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• Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapilla

  

  This white-eye is recorded in New Guinea, in forest and cultivated areas at about 1,200–2,100 m. This entry is limited to New Guinea Island records.

• Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

  This lark has a noticeable white eyebrow. It searches the ground for insects and seeds in savanna and open woodland. Plumage and bill thickness vary by region.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis

  This sunbird occurs in the Zambezian miombo region. Males have blue-green upperparts and a red breast band. The species tends to build a grass ball nest attached among branches or leaves.

• Little Crake Zapornia parva

  The Little Crake is a small, secretive wetland bird. In Bulgaria its breeding sites are scattered, mainly in marshes along the Danube and the Black Sea coast.

• Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima

  The Mascarene Petrel is an all-dark seabird. It breeds on Réunion and ranges widely across the Indian Ocean at different times of year.

• Protea Canary Crithagra leucoptera

  The Protea Canary is a brown canary with a black face, white throat, and white wing bars. It lives in South African mountain fynbos and feeds on seeds, including those of proteas.

• Banded Whiteface Aphelocephala nigricincta

  This small bird inhabits Australia's dry interior. Its brown back and white underparts are divided by a black breast band.

• Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni

  A gray kestrel with a pale head, rump, and underwing that stand out in flight. It ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa.

• Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris

  This shrike lives in open country in southern Africa. It watches from branches or fences and catches insects and small mammals.

• Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis

  Adult male Australian Golden Whistlers have a yellow belly and black head, while females have a grayish back. They search lower and middle tree levels for insects and spiders and also eat berries.

• Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea

  In one observation from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, a flock of dark adult birds with very pale irises fed on fruit in lowland forest.

• Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus

  This tit ranges from central and eastern China through southeastern Tibet to western Myanmar. It searches for insects in open woodland and forest edges.

• Western Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis

  The Western Crowned Warbler breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and winters in forests on the Indian peninsula. It moves restlessly from branch to branch, searching among leaves for insects.

• Grey-naped Antpitta Grallaria griseonucha

  This antpitta lives in the Venezuelan Andes and uses the lower levels of humid montane forest.

• Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus

  The male has a red body, crest, and black throat; the female is gray-brown with a red crest and tail. Pairs use dry scrub and dry lowland forest.

• White-fronted Whitestart Myioborus albifrons

  This active little bird has yellow underparts and white around the eyes. It joins mixed-species flocks in high-elevation cloud forest and searches for insects.

• Grey-chested Greenlet Hylophilus semicinereus

  This small bird occurs in forests of northern South America and the Amazon region. It uses the canopy, forest borders, and secondary woodland, where it feeds on small insects.

• Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius

  Its broad, flattened bill is distinctive. In mangroves and river-edge woodland of Central and South America, it ambushes fish and other prey at dim hours.

• White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis

  This small bird inhabits papyrus swamps in central and eastern Africa. It has dark brown upperparts, a pale eyebrow, and white wing markings. In an East African survey it was recorded only in undisturbed papyrus stands.

• Rainbow Pitta Pitta iris

  This resident pitta lives in the seasonal forests of northern Australia and searches the leaf litter for food that changes with the season. The sexes look very similar.

• Fairy Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha

  The Fairy Paradise Kingfisher is striking for its red underparts and long tail streamers. It lives in lowland forest and mangroves on New Guinea.

• Spectacled Imperial Pigeon Ducula perspicillata

  The Spectacled Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon recorded in North Maluku, Indonesia.

• Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis

  The Red-browed Finch lives in eastern Australia, in grassy areas and along creeks. Small flocks search for grass seeds and insects, and the bright red eyebrow, rump, and bill are distinctive.