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• Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

  

  A breeding male is deep chestnut from head to body, while the female is paler brown with chestnut on the rump and wing coverts. The sparrows feed on grass seeds on the ground and occur in small groups.

• Pied Heron Egretta picata

  The Pied Heron is a wetland heron of northern Australia and nearby islands. It has black-and-white plumage and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fish and frogs.

• Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi

  This small hornbill lives in savannas and open woodland in West Africa. Its pied plumage and long, slender red bill stand out.

• Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis

  This flycatcher occurs in forests from western and central Africa to Uganda and Tanzania. Its species account uses Fraseria and lists Myioparus as a former genus placement.

• Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer

  The Bushveld Pipit is a small pipit that forages on the ground in grassland and open woodland. Its plumage is subdued, and records in southern Africa show a patchy distribution.

• Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus

  The Beach Kingfisher is a white-and-blue coastal kingfisher. It nests in tree cavities near the shore and catches fish, crabs, and insects.

• Black Curassow Crax alector

  The Black Curassow is a large bird of northwestern South America that uses humid forest and riverine thickets. Pairs or small groups search for fruit on the ground and retreat into trees when alarmed.

• Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis

  In southern Yunnan, China, subspecies stevensi forages in small groups in low vegetation.

• Rufous-naped Tit Periparus rufonuchalis

  This tit lives in mountain regions from the western Himalayas into Central Asia. The male is marked by a black head and white cheeks.

• Large-billed Scrubwren Sericornis magnirostra

  This small brown bird is recorded in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. It moves through low and middle levels of the forest, searching mainly for insects.

• Crimson-breasted Finch Rhodospingus cruentus

  A small finch of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Short seasonal movements have been reported in western Ecuador.

• Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus

  This cotinga occurs in montane forest in Colombia and Venezuela. A Colombian regional account describes a green-backed male with a yellow chest and a female with yellow belly spots.

• Common Tern Sterna hirundo

  A migratory bird with long, narrow wings and a forked tail that plunges into water to catch fish.

• Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea

  The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike lives in forest from West Africa through the Congo Basin. Males are blue-black with a red shoulder patch; females are olive with barred white underparts.

• Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys swinhoei

  The Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler lives in forest and scrub in eastern and southeastern China. It probes near the ground for insects and plant matter. Its account gives a broad March–June breeding period for much of its range.

• Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis

  This coucal has a black cap and pale underparts. It searches for food among grasses and thickets, usually keeping to dense cover.

• Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis

  This small falcon hunts in open grassland and farmland in Indonesia. Its prey includes insects, small birds, lizards, and small mammals.

• White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus

  The White Woodpecker has a white to cream face, throat, and belly, with a yellow eye-ring. Only males have a yellow patch on the nape.

• Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in the Philippines. A study on Luzon found a nest in secondary forest.

• Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi

  This lark is restricted to a small area of northern Tanzania. Checklists have changed its rank; this account follows the current split treatment as Chersomanes beesleyi.

• 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.

• Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Owl is a nocturnal owl found only on Madagascar. It rests in dense vegetation by day and hunts in forests and nearby open areas at night.

• Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata

  The Crested Gallito has a reddish crest and flanks with a black tail, and it runs frequently on the ground.

• Rufous-brown Solitaire Cichlopsis leucogenys

  This thrush has a disjunct range from northern South America through Peru to Brazil. In Peru it inhabits premontane forest and was recorded at Megantoni, Cusco, in 2022. Its body is ochraceous-brown, with a yellow bill, eye-ring, and legs.