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• Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans

  

  The Clapper Rail is a large rail of salt marshes and mangroves in eastern North America, the Caribbean, and northeastern Central America. Its chestnut-and-gray body stays hidden among marsh grasses as it searches along mudflat edges.

• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

  A bird with a black head and breast, red bill, and red skin in front of the eyes. It is often found in pairs or small groups in grasslands and marshes.

• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

  In the Singapore population, males have a blue body and conspicuous black nape; females are duller.

• Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera

  The nominate subspecies of Gould's Petrel is a small seabird that breeds on islands off New South Wales.

• Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea

  A waterside swallow with a metallic blue back and white rump. It occurs around mangroves, rivers, and coastal waters.

• Eastern Shrike-tit Falcunculus frontatus

  The Eastern Shrike-tit uses its thick, hooked bill to probe bark for insects in eastern Australia. Its short crest and boldly striped head are distinctive.

• Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis

  Male and female Long-tailed Manakins have very different plumage. During courtship, two males dance together, and the birds mainly eat fruit.

• 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.

• Little Crow Corvus bennetti

  This crow lives in dry woodland and shrubland in Australia. It is active by day and eats a varied diet.

• Mangaia Kingfisher Todiramphus ruficollaris

  This kingfisher is endemic to Mangaia in the Cook Islands. An orange neck band is a field mark, and surveys have recorded it in primary and secondary forest and other island habitats.

• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima

  The Tibetan Lark occurs on the Tibetan Plateau and was first documented in northwestern Nepal in 2015. Flocks have been observed in high-elevation grassland.

• Guianan Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola rupicola

  This bird lives in humid forests of northern South America. Males stand out with bright orange plumage and a crest; they eat mainly fruit and gather to display during courtship.

• White-breasted Hawk Accipiter chionogaster

  The White-breasted Hawk occurs in forests from southern Mexico into northern Central America. This entry follows sources that treat A. chionogaster as a species, while the 2010 life-history paper says its taxonomic status was unresolved.

• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus

  The Ochraceous Wren is a small wren about 9.5 cm long and 9.5 g. It is recorded in Costa Rica’s humid mountain forest, nearby second growth and pastures with scattered trees.

• Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus

  About 23 cm long, this bird has grey-brown upperparts, a white eyebrow and throat, and an ochre belly. It uses shrub steppe and searches the ground for insects and worms.

• Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus

  The Red-legged Thrush has blue-grey to slate-grey upperparts and bright reddish-orange legs. Its plumage varies among islands, and some subspecies have conspicuous white tail tips.

• Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus

  Males are black and females reddish brown. It uses moist forest, forest edges, and secondary growth, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Weaver is a bird whose breeding males show a black head and yellow body and build woven grass nests. It lives in open country and wetlands across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Black-whiskered Vireo Vireo altiloquus

  The Black-whiskered Vireo has greenish plumage and a thin black moustache stripe. It searches for insects and fruit in the middle and upper parts of trees.

• Buff-sided Robin Poecilodryas cerviniventris

  Oiseaux.net lists a length of 16–18 cm and a mass of 20–25 g, and gives humid forest, riparian vegetation, and mangroves as habitats. Its page also lists audio-recording sites in northern Australia.

• Squamate Antbird Myrmoderus squamosus

  The Squamate Antbird occurs in southeastern Brazil. Males have a black throat grading into scaly marks on the white belly; females have whitish underparts with faint marks.

• Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii

  A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.

• Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons

  This small bird uses dry savanna and thorn scrub, searching for food while flicking its long tail.

• River Tyrannulet Serpophaga hypoleuca

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives along rivers in the Amazon basin. It has a gray back and pale underparts, and catches flying insects over young river-edge vegetation.