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• Indian Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus

  

  This crow is recorded from southern peninsular India and Sri Lanka. ITIS, citing the IOC checklist, lists it as a species, while Clements 2024 keeps it among the subspecies of the Large-billed Crow. This entry describes the southern form in an older regional account.

• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata

  The Brown Boobook is a dark-plumaged owl that becomes active after dusk.

• Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus

  This small plover lives around Australian coasts and wetlands. An adult male has a reddish-brown head and neck, and the species searches for small shellfish and crustaceans on mudflats and beaches.

• Bridled Titmouse Baeolophus wollweberi

  The Bridled Titmouse lives in forests of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. It joins mixed flocks and searches for food among tree branches.

• Bicolored Babbler Cyanoderma bicolor

  This small forest bird is also called Gray-hooded Babbler in the source. It has gray-brown plumage with a chestnut wing patch and moves in small groups in the forest understory.

• Wire-tailed Manakin Pipra filicauda

  Males court with long, wire-like tail feathers. Male breeding behavior has been studied in lowland Amazonian forest in southern Venezuela.

• Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto

  This monarch flycatcher ranges from the Moluccas through New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago to northern and eastern Australia. Males are glossy blue-black; females have chestnut upperparts and white underparts.

• 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.

• 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.

• Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis

  The Black Rail is a very small, dark rail of North American wetlands. White speckles mark its plumage, and dense grasses make it difficult to see.

• Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae

  The Bahama Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. It feeds mainly on nectar and also contributes to pollination.

• Band-tailed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanothorax

  Male Band-tailed Antshrikes are black, with white shoulder and wing spots and a broad white band near the end of the tail. The species occurs in the northeastern Amazon and uses forest undergrowth with vines.

• Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli

  The Snares Island Snipe has a stocky body and relatively short bill and legs. It probes the ground and mud for invertebrates.

• Yellow-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus auriceps

  The Yellow-crowned Parakeet is a green parrot that spends much of its time high in the forest canopy. Its yellow crown and crimson forehead band help identify it.

• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris

  This woodcreeper occurs widely in South America. It climbs trunks and branches with its long, narrow, slightly curved bill while searching for insects and spiders.

• Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata

  This honeyeater lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia, often near rivers. Bold black head stripes stand out against its grey-brown plumage, and it feeds among lower canopy foliage.

• Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus

  The Green Warbler breeds in forests of the Caucasus and winters mainly in southern India. Its greenish back and pale wing bars help distinguish it.

• Bonaparte's Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus

  Bonaparte's Nightjar is a small nightjar of lowland forests in Southeast Asia. It catches insects in flight after dusk and rests among dense foliage by day.

• African Orange-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris

  The African Orange-bellied Parrot has an orange-red belly in males and a brown-grey abdomen in females. It eats fruits and seeds in dry scrub and acacia woodlands.

• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus

  The Indian White-eye is a small bird with a clear white ring around each eye. It forages in small groups among trees for insects, nectar and fruit.

• Great Black-headed Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

  Great Black-headed Gulls breed from the Black Sea region east to Mongolia and move south for winter. In Hong Kong, they have been recorded on an estuary mudflat during winter and passage periods.

• Tepui Antpitta Myrmothera simplex

  An antpitta of the tepui region. It is dark brown above and white on the throat and belly; the breast band and flanks vary from cinnamon to gray among subspecies.

• Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca

  The male has a conspicuous red bill, while the female is brown. Rosy-billed Pochards feed on plants and seeds in shallow water and may gather in flocks of thousands.

• Cuban Blackbird Ptiloxena atroviolacea

  The Cuban Blackbird is a dark-plumaged bird of Cuba with a violet sheen. It searches for food on the ground and in other habitats.