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• Canary Islands Bush Chat Saxicola dacotiae

  

  The Canary Islands Bush Chat is endemic to the Canary Islands and occurs in rocky, scrubby areas of Fuerteventura.

• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii

  Blyth's Pipit migrates and uses rocky hills, grassland, and open marshy ground. It searches the ground for small invertebrates.

• Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris

  The Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow lives in open woodland and savanna in eastern and southern Africa, where it may be seen in loose groups.

• Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

  A woodcreeper of Central American forests, with many pale streaks on the crown and nape and additional streaking on the back and wings.

• Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis

  The Imperial Amazon is endemic to Dominica, with a green body, red eyes and violet underparts.

• Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius

  This terrestrial bird is endemic to central Chile. It walks with its tail raised and scratches or digs with one foot to find invertebrates. It prefers rocky ravines and scrub.

• Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris

  A local survey in Colombia recorded it on the forest floor and in the understory, at forest edges, and in bamboo and riverside thickets. Records at the study area reached 1,200 m.

• Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius

  Kittlitz's plover walks along African coasts and inland sand or mud, searching for small prey.

• Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis

  This honeyeater inhabits eucalypt forest and woodland on mainland Australia. It can move locally as its food plants flower.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.

• Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi

  The Mexican Woodnymph is a hummingbird found locally in western Mexico. It feeds mainly at low levels in oak woodland and shaded coffee plantations.

• Orange-crested Manakin Heterocercus aurantiivertex

  This manakin occurs in the Peruvian Amazon. Peru Aves describes it foraging in the midstory and understory of floodplain forest along blackwater rivers.

• Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis

  The male is metallic blue and purple, while the female has a scaly gray, brown, and whitish pattern. It uses humid forest canopy, sometimes gathering at fruiting trees.

• Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus

  A monarch of lowland and foothill forest interiors in New Guinea. The sexes differ strongly: males have a white collar, while females have a rufous back.

• Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica

  A bird with a raised crown that visits river flats and farmland in winter flocks.

• Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi

  Bradfield’s Swift occurs from southwestern Angola through Namibia to northern South Africa. It flies in flocks over arid country and catches flying insects.

• Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis

  Qatar e-Nature describes a small bird with pale greyish plumage and a long tail. It tends to stay hidden in vegetation.

• Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni

  Chestnut tones on the sides of its head and wings, plus a pale shoulder bar, identify this nocturnal nightjar.

• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii

  Bewick's Wren is a small bird that flicks its long tail as it moves from branch to branch. Its bold white eyebrow stands out, and its song strings together short whistles, warbles, and trills.

• White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous

  This forest hawk is conspicuous for its dark body and white rump. Argentine records place it in humid and subtropical forests.

• White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris

  This large weaver lives in dry habitats south of the Sahara and feeds on seeds, fruit, and small invertebrates found on the ground.

• Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta

  The Little Cuckoo is a small reddish-brown cuckoo spread across Amazonia. It is often found in vine-filled thickets along water, forest edges, and cleared forest.

• Rufous Babbler Argya subrufa

  This babbler has rich brown upperparts and rufous underparts. In forests and thickets of the Western Ghats, groups forage on the ground.

• 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.