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• Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum

  

  This small flowerpecker is endemic to the Philippines. Males and females have different plumage.

• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

  A slender cormorant with a long neck and tail, often found on large freshwater wetlands in India.

• Taiwan Thrush Turdus niveiceps

  This thrush is endemic to Taiwan. It breeds in montane forest at about 1,000–2,500 m and may descend to foothills and lowlands in winter.

• White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus

  This bird is marked by a white crown and rufous underparts. It ranges from western Africa into parts of eastern Africa, using open woodland and waterside thickets.

• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

  A pipit of open country in South and Southeast Asia, seen in fields, grassland, and wetlands.

• Arabian Golden Sparrow Passer euchlorus

  Male Arabian Golden Sparrows are golden, while females are sandy brown. They search for seeds in small flocks and may gather in large groups outside the breeding season.

• Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides

  The Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail lives in salt marshes of southeastern South America. In a measured sample, males tended to have a longer rufous cap and a more robust bill than females.

• Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax

  The Brown-throated Parakeet varies in plumage across its range. It nests in arboreal termite mounds and gathers in flocks where food is abundant.

• Chusquea Tapaculo Scytalopus parkeri

  The Chusquea Tapaculo is associated with dense stands of Chusquea bamboo. Its original description covered a population studied at 2,250–3,150 m in southeastern Ecuador.

• Half-collared Sparrow Arremon semitorquatus

  The Half-collared Sparrow inhabits the understory of montane forest and secondary growth in southeastern Brazil. Males have a yellow lower mandible and a broken breast band. A 2022 report recorded one bird singing at a forest edge.

• Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

  This plover occurs in southern South America. Breeding adults have two black bands across the breast.

• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis

  The Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater is widespread on mainland Australia. Adults have distinctive cheek feathers, and a study in inland New South Wales recorded movements associated with flowers and fruit.

• Lunulated Antbird Oneillornis lunulatus

  This scarce antbird inhabits lowland rainforest understory in eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru. Males are gray and females brown, but both have a white eyebrow and throat.

• Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica

  This hummingbird occurs in separate areas from Central America into northwestern South America. Males have violet or green crowns and backs, while females have grey throats and breasts; the birds feed on nectar and small invertebrates.

• Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus

  The Black-collared Barbet has a red head, dark collar, and gray body. It eats fruit in southern African woodlands and gardens.

• Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi

  Willard’s Sooty Boubou was described from a small series of specimens from the western Albertine Rift. The description reports collection localities in Uganda and Burundi, but the few specimens do not establish a complete range.

• Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii

  This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.

• Olive Manakin Xenopipo uniformis

  It occurs in Venezuela’s tepui highlands and nearby uplands at the Brazil–Guyana border. Its plumage is uniformly olive, with slightly paler, greyer underparts.

• White-winged Cotinga Xipholena atropurpurea

  The White-winged Cotinga is a fruit-eating bird of Brazil's Atlantic Forest. The male stands out with a black body and white wings.

• Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis

  It launches from high branches to catch insects in the air. Females and first-winter birds have conspicuous chestnut backs and tails.

• Japanese Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata

  This summer visitor breeds only in Japan, using moist woodland edges and scrub. A male's yellow-green head and the white eye ring of both sexes help identify it.

• Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri

  This small swift is about 14 cm long. It catches insects in flight by day and uses the airspace over forest and woodland.

• Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus

  This small warbler occurs in the Philippines. It is greyish overall and mainly searches for insects in forest tangles and low scrub.

• Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis

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