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• Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis

  

  This antpitta occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru. Under the current treatment, Boyacá Antpitta and Atuen Antpitta, formerly included here, are separate species.

• Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus

  In the Vietnamese adult description, the male’s head and breast are dark red, while the female’s are olive-brown. A study in Thailand found it nesting in cavities in rotting wood.

• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

  The Lesser Coucal has black plumage and chestnut wings and may be seen basking among grassland shrubs. The observations and range shown here are from its native population in Singapore.

• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

  The Least Sandpiper is a small shorebird marked by yellow-green legs. It breeds in northern North America and winters from the southern United States to northern South America.

• Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa

  The Spotted Nothura lives in South American grasslands. It eats mostly plant matter and is also described as omnivorous.

• Painted Finch Emblema pictum

  A small finch with a red face and white-spotted flanks, living in arid inland Australia. A 2007 field report also recorded nesting-related observations farther east in New South Wales.

• Rock Shag Leucocarbo magellanicus

  This cormorant lives along the coasts of southern South America. It breeds on rocky cliffs and dives near shore for small fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris

  This tit is found in Taiwanese forests. It has a white face and deep rufous underparts, and takes seeds, nuts and caterpillars in mixed and bamboo forests on slopes and in valleys.

• Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda

  Males court by spreading golden flank plumes and long tail wires. The species lives in forests of southern New Guinea and the Aru Islands.

• Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis

  The Western Rosella is the smallest rosella and is marked by a yellow or cream cheek patch. It occurs in southwestern Australia.

• Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons

  The Orange-fronted Fruit Dove lives in lowlands near the coast of New Guinea. It has a large orange patch on the forehead and a grey collar, and mainly eats fruit.

• Yellow-fronted Barbet Psilopogon flavifrons

  The Yellow-fronted Barbet is often seen high in forest trees. Its blue face and throat and yellow forehead stand out against a green body.

• Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus

  The Jackal Buzzard is a large raptor of southern African hills and mountains. Its plumage varies, and it searches for prey from the air or a perch.

• Mishmi Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis badeigularis

  This understory bird is recorded in the Mishmi Hills of Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Records include Lohit, Roing, and Hunli, with a 2016 report farther north near Anini.

• Reunion Olive White-eye Zosterops olivaceus

  A white-eye endemic to Réunion, with yellow-green plumage and a conspicuous white ring around the eye.

• Rufous-winged Sunbird Cinnyris rufipennis

  The Rufous-winged Sunbird is a small sunbird known only from Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. It feeds at flowering plants from the understory to the canopy, and breeding is thought to occur during the November–February rainy season.

• Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus

  This forest bird has a grey and green back with vivid orange on the throat and breast.

• Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi

  This African bird walks through wet, open grassland and searches the ground for small animals.

• Tanahjampea Monarch Symposiachrus everetti

  The Tanahjampea Monarch is restricted to one Indonesian island and uses lowland forest, mangroves and moist shrubland.

• Hainan Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus hainanus

  This leaf-warbler occurs only on Hainan Island, China. Its deep yellow underparts and white outer tail feathers are described in the species paper.

• White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis

  The White-throated Swift is a slender, aerial bird associated with cliffs and canyons in western North America.

• Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris

  The Banded Kestrel is a diurnal falcon found only in Madagascar. It has horizontal barring from the throat to the belly and hunts small reptiles and insects.

• Cerulean-capped Manakin Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

  This manakin occurs on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. The male is black with a blue crown, back, and rump; the female is green with a yellowish belly. Both forage in the understory of montane forest.

• White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus

  This fulvetta is native to Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam. BirdLife describes it as an altitudinal migrant recorded at 2,000–4,400 m.