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• Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola

  

  The Yellow-breasted Bunting is a bunting whose plumage changes with the season. A breeding-plumaged male has a striking black head and yellow breast; the species is recorded in Hong Kong during migration and winter.

• Scrubtit Acanthornis magna

  A small scrubbird from Tasmania and King Island. It is secretive but searches bark, litter, and foliage for small invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger

  A large black bird whose male has a long chest wattle and an overhanging crest. Females are smaller, with a reduced or absent wattle.

• Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis

  The Rufous-necked Snowfinch lives in highlands such as the Tibetan Plateau and has a rufous patch on the side of the neck.

• Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis

  The Chaco Chachalaca is a large guan recorded in northern Argentina's woods and forests. Argentina's SIB species page describes pairs or small flocks moving quickly through tree branches.

• Black-headed Cuckooshrike Coracina melanoptera

  Males have a black head and wings with a grey body; females have a grey head and black-and-white underparts. In Bangladesh, it searches foliage for insects and berries in forests and secondary growth.

• Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia

  A heron often seen in rice fields, intermediate in size between the Little and Great Egrets.

• Sumatran Cochoa Cochoa beccarii

  The Sumatran Cochoa is a difficult-to-see bird of the mountain forests of Sumatra.

• Bar-winged Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucoptera

  The Bar-winged Wood-Wren is a small bird with rufous upperparts and two white wing bars. It forages alone or in pairs in scrub on mountain ridges and is often heard before it is seen.

• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

  The Ring-necked Duck is a diving duck that also uses shallow wetlands. It breeds in northern North America and uses lakes and wetlands during migration and winter.

• White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus

  This small bird lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes of Peru. It forages near the ground and can be difficult to see.

• Unicolored Antwren Myrmotherula unicolor

  The Unicolored Antwren occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It searches leaves for food and also probes creases in dead foliage for small arthropods.

• Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris

  A small lapwing that walks over dry savanna and short grass while looking for insects. White on the forehead and belly, plus a white wing patch in flight, helps identify it.

• 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.

• 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.

• Zamboanga Bulbul Hypsipetes rufigularis

  It is recorded on Basilan and the Zamboanga Peninsula in western Mindanao, Philippines.

• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida

  A small, pale olive-gray warbler that searches shrubs and trees for insects. It migrates between breeding and wintering areas.

• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis

  The Great Myna is a dark myna with a prominent crest, yellow bill, and white vent. It forages in open places such as grasslands, fields, and parks, often with other mynas and starlings.

• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis

  This vireonid inhabits humid forests from northern South America into the Amazon basin. It has a slaty-blue head, a bright yellow eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• 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.

• Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula

  This hummingbird inhabits wet montane forest from Central America into Colombia and Ecuador. Its green plumage differs between sexes, and it takes nectar from long flower bracts.

• African Piculet Sasia africana

  A tiny woodpecker of humid forests in western, central, and eastern Africa. It searches low forest layers for wood-boring beetle larvae and other insects.

• Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus

  The Chestnut-capped Blackbird lives in South American wetlands. The male has a black body with a rufous-brown head, neck, and chest; the female is olive-brown with black streaks.

• Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus

  A nightjar resident on the Andaman Islands. It has a bold black central crown streak, a white throat, and dark bars on the tail.