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• Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus

  

  A wader that probes mud with its long bill. Its plumage changes between breeding and winter, and it moves from northern North American wetlands to coastal wintering areas.

• Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis

  The Grasshopper Buzzard is a raptor of open Sahel country that feeds heavily on insects, especially grasshoppers.

• Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax

  An older record from Liberia describes different male and female plumage and birds in low forest undergrowth. The IUCN assessment uses the English name Orange-breasted Forest-robin.

• Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini

  The Purple-bibbed Whitetip was recorded visiting flowers during camera monitoring at Un poco del Chocó reserve in Pichincha Province, Ecuador. John Gould's historical account describes Ecuadorian males and females, while a 2006 taxonomic paper revisited confusion among related forms.

• Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus

  Long black crown feathers form a crest, and the pale belly has dark streaks. In Chile it occurs widely in scrub and open places with scattered trees.

• Orange-bellied Parakeet Neophema chrysogaster

  The Orange-bellied Parakeet has a green back, wings, and flanks, a yellow chest, blue wing and brow markings, and a vivid orange belly patch. It breeds in southwestern Tasmania in summer and moves to mainland coasts for the rest of the year.

• Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare

  This poorly known babbler occurs on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. A 2014 account found many records in lowland peat-swamp and heath forests.

• White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus

  This small piculet has grey upperparts and evenly scalloped underparts. At a nest studied in southeastern Brazil, both adults fed the chicks.

• Splendid Fairywren Malurus splendens

  The Splendid Fairywren is a small bird of Australian shrublands. Breeding males stand out with bright blue and black plumage, and the birds search for insects on the ground and in low shrubs.

• Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis

  A small bird of southern mainland Australia. It forms small foraging groups in open woodland and shrubland, searching the ground for insects, spiders, and seeds.

• Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani

  This white-eye occurs on Pemba Island and nearby offshore islets in Tanzania. A regional taxonomic review records it throughout Pemba.

• Hainan Hill Partridge Arborophila ardens

  The Hainan Hill Partridge is a pheasant-family bird found only on Hainan Island, where it lives in remaining mountain evergreen forests.

• Northern Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax

  The Northern Rufous Hornbill is a large hornbill with a red bill and casque. It searches the forest canopy for fruit and seeds.

• Pitcairn Reed Warbler Acrocephalus vaughani

  This small warbler has gray-brown upperparts and yellowish-buff underparts. It uses tall, wooded patches on Pitcairn Island and is reported to avoid open areas.

• Antioquia Brush Finch Atlapetes blancae

  This bird is restricted to the Altiplano Norte de Antioquia in Colombia. Its 2007 description was based on three museum specimens; a live bird was found in the field in 2018.

• Pale-billed Antpitta Grallaria carrikeri

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope of northern Peru. It uses the understory of high-elevation cloud forest, especially places with abundant bamboo.

• Jobi Manucode Manucodia jobiensis

  The Jobi Manucode is a bird-of-paradise with blue-violet iridescence and red eyes. It feeds on fruit and arthropods in lowland forest on northern New Guinea and Yapen Island.

• Marquesan Swiftlet Aerodramus ocistus

  A swiftlet of the Marquesas Islands, it has dark-brown upperparts, a grey rump, grey-brown underparts and a long, forked tail.

• Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis

  The Indian Eagle-Owl is a large owl of hills and rocky country in the Indian subcontinent. Its raised feather tufts are a clear feature.

• Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus

  A raven of dry cliffs, recognised by its short-looking tail in flight and agile movement in the air.

• Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris

  This cotinga has a patchy range in eastern South America. Its black head, yellow throat, and long forked tail stand out.

• Spectacled Parrotbill Suthora conspicillata

  A small bird of the mountains of central China, it has white rings around the eyes that look like spectacles. Small groups search among shrubs and forest edges.

• Rothschild's Grosbeak Cyanocompsa rothschildii

  Rothschild's Grosbeak occurs in western Amazonian forest. The male is deep blue and the female chestnut; both are associated with the leafy forest understory.

• Slaty Becard Pachyramphus spodiurus

  A tityrid of the foothills of northwestern Peru. Males are dark, females cinnamon-rufous, and pairs use the upper levels of semi-deciduous forest.