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• Black-and-yellow Grosbeak Mycerobas icterioides

  

  The Black-and-yellow Grosbeak has a large pale bill. Males are black and yellow, while females are grayish; pairs and small flocks occur in hill and montane forest.

• Rufous-throated Fulvetta Schoeniparus rufogularis

  In southern Yunnan, China, subspecies stevensi forages in small groups in low vegetation.

• Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris

  The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is marked by yellowish underparts and a bold eye ring. It catches flying insects in the lower parts of forests.

• Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus

  Its yellow-orange plumage is brightest on the head, contrasting with its black face, breast, and tail; each black wing has an orange shoulder patch.

• Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus

  This large cotinga lives in humid lowland forests of northern South America, including the Amazon Basin. Males have silvery-gray wings and bare blue skin below the face and on the neck.

• Striated Babbler Argya earlei

  In northern India's lowlands, this social babbler is usually found in reedbeds, wet grass, and scrub. Fine streaking on crown and back and bright yellow eyes stand out.

• Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus

  The Red-kneed Dotterel is a small plover with a black head and breast band and reddish legs. After heavy rain it may move inland to breed, returning toward the coast as wetlands dry.

• Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris

  The Chatham Petrel breeds in the Chatham Islands, moves over the sea to feed, and nests in burrows in the ground.

• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis

  A small bird with black-and-white plumage and a long tail, found from the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia.

• Red-breasted Chat Granatellus venustus

  At Mexico’s Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve, researchers caught this species in both wet and dry seasons, but recorded fewer captures in the dry season and more in deciduous than semi-deciduous forest.

• Pied Cuckooshrike Coracina bicolor

  A cuckooshrike of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Males are sharply black and white, while females are dark gray and white; it uses lowland and hill forest.

• Bare-eyed Myna Streptocitta albertinae

  The Bare-eyed Myna has bare dark skin around the eyes, black-and-white plumage, and a long tail. It is restricted to Indonesia’s Sula Islands.

• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla

  The Greater Short-toed Lark is a small lark of open, dry country. A breeding study in central Italy recorded nesting, groups of fledglings, and family groups before migration.

• Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis

  The Jamaican Crow has sooty grey-black plumage and a thick, heavy black bill. It gathers in small groups in forest trees and is also seen on farms, in gardens, and in towns.

• Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis

  In northwestern Namibia, Cinderella Waxbill records come from the Kunene and Ondoto river areas.

• Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda

  The Dark-rumped Swift has breeding records in the eastern Himalayas and northeastern India. It nests in cliff crevices near forest.

• White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis

  This honeyeater has a black head and a white nape band. It lives in woodland and forest in northern and eastern Australia and New Guinea; pairs or small groups may hold year-round territories.

• Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula

  The Plain Chachalaca is a large brown bird with white-tipped tail feathers. It searches for berries and buds in small family groups.

• White-bibbed Babbler Stachyris thoracica

  This babbler lives in the forest understory of Java. A white patch from throat to breast is distinctive, and it searches for insects in shaded thickets.

• Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps

  The Olive-headed Weaver lives in montane miombo woodland in southern Tanzania and nearby regions. Males have a bright yellow crown and rusty breast.

• Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius

  The Golden Nightjar's sandy-golden plumage blends into the Sahel's dry ground. It rests on the ground by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Magnificent Sunbird Aethopyga magnifica

  This sunbird is restricted to the Philippine Visayas, with records from Cebu, Negros, Panay, Sibuyan and Tablas. It uses forest and semi-open habitats and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Spectacled Parrotlet Forpus conspicillatus

  The Spectacled Parrotlet has three subspecies. In the nominate subspecies, males have blue-purple markings around the eye, on the wings and rump; these areas are green in females.

• Biak Lorikeet Trichoglossus rosenbergii

  This lorikeet is restricted to Biak Island, Indonesia. It moves in search of flowering trees and may gather in small groups; its wild diet is not well known.