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• 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.

• Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis

  The Lesser Nighthawk lives in dry country and catches insects on the wing at dusk. It lays eggs directly on the ground with little or no nest material.

• Gray-faced buzzard Butastur indicus

  A slender-winged migratory hawk seen around woodland and farmland in Japan.

• Peruvian Meadowlark Leistes bellicosus

  This meadowlark occurs in western South America from Colombia and Ecuador through Peru to northern Chile. Males have a dark body, white eyebrow, and red throat and breast, and forage on the ground in open country.

• Gray Noddy Anous albivitta

  A small seabird that breeds on tropical and subtropical Pacific islands. It flies in flocks close to the sea and takes small prey at the surface.

• White-bibbed Manakin Corapipo leucorrhoa

  This manakin lives in humid foothill forest in Colombia and Venezuela. Males perform courtship displays on fallen trunks low in the forest.

• Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis

  This large finch occurs in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Males show a strong yellow-and-black pattern, while females and young birds are more olive. It searches for fruit, seeds, and insects in forest canopies and edges.

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

  A bird with a long curved yellow bill, a bold white eyebrow, and a chestnut breast. Hong Kong birds are thought to derive from captive stock, so local records are kept separate from the natural range.

• Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus

  The crowned hornbill has a white eyebrow and belly and a red-orange bill. In moist evergreen forest it lives in pairs or small family groups and eats fruit and insects.

• Sierra Nevada Antpitta Grallaria spatiator

  Known from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, this antpitta has been found in dense forest understory at 2,200-2,900 m, with abundant mosses and epiphytes.

• Baja Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hoskinsii

  The Baja Pygmy Owl is a small owl of southern Baja California, Mexico. Its yellow eyes and eye-like markings on the back of its head stand out.

• Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera

  This prinia lives in open grassland and scrub. It has dark streaks on its brown upperparts and streaked pale underparts. It moves through grass and low shrubs in search of insects and other small invertebrates.

• Shelley's Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi

  This starling lives in dry bushland and wooded country in East Africa. Its recorded breeding and non-breeding areas differ, and it forages in small flocks in trees and bushes.

• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii

  This pheasant is notable for its long crest and red bare facial skin. It lives on rocky western Himalayan slopes and lays its eggs in undergrowth during the breeding season.

• White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis

  The White-throated Crake hides among plants in wetlands. Its white throat and barred flanks are useful marks, while face and neck color vary among subspecies.

• Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens

  The Cardinal Woodpecker is a small woodpecker; males have a red area on the head. It uses wooded habitats.

• Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius

  This rosefinch occurs in China's highlands. Species data describe shrubland and semi-open habitat at high elevation; a historical adult-male account records a silvery forehead and throat and rosy cheeks.

• Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris

  The Tundra Bean Goose breeds in northern Siberia and winters in Europe. The race recorded in the UK in winter is rossicus.

• Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris

  This pigeon ranges from southeastern Mexico through Central America to northwestern Colombia. Its body is reddish purple, with a browner belly and olive-brown upperparts.

• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta

  A grey antbird with a conspicuous white patch between the shoulders. It searches for small prey in dense lowland forest undergrowth.

• Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa

  This cuckooshrike occurs across islands of the southwest Pacific. A Niue regional guide describes it in vegetated habitats, where it searches leaves of trees and shrubs for insects.

• Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum

  The Olive-tree Warbler is a long, slender bird with a long bill. It breeds in southeastern Europe and the Middle East and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Ferruginous Babbler Pellorneum bicolor

  The Ferruginous Babbler has rich rufous-brown plumage that blends into the forest floor. It searches for insects low in the understory of lowland and swamp forest.

• Tasmanian Thornbill Acanthiza ewingii

  The Tasmanian Thornbill is a small brown bird found on Tasmania and the Bass Strait islands. Its white undertail helps distinguish it from a similar thornbill.