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• Atherton Scrubwren Sericornis keri

  

  The Atherton Scrubwren lives in upland rainforest in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It searches for insects on the forest floor and in the lower canopy.

• Genovesa Ground Finch Geospiza acutirostris

  This ground finch occurs only on Genovesa Island in the Galápagos. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Sharp-beaked Ground Finch but is now listed as a separate species.

• Scaled Fruiteater Ampelioides tschudii

  Its back has black-edged scales, its crown is black, and its eyes are yellow. In Andean montane forest it forages at several heights.

• 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.

• Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica

  c. caledonica in forest and savanna. Its range and life-history details here refer to that local form.

• Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus

  A yellow, downcurved bill, white eyebrow and chestnut back identify this babbler. It forages in the lower growth of forests on Java and Bali.

• Greater Ani Crotophaga major

  The Greater Ani has glossy black plumage with a green sheen and a large bill. It forms groups in wet lowland forests and forages from the trees down into the lower forest layers.

• Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris

  The Banded Kestrel is a diurnal falcon found only in Madagascar. It has horizontal barring from the throat to the belly and hunts small reptiles and insects.

• Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius

  A woodpecker of Southeast Asian deciduous forests. Males are marked by a black face and a red crown patch.

• Island Monarch Monarcha cinerascens

  This monarch ranges across islands from Indonesia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It inhabits open island forests, and plumage tones vary among island subspecies.

• White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera

  The White-winged Lark is a lark whose white wing patches stand out in flight. It uses dry steppe and fields, and may gather in flocks outside the breeding season.

• Bertram's Weaver Ploceus bertrandi

  This weaver lives around highland forest edges, and males and females differ in the black pattern on the crown.

• Luzon Lowand Scops Owl Otus megalotis

  The Luzon Lowland Scops Owl is a small owl on Luzon and nearby islands. It has large ear tufts and hunts insects at night.

• Brasilia Tapaculo Scytalopus novacapitalis

  This small tapaculo is about 11 cm long and 18.9 g. It occurs in central Brazilian gallery forest; the ICMBio guide describes it as wary and poorly known.

• Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

  The male Eastern Bluebird has a blue back and rusty chest and searches for insects in open grassland.

• Black-headed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius rufiventer

  The Black-headed Shrike-Babbler lives in Himalayan forests. Males have a black head and chestnut breast, while females are mainly olive green.

• Rondonia Bushbird Clytoctantes atrogularis

  This poorly known antbird is recorded in the Brazilian Amazon. Its large, laterally flattened black bill has a sharply upturned tip. The female type specimen was chestnut with a black throat and upper breast; males seen in the field were described as entirely black.

• Square-tailed Bulbul Hypsipetes ganeesa

  This bulbul is recorded throughout the Western Ghats of southern India. It has a slate-grey to black body, a black crest, and a red bill and legs. A study of 81 nests in Silent Valley National Park found breeding from January to June, with a peak in April and May.

• Yellow-throated Seedeater Crithagra flavigula

  This gray-brown seedeater has a pale yellow throat and a yellow rump visible in flight. It occurs locally in dry savanna, favoring rocky hillsides.

• Saffron-headed Parrot Pyrilia pyrilia

  The Saffron-headed Parrot has a green body, yellow head and throat, and red feathers on parts of the wings. Small groups fly and call in the canopy of humid forest.

• Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni

  This wetland bird resembles a large purple-and-green moorhen. It is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa and feeds mainly on plants, with invertebrates and fish also recorded.

• Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis

  The Black-throated Wren is a resident of lowlands and foothills in Costa Rica. Adults have a black face, throat, and chest, with chestnut-brown upperparts.

• Mariana Crow Corvus kubaryi

  The Mariana Crow is black with green and blue gloss across its feathers. Its native range includes Guam and Rota, and it searches for food from forest trees down to the ground.

• Two-banded Warbler Myiothlypis bivittata

  This small warbler inhabits humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes. It has olive and yellow plumage, a rufous-olive crown and narrow dark crown stripes. The Peru account places it at 750–1,500 m.