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• White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus

  

  This small bird of western China's mountain forests has a long white eyebrow and rusty-brown cheeks and breast. It conceals its nest in old rodent burrows or rock crevices on the ground.

• Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea

  A slender waterside bird with a yellow belly and a long tail.

• Bearded Guan Penelope barbata

  The Bearded Guan is a large forest bird with a small red throat wattle and gray speckles. It lives in montane forests of southern Ecuador and northwestern Peru and feeds mainly on fruit.

• Brown-eared bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis

  A bird found among trees in Japanese woods and towns. A brown area behind the eye and across the cheek is a useful identifying feature.

• Slaty-backed gull Larus schistisagus

  A large gull that breeds mainly in Hokkaido within Japan.

• Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus

  The Crested Malimbe has a red head and glossy black body and lives in forests of western and central Africa.

• Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata

  The Swallow-tailed Nightjar occurs in the Andes. Males have long outer tail feathers, and the species uses forest edges and rocky walls.

• Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans

  The Dusky Munia is a small bird of lowland Borneo. It eats grass seeds in grassland, scrub, and cultivated areas, often moving in flocks.

• Luzon Island Thrush Turdus thomassoni

  The Luzon Island Thrush inhabits mountains on Luzon. It is black with a browner, hood-like head. Current taxonomy includes the northern form and the southern subspecies mayonensis.

• Greater Yellow Finch Sicalis auriventris

  This seed-eating finch lives in the Andes of Chile and Argentina. Adult males are yellow, while females are gray-brown.

• Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris

  The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a large cuckoo of forests from the Malay Peninsula to the Sunda Islands. It has a long tail and curved bill.

• Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae

  The Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher is a kingfisher of Numfor Island. Long, narrow feathers trail from the tail; it searches near the forest floor for invertebrates and nests in termite mounds.

• Golden-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysogenys

  This woodpecker lives in the lowlands of western Mexico. It has golden cheeks and a black marking around the eye. Males have a red crown; females have a gray crown.

• Planalto Tapaculo Scytalopus pachecoi

  A small ground-dwelling bird of humid forest in southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina, recorded in woodland with bamboo and scrub.

• Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla erythrura

  The Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat lives in lowland and foothill evergreen forest in western Amazonia. Males have a gray face, whitish streaked throat, and rufous rump and tail; females are more ochre below. It gleans insects and spiders from dead leaves. Breeding biology is poorly known.

• Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus

  The Superb Starling is an East African bird with a blue-green breast, a white band, and a reddish belly. It forages on the ground in small flocks.

• Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator

  A large hornbill of forests from Kenya and Angola to eastern southern Africa. It feeds mainly on fruit and nests in tree cavities, which the female seals during breeding.

• Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

  A small diving duck that often holds its tail upright. Breeding males have a blue bill and chestnut body; the species breeds in North America.

• Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus

  The Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler is a dark brown babbler with a chestnut crown, black throat, and bluish skin around the eyes. It searches low vegetation for insects and is usually seen in pairs.

• Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca

  The Dark-backed Sibia is a slender, long-tailed bird of mountains in Myanmar, northwestern and western Thailand, and northwestern Laos. It has a black head and white underparts.

• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius

  This blackbird occurs around lakes and lagoons in Argentina. Males are black and may show brown flecking in spring; females are streaked brown. A yellow shoulder stands out in flight.

• Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides

  A small eagle with a wingspan over one metre. In woodland and along rivers in the Australian Capital Territory, it watches for prey from above and then swoops down.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Puerto Rican Vireo Vireo latimeri

  It has a gray head, white breast, pale yellow belly, and a white eye-ring. It moves slowly through foliage, searching for insects, spiders, and small fruits.