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• White-bellied Antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca

  

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern side of the northern Peruvian Andes. It has reddish-brown upperparts, a gray breast, and a white central belly. A regional survey recorded it in dense forest, including bamboo-rich areas.

• Varied Bunting Passerina versicolor

  The Varied Bunting lives mainly in Mexico, in scrub and streamside thickets. Males are reddish violet, while females and young birds are brown; it searches low in dense vegetation for insects.

• Grey-and-gold Warbler Myiothlypis fraseri

  A wood-warbler of humid forest in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It searches for food in shrubs and dense lower vegetation.

• Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus

  A greenlet with a visual record from forest fragments in southeastern Brazil. A 2024 survey recorded it near Estrela Dalva in Minas Gerais.

• Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

  Adults in breeding plumage have a dark reddish-brown head and chest with white wings that flash as they take flight. In Hong Kong it occurs in wetlands year-round, with both migrants and resident birds.

• Long-tailed Bush-Warbler Locustella caudata

  This bush-warbler occurs on Luzon and Mindanao in the Philippines. Adults are rufescent brown above, with a greyish-white chin and throat.

• African Pitta Pitta angolensis

  Both sexes have vivid green, blue, yellow, and red plumage, yet hide among thickets and leaf litter. Birds that migrate to southern Africa to breed forage for invertebrates in riverine woodland.

• African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus

  This African bee-eater lives in dry places with trees or shrubs. Its central tail feathers form long streamers.

• Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti

  This kingfisher is restricted to Kofiau Island in Indonesia. Its blue head, white body, and long central tail feathers are striking. Little is known about its ecology, and its feeding behavior is presented as probable.

• Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus

  The Southern Emu-wren is a small bird of low scrub in southern Australia. Males have blue on the throat, and the fine tail feathers look loose and wispy.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni

  This small finch lives in high mountain forests. It feeds on seeds on the ground by day and is common in Rwanda’s Nyungwe National Park.

• Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens

  The male has black plumage with blue-green iridescence, while the female is brown. This bird-of-paradise eats fruit and small animals in forests of eastern New Guinea.

• 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.

• Surfbird Calidris virgata

  A shorebird that moves to Arctic mountains to breed and spends other seasons on rocky Pacific shores.

• Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis

  This goose breeds in the Siberian Arctic and winters around the Black Sea. Its plumage has bold chestnut, white, and black markings.

• Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

  This icterid is endemic to Colombia. The sexes look alike, and small groups live in the canopy of cloud forest.

• Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata

  The Crested Argus is a pheasant whose male has exceptionally long tail feathers. It lives in remaining evergreen forests along the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos.

• Gila Woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis

  The Gila Woodpecker lives in arid parts of the southwestern United States and Mexico. It has a barred back and excavates nest cavities in saguaro cacti, which other birds may later use.

• Rock Parrot Neophema petrophila

  The Rock Parrot is a small parrot of coastal and offshore-island habitats along southern Australia. It searches for seeds and fruit in coastal grassland and scrub.

• Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri

  This hornbill lives in dry areas from Namibia into southwestern Angola. It hops along the ground to find insects, and males and females differ in bill and throat color.

• Pelzeln's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus inornatus

  This small tyrant flycatcher is patchily recorded around Brazil's Rio Negro basin, including white-sand campinarana.

• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata

  The Booted Warbler breeds from central Russia to western China and moves to the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka for winter. It often uses low bushes and scrub.

• Red-throated Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula

  The Red-throated Cliff Swallow is a small swallow with a black and glossy blue-black back and rufous markings around the face. It catches flying insects in flocks and nests in colonies near cliffs and gorges.