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• Northern Marquesan Reed-warbler Acrocephalus percernis

  

  This reed-warbler lives on four Marquesan islands. The sexes look alike, and singing males defend territories.

• White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

  The White-rumped Swallow is a South American swallow with glossy blue-green upperparts and a white rump and belly. It catches insects over water and grassland and also nests in building cavities.

• Ferruginous Partridge Caloperdix oculeus

  This partridge is striking for its orange head and breast and black-and-white scaling on the back and sides. It forages on the ground in lowland and middle-elevation forests.

• Sula Hanging Parrot Loriculus sclateri

  A small hanging parrot from islands in eastern Indonesia. Its wings make a hummingbird-like whirring sound in flight.

• Goldman's Warbler Setophaga goldmani

  A highland warbler of Guatemala. The Auk study uses IOC taxonomy and distinguishes it from other members of the Yellow-rumped Warbler complex.

• Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea

  This robin occurs in Himalayan forest. Males have blue upperparts and orange underparts; females are brown above with paler underparts.

• Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus

  The Nkulengu Rail walks through dense vegetation beside streams in lowland rainforest.

• Flaming Sunbird Aethopyga flagrans

  This sunbird lives in Philippine forest and feeds mainly on nectar. A 2006 preliminary taxonomic review recorded geographic differences in plumage among populations.

• Hooded Antpitta Grallaricula cucullata

  The Hooded Antpitta is a small bird with a reddish-brown head and orange bill. It occurs in scattered, limited mountain forest areas of Colombia and Venezuela.

• Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri

  Buller's Shearwater breeds on the Poor Knights Islands of New Zealand and migrates to the North Pacific outside the breeding season. At sea it feeds on krill and small fish, among other prey.

• Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps

  This small bird is about 11 cm long. The species account describes the male with a black crown and face, a dark cap, and a dark breast band.

• Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis

  The Purple Needletail is a swift that flies over forests and open country.

• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  The Black Turnstone is a seasonal migrant along the Pacific coast that searches for food by turning over rocks and seaweed.

• Olive Honeyeater Lichmera argentauris

  The Olive Honeyeater is an Indonesian honeyeater associated with humid tropical shrubland and farmland. It feeds on nectar from trees and shrubs.

• Jamaican Euphonia Euphonia jamaica

  Males are bluish grey with a yellow band across the mid-belly; females and young birds are olive and grey. It eats fruit and buds.

• Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia

  A heron often seen in rice fields, intermediate in size between the Little and Great Egrets.

• Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea

  The Taiwan Blue Magpie is a corvid of Taiwan's forests and mountains, notable for its long blue tail and red bill.

• Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris

  It is about 15 cm long. Six subspecies are listed from southern Ecuador to northern Peru.

• Red-hooded Tanager Piranga rubriceps

  The Red-hooded Tanager contrasts a red head and breast with a yellow body in the Andes. Females have less red than males, and the birds forage in pairs or small groups.

• Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus

  This forest dove lives on New Guinea and nearby islands. Adults of subspecies humeralis are mostly green, with a bright orange patch on the centre of the belly.

• Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii

  The Rufous-vented Grass Babbler lives in wetlands and reedbeds. It is brown above, with fine streaks below and rich rufous feathers under the tail.

• Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus

  This small wren ranges from Central America into northern South America. It searches for small invertebrates among vines and leaf litter near the ground.

• Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

  The Two-barred Warbler is a small leaf warbler with two wing-bars and a noticeable supercilium. It forages actively in mid-levels of trees and moves between breeding and wintering areas.

• Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca

  Male Satin Flycatchers are blue-black and white; females combine bluish grey, rusty red, and white. They breed in southeastern Australia and move north for the non-breeding season.