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• Black-tipped Cicadabird Coracina schisticeps

  

  It occurs in New Guinea forest and forest edges and has been recorded to about 1,200 m. Males are slaty gray; females are browner.

• White-throated Bush Chat Saxicola insignis

  The White-throated Bushchat breeds in Mongolia and Central Asian Russia, then winters in India and Nepal. Bhutan and China are recorded during passage.

• Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius

  The Blue-headed Vireo searches for insects among trees in North American forests. Its blue-grey head and white eye rings are distinctive.

• Pale-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes pallidiceps

  A 2003 paper described this brush-finch as confined to one valley in southern Ecuador and reported variation in adult head markings.

• Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons

  The Black-fronted Bushshrike lives in mountain forests of eastern and southern Africa. Its underparts occur in several color forms, and it sometimes joins mixed-species feeding flocks.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Slaty Bristlefront Merulaxis ater

  This bird lives in the Atlantic Forest of south-eastern Brazil. Males are slate-grey and females brown, with fine bristles at the base of the bill. It searches for insects among leaf litter close to the forest floor.

• Javan Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus bartelsi

  This large raptor lives in forests on Java. Adults have a prominent crest and may soar above the canopy.

• Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus

  A yellow, downcurved bill, white eyebrow and chestnut back identify this babbler. It forages in the lower growth of forests on Java and Bali.

• Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis

  This is the smallest friarbird, with a curved bill without a casque and a bare blue-gray face patch. It feeds on nectar and invertebrates in trees; some southeastern populations are seasonal visitors.

• Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens

  This monarch ranges across islands from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It inhabits open island forests, and plumage tones vary among island subspecies.

• Sinaloa Martin Progne sinaloae

  This swallow breeds in the mountains of Mexico during summer. Breeding records describe nests in tree cavities; its wintering grounds remain unknown.

• White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara

  This warbler has a white eyebrow and white markings around the eye. In a diet study in Brazil's Atlantic Forest, ants and beetles made up more than 70% of the recorded food items.

• Wagler's Toucanet Aulacorhynchus wagleri

  This toucanet occurs in Mexico. Its yellowish-white forehead meets an olive crown, and the underparts are pale blue-green. Species accounts report fruit eating in montane forest and related wooded habitats.

• Rodriguez Brush-Warbler Acrocephalus rodericanus

  A small bird of woodland on Rodrigues Island, it has olive-brown upperparts and moves quietly among leaves while foraging.

• Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus

  The male Kenya Sparrow has blue-gray and chestnut plumage on the head and back, while the female is much duller. It feeds on grain and small seeds, mainly on the ground.

• Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus

  A helmetshrike recorded from southwestern Kenya to western Tanzania, in scrub and open woodland. It may live in groups and breed cooperatively.

• Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia ruficaudata

  A foliage-gleaner that searches for small invertebrates in trees in humid lowland forest. Records extend to 1,300 m.

• North Moluccan Pitta Erythropitta rufiventris

  This pitta occurs on islands of the North Moluccas. In the nominate form rufiventris, a blue breast band and red underparts are prominent.

• Shy Heathwren Hylacola cauta

  This small bird lives in southern Australian mallee scrub and similar habitats. Its warm brown back, chestnut rump, and white wing patch help identify it.

• American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus

  The North American American Herring Gull is large; adults have a gray back and wings, a white head and body, and pale legs. Young birds take several years to acquire adult plumage.

• Stub-tailed Antbird Sipia berlepschi

  This antbird occurs in lowlands of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It uses densely vegetated lowland forest edges, light gaps, and second growth.

• Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira

  The Amami Woodcock is a large ground-dwelling shorebird of broadleaf forests in the Amami Islands and northern Okinawa Island. Its dark plumage and long legs blend into the forest floor.

• 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.