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• Choco Brush Finch Atlapetes crassus

  

  This brushfinch lives in humid montane forest on the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. Yellow underparts, a black-sided face, and a tawny crown stripe are useful clues.

• Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis

  A small swiftlet of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Thai–Malay Peninsula and the Greater Sundas, it flies over forests and nearby wooded areas in Singapore.

• White-throated Tapaculo Scelorchilus albicollis

  This ground-dwelling bird is endemic to central Chile. It lives in semi-arid shrubland, and the two described subspecies occupy different parts of its range.

• Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina

  The lesser spotted eagle searches from the air on long wings and catches small mammals and amphibians.

• 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.

• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor

  This Australian bird lives in dry inland areas and open country in the west and south. Adult males stand out with red on the head, breast and rump and a black facial mask.

• Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni

  This small monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. It uses moist forest and may also live in well-wooded parks and gardens.

• Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum

  This martin breeds in East Asia and winters mainly in Southeast Asia. It has a white face and underside, an extended white rump and catches small insects in flight.

• MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei

  MacGillivray's Warbler is a small warbler that breeds in western North America and migrates to Central America.

• Carolinian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx

  The Carolinian Reed Warbler is native to the Federated States of Micronesia. It uses dry grassland, gardens, and tropical mountain forest, searching for small animals on the ground and among trees.

• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia

  The Rock Sparrow is a sparrow found mainly around the Mediterranean. It may gather near mountain villages and grasslands and nests in cavities in rocks or buildings.

• Long-tailed Cinclodes Cinclodes pabsti

  This furnariid is endemic to the southern Brazilian highlands. A 2008–2011 breeding study recorded nests in cavities in road cuts.

• Yellow Thornbill Acanthiza nana

  A small bird of eastern Australia, often in open woodland and shrubland. Its yellowish underside and white cheek streaks stand out as it forages among leaves.

• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus

  A tern that ranges widely over tropical oceans. It breeds on small islands and catches fish near the water surface while flying.

• Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa

  This antwren occurs in South America, including cerrado scrub. Males have black breast and belly areas bordered by white, while females have dark streaks on the white throat and breast.

• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana

  The Wandering Tattler has heavily barred gray-and-white underparts in breeding plumage and a plain gray chest outside the breeding season. It breeds beside northern rivers and moves to rocky Pacific shores and islands.

• Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus

  The Yellow-bellied Bulbul has olive-brown upperparts and a bright yellow belly. It forms small groups in the middle storey of forests and eats fruit and insects.

• Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra

  The Orange-winged Pytilia is a waxbill with conspicuous orange-yellow wings. It feeds on grass seeds and insects on the ground; the female’s wing color is duller than the male’s.

• Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow

  An open-ocean petrel with brownish-grey upperparts and white underparts. It breeds in burrows on offshore Bermuda islets.

• 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.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis

  The Nepal Fulvetta lives in forest from the lowlands to the mountains of the eastern Himalayas. Outside the breeding season it may form active flocks of up to about 20 birds, sometimes with other species.

• Guianan Red Cotinga Phoenicircus carnifex

  The Guianan Red Cotinga lives in northern South American rainforest. Males are conspicuously red, while females and immatures have more olive coloring. A study in Suriname observed male display sites.

• Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus

  A nocturnal nightjar of East African woodland and savanna. It has a slender body and slightly elongated central tail feathers.