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• Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus

  

  The Brown Babbler's pale lores and chin stand out against its brown plumage. It searches the ground for insects and other invertebrates in scrub and acacia thickets.

• White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis

  The White-eyed Thrush inhabits Jamaican forests and is marked by a white ring around the eye.

• Gray Falcon Falco hypoleucos

  A pale gray falcon with faint dark streaks on its white underside and feathered legs, it occurs in inland Australia.

• Azuero Dove Leptotila battyi

  This Panamanian dove is notable for the chestnut back and pale pink breast of the adult male. Its island and mainland populations belong to different subspecies.

• African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster

  This medium-large eagle is profiled in a guide to Kruger National Park. Pairs fly over wooded savanna and hunt birds and small mammals.

• Rufous-tailed Tyrant Knipolegus poecilurus

  It is active by day in mountain forest and scrub, flying from perches to catch invertebrates in the air. Bolivian records include a historical specimen without a precise locality and a few sightings.

• Shovel-billed Kingfisher Clytoceyx rex

  A large kingfisher recorded in montane forest of New Guinea. It digs for invertebrates on the forest floor with its stout bill.

• Gray's Lark Ammomanopsis grayi

  This lark lives around the Namib Desert and prefers gravel plains to dunes. Its pale plumage blends with the ground.

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis

  The Rufous-browed Peppershrike ranges from eastern Mexico to central Argentina. Its grey head has a reddish eyebrow and brown crown marks; its back is olive and its throat and belly yellow. It uses forest, scrub, and plantations and eats insects and fruit.

• Five-colored Munia Lonchura quinticolor

  The Five-colored Munia lives in grassland, farmland, and other open places in the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it eats plant seeds. Its head and throat differ in color from its underside.

• Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor

  A long-tailed starling of inland Tanzania, found in acacia woodland and gardens. Its ash-grey plumage can show an oily green sheen, with a dark mask around the eye.

• Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens

  The Black-browed Triller occurs in northern New Guinea and nearby islands. Males are boldly black and white; females are duller, and the species uses forest edges and middle to upper canopy.

• Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha

  The Dimorphic Egret has dark and white plumage forms and breeds in Madagascar and along parts of the East African coast.

• Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula

  A sparrow that breeds in northern Canada and winters in the central United States, it has a pink bill and seasonally changing head markings.

• Hellmayr’s Pipit Anthus hellmayri

  Dark streaks on its ochre back mark this pipit. It uses grassy places near water and Patagonian grassland, moving close to the ground.

• Green-headed Tanager Tangara seledon

  This tanager is restricted to the Atlantic Forest. It uses forest and regrowth, as well as farms with scattered trees and gardens, and feeds on wild or cultivated fruit and insects.

• Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

  The Yelkouan Shearwater is a seabird with a dark back and white underside. It glides low over the sea and feeds on fish and squid.

• Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata

  The Capped Wheatear has striking black-and-white head and breast markings and occurs in southern and eastern Africa. It is resident in some areas and seasonal or erratic in others; its movements are not well understood.

• Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

  The Groove-billed Ani is a black bird with a high-ridged bill. It forages on the ground in flocks, searching for insects.

• Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis

  The Ameline Swiftlet occurs on Philippine islands and Balambangan Island off northern Borneo. It flies over forests and open habitats.

• Thick-billed Raven Corvus crassirostris

  The Thick-billed Raven is a highland corvid with glossy black plumage, a large white nape patch, and a massive bill.

• Hoy's Screech Owl Megascops hoyi

  This owl occurs in the mountains of southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has brown, gray, and red color morphs; the brown morph is described with pale eyebrows and bold cross-hatched belly markings.

• Piping Plover Charadrius melodus

  This small shorebird has sandy grey-brown upperparts and a white underside. It breeds on beaches and river or lake shores and picks small invertebrates from the ground.

• Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens

  This small bird lives along the Pacific coast of North America. Its rich brown plumage blends with coastal tree bark, and it travels with foraging flocks.