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• Glacier Finch Idiopsar speculifer

  

  This bird occurs in the high Andes of Bolivia. It forages on the ground on barren slopes near the snow line, in puna grassland, and in wetlands.

• Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus

  

  This chunky, short-tailed bird walks on the forest floor to forage. Its underparts are rufous, and it sometimes gathers near army-ant swarms.

• Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

  

  A sparrow of North American grasslands and fields. It often sings at twilight, and white tail feathers flash in flight.

• Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis

  

  This small warbler occurs in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. It has olive upperparts, pale buff underparts, and dark markings around the eye.

• Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei

  

  The Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker is a tiny, short-tailed bird found in forests and plantations.

• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio

  

  The male has a chestnut back and black eye mask, and watches for prey from exposed perches.

• Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon

  The Moustached Warbler is a small brown bird with a long pale eyebrow stripe. It lives in Mediterranean wetlands.

• Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus

  White spots on the head and shoulders and banding on the breast and flanks distinguish this small puffbird. It is found at humid forest edges and in the canopy.

• Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus

  The Double-banded Sandgrouse lives in dry grassland and open woodland in southern Africa, feeding for seeds on the ground. The sexes differ in breast and forehead markings.

• Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox

  This pheasant is endemic to Taiwan and uses hill and mountain woodland, bamboo, and scrub. It is a ground-dwelling bird.

• Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus

  The Chinese Penduline Tit uses open plains, sparse woodland, and reedbeds. It is a winter visitor around Dongting Lake in China.

• Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

  The Grey-rumped Treeswift occurs in Southeast Asia and its islands. It uses perches and catches insects in flight.

• Blue-naped Pitta Hydrornis nipalensis

  A pitta with a reddish-brown head and body and a blue rump, living quietly in forest.

• Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

  The Nilgiri Pipit is a grassland bird restricted to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has warm buff-brown plumage, a white eyebrow, and dense dark streaks on the back.

• Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti

  Abbott’s Booby is a seabird that nests high in forest trees on Christmas Island and catches fish and squid at sea.

• Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis

  The Chiming Wedgebill inhabits arid Australia. It uses mulga woodland and low shrubland in Shark Bay, picking insects from the ground and small trees.

• White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus

  This terrestrial forest bird is endemic to Madagascar and searches leaf litter for insects and other invertebrates. Adults have chestnut upperparts and black crescent-shaped marks along the sides of the breast. The guide says the sexes look similar, while plumage can vary with age or sex.

• Black-bellied Gnateater Conopophaga melanogaster

  The Black-bellied Gnateater has a bold white eyebrow and chestnut wings. Males have a black head and underparts, while these areas are gray in females; it forages in dense humid forest understory.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti

  The Dulit Frogmouth is a nocturnal bird of a few Bornean mountain areas. Its cryptic colors blend with branches, and it nests on branches in Sarawak.

• Least Tern Sternula antillarum

  A small tern that searches above the water for small fish, then plunges to catch them. Breeding adults show a black cap and yellow bill.

• Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger

  A woodcreeper of humid Andean montane forest. It climbs trunks and branches while foraging at different forest heights.

• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

  A large, heavy-bodied seabird with broad wings. Breeding adults have long, twisted, spoon-shaped central tail feathers.

• Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis

  The Black-breasted Thrush lives in forests of the eastern Himalaya. An adult male has a black head and upper breast with orange-red flanks. It moves from higher breeding forests to lower ground in winter.