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• Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii

  

  Swainson's Warbler has a stocky body and a heavy bill that it uses to turn leaf litter while searching for insects and spiders. It breeds in dense swamps and canebrakes of the southeastern United States.

• Baikal Bush-warbler Locustella davidi

  The 2014 paper summarizes breeding from north-central China to Siberia and wintering in northern Southeast Asia. It also documents three records in Assam, India, in 2012–2013.

• Yellowish White-eye Zosterops nigrorum

  This white-eye inhabits forests and wooded areas in northern and central Philippines. Its yellowish belly helps identify it, and it feeds on tiny invertebrates and fruit.

• Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii

  A trogon of forests from Costa Rica's Pacific slope to western Panama, the male stands out with a red belly and blue facial skin.

• Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda

  This small bird occurs in northern Australia. It has a red face, olive upperparts, a yellowish underside, and tiny white star-like spots.

• Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis

  This bird is recorded in bamboo stands in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Recent Ecuadorian and Peruvian records describe feeding on seeds and insects in bamboo.

• Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris

  The Pale-billed Hornbill has sex-specific bill and casque colors and searches for food among trees.

• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

  A sandpiper that breeds on Arctic tundra and migrates south, mostly to South America. Its stippled breast ends sharply at a white belly.

• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

  An olive-brown reed warbler that visits reed beds and sings loudly for long stretches.

• Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti

  The Grey-headed Bushshrike lives in sub-Saharan Africa. In a southern African atlas it was recorded as a large, brightly coloured bird that often hides in foliage and gives far-carrying calls.

• Rufous Sibia Heterophasia capistrata

  The Rufous Sibia is a rufous-colored bird of Himalayan forests. It forages mainly in the canopy and may move to different elevations with the seasons.

• Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus

  The Yellow-throated Longclaw walks on the ground to search for prey. An adult male of the nominate subspecies has a conspicuous yellow throat and breast.

• Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor erythrocercum

  The Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in forests across South America, including Peru. It has a rufous tail and rump and a pale throat.

• Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris

  The Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush lives in mountain forests of Asia, including the Himalayas. Adult males are blue and chestnut, while females have a different gray-brown pattern.

• Colasisi Loriculus philippensis

  The Colasisi is a small parrot of the Philippine islands that feeds on nectar, blossoms, and fruit. It may forage upside down in the canopy.

• Alstrom's Warbler Seicercus soror

  Alstrom’s Warbler, Phylloscopus soror, breeds in China and winters from southwestern China into Indochina. In Hong Kong it is a passage migrant in autumn and early winter.

• Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa

  The Wattled Curassow is a large bird of the upper Amazon forests. It feeds on hard nuts and seeds on the forest floor.

• Maui Honeycreeper Pseudonestor xanthophrys

  This Hawaiian honeycreeper lives only in high-elevation forest on east Maui. It has a large curved bill, and pairs defend territories year-round.

• Fiery-shouldered Parakeet Pyrrhura egregia

  The Fiery-shouldered Parakeet uses humid mountain forest and edges, foraging for plant material in trees. The male is described with a brownish-red head, green body, and orange-yellow wing edge.

• Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala

  This hummingbird occurs in moist montane habitats, oak-pine woodland, and gardens in Central America. The male has a glittering blue crown and white underparts, and often feeds at flowering epiphytes.

• Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli

  This small bird lives in mountains from southwestern Canada into the western United States. Its white eyebrow and black head stand out, and it moves to lower elevations in fall and winter.

• Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi

  A ground-dwelling cuckoo with a red bill and long tail, living in the forest undergrowth of Southeast Asia.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.

• Alor Myzomela Myzomela prawiradilagae

  This honeyeater is known only from Alor Island, Indonesia. Its original description reports that it is mainly recorded in montane eucalypt woodland, mostly above 900 m.