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• Slaty Brush Finch Atlapetes schistaceus

  

  Its gray body, rufous crown, and black-and-white facial stripes are distinctive. It forages in humid scrub and forest-edge undergrowth on the eastern slope of the Central Andes, including Peru.

• Tropical Boubou Laniarius major

  This bush-shrike lives in woodland, forest edges, savanna woodland, and thickets. It eats insects and small animals, and wing markings vary by region.

• Palau Swiftlet Aerodramus pelewensis

  This swiftlet occurs on Palau. It is blackish brown above, grey below, and has a short, shallowly forked tail.

• Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi

  A small ground-dwelling bird of humid forest in southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina, recorded in woodland with bamboo and scrub.

• Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus

  The Hook-billed Kite is a raptor of tropical American forests and wooded streams. It cracks tree snails with its hooked bill; males are gray, while females have brown upperparts and chestnut barring below.

• Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus

  The Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler is marked by a black crown, white eyebrow, and short, thick red bill. It uses forest and bamboo habitat from eastern Nepal to northeastern India, foraging on or near the ground.

• Vogelkop Honeyeater Melidectes leucostephes

  This honeyeater is restricted to western New Guinea. It occurs in the mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula and also in the Fakfak and Kumawa ranges of the Bomberai Peninsula.

• Yap Monarch Monarcha godeffroyi

  The Yap Monarch is a monarch flycatcher endemic to Yap in Micronesia. It uses lowland forest, mangroves, and coastal scrub, moving slowly as it searches leaves and branches for food.

• Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea

  The Golden Swallow has bronzy to golden iridescence on its upperparts. This entry focuses on the Hispaniolan subspecies, which has been studied in the field and during breeding.

• Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis

  This small warbler breeds in western North America and winters in Central America. Its yellow face stands out as it searches for insects high in conifers.

• Black-billed Mountain Toucan Andigena nigrirostris

  A mountain toucan with a blue breast and a large bill that visits fruiting trees, often in small groups.

• Large-billed Reed-warbler Acrocephalus orinus

  A reed warbler with a relatively long bill and tail. Museum research supports breeding in Central Asia, although the precise breeding range and habitat remain unresolved.

• Yellow-spotted Bush-sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita

  A small sparrow of dry savannas and open woodland. Its white throat and hard-to-see yellow spot can help identify it.

• Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris

  The Nuthatch Vanga is a small Madagascar endemic that searches for insects while climbing up tree trunks.

• Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus

  This ovenbird inhabits montane forest in Central America. It moves through the lower and middle forest, and its orange throat and streaked breast help identify it.

• Bar-bellied Pitta Hydrornis elliotii

  The Bar-bellied Pitta lives in lowland forest in Indochina and searches for food on the ground. It turns leaf litter while feeding on insects and earthworms.

• Dusky Gerygone Gerygone tenebrosa

  This small bird is found on the northwestern coast of Western Australia. In the Pilbara it is recorded only in mangroves, where it gleans insects from leaves and flowers.

• Black-tailed gull Larus crassirostris

  A gull seen on Japanese coasts through much of the year, with a catlike call.

• Santa Marta Antbird Drymophila hellmayri

  The Santa Marta Antbird is restricted to Colombia's Santa Marta Mountains. Its eBird species account places it in bamboo and says it is often detected first by voice.

• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

  A sandpiper that breeds on Arctic tundra and migrates south, mostly to South America. Its stippled breast ends sharply at a white belly.

• Vogelkop Whistler Pachycephala meyeri

  This whistler is recorded from the Vogelkop mountains of western New Guinea. It occurs in lower montane forest.

• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

  In Hong Kong, this bulbul forms flocks in forest canopies. Adults and young birds differ in head color.

• Magpie Mannikin Lonchura fringilloides

  This small African bird occurs near water, bamboo, and village gardens. In the account’s northern form, the head and neck are glossy black, with a white belly and barred flanks. Oiseaux.net records its transfer from Lonchura to Spermestes.

• Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera

  The Great-winged Petrel is a large seabird with long wings and all-dark plumage. It breeds on Southern Hemisphere islands and disperses widely over the oceans outside the breeding season.