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• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata

  

  Adult Western Wattlebirds have dark brown foreheads and crowns with white spots at feather tips. A 2021 study in Western Australia recorded the species among the more abundant nectarivorous birds visiting Banksia flowers.

• 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.

• Chestnut-headed Chachalaca Ortalis ruficeps

  This chachalaca occurs south of the Amazon River in Brazil. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of O. motmot, O. m. ruficeps; a 2020 paper presents evidence for species status. It is found mostly in riverine habitats.

• White-striped Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes leucogaster

  A Mexican woodcreeper. The Sonora subspecies was described with grayer wing coverts; the species account lists pine and tropical deciduous forests among its habitats.

• Brown-capped Babbler Pellorneum fuscocapillus

  This babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It inhabits forest, well-wooded areas, and thick undergrowth, and is absent from the extremely dry north and southeast according to the local species account.

• Eurasian Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus

  The Eurasian Rock Pipit is a coastal bird with gray-brown plumage and dark streaks. It walks among rocks and along the tide line, searching for small invertebrates.

• Brown-rumped Tapaculo Scytalopus latebricola

  This small tapaculo occurs in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northeastern Colombia. It moves on the ground near leaf litter in dense understory of humid montane forest.

• Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris

  The Brown-hooded Kingfisher has a blue back and red bill and hunts insects from low branches.

• Gray-and-gold Tanager Poecilostreptus palmeri

  Adult Gray-and-gold Tanagers have pearly-grey and black-speckled plumage with gold across the chest. They feed on fruit, berries, and arthropods, foraging in pairs or small groups in the canopy.

• Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus

  A mountain redstart recorded from northern China to northeastern Tibet. Males combine bluish-gray and reddish plumage, and the species uses rocky scrub-covered slopes and bushy river margins.

• Black-tailed Native-hen Tribonyx ventralis

  This wetland bird has a blue-grey body and black tail. Large groups may appear or move after rain.

• Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It has a gray head and back, rufous wings and tail, and a pale yellow underside, and forages in semi-open places.

• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

  A glossy black crow with a long, curved red bill and red legs. In Britain it occurs along western coasts, around cliffs and coastal grassland.

• Pale-billed Antpitta Grallaria carrikeri

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope of northern Peru. It uses the understory of high-elevation cloud forest, especially places with abundant bamboo.

• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

  The Dusky Warbler is a plain brown, inconspicuous bird that moves through brush and low vegetation.

• Red-and-blue Lory Eos histrio

  A parrot with mainly red plumage and blue-purple bands on the head and chest. It occurs in Indonesia’s Talaud Islands and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons

  The Crested Finchbill ranges across Bangladesh, mainland China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its thick pale bill and upright black nape crest are distinctive.

• Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis

  A scrubwren of New Guinea’s mountains that searches for insects in low bushes and forest undergrowth, often hidden in dense vegetation.

• Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica

  The Nile Valley Sunbird has a striking breeding male with bright plumage and a long forked tail. Females and non-breeding males are duller.

• Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani

  The Ocellated Antbird is an antbird of humid tropical-forest understory. Its blue bare facial skin is conspicuous; at a Panama study site it followed army-ant swarms to feed.

• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

  The Rufous-collared Sparrow ranges from southern Mexico to the southern tip of South America and uses open habitats from grasslands and high plateaus to rural and urban areas. Behavior varies among subspecies.

• Bokikokiko Acrocephalus aequinoctialis

  This Pacific island reed warbler was studied on Kiritimati, where it was more often found in places with taller Heliotropium and Scaevola plants.

• Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris

  This wetland bird has long toes that let it walk on floating vegetation. Its native range is split among separate areas of Africa.

• Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa

  This large green parrot has pale, powdery-looking markings on the head and neck. It occurs in tropical forest from Central into northern South America.