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• Annam Limestone Babbler Gypsophila annamensis

  

  This medium-sized babbler occurs in southern China, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam. It has a long bill and tail.

• Nilgiri Pipit Anthus nilghiriensis

  The Nilgiri Pipit is a grassland bird restricted to the southern Western Ghats of India. It has warm buff-brown plumage, a white eyebrow, and dense dark streaks on the back.

• Rock Tapaculo Scytalopus petrophilus

  This tapaculo occurs in the mountains of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Its 2010 description reports habitat ranging from open rocky shrubland to forest on steep slopes.

• Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus

  This small kingfisher lives beside waterways in the northern Philippines. Adult males of the nominate form have two blue bands across the orange chest and dive from low perches to catch prey.

• Rufous-breasted Warbling Finch Poospiza rubecula

  This finch occurs in a restricted area of the western Peruvian Andes. Adult males have a slate-grey back and tail, black face, and rufous forehead, eyebrow, and breast. A 1994 field visit recorded small groups feeding in low branches and on vegetated ground.

• White-winged Cliff Chat Monticola semirufus

  This chat occurs in rocky parts of the Ethiopian Highlands. Both sexes have a large white patch in the middle of the wing; males have a black hood and a red-orange belly.

• Giant Coot Fulica gigantea

  The giant coot has a red bill and legs and a yellow frontal shield. It lives on high Andean lakes and builds a large nest platform from aquatic plants.

• Inca Flycatcher Leptopogon taczanowskii

  It occurs in montane forest on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes, at 1,700–2,700 m.

• Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica

  The Maghreb Magpie is a magpie distinguished by blue bare skin around the eye. It searches the ground for insects and small animals, and also eats fruit and seeds.

• Boyaca Antpitta Grallaria alticola

  This antpitta occurs in Colombia's eastern Andes. The 2023 eBird taxonomy update treats it as separate from Tawny Antpitta (Grallaria quitensis). Todd's 1919 description of the adult male type records a dark back and ochre underparts with white mottling. A December 2025 field report records it foraging at Sumapaz National Park.

• Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae

  Ijima’s Leaf Warbler is a migratory bird with a milky-white throat, chest, and belly and a yellow brow stripe. It searches forests and bamboo groves for insects and spiders, and also eats seeds.

• Mindanao Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti

  This parrot lives in montane forest on Mindanao. It has a green body, a bluish face, and racket-shaped tips on its tail feathers.

• Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus

  The Grey-headed Bristlebill occurs in West African forest, thickets, and lightly wooded savanna. Its slate-gray head and bill bristles are distinctive.

• Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla

  The Brown Thornbill lives in shrubs and forest understory in eastern and southeastern Australia and feeds mainly on insects.

• Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima

  The Crimson-backed Sunbird is a small bird endemic to India's Western Ghats. A breeding male has a purple throat and crimson rump, and the species feeds on nectar and small prey.

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii

  Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.

• Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis

  This brushfinch occurs in Panama. The sexes have nearly identical plumage. It is often found at forest or scrub edges and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina

  The Icterine Warbler is a migrant that searches leafy branches for insects. Its greenish-brown back and yellow underside are useful field marks.

• Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

  This plover occurs in southern South America. Breeding adults have two black bands across the breast.

• Socorro Parakeet Psittacara brevipes

  This parakeet occurs on Socorro Island off Mexico. It was recorded in the island forest, and a field study documented feeding on native fruits and seeds.

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike ranges from eastern Mexico to central Argentina. Its grey head has a reddish eyebrow and brown crown marks; its back is olive and its throat and belly yellow. It uses forest, scrub, and plantations and eats insects and fruit.

• Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens

  In breeding plumage, male Black-throated Gray Warblers have a black throat, gray back, a black-and-white face pattern, and a yellow spot near the eye. The species breeds west of the Rocky Mountains and winters in Mexico.

• Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus

  This sparrow appears in wooded country, farmland, and gardens. It searches for food on the ground and may flock with other seed-eating birds.

• Desertas Petrel Pterodroma deserta

  A seabird that breeds on Bugio Island in the Madeira archipelago. During incubation it can make long flights across the North Atlantic; after breeding it winters mainly in the South and West Atlantic.