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• Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia

  

  This nocturnal owl has mottled brown plumage and ear tufts. It uses tree holes and other cavities for nesting and catches insects and small animals.

• Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus

  The Northern Carmine Bee-eater is a vivid red bird that catches grasshoppers and other insects in flight, often in flocks.

• Yellow-legged Tinamou Crypturellus noctivagus

  A 2016 taxonomic reassessment separated two Brazilian forms previously grouped together as Yellow-legged Tinamou: Crypturellus noctivagus and C. zabele. This entry follows the Atlantic Forest form, C. noctivagus. A 2019 distribution study used the broader earlier concept, so its map should not be read as the range of C. noctivagus alone under the later treatment.

• Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis

  This gull is recorded across Argentina around rivers, lakes, and wetlands. In breeding plumage its brown hood contrasts with the bright red bill and legs.

• Anjouan Sunbird Cinnyris comorensis

  This sunbird is endemic to Anjouan in the Comoros. Males have glossy blue-green upperparts, and the species uses forest and thickets and eats insects and spiders.

• Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas

  The Yellow-tailed Oriole is marked by a black face and throat and yellow shoulders and tail. In tropical lowlands near woodland and wetlands, pairs search for insects and fruit.

• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

  Fox Sparrows vary from rusty red to gray among their geographic groups. They scratch through leaf litter to find food.

• Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys erythrocnemis

  Endemic to Taiwan, this scimitar babbler has olive-brown upperparts, rufous-brown face and flanks, and white throat and belly. Dark marks on the upper breast help distinguish it.

• Okinawa Rail Hypotaenidia okinawae

  The Okinawa Rail is a forest bird of northern Okinawa, with a striking red bill and legs.

• Tibetan Sand Plover Charadrius atrifrons

  This plover breeds in Asian mountains and plateaus and winters along the coasts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa. In breeding plumage it has an orange breast and clean white flanks.

• Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer

  Males have a black head, chestnut body and long tail streamers. The species lives in wooded parts of western, central and eastern Africa south of the Sahara, and eats insects.

• Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

  The Yelkouan Shearwater is a seabird with a dark back and white underside. It glides low over the sea and feeds on fish and squid.

• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

  A small bird with a blue-green back and white underside that catches insects in flight.

• Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha

  The Bornean Whistler searches montane forest for insects and sometimes seeds. It has yellow underparts and olive-yellow upperparts.

• Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora

  It occurs on the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in moist lowland and foothill forest and at forest edges. Ecuadorian records extend to about 1,500 m.

• Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis

  The Taiwan Barbet lives in Taiwan’s broadleaf forest, parks, and gardens and mainly eats fruit. A historical account quoted by the museum says it can be hard to see among leaves, while its clear call can reveal it.

• Collared Treepie Dendrocitta frontalis

  The Collared Treepie stands out for its black face, long tail, chestnut body, and silvery-grey chest and neck. It searches for food in humid hill forests with bamboo.

• Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus

  It occurs on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. The eBird account describes different male plumage forms on the two islands.

• Agulhas Long-billed Lark Certhilauda brevirostris

  This lark is restricted to South Africa's Agulhas Plain. It is a drab brown bird, but has a longer bill than other larks. It nests on the ground, mainly in Renosterveld vegetation.

• Peruvian Plantcutter Phytotoma raimondii

  It has a short, notched bill; males are mainly grey and females are brown with dark streaks. The species remains in dry forest and scrub along Peru's coast.

• Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis

  A tropical African raptor with black-and-white plumage that also eats palm fruits.

• Sinaloa Wren Thryophilus sinaloa

  The Sinaloa Wren is associated with tropical dry forest along Mexico’s Pacific slope. A 2022 study examined geographic and environmental differences among its subspecies.

• Short-tailed Grasswren Amytornis merrotsyi

  This grasswren is recorded among spinifex on hills and ridgelines in South Australia's Gawler and Flinders Ranges.

• Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca

  This large mockingbird occurs in open woodland and scrub in Chile. Its long tail, white eyebrow, and dark facial stripe are conspicuous, and it eats insects and fruit. A breeding study in central Chile recorded cup nests built from thorny sticks.