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• Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum

  

  The Rufous-crowned Babbler lives in humid lowland forests of Southeast Asia. It has a rufous crown and tail and, at Krau Wildlife Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia, foraged among foliage and suspended dead leaves 4–8 m above the ground.

• Millerbird Acrocephalus familiaris

  This reed-warbler occurs naturally on Nihoa Island. This entry describes the currently extant subspecies, A. f. kingi.

• Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni

  This weaver occurs in eastern Africa. The breeding male has a black head and throat with a yellow back, and the account records it in dry savanna and around acacia woodland.

• Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer

  This sunbird is recorded in wooded and tall-scrub habitats in southern Africa. A 1997 atlas describes the male as having a broader red breast band and a heavier bill than the smaller related species.

• Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii

  This social African bird inhabits woodland and savanna. White arrow-shaped marks across the breast and belly are its distinctive feature.

• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons

  A brown goose with a white patch at the bill. It occurs across the Northern Hemisphere and gathers in wetlands and fields in winter.

• Brown-capped Fantail Rhipidura diluta

  A 1996 report of a 1993 field project lists Sumbawa, Flores and Lomblen (now Lembata), in forest habitats other than dry thorn-scrub. These historical island records are not a current exhaustive range map.

• Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata

  The Sickle-billed Vanga is a black-and-white bird with a long, slender bill that curves down. It searches among branches for food in Madagascar's forest and savanna habitats.

• Amazonian Umbrellabird Cephalopterus ornatus

  The Amazonian Umbrellabird is a large cotinga with a black body, bushy crest, and heavy bill. It feeds on fruit and large insects in forests of the Amazon basin and the eastern Andean foothills.

• Sinaloa Martin Progne sinaloae

  This swallow breeds in the mountains of Mexico during summer. Breeding records describe nests in tree cavities; its wintering grounds remain unknown.

• Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas

  This oriole ranges from Mexico through Central America. Males are black and yellow, while females and young birds are olive-toned. It eats fruit, insects, and nectar at woodland edges, orchards, and similar habitats.

• Red-fronted Warbler Urorhipis rufifrons

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

• Principe Thrush Turdus xanthorhynchus

  The Príncipe Thrush is recorded on Príncipe Island, São Tomé and Príncipe. Its account describes a white, streaked throat; field records include both primary forest and mature secondary forest.

• Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas

  The Black-vented Shearwater is a seabird with brown-black upperparts and pale underparts. It breeds off Baja California and also ranges in coastal waters of Mexico and California.

• Madanga Madanga ruficollis

  This mountain bird is known only from Buru Island, Indonesia. During a 2006 survey, birds at 1,750 m clung to tree bark and fed in a nuthatch-like manner. Its habitat was described as montane forest with abundant epiphytes and stunted trees.

• Ethiopian Siskin Serinus nigriceps

  The Ethiopian Siskin is a small finch of the Ethiopian highlands. The male is notable for its black hood and yellow body.

• Wilson's Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes respublica

  Wilson's Bird-of-paradise is a bird whose adult male has vivid colors and curved central tail feathers. It lives in hill forest on Waigeo and Batanta in Indonesia.

• Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis

  A small plover endemic to New Zealand, with a bill that bends to the right and breeding grounds on South Island braided rivers.

• Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil

  The Helmeted Hornbill is a large hornbill of Sundaic rainforest. Its casque is solid, and it feeds heavily on fruit such as figs.

• Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis

  The Red-capped Manakin is a small bird of the understory in humid forests from Central America to northwestern South America. Males have red heads, females are green, and both may be found around fruiting trees.

• Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus

  The Dead Sea Sparrow is a small bird with a gray head and brown body. It is found around waterside vegetation, and at some breeding sites it nests in loose colonies.

• Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus

  The Pygmy Cormorant is a small cormorant that uses freshwater wetlands and river deltas.

• Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa carbonaria

  This flowerpiercer occurs in Bolivia. Its slender bill ends in a prominent hook used to pierce flowers for nectar. A 2021 field study recorded new observation sites in Potosí Department.

• Sulphur-vented Whistler Pachycephala sulfuriventer

  This whistler inhabits moist forests on Sulawesi. Its basic adult description combines olive-brown and white plumage with bright yellow lower belly and undertail feathers.