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• Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons

  

  The Rufous-capped Warbler has a striking rufous-and-white head and a yellow throat and breast. It searches for insects in low brush and builds a domed nest on the ground.

• Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.

• Waved Woodpecker Celeus undatus

  The Waved Woodpecker has chestnut and black bars. It searches for ants and termites in the treetops and excavates a nest cavity in a tree.

• Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana

  A small finch endemic to Corsica and Sardinia. Males have a brighter yellow face and breast than females, with a streaky brown back.

• Cream-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus pseudosimplex

  A 2019 study treated the cream-eyed population on Borneo as a species distinct from the very similar Cream-vented Bulbul. Their plumage is alike, but the cream-eyed birds were recorded in mature forest interior and edge.

• Helmeted Curassow Pauxi pauxi

  This large black bird bears a blue-gray helmet-like casque on its forehead. Pairs and small groups walk the floor of mature mountain forest in search of fruit and seeds.

• Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca

  Its long, downcurved bill and bare black head are distinctive. It forages in wetlands and floodplains, probing shallow water, mud and grassland.

• Campbell Shag Leucocarbo campbelli

  The Campbell Shag lives on Campbell Island and its adjacent coasts. Breeding adults are black and white, with a crest and reddish facial skin.

• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus

  This sparrow appears in wooded country, farmland, and gardens. It searches for food on the ground and may flock with other seed-eating birds.

• Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani

  A pheasant found in southeastern Tibet and one locality in northeastern India. Its blue-gray plumage, white throat band and long, drooping tail are distinctive.

• Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata

  The Yellow-casqued Hornbill lives in lowland evergreen forests of West Africa. Males have a cream-coloured casque, while females have a brown head and a smaller casque.

• Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens

  This tinamou lives in South American grasslands. It has a black crown, reddish-brown neck and chest, and finely barred back. It stays among grass clumps and eats plants and small animals.

• Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht

  The Baglafecht Weaver is seen in pairs, small groups, or alone in the Kenyan highlands described by the Mpala field guide. It hangs a foliage-hidden nest from a branch or frond.

• Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus

  The Loggerhead Shrike hunts in open brushy country. It scans from exposed perches and may impale captured prey on thorns or barbed wire.

• Grey Gerygone Gerygone igata

  A small bird endemic to New Zealand that gleans insects while hovering at the outer canopy.

• Bar-throated Minla Actinodura strigula

  This laughingthrush relative lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula. Flocks move through the middle and upper trees, eating insects and plant foods.

• Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus

  The Yellow-throated Toucan has a yellow face and chest and a long, two-colored bill. It forages for fruit in the canopy and nests in cavities in decaying trees.

• Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus

  This thrush lives in dry East African scrub and other open habitats. Gray, rufous, and white plumage is set off by an orange bill and bare skin around the eye.

• Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus

  A mostly black caracara with a red face and throat. It travels in groups and eats wasp larvae and fruit.

• Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon Ducula galeata

  At about 55 cm, it is a very large arboreal pigeon with dark slate-grey plumage and a bronze-green sheen above. It lives in the upper forest and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis

  This becard is recorded rarely or irregularly in Bolivia. Its back and wings are green, and its chest is yellow. It searches for arthropods in semi-humid to wet lowland woodland and forest on lower eastern slopes.

• Bicolored Flowerpecker Dicaeum bicolor

  The Bicolored Flowerpecker is a small species endemic to the Philippines. The male has a black head and back with silvery-white underparts, and the species is found in forest canopy.

• Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus

  The Hooded Vulture is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It feeds mainly on animal carcasses and also occurs near human settlements.

• Tumbes Tyrant Tumbezia salvini

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in the Tumbesian region of northwestern Peru and southern Ecuador. Its distribution is closely associated with lowland dry forest and the western Andean foothills.