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• Canary Flyrobin Microeca papuana

  

  This small flyrobin lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. The research paper calls it the Papuan Flyrobin, while the pool name is Canary Flyrobin. The main reported elevation band is 1,800–2,500 m, with records beyond it.

• Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus

  A lowland forest bird of West-Central Africa, also recorded in older secondary growth and forest–grassland mosaics. Records reach 650 m.

• Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

  Adults of the South American nominate subspecies show a pale grey hood in breeding plumage.

• Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor

  A weaver of lowland forests along rivers and swamps in western and central Africa. It searches for insects and small fruits from the forest mid-levels to the canopy.

• Hispaniolan Nightjar Antrostomus ekmani

  A nocturnal nightjar recorded on Hispaniola. Information is limited, and most records are from pine forest.

• Blue-headed Fantail Rhipidura cyaniceps

  A fantail of forest understory on Luzon and Catanduanes in the Philippines. It catches insects in the forest and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Green Avadavat Amandava formosa

  The Green Avadavat has a restricted range in India. A study at Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary found it more often in higher areas with greater grass and shrub cover.

• White-throated Robin Turdus assimilis

  The pool calls this species the White-throated Robin. Audubon’s species page uses White-throated Thrush and notes that White-throated Robin was its former name.

• Orange-throated Tanager Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron

  This tanager is localized in southeastern Ecuador and the Cenepa River basin of northeastern Peru. The Peru account records it in humid montane forest.

• Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus

  The Coppery-tailed Coucal is a large cuckoo relative of wetlands and dense cover in central and southern Africa. It searches for small animals on the ground.

• Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli

  The Lazuli Kingfisher lives in Indonesia's southern Moluccas. Males are blue and white, while females also have blue-purple on the breast and belly.

• Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus

  A small woodpecker described from Costa Rica's mountain forests. Its brownish body has a small red crown-to-nape patch in males.

• Puna Tapaculo Scytalopus simonsi

  This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope from Peru to Bolivia. Its grey plumage can include rufous flanks and rump, and it forages near the ground in humid highland forest and scrub.

• Auckland Shag Leucocarbo colensoi

  This marine shag is found only in the Auckland Islands. It has black-and-white plumage and pale pink feet; in breeding season it develops a head crest and red facial skin and throat pouch.

• Cocha Antshrike Thamnophilus praecox

  This antshrike was photographically documented at Bretaña in Loreto, northeastern Peru, in 2022. The male is black and the female chestnut; the record site was whitewater-flooded forest.

• Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea

  In one observation from Central Province, Papua New Guinea, a flock of dark adult birds with very pale irises fed on fruit in lowland forest.

• Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli

  Tickell’s Brown Hornbill lives in forests of southern Myanmar and western Thailand, usually in groups of about five to seven, feeding on fruit and small animals.

• Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera

  The Andean Goose has a white body set off by black wings and tail. It grazes near high-Andean wetlands on grasses and aquatic plants, moving to lower elevations in winter.

• Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus

  This scimitar babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has a long yellow bill, white eyebrow, black face, and reddish-brown upperparts, and forages in forest undergrowth and on the ground.

• Palani Laughingthrush Montecincla fairbanki

  The Palani Laughingthrush is a small bird of the hills of southwest India. It has an olive-brown back, a white eyebrow, and a rusty belly, and searches low scrub for insects and fruit. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the Ashambu Laughingthrush; this entry follows the current separate species concept.

• Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi

  This all-black icterid has records in protected areas across Argentina. It is seen alone or in pairs and sometimes gathers in groups.

• Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus

  A large hawk of African forests and woodlands. It mainly takes birds, and in some areas also eats fish or carrion.

• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

  This woodcreeper occurs widely in South America. It climbs trunks and branches with its long, narrow, slightly curved bill while searching for insects and spiders.

• White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca

  A small forest bird that often joins mixed-species flocks. eBird currently displays it as White-bellied Erpornis, while the pool name is retained here.