiagra galeata

  The Moluccan Flycatcher is a small bird of wooded habitats and coastal scrub in the Moluccas. Males are grey and white; females have a pale rufous wash on the throat and breast.

• Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata

  The Spectacled Warbler occurs around the Mediterranean and on Macaronesian islands. Breeding males have a conspicuous white eye ring, and the species uses dry scrub.

• Tumbes Swallow Tachycineta stolzmanni

  The Tumbes Swallow has glossy blue upperparts, a white rump and belly, and a squared tail. It is uncommon within its restricted range in north-western Peru and also occurs in Ecuador, foraging close to the ground.

• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva

  Setophaga aestiva is the migratory northern form of the Yellow Warbler. It breeds in North America and moves to Central and South America for winter; the resident mangrove form is now treated separately.

• Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

  It occurs in montane forests of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The species-level name used here is Southern Emerald Toucanet; White-throated may refer only to the white-throated nominate subspecies and should not be generalized to every form.

• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon

  The Moustached Warbler is a small brown bird with a long pale eyebrow stripe. It lives in Mediterranean wetlands.

• 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.

• Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus

  The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike lives in forests and at forest edges in Southeast Asia. Males are black and white, while females have browner upperparts.

• Chestnut-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albidiventris

  This ovenbird relative forages on foot in open grassland and sparse scrub at high elevations. The Peru species account gives a range extending into Colombia and Ecuador.

• Ivory-breasted Pitta Pitta maxima

  The Ivory-breasted Pitta lives in forests of the North Maluku Islands. Its dark upperparts contrast with blue-green wings and ivory underparts.

• Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus

  A field guide to the Mimika region of Papua records this species under its older name, Sericornis perspicillatus. The account describes olive upperparts and a pale buff-orange face, and records it in shrubs and the midstory at montane forest edges.

• Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus

  This medium-sized gull changes its head pattern between breeding and non-breeding plumage. It uses Andean lakes and rivers; in Chile, some move down to the coast in winter.

• Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae

  Males stand out with a dark, slaty body, a blackish cap, and usually a bright pink throat. They search for insects and small fruits in the canopy of tropical forests.

• Imeri Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis flavescens

  The Imeri Warbling Antbird is a tropical-forest antbird. A February 2017 paper reported range-extension records near El Encanto along Colombia's Putumayo River.

• Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae

  The Montezuma Quail lives in grasslands and oak woodland in the Mexican highlands and the southwestern United States. It digs in the ground for underground foods and nuts.

• Japanese Snipe Gallinago hardwickii

  The Japanese Snipe breeds in northern Japan and migrates to southeastern Australia. Its long bill and brown stripes are distinctive.

• Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica

  The Grey Shrikethrush varies in color across its range, from gray to brown. It searches for food on the ground and on tree trunks and branches in Australian forests and woodlands.

• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

  A fox-brown bird with dark streaks, bright yellow eyes, and a long bill.

• Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni

  This bulbul ranges across central and southern Indochina and the Malay Peninsula. It is mostly brown with olive-yellow wings and tail and distinctive yellow stripes on the face and upper throat.

• Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis

  In northwestern Namibia, Cinderella Waxbill records come from the Kunene and Ondoto river areas.

• Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur

  The Fairy Prion breeds on islands around New Zealand and forages in flocks near ocean fronts. It has blue-gray upperparts, white underparts, and a blue bill and feet.

• Collared Babbler Gampsorhynchus torquatus

  An older bird account treated the Collared Babbler as the subspecies Gampsorhynchus rufulus torquatus. It describes rufous-brown upperparts and records the form from bamboo and evergreen forest.

• Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs

  A large bird with a black crest and pale brow. In Saudi Arabia, small groups use rocky areas and wadis.