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• Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus

  

  This crow occurs in the Philippines. It is all black, with a long curved bill, and sometimes uses food scraps around people.

• Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis

  This small warbler occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. It has olive upperparts, pale buff underparts, and dark markings around the eye.

• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

  This swift-flying martin catches insects in the air. It is recorded as a migrant in Singapore.

• Red-necked Aracari Pteroglossus bitorquatus

  The Red-necked Aracari here is the eastern species Pteroglossus bitorquatus, with a red rump, nape, and chest band against green and yellow plumage. It forages in forest canopies.

• Black-fronted Flowerpecker Dicaeum igniferum

  The Black-fronted Flowerpecker occurs in Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands. A male of the nominate subspecies has scarlet upperparts, dark wings and tail, and a white chin.

• Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus

  The Long-billed Plover has black bands on its head and breast. It searches for insects while running over river gravel or walking through shallows.

• Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri

  The Red-vented Barbet inhabits forests in Laos and Vietnam. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blue line above the eye, red undertail coverts, and reddish bristles at the base of the bill.

• Swallow-wing Puffbird Chelidoptera tenebrosa

  This puffbird occurs in Amazonian lowlands and forest edges. It is dark slate with a rufous lower belly and white vent and back; its broad wings and short tail show clearly in flight. It hawks passing prey from a perch.

• Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens

  The adult male has a green crown and a black band across the forehead. The species uses forest edges and clearings, farms, plantations and village gardens, feeding on nectar as well as small insects and fruit. Cameroon is one country listed in the profile's range.

• Dartford Warbler Curruca undata

  A long-tailed warbler that moves through low shrubs and feeds on small insects. In Britain it is found on heathland.

• Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana

  The Buff-crested Bustard lives in dry scrub and open woodland. Males have a reddish buff crest and a black throat stripe.

• Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea

  The Flame Robin is a small bird whose male has a bright orange-red breast. It breeds in high country in spring and summer, then moves to lower, more open areas in the cooler season.

• Summer Tanager Piranga rubra

  The Summer Tanager is a stout bird that searches for insects high in the forest canopy. Adult males are red, while females and young males are yellow to yellow-green.

• Rufous-fronted Tailorbird Orthotomus frontalis

  This small tailorbird lives in lowland forests of the southern Philippines, including forest edges, clearings and some secondary growth. It searches low vegetation for insects, and one pouch-like nest made from sewn leaves has been described.

• Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi

  This is a small, dark swift with narrow wings. It catches small insects and spiders while flying above mature coniferous forests.

• Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis

  This fantail is endemic to the Philippines. It searches for insects in lowland woodland, coastal vegetation, and green spaces in towns.

• Urrao Antpitta Grallaria urraoensis

  This antpitta is known from the northern Western Andes of Colombia. It stays close to the ground in mountain forest, moving through dense bamboo and moss while searching the leaf litter for prey.

• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

  The Jungle Nightjar is a nocturnal bird whose intricate gray-brown pattern blends into trees or the ground. It also occurs in grassy and scrubby places, not only in forest.

• Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata

  Males have black bodies, blue backs, and red caps, while females are olive green. Males may cooperate in courtship displays.

• Brahminy Starling Sturnia pagodarum

  The Brahminy Starling has a brown body and a black cap. It searches for food on the ground and nests in tree cavities.

• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus

  A hawk with feathers extending down its legs, moving between the Arctic and open lands farther south with the seasons.

• Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus

  The Mountain Leaf Warbler is a small bird that searches among leaves for insects in Borneo's montane forests. Pale lines bordering its dark crown are a useful field mark.

• Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens

  A sibia of montane forests from the eastern Himalayas through Myanmar to northern Vietnam. Its subspecies occupy separate parts of the range.

• Socotra Cormorant Phalacrocorax nigrogularis

  This dark seabird lives around the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. It dives below the surface to find food.