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• Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques

  

  The Collared Finchbill occurs in southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It eats seeds, fruit, and insects and is seen in flocks or pairs.

• 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.

• Indian Gray Hornbill Ocyceros birostris

  The Indian Gray Hornbill is a grayish-brown hornbill with a casque above the bill. The male's casque is larger than the female's.

• Long-tailed Widowbird Euplectes progne

  This bird lives in moist grassland. The breeding male has a long tail, while females and males outside the breeding season are brown and streaked.

• Common Babbler Argya caudata

  A bird with fine streaks and dark eyes that moves over the ground and low scrub in small flocks.

• Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea

  Males show violet and purplish-brown plumage, while females are more reddish and earthy brown. A study in northeast India recorded birds feeding on fruit in the canopy.

• Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides

  Adults have a reddish-brown body with black markings and search for prey from perches in open, dry country.

• Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa

  A large pigeon with a white body and black wing tips. It feeds on fruit while moving among islands and coastal forests.

• Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

  The Harpy Eagle is a large bird of prey of tropical forests in Central and South America. Its facial feather disk and hunting among the trees are distinctive.

• Grenada Flycatcher Myiarchus nugator

  This flycatcher occurs on Grenada. It feeds on insects in forest, secondary growth, open woodland, and scrub; a song record is listed from Mt Hartmann Estate.

• Manus Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx dispar

  A small kingfisher endemic to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Males and females differ in head coloration.

• Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes

  The Greater Hoopoe-Lark is a desert bird with sandy plumage, a long tail, and a down-curved bill. It is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni

  The Dwarf Vireo is endemic to Mexico's highlands, from Guanajuato south to northern Oaxaca.

• Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula

  The Black-crowned Waxbill is mostly gray, black, and white, with a noticeable red rump. It lives in pairs or flocks in grassland and along woodland edges.

• Southern Hill Myna Gracula indica

  Adults have glossy black plumage, a white wing patch, yellow skin wattles behind the eyes, and an orange-to-red bill. They feed mainly on fruit and nectar and are usually seen in pairs or small groups.

• Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti

  This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.

• Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia

  A heron often seen in rice fields, intermediate in size between the Little and Great Egrets.

• Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris

  This brushfinch occurs from Costa Rica to Panama. It is seen in pairs or family groups in low, dense growth in dark forest.

• Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi

  This pipit breeds in highland grasslands of Lesotho and South Africa. Pale edges on its dark back feathers and rounded breast markings are useful clues.

• Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea

  This tanager occurs in Andean forests from Colombia to Bolivia. Males are green with orange patches around the ears and on the rump; females are duller. It forages with mixed flocks in the canopy and subcanopy.

• Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata

  The Black-capped Petrel is a seabird of the northwestern Atlantic. It breeds in highlands on Hispaniola and searches near the sea surface for fish and squid, mostly at night.

• Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris

  The Lesser Shortwing is a small brown flycatcher with very short wings and tail and a white eyebrow that can become conspicuous when excited. It stays secretive in forest undergrowth.

• Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis

  The Sumatran ground-cuckoo is a large forest cuckoo with a long tail and sturdy green legs and bill. It lives on the ground and is thought to feed on prey found on the forest floor.

• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

  In Hong Kong it flies over wetlands and fishponds. In Hunan, China, it occupies caves and uses clicks in their dark interiors.