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• 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.

• Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum

  The Bar-tailed Trogon lives in humid African mountain forest. By day it searches for caterpillars and other insects.

• Blue Mountain Vireo Vireo osburni

  This vireo lives in humid montane forests of north-western Jamaica and feeds within dense leaf cover.

• Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata

  This small African bird uses savanna, shrubland and inland wetlands. The current IUCN assessment places it in the genus Delacourella.

• White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae

  The blue-grey body and white face are distinctive. It walks through mudflats, shallows and wet grass after rain, taking fish, crabs, insects and other prey.

• Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

  This 11–12 cm hummingbird lives in lowland forests of western Amazonia. It drinks nectar and catches insects in flight.

• Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici

  The Tibetan Snowfinch feeds on the ground in rocky, open country on the eastern Tibetan Plateau.

• Plain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus neglectus

  The Plain Leaf Warbler is a small warbler about 9–10 cm long. By day it searches among leaves for small invertebrates; Oman is one location where its calls have been recorded.

• Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti

  Dupont's Lark has a pale eyebrow and a short, white-edged tail. It feeds on seeds and insects on the ground in dry grassland.

• Scarlet-chested Parakeet Neophema splendida

  The Scarlet-chested Parakeet has a blue head and yellow underbody; the male has a scarlet chest. It forages for seeds on the ground in dry inland scrub.

• Golden-collared Honeycreeper Iridophanes pulcherrimus

  This tanager-family bird occurs in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Males are strikingly patterned in black, blue, and gold.

• Purple Martin Progne subis

  This large swallow breeds in North America and catches flying insects. In the East it uses nest boxes, while in the West it uses woodpecker holes in dead trees, then migrates to South America after breeding.

• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis

  Recorded throughout the year in Britain and Ireland. It is most widespread in the north and west and in uplands during breeding, and across much of the area in winter except the highest ground.

• 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.

• Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis

  The Common Pauraque hides on the ground in leaf-colored plumage by day and catches flying insects at night.

• Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus

  The Hooded Vulture is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It feeds mainly on animal carcasses and also occurs near human settlements.

• Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea

  The Cuban Blackbird is a dark-plumaged bird of Cuba with a violet sheen. It searches for food on the ground and in other habitats.

• Western Gull Larus occidentalis

  A large gull of the Pacific coast, marked by a dark back, it eats fish and marine invertebrates.

• Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora

  It occurs on the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in moist lowland and foothill forest and at forest edges. Ecuadorian records extend to about 1,500 m.

• Rose-bellied Bunting Passerina rositae

  The male is blue with a rose-pink belly, while the female is greyish brown. The species inhabits a restricted area of Mexico's southern Pacific slope.

• Grey-bellied Wren-Babbler Spelaeornis reptatus

  Males have a white throat that extends to the center of the belly, while females are more rufous. The species inhabits montane forest from northeastern India through Myanmar and western Thailand to Yunnan, China, where it searches for insects in dense undergrowth.

• Knobbed Hornbill Rhyticeros cassidix

  The Knobbed Hornbill lives in forests on Sulawesi and nearby islands. A large casque rises above its bill.

• Chestnut-crowned Antpitta Grallaria ruficapilla

  The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta forages near the ground in Andean forest. Its chestnut-colored head and olive upperparts contrast with a white throat.

• Cloud-forest Screech Owl Megascops marshalli

  This screech-owl inhabits cloud forest on the eastern Andes of central Peru. The account also reports a recent discovery in Bolivia.