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• Vega Gull Larus vegae

  

  This large gull breeds mainly in northeastern Siberia and moves to the East Asian coast for winter. Its gray-and-white body, black wingtips, yellow bill, and pink legs are distinctive.

• Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus

  The Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler is marked by a black crown, white eyebrow, and short, thick red bill. It uses forest and bamboo habitat from eastern Nepal to northeastern India, foraging on or near the ground.

• Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus

  This small owl lives in North American forests. It hunts small mammals at night and hides in dense conifers by day.

• Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps

  The Cream-throated White-eye occurs in Indonesia's North Maluku islands. A 2010 survey recorded it on Obi, where the observers heard it often but saw it only occasionally.

• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis

  Its streaky brown plumage blends into open fields, while breeding males sing during high flights.

• Príncipe Sunbird Anabathmis hartlaubii

  This sunbird is endemic to Príncipe Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. It uses lowland forest, scrub and cultivated areas, where it gleans small invertebrates.

• Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer

  The Yellow-breasted Crake is a very small, yellow-brown-looking crake with a dark cap and barred flanks. It searches among wetland vegetation for food.

• 'A'o Puffinus auricularis

  Animal Diversity Web's broad treatment of Puffinus auricularis includes Newell's shearwater in Hawaii and Townsend's shearwater off Mexico. Some taxonomies split them; ʻAʻo is the Hawaiian name for the Newell's population.

• Akikiki Oreomystis bairdi

  This small Hawaiian honeycreeper is endemic to Kauaʻi. A National Park Service account reported one known wild bird and a small captive population in 2024, describing the species as functionally extinct in the wild.

• Fernwren Oreoscopus gutturalis

  The Fernwren is a small bird of wet upland forest in northeastern Australia. It probes leaf litter with its fine bill while searching for small animals.

• Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus

  This raptor ambushes prey from cover in forest. Its dark head and back contrast with a pale belly and black-and-white tail.

• Rarotonga Starling Aplonis cinerascens

  This starling is endemic to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. It feeds in the forest canopy on fruit, insects and nectar; one study records it visiting flowers of native Fitchia.

• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus

  The Green-backed Tit is a small bird found in mountain forests in northern India. Its green back, yellow underside, and black head with white cheeks stand out as it searches branches and trunks for food.

• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis

  The Arctic Warbler is a small bird with a pale eyebrow. It searches among leaves for insects, and the population breeding in Alaska migrates to Southeast Asia in autumn.

• Chami Antpitta Grallaria alvarezi

  The eBird/Merlin account places the Chami Antpitta in high-elevation cloud forest in Colombia’s western Andes. It also notes that the species was once treated as one form within the broader Rufous Antpitta group.

• Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis

  This small bird has yellow underparts and yellowish-green upperparts. Males have a black facial mask, which females lack; their facial markings also differ.

• Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla

  The Black-capped Vireo is a small bird that moves between breeding and wintering areas. Adult males have black caps, while females have olive-colored heads; both forage for insects and spiders among leaves.

• Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus

  Von Schrenck’s Bittern is a small heron of reed beds, broad marshes, and rice fields. Males and females have different plumage.

• Spotted Kingfisher Actenoides lindsayi

  The Spotted Kingfisher lives in the moist lowland forests of the Philippines. It waits on low perches and catches insects and small animals.

• Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis

  The Madagascar Green Pigeon is an arboreal pigeon found in forests of Madagascar. It feeds on fruit.

• Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda

  This small bird has a grey face, orange cheeks, and a red bill. It eats seeds and insects in grasslands and scrub in western and central Africa.

• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana

  The Wandering Tattler has heavily barred gray-and-white underparts in breeding plumage and a plain gray chest outside the breeding season. It breeds beside northern rivers and moves to rocky Pacific shores and islands.

• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides

  A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.

• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

  Male Shiny Cowbirds are glossy deep purple, while females are brown. They are brood parasites, laying eggs in other birds’ nests and leaving the hosts to raise the young.