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• Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps

  

  This fulvetta ranges from the Himalayas to southern China and northern Indochina. It has a chestnut crown and pale eyebrow, and searches the forest understorey for insects.

• Crested Coua Coua cristata

  The Madagascar cuckoo-relative has gray-green plumage, a crest, and blue bare skin around the eyes. It moves between the ground and trees.

• Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca

  The Dark-backed Sibia is a slender, long-tailed bird of mountains in Myanmar, northwestern and western Thailand, and northwestern Laos. It has a black head and white underparts.

• Heard Island Shag Leucocarbo nivalis

  This shag lives on Heard Island. Museum specimens of adults show white cheek plumage extending above the gape. A diet study found that benthic animals, especially polychaetes, were common prey for much of the island population. Clements 2025 includes nivalis as a subspecies of Imperial Shag.

• Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus

  This cotinga ranges through the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It has a grey body, dark head, wings, and tail, a brown crest that it rarely raises, bright red eyes, and a white tail band visible in flight.

• Philippine Nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis

  This nocturnal bird occurs in the Philippine Islands except Palawan. It is found in forest and open areas and has finely patterned brown plumage.

• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

  A small pipit that breeds in high mountain grasslands. It descends after breeding, and northern populations migrate. Adults in breeding plumage show a faint rosy wash from the throat to the belly.

• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis

  The Australian Hobby catches small birds and large flying insects in the air. Its plumage varies somewhat by sex and region.

• Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni

  Ploceus pelzelni breeds in wetlands and also feeds in nearby trees and bushes. A breeding male has a black mask extending from the face to the throat, while the female lacks that mask.

• Diademed Amazon Amazona diadema

  Amazona diadema is a parrot of the Brazilian Amazon basin between the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimões.

• Brown-flanked Tanager Thlypopsis pectoralis

  This tanager is locally distributed in central Peru. It forages in Andean scrub and humid shrubbery.

• Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica

  A bird with a raised crown that visits river flats and farmland in winter flocks.

• Comoro Parrot Coracopsis sibilans

  This parrot occurs on Grand Comoro and Anjouan in the Comoros. It is strongly associated with evergreen forest and also visits cacao plantations and agroforests on Grand Comoro; much of its wild ecology remains unknown.

• Flame-crested Manakin Heterocercus linteatus

  This manakin lives in Amazonian forest. In Peru, only a small number of visual records are reported from the far southeast; it also occurs in Brazil and Bolivia.

• Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii

  The Trumpet Manucode is a bird-of-paradise of tropical forests around New Guinea. It has glossy blue-black plumage and elongated feathers around the neck and nape.

• White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris

  This hummingbird occurs on Trinidad and in northern South America. Its straight black bill, bronze tail, and white chest are distinctive features.

• Biak Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera riedelii

  The Biak Paradise Kingfisher is found only on Biak Island, Indonesia. It has blue plumage and a long tail, and takes insects and spiders from the forest floor.

• Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari

  This small wren lives in high Andean wetlands of Colombia. It has dark streaks on its brown back and searches among marsh plants for insects and other small prey.

• Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus

  The Collared Myna has a conspicuous white collar. Adults of both sexes have glossy blue-black plumage, while young birds are brown.

• Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria

  In breeding plumage, a golden-spangled back contrasts with a black breast and belly. It uses uplands in summer and lowlands in winter.

• Buzzing Flowerpecker Dicaeum hypoleucum

  This small flowerpecker uses forests and scrub. Its dark upperparts, pale underparts, and slender, slightly curved bill help distinguish it.

• Dune Lark Calendulauda erythrochlamys

  The Dune Lark is treated as endemic to Namibia's Namib Desert and lives on sparsely vegetated dunes. Some taxonomies include a closely related lark within this species.

• East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan

  This chachalaca occurs in northeastern Brazil. It has an ochraceous-cinnamon crown and hindneck with a white belly, and uses humid forest and scrubby woodland where it feeds on fruit.

• Siamese Partridge Arborophila diversa

  The Thai diversa form has a pale-brown forehead and throat and a rich chestnut breast. It has been recorded in hill and montane evergreen forest at Khao Soi Dao.