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• Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei

  

  The Indian Cuckooshrike occurs on the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka. The male described from India has gray upperparts, a dark face mask, and fine gray bars on its white belly.

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus

  A forest-dwelling heron that breeds in India from May to August.

• River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis

  The River Warbler is a small bird with fine streaks on its breast and flanks. It stays hidden in waterside vegetation and searches for insects and other small invertebrates.

• Fulvous-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes fulviceps

  This brushfinch ranges along the eastern slope of the Andes from southern Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It uses the understorey and edges of montane forest, often close to the ground.

• African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus

  The African Pipit is a ground-dwelling bird with streaked brown plumage and a pale eyebrow. It walks through grassland in search of small invertebrates.

• Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana

  This Andean tanager occurs in the humid upper Yungas forests of Bolivia. It has been recorded moving in small flocks.

• Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima

  The Mascarene Petrel is an all-dark seabird. It breeds on Réunion and ranges widely across the Indian Ocean at different times of year.

• Karoo Scrub Robin Erythropygia coryphoeus

  The Karoo Scrub Robin lives in dry shrubland in South Africa and southern Namibia. It searches for insects among low bushes and on the ground. The pool's older genus name is updated to Cercotrichas coryphaeus as used by the source.

• Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea

  This small bird occurs mainly in mangroves and nearby well-vegetated habitats. The eBird account notes song differences between Indian and Southeast Asian birds.

• Rusty-naped Pitta Hydrornis oatesi

  In Yunnan, this elusive pitta lives near the forest floor in moist forests, often beside streams.

• Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons

  The Black-fronted Bushshrike lives in mountain forests of eastern and southern Africa. Its underparts occur in several color forms, and it sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks.

• Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus

  The male has a red body, crest, and black throat; the female is gray-brown with a red crest and tail. Pairs use dry scrub and dry lowland forest.

• Crested Coua Coua cristata

  The Madagascar cuckoo-relative has gray-green plumage, a crest, and blue bare skin around the eyes. It moves between the ground and trees.

• Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis

  The Purple Needletail is a swift that flies over forests and open country.

• Green Jay Cyanocorax luxuosus

  The jay has a green body, blue crown, black throat and facial markings, and yellow outer tail feathers. Family groups search woodland and scrub for food. This account is scoped to the northern Cyanocorax luxuosus group recognized in the AOS proposal.

• Eurasian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum

  A small owl of northern Eurasian coniferous forests. It hunts small birds and mammals around dusk and before sunrise.

• Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus

  This lapwing is marked in black and white, with a red eye. It forages near water and pairs defend territories.

• Socorro Mockingbird Mimus graysoni

  A mockingbird of Socorro Island, Mexico, that searches for fruit and small animals in the island highlands.

• White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus

  This small bird of western China's mountain forests has a long white eyebrow and rusty-brown cheeks and breast. It conceals its nest in old rodent burrows or rock crevices on the ground.

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

  A bird with a long curved yellow bill, a bold white eyebrow, and a chestnut breast. Hong Kong birds are thought to derive from captive stock, so local records are kept separate from the natural range.

• Choco Manakin Cryptopipo litae

  A manakin of the humid Chocó from eastern Panama through western Colombia to north-western Ecuador. The IOC lists it separately from Green Manakin based on plumage and vocal differences.

• Iphis Monarch Pomarea iphis

  The Iphis Monarch occurs on Ua Huka in the Marquesas Islands. It lives in valley forests and eats insects. Its plumage differs by sex and age.

• Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens

  This large reed warbler lives in reedbeds. In northeastern Namibia it climbs papyrus stems while searching for insects and small frogs.

• Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara

  This plant-eating bird lives in southern South America. It eats leaves and fruit and also occurs in gardens and orchards. Records from southern Chile include spring and summer observations.