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- Duetting Giant-Honeyeater Gymnomyza brunneirostris
Photo: Rosario Douglas · (c) Rosario Douglas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0 The Duetting Giant-Honeyeater is endemic to Viti Levu, Fiji. It inhabits rainforest and feeds on nectar, insects, and caterpillars.
- Grey-hooded Warbler Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
This leaf warbler is recorded in montane forest in southern Tibet. Its grey head, yellow-toned body, and facial markings help distinguish it.
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
A long-tailed nightjar with different male and female plumage. It uses African habitats from arid semi-desert to savanna and lowland forest clearings, catching insects in flight.
- Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana
The Blue-winged Macaw is a green macaw with a red forehead that feeds on fruits and seeds.
- Príncipe Speirops Zosterops leucophaeus
This species occurs on Príncipe, where it joins mixed flocks in forests and plantations. Its pale head and underside help distinguish it from the darker Príncipe White-eye.
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
A large tern with a shaggy black crest and cap. It feeds mainly on small fish, searching from above the water and diving head-first to catch them.
- Moustached Antpitta Grallaria alleni
This ground-dwelling antpitta is recorded in the Andean foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, where it uses dense undergrowth in wet forest.
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
This dabbling duck feeds mainly on plants in shallow wetlands. Males show an orange-red mark at the bill base and a large white wing marking.
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
The Brown-headed Cowbird feeds on the ground in open habitats. Females do not build their own nests; they lay eggs in the nests of other birds.
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
The Pied-winged Swallow is a small blue-and-white swallow with conspicuous white lines at the base of its wings.
- 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.
- Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus
This small cisticola occurs on Socotra Island. It uses low coastal scrub and places where scattered shrubs grow in grassland.
- Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera affinis
This spiderhunter has an olive-green back and fine streaks on its grayish breast. It lives in foothill forest and forest edge on Java and gives loud, harsh calls.
- Cuzco Warbler Myiothlypis chrysogaster
This warbler lives in cloud forest on the eastern Andes. It has olive upperparts, a yellow belly, and an orange stripe down the center of the crown.
- Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis
This small woodpecker has white bars across its black back. A Vietnam species account describes it as resident there; another bird reference summarizes it as feeding on invertebrates.
- Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris
It occurs in Idaho's South Hills and Albion Mountains, using older lodgepole pine forests.
- Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus
The Reunion Bulbul is a forest bird endemic to Réunion. Its gray-black plumage contrasts with a bright orange bill and legs, and it has a crest. It eats fruit and insects.
- East Brazilian Chachalaca Ortalis araucuan
This chachalaca occurs in northeastern Brazil. It has an ochraceous-cinnamon crown and hindneck with a white belly, and uses humid forest and scrubby woodland where it feeds on fruit.
- 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.
- Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii
Erckel's Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of the highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northeastern Sudan. Pale markings show on its body.
- Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus
The Writhed Hornbill is a Philippine hornbill whose males and females differ in head and neck color. It feeds on fruit high in the canopy of lowland forest.
- Finn's Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus
Finn's Weaver is a localized weaver of grasslands in northern India and the extreme southwest of Nepal.
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa
The Yellow-rumped Thornbill occurs in open woodland and grassland in eastern and southeastern Australia. Its yellow rump is distinctive, and it often feeds for insects on the ground.
- Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis
A grey head and a dark line running from above the eye toward the nape help identify this bird. It eats insects in evergreen forest and may occur in small groups.