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• White-sided Hillstar Oreotrochilus leucopleurus

  

  The White-sided Hillstar is a hummingbird of rocky Andean habitats. Males have a blue throat and white underside, females a grey underside; both feed on nectar and insects.

• Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus

  This sparrow is marked by its grey head and white throat, and occurs in the grasslands, farmland, and settled areas of western and central Africa.

• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita

  A small yellow-olive warbler that eats insects. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in deciduous woodland, scrub, and similar habitats.

• Burmese Bush Lark Plocealauda microptera

  A lark of open grassland and fallow fields in central Myanmar. It forages in open country and is also recorded perching on trees and wires.

• Red Lory Eos bornea

  The Red Lory is mainly red, with black on parts of the wings and blue feathers beneath the tail. It has also been recorded in lowland forest on Buru Island.

• Greenish Schiffornis Schiffornis virescens

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Recently collected specimens show vivid green plumage. A study in Misiones found nests on tree ferns near the forest floor.

• Greater Flowerpiercer Diglossa major

  This large flowerpiercer occurs in southeastern Venezuela and adjacent northern Brazil. It has a broad black mask, bluish-slate plumage, and a pale blue-gray bill with a strongly hooked tip. It feeds on nectar and insects.

• Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis

  This small swallow ranges from Central to Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong, records are from above open country.

• Alpine Pipit Anthus gutturalis

  A pipit of New Guinea's high alpine grasslands. It favors short grass and places with nearby bushes.

• Yellow-bellied Whistler Pachycephala philippinensis

  The Yellow-bellied Whistler lives in Philippine forests. It has several island subspecies with regional plumage differences, and usually searches for insects in the forest understory.

• Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus

  A nocturnal nightjar of East African woodland and savanna. It has a slender body and slightly elongated central tail feathers.

• Moluccan Goshawk Tachyspiza henicogramma

  The Moluccan Goshawk is a forest raptor of the Moluccas. Adults have dark gray upperparts and rufous underparts; juveniles have a different, browner pattern.

• Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus

  The rusty blackbird shows rusty feather edges and pale eyes in winter. It breeds in northern forests and winters in the eastern United States.

• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus

  In breeding plumage, its black body and silvery-white wings stand out. It breeds in eastern Europe and western Asia.

• Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda

  The Band-tailed Manakin forages in the forest understory of Amazonia. Males show black, red, and yellow plumage, while females are mainly olive green.

• Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis

  The Yellow-green Grosbeak has a heavy gray bill, a black face and throat, and pale yellow-olive and yellow plumage. This account records it in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State.

• Spot-necked Babbler Stachyris strialata

  The Spot-necked Babbler is a small babbler, 15–17 cm long. It searches forest cover for invertebrates, and a rare field report describes it preening a different babbler species.

• White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis

  The White-thighed Hornbill is a large hornbill of lowland forests in western and central Africa. It feeds mainly on fruit in the canopy and often travels in small groups.

• Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives

  This antpitta lives on the forest floor from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It moves through dense undergrowth and searches leaf litter for small animals.

• Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis

  A small scops owl found only on Luzon. Its long ear tufts are distinctive, and records come from humid foothill and mountain forest as well as pine forest.

• Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus

  It is a small cisticola of African savannas and grasslands. During breeding, males sing from exposed perches and also perform aerial courtship displays.

• Somali Starling Onychognathus blythii

  The Somali Starling occurs in northeastern Africa and on Socotra, using rocky hills and cliffs. The male is glossy black-purple with orange in the wings, while the female has a grey head and breast.

• Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis

  The Spruce Grouse is a grouse of evergreen forests in northern and western North America. It feeds mainly on conifer needles, and males and females have very different plumage.

• Barred Rail Hypotaenidia torquata

  The Barred Rail occurs in the Philippines and Indonesia and uses wet grassland and wetlands. Its short cocked tail and rufous chest band help identify it.