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• White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

  

  The White-rumped Swallow is a South American swallow with glossy blue-green upperparts and a white rump and belly. It catches insects over water and grassland and also nests in building cavities.

• White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila

  The White-tipped Plantcutter shows strong sex differences in plumage. Males have a red forehead and underparts, while females are grey with dark streaks.

• Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis frenata

  Here, Olive Tanager refers to the separate species *Chlorothraupis frenata* of the eastern Andean foothills. Its nest study examined Peruvian birds formerly called *C. carmioli frenata*.

• Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus

  An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.

• Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus

  A small falcon found only in the forests of Mauritius.

• Plumbeous Hawk Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea

  The Plumbeous Hawk is a slate-colored raptor. Birds Colombia lists Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru, and describes it ambushing small vertebrates inside forest.

• Silvery-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes brevis

  A forest bird with silvery facial feathers and a large bill.

• Black-faced spoonbill Platalea minor

  A waterbird that sweeps its spoon-shaped bill from side to side in shallow water.

• Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea

  This account concerns the Alligator Rivers subspecies, restricted to floodplains between the Mary and East Alligator rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia. It uses grassy wetlands and samphire shrubland, foraging on the ground or low in the vegetation.

• Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea

  The Cuban Blackbird is a dark-plumaged bird of Cuba with a violet sheen. It searches for food on the ground and in other habitats.

• Baudo Guan Penelope ortoni

  The Baudó Guan is a large bird of the humid forests of western Colombia and Ecuador. Its dark brown body has small white patches, and a red wattle hangs from its throat.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli

  This small babbler keeps near dense cover and the ground. A study in northern Thailand found nests along creeks, where both sexes incubated eggs and cared for nestlings.

• Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor

  The Lesser Grey Shrike hunts large beetles and other insects in open farmland and grassland. It migrates from European breeding areas to southern Africa.

• Large Pied Wagtail Motacilla maderaspatensis

  The White-browed Wagtail is marked by black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a broad white eyebrow. It walks near water while wagging its tail and flies with an undulating path.

• Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons

  The Silvery-fronted Tapaculo occurs from Costa Rica into western Panama, in dense understory of wet montane forest and bamboo.

• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

  The Collared Kingfisher has turquoise upperparts and a white collar and underside. In Singapore it is a resident found throughout the country, from coastal areas to parks.

• Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon

  The Golden-whiskered Barbet lives in forests from the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. It forages mainly for fruit in the canopy.

• Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola

  This small seedeater moves seasonally within South America. In Bolivia it is recorded in open places such as savannas, forest edges, fields, and towns. A study in southeastern Brazil found age-related plumage differences among breeding males.

• Saxicola ferreus

  Saxicola ferreus is a scarce winter visitor and passage migrant in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong bird account describes both sexes and their foraging in open shrubland and other cleared habitats.

• Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii

  This secretive migrant uses marshes with dense vegetation. It breeds in northern East Asia and winters in Southeast Asia. Black-and-white bars extend from its flanks across the lower belly.

• Dohrn's Warbler Sylvia dohrni

  This small bird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses forest and cocoa plantations; a 2000 survey reported a yellow wash below in many individuals.

• Groove-billed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus sulcatus

  The Groove-billed Toucanet is mostly green, with a blue facial patch and a ridged, multicolored bill. It lives in mountains of northern South America.

• Stolid Flycatcher Myiarchus stolidus

  This flycatcher has a whitish throat and upper breast, with a pale yellow lower breast and belly. It lives in forests and mangroves and feeds mainly on insects, with some fruit.