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• Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater

  

  The Black-and-gold Cotinga lives in mountain forests of southeastern Brazil and feeds in the canopy. Males are black with yellow patches on the wings.

• Luzon Boobook Ninox philippensis

  The Luzon Boobook is a small owl of lowland and foothill forests on Luzon. Its yellow eyes and long facial whiskers stand out.

• Black-tipped Cicadabird Coracina schisticeps

  It occurs in New Guinea forest and forest edges and has been recorded to about 1,200 m. Males are slaty gray; females are browner.

• Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus

  This crow occurs on Palawan and Mindoro. It is known for short, low calls likened to a frog’s croak.

• Tasmanian Native-hen Tribonyx mortierii

  A large flightless rail found in grassland near freshwater in Tasmania. It feeds on leaves and seeds and small animals on the ground.

• Sichuan Grasshopper-warbler Locustella chengi

  This bush warbler was described from central China. In southern Sichuan, it has been recorded in dense low herbs and ferns, forest clearings, sparse secondary forest, and tea plantations.

• Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus

  Adult males have a dark-brown head and throat, a white chest and belly, and white-edged wings. A historical account describes groups feeding on the ground in open areas near streams in Madagascar.

• 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.

• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa

  A large wader that walks wetlands on long legs, moving between breeding and wintering areas.

• Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis

  It is endemic to Cuba and Isla de Pinos. It lives in forests, plantations, and human-settled places; adult males and females are alike, with black plumage and yellow patches.

• Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum

  The Bare-throated Tiger Heron is a large heron that waits for prey beside rivers and wetlands.

• Hellmayr’s Pipit Anthus hellmayri

  Dark streaks on its ochre back mark this pipit. It uses grassy places near water and Patagonian grassland, moving close to the ground.

• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

  The dark African River Martin has conspicuous red eyes and an orange-red bill.

• Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum

  A fox-brown bird with dark streaks, bright yellow eyes, and a long bill.

• Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus

  Male Red-throated Sunbirds show glossy green and violet plumage, while females are subdued olive. They forage for flowers and small prey in forest canopies.

• Ashy-throated Bush Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis

  The species account describes olive-yellow upperparts and tail, a grey head and throat, and a yellow breast band. It notes that a white supercilium occurs only in subspecies signatus.

• Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

  This woodcreeper lives in lowland forests of the Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield. It searches for insects while climbing trunks and branches in forests near water and in flooded forests.

• Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi

  This lark lives around the Namib Desert and prefers gravel plains to dunes. Its pale plumage blends with the ground.

• Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus

  The Green-throated Carib is a Caribbean hummingbird with an iridescent green throat and chest, a blue band beneath them, and black underparts. It uses flower nectar.

• Blue-tailed Trogon Trogon comptus

  The Blue-tailed Trogon occurs in humid forest from western Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. Males are green, females gray, and much of its breeding behavior remains undocumented.

• Rote Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus rotiensis

  The Rote Leaf-warbler was described from Rote Island, Indonesia. A 2018 study reports its appearance and behavior from observations on the island.

• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

  A migratory bird with a dark cap and sandy plumage that travels between Central Asia and regions including South Asia.

• Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus

  The Bare-faced Ibis occurs in South America and feeds on small animals such as beetles in wetlands.

• Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami

  Tristram's Bunting is a migratory bunting. In Hong Kong it is seen in winter and searches for food on the forest floor and quiet paths.