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• Sri Lanka White-eye Zosterops ceylonensis

  

  The Sri Lanka White-eye is endemic to the island's hills. It has a white eye-ring and moves in small groups through woodland and orchards.

• White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon

  This entry covers the drouynii subspecies of the White Eared Pheasant. Males and females have the same plumage, and it lives in high mountain forests.

• Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas

  A slender pied hornbill with a long yellow bill. It searches for small animals on the ground and in low bushes.

• Fulvous-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes fulviceps

  This brushfinch ranges along the eastern slope of the Andes from southern Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It uses the understorey and edges of montane forest, often close to the ground.

• Ochre-fronted Antpitta Grallaricula ochraceifrons

  The Ochre-fronted Antpitta is a small bird endemic to Peru. Males have an ochre forehead and face, and the species lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andes.

• Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia

  The Pale-rumped Swift is marked by pale rump and upper-tail coverts that contrast with its dark back and tail. It flies over continuous Amazonian forest.

• Baja Pygmy Owl Glaucidium hoskinsii

  The Baja Pygmy Owl is a small owl of southern Baja California, Mexico. Its yellow eyes and eye-like markings on the back of its head stand out.

• White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus

  This jay has a blue-green body, a black facial pattern, and a white collar. It moves in small groups and forages at different forest levels in the humid Andes.

• Chestnut-crested Cotinga Ampelion rufaxilla

  The Chestnut-crested Cotinga occurs in the canopy of subtropical and temperate Andean forests. It has a red eye, orange throat and neck, streaked pale belly, and chestnut crest.

• Yellow-green Grosbeak Caryothraustes canadensis

  The Yellow-green Grosbeak has a heavy gray bill, a black face and throat, and pale yellow-olive and yellow plumage. This account records it in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro State.

• Sao Tome Shorttail Amaurocichla bocagii

  This small bird occurs only on São Tomé Island. The IUCN assessment describes forested river valleys as its main habitat and notes some records in montane areas.

• Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana

  The Rufous-naped Lark is a large lark whose rusty wings show in flight. Pairs live in grassland and savanna, and the bird is conspicuous singing in spring and summer.

• Niau Kingfisher Todiramphus gertrudae

  A kingfisher of Niau Atoll in French Polynesia. A field study linked island occurrence with open understory, hunting perches and coconut groves where the ground was exposed.

• Rufous-faced Crake Rufirallus xenopterus

  The Rufous-faced Crake is an elusive rail recorded in shallowly flooded grassland in South America. Its head and back are rufous, and its wings have bold black-and-white bars.

• Least Bittern Botaurus exilis

  A small heron of freshwater and brackish marshes with tall aquatic plants. It may wait motionless among reeds and watch for small prey.

• Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii

  The Diademed Plover is a small shorebird with a black head crossed by a white band, a chestnut neck, and a long slender bill. It lives along rivers and wetlands in the high Andes and is recorded along the Argentine Andes.

• Juba Weaver Ploceus dichrocephalus

  This weaver was recorded along rivers in southern Ethiopia. Breeding males have black heads, red eyes, rufous chests, and yellow bellies; females and nonbreeding males are duller.

• Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis

  This oriole ranges across northern South America. Males are yellow with black wings and face markings; females are duller. It eats fruit, nectar, and insects.

• Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis

  The Little Shearwater is a small seabird that breeds on islands. It takes food at the surface and also dives for fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus

  This medium-sized laughingthrush is found in Taiwan. The museum account describes it in thickets and broadleaf woodland, where it takes insects, seeds, and fruit.

• Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni

  This small monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. It uses moist forest and may also live in well-wooded parks and gardens.

• Phylloscopus misoriensis Seicercus misoriensis

  This forest bird is recorded on Biak and Supiori in Indonesia. A 2023 island survey reported repeated encounters in forest at Warafri in south-east Biak and records near Korrido on Supiori.

• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

  The Plaintive Cuckoo is a small cuckoo with a gray head and breast and reddish underparts. It uses habitats from forest to parks, and brood parasitism on Ashy Tailorbirds is recorded in Singapore.

• Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis

  A small bird that walks across the high grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau. It spends much of its time on the ground and nests in burrows.