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• Kloss's Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

  

  This leaf-warbler ranges from southern China through Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. It is recorded in forest at 900–2,550 m during the breeding season.

• Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius

  The Golden Nightjar's sandy-golden plumage blends into the Sahel's dry ground. It rests on the ground by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis

  A mostly green parrot marked by a white forehead and blue on the head. Its native range is Hispaniola and nearby islands.

• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris

  This small bird lives only on Norfolk Island. It probes bark crevices with its long, slender bill to find insects and also feeds on nectar.

• Pallas' Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi

  Pallas' Reed Bunting is a small bunting that breeds in northern Asia. In Hong Kong it is rarely recorded as an autumn passage migrant.

• Pacific Gull Larus pacificus

  A large gull seen along the coast of South Australia. It searches the intertidal zone for shellfish and crustaceans; shell-dropping has also been recorded there.

• Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi

  The eBird/Merlin account places the Chami Antpitta in high-elevation cloud forest in Colombia’s western Andes. It also notes that the species was once treated as one form within the broader Rufous Antpitta group.

• Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris

  The Speckled Teal is a small duck that feeds at the water's surface. Dark spots mark its neck and breast, while plumage and bill color vary with subspecies, sex, and age.

• Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus

  The Variable Oriole occurs from eastern and southeastern Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northern Argentina. It uses woodland, scrub, and gardens.

• American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

  A swallow that builds gourd-shaped mud nests in colonies on cliffs and beneath bridges.

• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus

  This wren lives near the forest floor in Amazonian lowlands. Adults have brown upperparts, a white throat and breast, and brown scale-like markings across the breast and flanks.

• Pale-crowned Cisticola Cisticola cinnamomeus

  This cisticola occurs in eastern and southern Africa, in moist grassland and near wetlands. During the breeding season, the male has a brown crown while the female keeps streaks on hers.

• Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha

  Males stand out for their copper-red throat. The species feeds on flower nectar in coastal mangroves, and an observation also recorded it eating an arthropod.

• Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus

  The Black-collared Barbet has a red head, dark collar, and gray body. It eats fruit in southern African woodlands and gardens.

• Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana

  This small bird is restricted to mangroves in northern Australia. It fans its tail while hopping among branches and the ground to find small insects.

• Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens

  The male has a blue-black back and black throat, while the female is olive-brown. It breeds in eastern North America and winters in the Caribbean.

• Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius

  The Crimson-breasted Woodpecker inhabits Himalayan mountain forests. Adult males have red feathers on the crown and nape, while the female's head is black.

• Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica

  Males are bluish grey with a yellow band across the mid-belly; females and young birds are olive and grey. It eats fruit and buds.

• Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris

  The Slender-billed Greenbul needs to be described with its source limits in view. A Liberian subspecies record from 1899 notes a narrow, flattened bill, while a 2026 survey in the DRC caught it in primary forest sites.

• Chestnut-headed Chachalaca Ortalis ruficeps

  This chachalaca occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of O. motmot, O. m. ruficeps; a 2020 paper presents evidence for species status. It is found mostly in riverine habitats.

• Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus

  A common sparrow of dry grassland and woodland in southern Africa. It mainly eats seeds, but also takes insects, fruit and nectar.

• Siberian Grouse Falcipennis falcipennis

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

• Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus

  A black-and-white forest hornbill with a large bill, it feeds on fruit and changes its movements with the season

• Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens

  This widowbird inhabits grasslands and other open areas south of the Sahara. The breeding male is striking, with a black body, red collar, and elongated tail feathers.