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• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris

  

  The Rufous-vented Tit is a small bird of mountain forests around the Himalayas. Fresh plumage shows a black crest and a pale patch on the nape.

• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus

  The Dark-billed Cuckoo has a long tail and a thick, curved bill. In the Galápagos it occurs from lowland sites to humid highlands and feeds mainly on insects.

• White-bellied Antpitta Grallaria hypoleuca

  This antpitta occurs on the eastern side of the northern Peruvian Andes. It has reddish-brown upperparts, a gray breast, and a white central belly. A regional survey recorded it in dense forest, including bamboo-rich areas.

• Orange-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis

  The Orange-breasted Myzomela is a small, common nectar-feeding bird in Fiji. It also eats spiders and insects and is usually alone or in small groups. Larger gatherings form at flowering trees. On Lakeba in the Lau Group, a field study recorded relatively high nectarivore abundance in coastal coconut plantations.

• Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus

  The Capped Heron is an uncommon but widespread heron of South American lowlands, barely extending into eastern Panama. It is usually seen alone around wetlands, forested ponds, and rivers.

• Palau Owl Otus podarginus

  This owl has rufous, barred plumage and a yellow bill. It occurs across the Palau islands in mangroves, rainforest, and around villages.

• Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris

  The Lesser Noddy is a seabird of islands in the Indian Ocean and nearby waters. In Seychelles, flocks catch fish and squid and nest in island trees.

• Seychelles Sunbird Cinnyris dussumieri

  This small sunbird has a slender, curved bill. In breeding plumage, the male shows an iridescent blue throat and yellow tufts; the female is subdued grey-brown.

• Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster

  This icterid is endemic to Colombia. The sexes look alike, and small groups live in the canopy of cloud forest.

• Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus

  The Spotted Towhee searches leaf litter for seeds and small invertebrates in western North American thickets and forest edges.

• Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler Stachyris roberti

  A babbler of evergreen forests in northeast India and neighboring areas. Its dark brown plumage is spotted white, and it has a strong wedge-shaped bill.

• 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.

• Banded Lapwing Vanellus tricolor

  The Banded Lapwing lives in short grassland and farmland in Australia. Its black breast band and white throat stand out. It is nomadic and searches for invertebrates on the ground.

• Rarotonga Monarch Pomarea dimidiata

  The Rarotonga Monarch’s native range is Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Its plumage changes with age; it uses wet forested valleys near stream headwaters and feeds on small insects.

• Mascarene Petrel Pseudobulweria aterrima

  The Mascarene Petrel is an all-dark seabird. It breeds on Réunion and ranges widely across the Indian Ocean at different times of year.

• Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola

  The Brown-throated Martin is a small brown-toned swallow. The common pale morph has a white belly; the less common brown morph also has a brown belly.

• Opal-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix iris

  The Opal-crowned Manakin is a manakin of humid forests in Brazil. It is olive green above and yellow green below; males have a whitish-blue crown.

• White-throated Jay Cyanolyca mirabilis

  This small jay is dark blue with a striking black-and-white head pattern. It lives in mountain forests of southwestern Mexico and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii

  The Forest Kingfisher is an Australian kingfisher with a blue back and white underside. Males have a white collar, and both sexes hunt from perches.

• Rudd's Lark Heteromirafra ruddi

  This lark occurs locally in the highland grasslands of eastern South Africa. Its large head, short thin tail and upright posture help identify it.

• Orange-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola jucunda

  A CERO report recorded an adult male foraging along a humid forest edge in Ecuador. A possibly different bird was reported to have a larger orange chest patch, and the reason for the difference is unresolved.

• Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus

  A hawk ranging from Africa through South and Southeast Asia to New Guinea. It is known for catching bats in flight around dusk.

• Speckle-breasted Wren Pheugopedius sclateri

  This wren has plain rufous-brown upperparts and a gray, black-barred tail. It forages low and midway in forests in Ecuador and Peru.

• Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana

  The Western Bluebird is a small thrush with blue and rusty plumage. It drops from a low perch to catch insects on the ground.