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• Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii

  

  The Buff-fronted Owl has a rufous face and white spots on its wings and tail. Argentine records place it in forests in the northeast and northwest of the country.

• Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus

  This long-tailed cuckooshrike lives in forests of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. Males show connected red-orange wing patches, while females have a red-orange rump.

• Grey Crow Corvus tristis

  This crow has bare pink facial skin and pale blue eyes. It is often seen in noisy groups in forests around New Guinea.

• Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa

  A dark waterbird that forages among wetland plants; when it searches on land, it flicks its tail and reveals its white undertail.

• Magpie Starling Speculipastor bicolor

  The Magpie Starling is an East African starling with blue-black upperparts, white underparts, a white wing bar, and red eyes. It feeds mainly on fruit and gathers in flocks in dry scrub.

• Yellow-mantled Whydah Euplectes macroura

  The Yellow-mantled Widowbird lives near wet grassland and swamps in Africa. It searches for seeds on the ground. Breeding-plumaged males display on the ground or on low vegetation; their black bodies carry yellow shoulder patches whose extent varies among subspecies.

• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  The Black Turnstone is a seasonal migrant along the Pacific coast that searches for food by turning over rocks and seaweed.

• Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus

  It ranges from western Mexico into western Central America, and its head and back patterns vary among subspecies groups.

• Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

  This large heron has a black cap, white neck, and grey back. It searches for fish and other prey in South American wetlands.

• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis

  This wagtail occurs around water and in open places across Africa. It walks on the ground to find small prey and often bobs its tail.

• Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica

  The Lesser Striped Swallow has a rufous head and rump, dark blue back, and streaked white underparts. It catches insects in flight and builds a mud nest.

• Handsome Sunbird Aethopyga bella

  The Handsome Sunbird is a Philippine sunbird. Males have iridescent green on the head, while females have a yellow rump. A field study on Cebu recorded it taking nectar from forest mistletoe flowers.

• Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii

  Botteri's Sparrow is a small sparrow of dry grassland and coastal prairie. In Arizona sacaton grassland, it searches the ground for insects and grass seeds and nests within a clump of grass.

• Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner Neophilydor erythrocercum

  The Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in forests across South America, including Peru. It has a rufous tail and rump and a pale throat.

• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula

  The Oriental Skylark uses open ground in grasslands and fields and eats both plant and animal foods.

• Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis

  Males have a purple-blue throat and green back, while females have a spotted chest. The bird is seen low along forest edges and in shrubby second growth.

• Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus

  This leaf-warbler moves seasonally between eastern Russia and Japan and parts of East and Southeast Asia. Its habitats vary with season, from high-elevation shrubland to lowland forest.

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

  This open-country plover is notable for its yellow facial wattles and a spur on each wing.

• Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis

  The Yemen Thrush is marked by an olive-toned back, a stout orange-yellow bill, and a bright orange patch under the wing in flight. It also lives in the highlands of Saudi Arabia.

• Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata

  Its understated plumage ranges from grey to olive-green, and the orange crown patch is usually hidden by feathers. It searches low shrubs and leaves for insects.

• Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus

  This antbird inhabits moist lowland forest. The male has rows of white spots above, while the female has more extensive ochre below.

• Eaton's Pintail Anas eatoni

  This small duck is endemic to the Crozet and Kerguelen islands. It breeds in pairs in summer and may gather in flocks of hundreds in winter.

• Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor

  The Swift Parrot has a green body and a striking red face. It breeds in Tasmania and moves to mainland Australia in search of flowering trees.

• Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius

  A cuckoo of woodland and forest south of the Sahara. It eats hairy caterpillars and lays its eggs in other birds’ nests.