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• White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus

  

  Males are black and white, while females are olive green. During breeding, males gather to display to females.

• Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra

  This forest monarch occurs on Tahiti. Young birds have orange plumage; black feathers increase as they mature, and birds are fully black at about four years old.

• 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.

• 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.

• Lord Howe Rail Hypotaenidia sylvestris

  The Lord Howe Island Woodhen is a flightless olive-brown rail with a down-curving bill and red eyes. It feeds on forest-floor invertebrates, and adults pair for life.

• Perija Metaltail Metallura iracunda

  The Perija Metaltail is a small hummingbird restricted to the Perija Mountains on the Colombia–Venezuela border.

• Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus

  This antbird occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. It lives in the lower growth of scrub and woodland, and the sexes differ in eyebrow color.

• Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala

  Swinhoe's Snipe is a shorebird that moves between wetlands with the seasons. Its long bill and mottled plumage help it blend into grass and mud.

• Black-capped Lory Lorius lory

  The Black-capped Lory is a parrot that visits flowering trees in forests to feed on nectar and fruit. It moves in pairs or small groups.

• Grey-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens

  The Grey-bellied Spinetail is described in reference data as a forest bird of dense understory that eats invertebrates. A 1997 specimen study recorded streaking on the breast of a bird considered juvenile.

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops

  It is widespread in eastern Australian forest and woodland. It probes flowers for nectar and searches leaves and branches for insects.

• Yellow-breasted Warbler Seicercus montis

  This small leaf warbler occurs in montane areas of the southern Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan, Flores, and Timor, in forest and bamboo.

• Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius

  A desert nightjar that rests under low bushes by day and catches flying insects at night. The nominate subspecies aegyptius occurs in Arabia.

• Kawall's Amazon Amazona kawalli

  Pale skin at the base of the bill, a grey eye ring, and yellow-green wing edges are identifying features. Observations in Vaupés, Colombia, recorded flocks feeding on palm fruit.

• White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata

  This small bird occurs in the mountains of southern China and nearby parts of Asia. Its white collar and long crest help identify it.

• Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi

  Cabanis's Bunting occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Males have a dark crown, white eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus

  The Bridled Tern is widespread across tropical and subtropical seas. It forages at patches of floating seaweed and may rest on floating objects at sea.

• Chachapoyas Antpitta Grallaria gravesi

  Birds of the World describes the Chachapoyas Antpitta as a recently recognized Peruvian endemic that remains little studied.

• Andean Teal Anas andium

  A small duck of high Andean lakes and wetlands, it has finely spotted gray-brown plumage and feeds close to the water surface.

• Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus

  Its yellow-orange plumage is brightest on the head, contrasting with its black face, breast, and tail; each black wing has an orange shoulder patch.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica

  The Pacific Swallow has a metallic blue back and chestnut on the forehead and throat. In Singapore, it is recorded year-round from mangroves to urban areas.

• Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus

  The Fawn-breasted Wren is about 13 cm long. It uses lowland forest understory, thickets, and forest edges and eats invertebrates. A Paraguay study found three nests in riparian forest.

• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

  A small grassland bird with white-tipped tail feathers; birds in northern Japan move to warmer areas in autumn and winter.

• Cameroon Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis

  This small sunbird lives in highland forests, where it uses flower nectar and dense woodland cover.