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• Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis

  

  This nightjar hides on the ground in damp grassland and wetlands, then catches flying insects from dusk onward. Its African range is broad but patchy.

• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus

  This wren lives near the forest floor in Amazonian lowlands. Adults have brown upperparts, a white throat and breast, and brown scale-like markings across the breast and flanks.

• Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris

  The Slender-billed Vulture is a large scavenging vulture. A 2023–2025 survey recorded 20 nests at 12 sites in Upper Assam, India.

• White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus

  Breeding male White-winged Widowbirds are black, with yellow and white shoulder patches and conspicuous white wing panels in flight. The species feeds on grass seeds and other foods in grassland.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis

  It has a black crown, a scaled brown back, and a grey, spotted underside. The amount of rufous on the chin varies among subspecies.

• Swallow-tailed Gull Creagrus furcatus

  An unusual gull that catches small fish and squid over the sea at night. Breeding adults show a red eye-ring, and head color changes outside the breeding plumage.

• Sikkim Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris humei

  This babbler occurs in the eastern Himalayas, inhabiting evergreen broadleaf forest and bamboo. It forms small groups in the undergrowth.

• Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji

  A small owl with noticeable ear tufts and a pale brown collar. It is recorded as resident in Singapore.

• Flame-templed Babbler Dasycrotapha speciosa

  This babbler lives in forests on Panay and Negros. Its orange temple tufts and yellow breast stand out as it joins mixed-species flocks and searches for food in the forest.

• Sykes's Lark Galerida deva

  This lark ranges from pale to warm buff and is relatively unmarked. It has a short, thick bill and a complex song, and lives on the ground in dry stony and scrubby country in India.

• Mariqua Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis

  The Mariqua Sunbird shows strong differences in plumage between males and females. It feeds on nectar and uses dry acacia savanna and other wooded habitats.

• Calayan Rail Aptenorallus calayanensis

  This rail is known only from Calayan Island in the northern Philippines. The 2004 description reported it as common in forest over coralline limestone in the island's north-central area.

• Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia

  The Fluttering Shearwater is a small shearwater with dark brown upperparts, white throat and belly, and a partial dark collar.

• Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus

  Bucanetes githagineus is a finch of arid regions. A Spanish specialist encyclopedia describes breeding-plumage males and females separately and records seasonal food examples.

• Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota

  This small bird occurs in Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia, using riverine forest, mangroves, and thickets. It has a grayish head and eats insects and spiders.

• Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus

  Prairie Falcons glide over grasslands and shrubby deserts, searching for small mammals and birds. Their pale plumage is marked by a dark triangle at the base of each wing.

• Red-lored Whistler Pachycephala rufogularis

  This whistler lives in Australian mallee shrubland. The New South Wales factsheet describes known populations around Round Hill and Nombinnie in central New South Wales.

• Striated Starling Aplonis striata

  The Striated Starling is endemic to New Caledonia. Males are black with red eyes, while females are grayish.

• Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris

  The Miombo Tit is a black, white, and grey member of the tit family. In Zimbabwean miombo woodland it forages on large trees and sometimes joins other small birds.

• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi

  This stocky leaf warbler has a pale eyebrow. It breeds in southeastern Siberia and winters in southern China and Southeast Asia.

• Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona

  This ground antbird lives near the forest floor. In eastern Ecuador, adults were observed incubating two eggs in a nest built low among grasses.

• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

  The Black-headed Grosbeak is a songbird of western North America. Adult males are black, white, and cinnamon, and both parents care for the young.

• Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla

  The Ovenbird has a spotted breast and bold black-and-orange crown stripes. It walks on the forest floor, searching among leaf litter for insects and other small prey.