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• White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra

  

  The White-bellied Munia has a dark chestnut head and back that contrast sharply with its white belly. The Borneo field guide describes it moving and feeding in small flocks.

• Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora

  The Ant-eating Chat is a dark brown bird with striking white wing feathers in flight. It is found mainly inland in southern Africa and searches for ants and termites on the ground.

• Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii

  The Papuan Pitta inhabits forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. It has a red belly, rusty nape, black throat, and a blue breast band edged in black. In the 2024 eBird taxonomy, the former northern and southern pittas are treated as one species.

• Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus

  This antpitta lives in moist lowland forest from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. Broad black streaks mark its white to buffy breast.

• Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi

  It is recorded in dry bush country from Somalia through southern Ethiopia, southeastern Sudan, eastern Uganda, and Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. The field guide describes it as local and uncommon.

• Russet-throated Puffbird Hypnelus ruficollis

  Nominate adults have pale cheeks and a russet throat and chest. They wait quietly on open branches and dart out after prey.

• Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus

  The Torresian Kingfisher is a large kingfisher of coastal northern and eastern Australia and southern New Guinea. It uses mudflats and mangroves, where it searches for crabs and other prey.

• Salvadori's Nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus

  Salvadori's Nightjar has dark plumage and a short tail. It is active at night in forests of Sumatra and Java, catching insects in flight; the wing patch differs between the sexes.

• Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus

  The Amazonian Umbrellabird is a large cotinga with a black body, bushy crest, and heavy bill. It feeds on fruit and large insects in forests of the Amazon basin and the eastern Andean foothills.

• Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma

  This small owl has a long tail, rounded head and yellow eyes. It is active by day as well as at other times, waiting on a perch to surprise small birds and other prey; it ranges through mountains of western North America.

• Pale-shouldered Cicadabird Coracina dohertyi

  The Pale-shouldered Cicadabird occurs in moist forest on Sumbawa, Flores and Sumba in Indonesia’s western Lesser Sunda Islands. It forages for insects in the middle and lower canopy. The account has only a June record of breeding condition.

• Cayenne Jay Cyanocorax cayanus

  The Cayenne Jay is marked by blue upperparts and a white nape and belly. It may travel in flocks.

• Spotted Crake Porzana porzana

  The Spotted Crake is marked by dense white spots on its gray breast. It searches among plants in shallow freshwater wetlands for small aquatic animals and plants.

• Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus

  This grassland bird is endemic to India's Western Ghats. It breeds on grassy or bracken-covered slopes and in wet patches, nesting within grass.

• Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens

  This starling has glossy blue-green plumage. In the Zambia regional account, it is found in a range of habitats, including savannas and dry areas.

• Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii

  The Maroon Oriole lives in moist deciduous and evergreen forests. The nominate male is black and maroon, while the female has a grey back and a pale, streaked belly.

• Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons

  The Scaly-feathered Weaver is a small bird with bold black-and-white head markings. It forages in groups on seeds in dry open woodland and grass patches of southern Africa.

• Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides

  The Southern Carmine Bee-eater has reddish-pink plumage and long central tail streamers. It nests in colonies in burrows on river sandbanks and catches insects in flight.

• Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

  The Pantanal Snipe has fine streaks on its head and back, with a pale center to its belly. It stays inconspicuous in marshes and muddy places.

• Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri

  This bird ranges from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. It has a black body, chestnut head, neck and rump, and a yellow tail with dark central feathers.

• Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus

  The Cinnamon Bittern is a small heron with cinnamon-colored plumage. It has been recorded breeding in reedbeds in Hong Kong.

• Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii

  The Yellowish Pipit has a large but patchy range from Panama to Argentina. It is ground-dwelling, with a streaked back and breast, and uses open, flat places. It may sing while in flight.

• Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

  The Gray-breasted Martin is a social swallow often found near towns and water. It catches insects in flight and nests in building crevices or tree cavities.

• San Cristobal Mockingbird Mimus melanotis

  The San Cristobal Mockingbird occurs only on San Cristóbal in the Galápagos. It uses habitats from the coast to higher ground, including dry woodland and farmland, and eats insects and fruit.