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• Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii

  

  The Rufous-vented Grass Babbler lives in wetlands and reedbeds. It is brown above, with fine streaks below and rich rufous feathers under the tail.

• Meadow bunting Emberiza cioides

  A bird of woodland edges, fields, riverbanks and other partly open habitats. It forages in grass and sings from exposed treetops.

• Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus

  This bush tyrant is about 18–19 cm long and occurs in the high Andes. Its first detailed nest record was made at 2,985 m in Peru.

• Tawny-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius humeralis

  The Tawny-shouldered Blackbird is widespread in Cuba and is also recorded in northern and west-central Haiti. It occurs at forest edges and in open places, including gardens.

• Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus

  The Crested Quetzal is a trogon of Andean forests. Males have a green crest and back, a crimson breast, and violet-tinged wings.

• Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla

  The Chestnut-crested Cotinga occurs in the canopy of subtropical and temperate Andean forests. It has a red eye, orange throat and neck, streaked pale belly, and chestnut crest.

• Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii

  A babbler of West African scrub and woodland edges, forming small groups and searching leaf litter near the ground.

• Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi

  Forbes's Plover occurs in open grasslands and other open habitats in parts of western and central Africa. It searches the ground for insects and small invertebrates to eat.

• Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

  The Yelkouan Shearwater is a seabird with a dark back and white underside. It glides low over the sea and feeds on fish and squid.

• Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae

  This flycatcher breeds in eastern China and winters in southern Thailand and the Malay Peninsula. It is recorded mainly during autumn passage in Hong Kong.

• Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps

  The Red-hooded Tanager contrasts a red head and breast with a yellow body in the Andes. Females have less red than males, and the birds forage in pairs or small groups.

• Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia

  A blue-gray cuckooshrike that forages in the upper branches of forests and woodlands.

• Stripe-breasted Creeper Rhabdornis inornatus

  The Stripe-breasted Creeper lives in Philippine forests. Its white throat and belly, brown back, and broadly white-streaked sides are useful field marks; it may perch on dead branches.

• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

  The Oriental Skylark uses open ground in grasslands and fields and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Bower's Shrikethrush Colluricincla boweri

  A northeastern Australian forest bird that is usually solitary and territorial.

• Chaetornis striata

  This grassland bird often remains hidden in cover. A Kerala sighting describes a fulvous-brown back with bold streaks, while a study in Nepal recorded it in riverine grasslands.

• Diademed Tapaculo Scytalopus schulenbergi

  This tapaculo occurs on the eastern Andean slope. Adults are gray, with a pale forehead and variable rufous on the flanks and rump. It feeds near the ground in humid montane forest, scrub, and Polylepis woodland.

• Azure Jay Cyanocorax caeruleus

  This jay inhabits forests in southern Brazil. Its blue body contrasts with a black head and fore-neck, and groups cache pine seeds.

• Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta

  Both sexes have a plum-colored head spot, while only the male has a dark chin spot. The JCU page documents a local occurrence in Townsville.

• Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus

  The Black-nest Swiftlet is a small swift that feeds on flying insects and roosts communally in caves.

• New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica

  This small honeyeater weighs about 7 g. It is active by day and uses forest, mangroves, and woodland, feeding mainly on nectar.

• Rusty-margined Guan Penelope superciliaris

  The Rusty-margined Guan lives in South American forests and scrub. In the Paraná forest of Argentina, pale feather edges make the adult breast look scaled.

• Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris roberti

  A babbler of evergreen forests in northeast India and neighboring areas. Its dark brown plumage is spotted white, and it has a strong wedge-shaped bill.

• 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.