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• Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides

  

  The Mangrove Kingfisher has blue wings, white underparts, and a red bill. It occurs along eastern African coasts and catches fish, crabs, and other prey at waterside habitats.

• Tuxtla Quail-Dove Zentrygon carrikeri

  A forest dove restricted to a small area of southern Mexico. Bluish-purple tones cover its head and breast, and small numbers occur in moist broadleaf forest from lowlands to mountains.

• Masked Finch Poephila personata

  The Masked Finch lives in grassy areas and near water in northern Australia. Its heavy yellow bill and black facial markings are distinctive.

• Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni

  The Andean Snipe inhabits wet grassland and waterside habitats high in the Andes. Pale stripes on its back and dark bars underneath help identify it.

• Chubut Steamer Duck Tachyeres leucocephalus

  The Chubut Steamer Duck is a flightless sea duck found along the Patagonian coast. A study at a breeding site recorded it feeding on crabs, mussels, and ragworms during low tide.

• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius

  This blackbird occurs around lakes and lagoons in Argentina. Males are black and may show brown flecking in spring; females are streaked brown. A yellow shoulder stands out in flight.

• Hainan Hill Partridge Arborophila ardens

  The Hainan Hill Partridge is a pheasant-family bird found only on Hainan Island, where it lives in remaining mountain evergreen forests.

• Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus

  Males have a red crest and underparts with an orange back; females have a dark crown. It searches tree trunks for insects in forests.

• Black-winged Lory Eos cyanogenia

  A lory of islands off Indonesian Papua, with a red body, blue ear patch, and black wings.

• Damara Hornbill Tockus damarensis

  This hornbill ranges from central and northeastern Namibia into southwestern Angola. It has black-and-white plumage and a long, slender red bill.

• Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus calopterus

  This tiny tyrant flycatcher is about 9.5 cm long. It forages in dense understory at forest edges and in second growth; in northern Peru it is recorded along the Andean foothills up to about 600 m.

• Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus

  The forest swallow is a small swallow of Central African lowland forests. It is dark brown and makes a mud nest in forest.

• Dubois's Seedeater Sporophila ardesiaca

  This small finch is found in grassland with bushes. The name and taxonomy shown here follow the pool’s current entry.

• Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis

  This bulbul is endemic to Palawan. Adults have an olive body, fine white crown streaks and a yellow belly; the guide records insects and fruit among its foods.

• Rufous-bellied Triller Lalage aurea

  This triller is endemic to the North Moluccas. It feeds on insects in lowland and mangrove forest.

• Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas

  The Green Jay has a green back and yellow underparts. It has two separated ranges: from southern Texas through Central America, and from the northern Andes into Bolivia.

• White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis

  Black plumage is set off by white wing feathers and white flecking; the throat has bare reddish-purple skin and a double-lobed dewlap. It inhabits dry forests in northwestern Peru and calls at dawn and during the breeding season.

• Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum

  The Rufous-crowned Babbler lives in humid lowland forests of Southeast Asia. It has a rufous crown and tail and, at Krau Wildlife Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia, foraged among foliage and suspended dead leaves 4–8 m above the ground.

• Pied Thrush Geokichla wardii

  The male has striking black-and-white markings. The species breeds in Himalayan forests and moves south for the winter.

• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica

  A small African flycatcher of wetlands and waterside grass. It has dark brown upperparts and a white throat and belly; the breast patch varies in tone and extent.

• Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris

  The Madagascar Wagtail has a gray head and back, a white eyebrow, and a narrow black breast band. It forages on the ground near water in Madagascar.

• Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus

  The Western Woodhaunter is a secretive bird of humid-forest understory from Central America into northwestern South America. Birds Colombia notes that some taxonomies recognize it as a separate species while others do not.

• Yellow-billed Amazon Amazona collaria

  A medium-sized parrot native to Jamaica. Adults are mostly green, with a red throat and a yellow bill.

• Sao Francisco Sparrow Arremon franciscanus

  This sparrow inhabits dry forest and gallery forest in central Brazil. It often forages as a pair in the lower vegetation and on the ground.