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• Taiwan Bush-warbler Locustella alishanensis

  

  This bush-warbler lives in Taiwan's mountains. It sings from tall grass in forest-edge grassland and fern-covered slopes.

• Caatinga Cacholote Pseudoseisura cristata

  The Caatinga Cacholote lives in the dry northeast of Brazil. It is bright reddish brown, with a prominent crest and yellow iris. Pairs forage on the ground for insects and plant matter in Caatinga woodland and scrub.

• Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi

  The Peruvian Martin is a swallow recorded along the coasts and lowlands of Peru and Chile. It catches insects in the air and nests in holes in cliffs, trees, and buildings.

• Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata

  Salvadori's Pheasant lives in montane forest on Sumatra. The cited account distinguishes a southern nominate subspecies from a northern subspecies.

• Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus

  A large gull of the North Atlantic coast. Adults have broad black wings and back, a white head, and a large yellow bill.

• Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis

  The Chestnut-eared Aracari is a toucan with blue skin around the eye and a single red band across its yellow belly. It often uses forest edges, young forest, and fruiting trees.

• Rajah Scops Owl Otus brookii

  The Rajah Scops Owl is an owl of mountain forests in central Sumatra and northern Borneo. Long ear tufts and dark markings on its brown plumage stand out.

• Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus

  The Beach Kingfisher is a white-and-blue coastal kingfisher. It nests in tree cavities near the shore and catches fish, crabs, and insects.

• Antioquia Brush Finch Atlapetes blancae

  This bird is restricted to the Altiplano Norte de Antioquia in Colombia. Its 2007 description was based on three museum specimens; a live bird was found in the field in 2018.

• Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus

  The Southern Masked Weaver lives in open areas of southern Africa. Breeding males have a striking black face and yellow body, and the species eats seeds and other foods.

• Chestnut-headed Crake Anurolimnas castaneiceps

  The Chestnut-headed Crake has a chestnut head, neck, and breast, with an olive-brown body. It forages in dense vegetation and bamboo in wet forest.

• Red-tailed Laughingthrush Trochalopteron milnei

  This laughingthrush ranges through southern China and mainland Southeast Asia, in a fragmented mountain distribution. Some plumage details differ among subspecies.

• Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax

  This honeyeater occurs in northern Australia and around New Guinea. It has an olive back, a pale cream-colored belly, a white iris with a pale eye-ring, and feeds among foliage, moving from tree to tree.

• Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

  This seabird breeds in the western Mediterranean and spreads from the western Mediterranean into the eastern Atlantic after breeding. It takes fish and squid at sea.

• Malay Whistling-thrush Myophonus robinsoni

  This dark thrush has a bright metallic-blue patch near the shoulder and appears along streams in moist hill forest.

• White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis

  The White-necked Raven is a large corvid of African highlands. Its broad diet includes animal matter and carrion.

• Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata

  This whistler is sparsely distributed through arid and semi-arid inland southern Australia. Males have a black patch between the red eye and bill, while females are more uniformly brown.

• Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii

  The male has a black head, an unstreaked yellow mantle, bright yellow underparts, and a broad yellow wing band. The female lacks the black head and is yellow-olive overall. The species uses open habitats and farmland.

• Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata

  A small bird of evergreen forests from mainland Southeast Asia to southern China and nearby regions. It stays near the forest floor and has fine streaks on its brown body.

• Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais

  The Wailing Cisticola is a grassland bird with a long tail and streaked back, ranging through eastern and southern Africa.

• Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens

  This warbler occurs on Grand Bahama and Abaco in the Bahamas. A 2018 survey on Grand Bahama recorded birds searching pine trunks and palm leaves for small invertebrates.

• Urubamba Antpitta Grallaria occabambae

  This ground-dwelling antpitta occurs in the southeastern Peruvian Andes. A 2020 paper treats it as a distinct species; the nominate subspecies has dark reddish-brown upperparts and paler underparts.

• Masked Trogon Trogon personatus

  Several subspecies occur in Central and South American mountains. Plumage varies by sex and region; the adult male is used as an example.

• Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox

  This ground-dwelling cuckoo has a long tail and crest. It ranges from Mexico into Central America and eats grasshoppers and caterpillars in dry scrub and open country.