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• Saxicola ferreus

  

  Saxicola ferreus is a scarce winter visitor and passage migrant in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong bird account describes both sexes and their foraging in open shrubland and other cleared habitats.

• Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae

  The Wood Pipit searches the grassy floor of woodland for insects and other small invertebrates in south-central Africa.

• Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis

  The Parrot-billed Sparrow is an eastern and central African sparrow with a large, thick bill. It feeds on seeds in dry open country.

• Lesser Hornero Furnarius minor

  This small ovenbird is common along Amazonian rivers. It searches for food on the ground in open places created by rivers and similar early-growth habitats made by people.

• Blue-headed Macaw Primolius couloni

  Its green body, blue head, and maroon tail stand out. It lives in the western Amazon forests of Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

• Ancash Tapaculo Scytalopus affinis

  It is endemic to Peru and recorded on the western Andean slope at 3,000–4,600 m. It feeds at or near the ground, but is difficult to distinguish from similar tapaculos; range and voice are useful identification clues.

• Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis

  This brushfinch occurs in Panama. The sexes have nearly identical plumage. It is often found at forest or scrub edges and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Spot-breasted Lapwing Vanellus melanocephalus

  The Spot-breasted Lapwing lives in damp grassland and marshes in the Ethiopian highlands. Black spots on the breast and yellow wattles are notable features.

• Sumba Myzomela Myzomela dammermani

  The Sumba Myzomela is a small bird of Sumba Island, Indonesia, where it forages from the forest mid-storey to the canopy.

• Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura

  The Pygmy Antwren is widespread in Amazonia. Males have yellow underparts with black-and-white streaking above; females have buff-and-black streaking on the head and back. Birds forage along open forest edges and light gaps.

• Green-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon alice

  The male's crown and breast shine golden green, while the female has grayish-white underparts and a different tail pattern. This small hummingbird takes nectar at forest and cloud-forest edges, in second growth, and around plantations. It is partially migratory.

• Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax

  This small African barbet has a white moustache-like marking. It is usually seen alone or in pairs in montane forest.

• Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster

  The Black-headed Gonolek has a black head and back and an orange-red throat, breast and belly. It lives in pairs or family groups, and a male's whistled call may be followed by a female's harsher call.

• Hooded Mountain Toucan Andigena cucullata

  The Hooded Mountain Toucan is a large toucan about half a metre long. It eats fruit in humid Andean forest.

• 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.

• Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota

  The Fiery-throated Fruiteater has a green body and a red throat in males and feeds on fruit in wet forests on the eastern Andes.

• Chestnut-throated Flycatcher Myiagra castaneigularis

  The Chestnut-throated Flycatcher was described from Vanua Levu, Fiji. Its 1876 original account records forest observations, insect feeding, and differences in throat and back color between males and females.

• Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura

  This bunting is marked by a black-and-white face and yellow breast. It is found in dry savanna and scrub, often in pairs.

• House Swift Apus nipalensis

  The House Swift is a swift with a dark body, a white throat patch, and a broad white rump band. It catches insects in flight and forages over forests and towns.

• Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis

  This forest-associated bird is endemic to southern Malawi, where it is recorded on the Mulanje, Malosa, and Zomba massifs. A study on Mulanje found it using forest edges with understorey shrubs.

• Anthony's Nightjar Nyctidromus anthonyi

  The male has a white throat but no white wing or tail patches, even in flight. In dry Pacific lowlands from western Ecuador to Peru, it catches flying insects at night.

• Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus

  The Ochraceous Wren is a small wren about 9.5 cm long and 9.5 g. It is recorded in Costa Rica’s humid mountain forest, nearby second growth and pastures with scattered trees.

• White-breasted Hawk Accipiter chionogaster

  The White-breasted Hawk occurs in forests from southern Mexico into northern Central America. This entry follows sources that treat A. chionogaster as a species, while the 2010 life-history paper says its taxonomic status was unresolved.

• Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava

  The Sakalava Weaver occurs in northern, western, and southern Madagascar. It is a roughly 15 cm granivore that forms groups and forages on the ground and in trees. It uses open disturbed areas, village and crop edges, sparse savanna, and dry spiny scrub.