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• Clicking Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius intermedius

  

  The Clicking Shrike-Babbler occurs in southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. The bird account treats Pteruthius intermedius separately; it was formerly included in Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler.

• Darwin's Nothura Nothura darwinii

  Nothura darwinii is a ground-dwelling tinamou of dry parts of South America. The nominate subspecies is recorded in the high, dry country of southern Argentina.

• Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni

  A lark of arid land along the southern Sahara margin; it may move after rain.

• Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus

  This trogon is often found in Amazonian floodplain forest. Both sexes share a red belly and black underside of the tail; males are iridescent green and females are grey.

• Mountain Blackeye Chlorocharis emiliae

  This white-eye lives in scattered mountain populations on Borneo. Its black eye-ring distinguishes it from other white-eyes.

• African Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

  The African Pygmy Falcon lives in dry and semi-dry parts of Africa and hunts ground prey from a perch. It uses spacious communal weaver nests for roosting and nesting.

• Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster

  This pitta searches for food near the ground in forests and scrub. Typical adults show a blue breast band and red belly; the species occurs across the Philippines and on Indonesia's Talaud Islands.

• Yellow-throated Bush Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis

  This tanager is recorded in humid eastern Andean forests of Peru and Ecuador. The source describes the nominate subspecies.

• Canary-winged Parakeet Brotogeris versicolurus

  The Canary-winged Parakeet has a pale green body and a white wing band that is conspicuous in flight. It is native to South America and has become feral in parts of North America.

• Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta

  This small bird inhabits Australia's dry interior. Its brown back and white underparts are divided by a black breast band.

• White-fronted Manakin Lepidothrix serena

  This small manakin inhabits humid forest north of the Amazon and in the Guianas; it also occurs at forest edges.

• White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii

  A small triller of open woodland and lowland forest in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

• Ashy Flowerpecker Dicaeum vulneratum

  This small flowerpecker occurs on islands in Indonesia's Moluccas. Males have an ash-grey face and underparts, a red rump, and a scarlet breast patch. It is known to eat nectar; fruit and mistletoe pollen are also considered possible foods.

• Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris

  This reed-warbler occurs naturally on Nihoa Island. This entry describes the currently extant subspecies, A. f. kingi.

• Standardwing Semioptera wallacii

  A male Standardwing spreads its wings, raises its long shoulder plumes, and opens the ornamental shields on its chest. This account is limited to Alfred Russel Wallace's historical observations recorded in 1859.

• 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.

• Indochinese Fulvetta Fulvetta danisi

  The Indochinese Fulvetta is a small bird of mountain forest in Laos and Vietnam. It searches for small invertebrates in the lower forest and bamboo. The account used here gives no breeding information.

• Bornean Partridge Arborophila hyperythra

  The Bornean Partridge is a pheasant-family bird of hill and montane forest on Borneo. It uses bamboo and thickets on the forest floor and eats both plant and animal matter.

• Mindanao Lorikeet Saudareos johnstoniae

  This green lorikeet inhabits montane forest on Mindanao. Adults have a reddish face and a purple eye-band, and the species feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea

  This warbler has rich red-brown and creamy buff in summer, then becomes mostly green and white in fall. It searches lower branches of conifers on its breeding grounds.

• Small Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana

  A snowfinch of open high country, it walks on the ground in dry grassland and semi-desert while searching for seeds and insects.

• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica

  A small African flycatcher of wetlands and waterside grass. It has dark brown upperparts and a white throat and belly; the breast patch varies in tone and extent.

• Okinawa Rail Hypotaenidia okinawae

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

• Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus

  The Olive Bushshrike has more than one plumage form. In the common ruddy form, an olive back contrasts with a rufous chest. It searches dense vegetation for insects and small fruits.