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• Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata

  

  This whistler is sparsely distributed through arid and semi-arid inland southern Australia. Males have a black patch between the red eye and bill, while females are more uniformly brown.

• Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus

  A small heron with fine black waves across its body.

• Red-tailed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron milnei

  This laughingthrush ranges through southern China and mainland Southeast Asia, in a fragmented mountain distribution. Some plumage details differ among subspecies.

• Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis

  The Chinese Thrush is a thrush that breeds in central China. Dark spotting stands out on its underparts. It is usually unobtrusive and shy, though it can be easier to see in cold weather.

• Grey Waxbill Estrilda perreini

  This small waxbill lives around African forest and woodland edges. It has a gray body, red rump and black eye-line, and forages under cover for grass seeds and other foods.

• Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis

  The Siberian Grouse is a resident forest grouse of the Russian Far East, where conifers grow in mixed stands.

• Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri

  A starling found mainly in Thailand. It uses open grassland, farmland, and towns, and has distinctive forehead and eye-area features.

• Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis

  Northern Schiffornis ranges from Central America to northern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The description here follows records of the rosenbergi subspecies in northwestern Peru and nearby Ecuador.

• New Zealand Robin Petroica australis

  The South Island robin lives on New Zealand's South and Stewart Islands and often forages on the forest floor.

• Graceful Pitta Erythropitta venusta

  A pitta of Sumatra's forests. Adults have a dark head, blue-green eyebrow, and red belly, and search for food on the forest floor.

• Pale Martin Riparia diluta

  This small swallow flies over open country near rivers and other water. Its pale breast band and shallowly forked tail help identify it.

• Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola frontalis

  This fruiteater occurs in two separated parts of the eastern Andes. Males have red on the throat and breast, while females have green upperparts and scaled underparts; birds forage in humid montane forest.

• Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta

  This small bird lives in South America's Atlantic Forest and is closely associated with bamboo. It eats bamboo buds, shoots and insects, and may move as bamboo conditions change.

• Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus

  A yellow-and-brown bird that feeds on seeds of trees and grasses.

• White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons

  The White-fronted Falconet is a tiny falcon about 15 cm long. The male has a white forehead, while the female's is buff.

• Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis

  The Rufous-tailed Hawk is a South American hawk with a noticeable rufous tail. Its plumage ranges from light to dark forms.

• Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti

  The Sumba Hornbill is endemic to Sumba Island in Indonesia. It feeds at fruiting trees and is often seen in pairs.

• Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata

  This honeyeater lives across southern mainland Australia. Its upswept yellow neck plume is distinctive, and it searches the outer foliage of trees and shrubs for insects and nectar.

• Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor

  This bird is native to western coastal North America. Males have red shoulder patches and females are gray. They nest in colonies among waterside vegetation and form large flocks outside the breeding season.

• Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti

  The Blue-billed Curassow is a large forest bird of Colombia. It feeds mainly on the ground, and its remaining wild habitat is limited to a few small forest remnants.

• Coiba Spinetail Cranioleuca dissita

  The Coiba Spinetail is an island bird once treated as a subspecies of another spinetail. A 2015 AOU committee proposal recognizes Cranioleuca dissita as a separate species restricted to Coiba and nearby Rancheria Island, using forest and forest edges.

• White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum

  A babbler of the peninsula and islands’ wet forests. It searches the forest floor for small invertebrates.

• 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.

• Brasilia Tapaculo Scytalopus novacapitalis

  This small tapaculo is about 11 cm long and 18.9 g. It occurs in central Brazilian gallery forest; the ICMBio guide describes it as wary and poorly known.