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• Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus

  

  The Pied Stilt walks through shallows on long legs, probing with a fine bill. h. leucocephalus in New Zealand.

• Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum

  

  This martin breeds in East Asia and winters mainly in Southeast Asia. It has a white face and underside, an extended white rump and catches small insects in flight.

• Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii

  

  The Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl occurs in gray and reddish-brown color morphs and has variable ear tufts. It favors forest interiors.

• Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor

  

  The Abyssinian Scimitarbill is marked by glossy dark plumage and a long, strongly downcurved orange bill. It lives in dry scrub and open woodland in eastern Africa.

• Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi

  

  The Hooded Grebe breeds in highland lakes in southern Argentina and is also recorded at Atlantic estuaries in winter.

• Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus

  

  This bird walks across dry plains and fields, feeding on insects on the ground. Its rufous crown and black-and-white lines from bill to neck stand out.

• Kozlov's Accentor Prunella koslowi

  This accentor lives in scrub on arid mountains and semi-deserts. The China account records it in Ningxia's Helan Mountains and Inner Mongolia; its sandy plumage is streaked with black.

• Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer

  The Yellow-breasted Crake is a very small, yellow-brown-looking crake with a dark cap and barred flanks. It searches among wetland vegetation for food.

• Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

  This barbet lives in open woodland, wooded grassland, and scrub in East Africa. It has a sturdy body, large head, and strong bill.

• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus

  The Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike is a small black-and-white bird that sallies from a perch to catch insects. It lives in open forest and forest edges, often in pairs or small groups.

• White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides

  The White-fronted Bee-eater is strikingly marked with a white forehead, red throat, and orange and green plumage. It catches insects in flight, and helpers assist at nesting colonies.

• Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis

  The Black-backed Butcherbird is a medium-sized, black-and-white butcherbird with a white throat. It occurs in southeastern New Guinea and northern Australia.

• Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

  A penguin recognized by its yellow eyes and head band, it catches fish and squid near the seafloor.

• Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps

  The Bare-crowned Antbird is a lowland antbird occurring from Central America into northern Colombia. The male has a bare blue area on the crown.

• Grey-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus

  The current name is Phylloscopus tephrocephalus. This small leaf warbler has gray and black crown stripes, breeds from northern Myanmar and southwestern China to northern Thailand, and winters in Indochina.

• Yellowhead Mohoua ochrocephala

  A small songbird endemic to New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands that now remains mainly in beech forest.

• Pincoya Storm Petrel Oceanites pincoyae

  This small seabird was described from the Puerto Montt area of southern Chile. During a 2011 study, birds were observed in sheltered bay waters forming groups, running over the surface with their wings tucked, and diving for food.

• White-browed Treecreeper Climacteris affinis

  The White-browed Treecreeper has a white eyebrow and barred belly. It is patchily distributed in southern mainland Australia and searches for insects in dry woodland and scrub.

• White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae

  This tiny bird is about 8–10 cm long and lives in high-mountain scrub. It eats insects and other invertebrates and may move between elevations.

• Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius

  A small bird centered in west-central Namibia, with a marginal extension into Angola. It forages on the ground, and adults bring arthropods and caterpillars to nestlings.

• Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris

  The Sombre Tit is a small bird with a dark brown-black head and white cheeks. It occurs from southeastern Europe into southwestern Asia, including open woodland and orchards.

• Black-banded Barbet Psilopogon javensis

  This barbet occurs in forests on Java and Bali. Its green body has yellow, red, and black markings; a short survey in East Java recorded it in a more open part of the canopy.

• Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus

  This small bird lives in coastal East African woodland, moving through the trees and often feeding in mixed-species flocks.

• Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris

  It lives in open western lowlands and foothills. By day it sits still in pairs or small groups; at night it becomes active and vocal.