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• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus

  

  The Cinereous Tit has white cheeks and a black band from the chest down the belly. The Japanese account records it from towns to mountain areas and says it uses moss and animal hair in its nest.

• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

  A heron that searches for food in shallow water, with distinct breeding and nonbreeding plumages.

• Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia parvirostris

  A small sandpiper endemic to the Tuamotu Archipelago. It searches for food among coastal coral rubble, sand, and vegetation.

• Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota

  This lark has a noticeable white eyebrow. It searches the ground for insects and seeds in savanna and open woodland. Plumage and bill thickness vary by region.

• Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna

  Anna's Hummingbird has iridescent green plumage and a rose-pink throat. Males climb high and dive during courtship.

• Rusty-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus frater

  This antwren occurs in separated forest regions of Central and South America. Males are gray, females are olive-brownish, and both accounts describe rusty tones in the wings.

• Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis

  This woodcreeper occurs in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its rufous tail and buff spotting on the throat and chest help identify it; it forages from the midstory to the canopy.

• Greater Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus cupido

  This entry describes the Attwater's subspecies of the Greater Prairie-Chicken. Males perform courtship displays, and females nest in prairie grass.

• Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata

  The Yellow-streaked Lory is a lowland parrot from the New Guinea region. Yellow streaks mark its darker plumage, while the color of the forehead and other details vary among subspecies.

• Large-billed crow Corvus macrorhynchos

  A crow with a thick bill and a raised forehead. In Japan it occurs in forests, towns and other habitats.

• Volcano Junco Junco vulcani

  The Volcano Junco lives near volcanic summits in Costa Rica and western Panama. Adults have grey underparts and a black eye mask, and search for seeds and insects on the ground.

• Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis

  It has a green back and pale yellow underparts with dark spots. Males have red on the head, while females lack red on the head.

• Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota

  The Band-bellied Owl has a dark brown back and a pale belly crossed by heavy brown bars. It lives on the eastern Andean slope and is active at night.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Arnot's Chat Pentholaea arnotti

  This bird inhabits woodlands of central and southern Africa. In the nominate subspecies, the male is black with a white crown and wing patch; small groups search for insects beneath large trees.

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris

  The White-collared Swift is a large swift with a conspicuous white collar on its black body. It flies in flocks across the American tropics and catches insects in the air.

• Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens

  The Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.

• Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni

  A sunbird of East Africa’s high mountains, it feeds on Lobelia nectar in Kenya’s alpine moorlands. Males have iridescent green plumage and scarlet pectoral tufts.

• Rufous-vented Laughingthrush Pterorhinus gularis

  The Rufous-vented Laughingthrush ranges from the eastern Himalayas into northern Indochina. It has a black facial mask, yellow throat and rufous-chestnut on the belly and outer tail feathers.

• American Scoter Melanitta americana

  The American Scoter is a sea duck that breeds in boreal North America and moves to coastal waters in winter.

• Black-and-gold Cotinga Lipaugus ater

  The Black-and-gold Cotinga lives in mountain forests of southeastern Brazil and feeds in the canopy. Males are black with yellow patches on the wings.

• South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera

  The South African Cliff Swallow has a glossy blue-black back and a squared tail. The reddish-brown rump and chest vary with plumage condition. It migrates between southern African breeding areas and wintering grounds in the Congo Basin.

• Colombian Mountain Grackle Macroagelaius subalaris

  This grackle inhabits Andean forests in eastern Colombia. Cooperative breeding has been reported, with several members of a group helping to build nests and care for young.

• Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex

  This small bird has sooty grey plumage and a dark tail. It searches for small invertebrates near the ground in dry woodland and acacia savanna scrub.