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• Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster

  

  A survey of reserves in the Republic of the Congo recorded the species frequently in wooded grassland, especially at Idzoua Inkou. Males and females differ in upperpart color.

• Yellow Wattlebird Anthochaera paradoxa

  

  This honeyeater lives on Tasmania and nearby islands. Its orange-yellow wattles on the sides of the head stand out, and it often feeds on nectar from eucalypts and other plants.

• Great Spotted Kiwi Apteryx maxima

  

  A flightless, nocturnal kiwi that probes the soil and leaf litter with its long bill to find small prey.

• Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus

  

  Centered in southeastern Peru, this jacamar also occurs in the lowland Amazon of Brazil and Bolivia. It launches from waterside or forest-edge perches to catch flying insects.

• Cuban Gnatcatcher Polioptila lembeyei

  

  This Cuban endemic lives in coastal scrub. An older specimen account records a fine black line from the eye toward the ear-coverts, bluish-grey upperparts, and ashy-white underparts.

• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix

  

  The Long-billed Murrelet is an alcid that breeds along the Siberian coast and also spends time at sea. It is recorded only rarely as a vagrant in North America.

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

  The Plumbeous Ibis is a grey ibis with a long, curved bill. In Argentina it uses wetlands with trees and nests in trees.

• Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus

  The Black-headed Oriole occurs in Africa. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and bright yellow plumage; the species account describes the bird as diurnal and omnivorous in open woodland and forest.

• White-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis ruficeps

  This parrotbill ranges from northeast India east of Sikkim to Bhutan and adjacent Tibet. It uses bamboo near broadleaf evergreen forest and may be seen in small groups.

• Crowned Cormorant Microcarbo coronatus

  This small southern African coastal cormorant forages for benthic prey in inshore kelp beds.

• Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda

  The Rufous-vented Chachalaca has brown to olive plumage and a bare, reddish-brown throat. It moves in small flocks, active in the morning and evening, and eats fruit and leaves.

• Nepal Cupwing Pnoepyga immaculata

  The Nepal Cupwing is known from records in central Nepal. A 2010 field note reports hearing at least four birds in northern India and later observing one individual.

• Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus

  A Togian Islands survey reported sightings and a nest-related observation of the Sulawesi Drongo. The source concerns a limited survey area off central Sulawesi.

• Brown Tit-Babbler Macronus striaticeps

  This babbler is endemic to the Philippines. The nominate subspecies has black-and-white crown stripes and pale streaks above; the Mindanao survey found it in several kinds of forest.

• White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira

  The White-bellied Nothura is a small tinamou recorded in Bolivian savannas and grasslands. The source gives a body length of 22–24 cm.

• Sao Tome Weaver Ploceus sanctithomae

  This weaver is endemic to São Tomé Island. The sexes differ in plumage, and pairs or flocks forage in trees by searching leaves, holes, and epiphytes.

• Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris

  The Sand-colored Nighthawk has sandy mottled plumage and occurs along rivers in the Peruvian Amazon region. It also forages above rivers during the day.

• Tboli Sunbird Aethopyga tibolii

  This sunbird occurs in southern Mindanao. A 2021–2023 study in the montane forest of Mt. Melibengoy recorded visits to flowers of nine plant species and described plumage differences between males and females.

• Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous

  A small seabird with long wings and a deeply notched tail. It picks food from the ocean surface and nests in burrows on offshore islands.

• Common Tetraka Bernieria madagascariensis

  The Common Tetraka is a forest bird of Madagascar. It has dark brownish-green upperparts, a yellow throat, and a long bill. It gleans arthropods from branches and leaves, also eats seeds, and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli

  Schlegel’s Asity is a forest bird restricted to northwestern and western Madagascar. It eats more fruit in the rainy season and also takes nectar and insects toward the end of the dry season.

• Scarlet macaw Ara macao

  A parrot with vivid red, yellow and blue plumage and a large hooked bill.

• Turquoise Parakeet Neophema pulchella

  A parakeet of southeastern Australia. Males show a turquoise-blue face and red shoulder patch, and the birds forage near the ground for grass seeds.

• Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis

  The Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove is a forest pigeon endemic to the Cook Islands, where it occurs on Rarotonga and Atiu.