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• Ivory-billed Aracari Pteroglossus azara

  

  This toucan occurs in the humid lowland forests of western Amazonian Bolivia. It has a pale bill and red, black, and yellow breast bands; fruit-feeding has been recorded in the canopy.

• White-hooded Babbler Gampsorhynchus rufulus

  The White-hooded Babbler lives along forest edges and in bamboo in the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China, moving in noisy groups.

• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama

  This small warbler breeds in Central Asia and winters mainly on the Indian peninsula. It prefers dry, open habitats with a sparse tree canopy.

• Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi

  This weaver is endemic to Madagascar and is associated especially with humid forest in the east and north. It is usually alone or in pairs and eats insects and spiders as well as some fruit and nectar.

• Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius

  This sunbird is found in and around mountain forest in the Albertine Rift. Males have green, yellow, and red plumage, while females are dull brown; the species also uses high-elevation scrub.

• White-rumped Babbler Turdoides leucopygia

  An eastern African babbler of rocky hill woodland, scrub, riparian cover, and reedbeds. Its scaled breast and white rump and lower belly are useful field marks.

• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi

  The White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck with bold white patches in its wings. It searches for shellfish near coasts in winter and breeds around northern lakes.

• Grey Grasswren Amytornis barbatus

  This account follows the Bulloo subspecies described by the New South Wales government. Records along the lower Bulloo River are associated with wetlands of dense tall vegetation.

• 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.

• Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris

  This helmetshrike lives in Central African forest. It is reported in family groups and mixed-species flocks, from lowland to mid-elevation forest.

• Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus

  Males stand out for their bright orange plumage and large crest. The species lives in Andean forest, where males gather for courtship displays.

• Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea

  A waterside swallow with a metallic blue back and white rump. It occurs around mangroves, rivers, and coastal waters.

• Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei

  The Black-backed Oriole is a striking orange-yellow and black bird of woodlands and towns in central Mexico.

• Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus

  A 2007 paper treated a Sierra Leone population as Chattering Cisticola, while noting it might represent a distinct local form. It describes grey-brown birds with plain backs recorded around wet rice fields.

• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus

  A thrush with a white eyebrow stripe. It visits wooded areas in Japan in spring and autumn, often eating fruit high in trees.

• Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki

  Beck's Petrel is a small seabird with contrasting dark-brown and white plumage. It has been recorded at sea, but its breeding grounds have not been found.

• Seychelles White-eye Zosterops modestus

  The Seychelles White-eye is a small bird on Mahé. A survey report covering November 2022 to February 2023 describes a dull olive-brown body with a white eye-ring.

• Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus

  This finch is presented as an emblematic bird of Jordan. Females are brown, while males become pinkish in their second year, and the birds feed on seeds in rocky areas and wadis.

• Vogelkop Lophorina Lophorina superba

  The male spreads black plumage around an iridescent blue-green breast shield. It eats fruit and arthropods and performs a courtship display.

• Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus

  This ground-dwelling bird occurs along the Pacific side from southwestern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. Its pale brow and barred back help identify it.

• Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii

  The Malaysian Plover ranges from coastal parts of the Malay Peninsula through parts of the Philippines, the Sunda Islands and Sulawesi. It is found on sandy and coral beaches.

• Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus

  The Western Long-tailed Hornbill is a large hornbill of humid forests in West Africa.

• Snow-capped Manakin Lepidothrix nattereri

  The Snow-capped Manakin lives in lowland humid forest in Brazil and Bolivia. Males are marked by white on the crown, nape, and rump.

• Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii

  A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.