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• Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer

  

  An identification guide describes this warbler among rocks and boulders near the upper rhododendron zone, with streamside vegetation used in winter.

• Eastern Rosella Platycercus eximius

  This colorful parrot has a red head, white cheeks, and blue shoulders. It feeds on the ground in open woodland and grassland in southeastern Australia, eating seeds and fruits among other foods.

• Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii

  It has a ragged crest and lime-green wings and tail. It moves through forest canopies in small parties and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis

  A small bird of southern mainland Australia. It forms small foraging groups in open woodland and shrubland, searching the ground for insects, spiders, and seeds.

• Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris nectarinioides

  A small sunbird of dry East African habitats. The male has a black belly, iridescent green throat and long downcurved bill; it feeds on nectar.

• Squamate Antbird Myrmoderus squamosus

  The Squamate Antbird occurs in southeastern Brazil. Males have a black throat grading into scaly marks on the white belly; females have whitish underparts with faint marks.

• Stripe-headed Brush-Finch Arremon torquatus

  The Stripe-headed Brush-Finch (Arremon torquatus) is a brush-finch of the southern Andes and forest understory. It has a black head with a pale central stripe and eyebrow, a white throat and a black breast band. The former Stripe-headed complex was divided into several lineages; this account is restricted to A. torquatus sensu stricto.

• Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus

  A lapwing with a black head, white facial markings and a long crest. The bill is red with a black tip and the legs are pink. It lives in dry grassland, sandy areas and other open habitats in Africa.

• Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva

  This large parrot has a green body, blue forehead, and yellow face. It lives in South American forests and savannas, eating nuts and other plant foods.

• Noronha Vireo Vireo gracilirostris

  The Noronha Vireo is a small bird confined to the main island of Fernando de Noronha off Brazil. A paper including field observations from 1973 recorded it in wooded and scrubby areas, but not in the cleared center.

• Altamira Yellowthroat Geothlypis flavovelata

  The Altamira Yellowthroat is a warbler of wetlands in northeastern Mexico. A field study in northern Veracruz recorded it in places with cattails and other wetland plants.

• Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur

  The Fairy Prion breeds on islands around New Zealand and forages in flocks near ocean fronts. It has blue-gray upperparts, white underparts, and a blue bill and feet.

• Least Nighthawk Chordeiles pusillus

  This small nighthawk flies by night over open grassland and catches airborne invertebrates. A breeding record in Misiones, Argentina, also describes one female and a nest on the ground.

• Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema

  An East African montane woodpecker. The 2023 Clements Checklist treats it as a distinct species based on plumage and genetic evidence.

• Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis

  This weaver occurs in wooded edges, riverside vegetation, and gardens across sub-Saharan Africa. It eats insects as well as fruit and nectar.

• Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris

  This tit is found in Taiwanese forests. It has a white face and deep rufous underparts, and takes seeds, nuts and caterpillars in mixed and bamboo forests on slopes and in valleys.

• Hoary Puffleg Haplophaedia lugens

  The Hoary Puffleg is a hummingbird of humid forests on the eastern Andes. It seeks nectar in the lower forest and along its edges.

• Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni

  This small manakin lives in lowland evergreen forest in western Amazonia. The account records it up to about 800 m in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. It gives no detailed information about diet or breeding.

• Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

  The Sedge Wren is a small bird of wetlands with dense grasses and sedges. The North American breeding population moves south for winter, while the taxonomic account also notes that South American populations may warrant separate treatment.

• Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex

  A dark-brown swift, it catches insects above forests and uses rocky waterfalls for resting and breeding.

• Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps

  The Striated Yuhina moves through the middle storey and undergrowth, sometimes in groups with other birds. The account also uses Staphida and notes subspecies differences in crest colour.

• Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae

  The Silver Gull has a white head and red-orange bill and legs. It searches for food along coasts and around urban waters in Australia.

• Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola

  The Ring-necked Dove has a black half-collar on the back of its neck. It is often alone or in pairs but may form large flocks around food or water.

• Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler Mixornis flavicollis

  This small babbler occurs in Java's lowlands. It searches through foliage in small groups and eats insects, including beetle eggs.