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• Taliabu Grasshopper-warbler Locustella portenta

  

  This warbler is restricted to the highlands of western Taliabu Island, Indonesia. Field observations in 2012 described a brown bird with a clear white eyebrow.

• Meadow bunting Emberiza cioides

  A bird of woodland edges, fields, riverbanks and other partly open habitats. It forages in grass and sings from exposed treetops.

• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  The Black Turnstone is a seasonal migrant along the Pacific coast that searches for food by turning over rocks and seaweed.

• Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis

  The Laysan Duck is a small duck that hides under vegetation by day and forages around a salt lake at night. Its native range is Laysan Island, with translocated populations on other atolls.

• Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides

  The Fawn-colored Lark is about 14–16 cm long. It lives on the ground in dry scrub and grassland across southern Africa.

• Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus

  The Mountain Scops Owl hides in the middle and lower layers of humid mountain forests and is active at night.

• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus

  The Dark-billed Cuckoo has a long tail and a thick, curved bill. In the Galápagos it occurs from lowland sites to humid highlands and feeds mainly on insects.

• Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii

  This barbet lives in woodlands and savannas of southern Africa. Its crest and red, yellow, and black markings stand out, and both sexes dig nest cavities.

• Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans

  The Singing Cisticola is a small bird marked by rufous areas on its head and wings. It lives in scrub, overgrown farmland, and moist savanna, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Gray Whistler Pachycephala simplex

  The Gray Whistler is a small bird with a grayish back and pale underparts.

• White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica

  The White-necked Heron is a large heron with a white head and long neck marked by black spots. It walks in shallow water to find fish and other prey.

• Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus

  This laughingthrush lives in moist forests on Sumatra and Borneo and is often seen in small groups.

• Veery Catharus fuscescens

  It breeds in damp forests of North America and winters in South America. It hops through the forest floor while searching for insects and fruit.

• Chad Firefinch Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis

  The Chad Firefinch occupies a narrow area between northern Cameroon and southern Chad. Its identification account places it in dry, rocky habitat with grass and bushes, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus

  The Brown Quail searches among ground vegetation and leaf litter for food. This account focuses on the population introduced to New Zealand.

• Coleto Sarcops calvus

  The Coleto is a starling endemic to the Philippines. A 2022 study at Subic Watershed Forest Reserve on Luzon recorded an Asian Koel laying in one Coleto nest.

• Malayan Banded Pitta Hydrornis irena

  This pitta occurs in peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, and Sumatra in Indonesia. BirdLife records it in lowland swamp and evergreen forests.

• Golden Swallow Tachycineta euchrysea

  The Golden Swallow has bronzy to golden iridescence on its upperparts. This entry focuses on the Hispaniolan subspecies, which has been studied in the field and during breeding.

• Grey-winged Cotinga Lipaugus conditus

  This cotinga was recorded in mountain cloud forests in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A field report described calling males as similar to females but brighter, with a greyer face.

• Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea

  The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak lives in wetlands and nearby scrub in southern South America. Males are pale blue, while females are reddish brown.

• Akohekohe Palmeria dolei

  The Akohekohe is a forest bird now found on Maui in Hawaii. It has a white crest that curls forward over the bill and feeds on nectar and small arthropods.

• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis

  The Australian Hobby catches small birds and large flying insects in the air. Its plumage varies somewhat by sex and region.

• Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus

  This grey raptor has a banded tail. In East African grasslands and open woodland, it searches for prey from a perch.

• Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei

  The Palawan Hornbill is endemic to the Palawan island group. It mainly eats fruit, as well as recorded insects and lizards.