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• Cape Longclaw Macronyx capensis

  

  The adult has an orange throat and a black band across the upper breast. In Southern African grasslands it searches on the ground and among low vegetation for food.

• Berlepsch’s Canastero Asthenes berlepschi

  This small bird is restricted to the Sorata area of Bolivia. It occurs in Polylepis woodland, where it searches foliage for arthropods; territorial pairs care for young.

• Indian Robin Saxicoloides fulicatus

  This small bird ranges across the Indian subcontinent and uses gardens and scrub. It searches for insects on the ground; the male is black with a rufous belly.

• Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor

  This small parrot inhabits woodlands of northern Australia. It feeds on nectar and pollen and gathers in flowering trees.

• Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti

  A yellow brow and crown stripe stand out on this small warbler, whose underside is also yellow. The source records observation sites in Thailand.

• Iiwi Vestiaria coccinea

  The iiwi is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Its vermilion-and-black plumage and long, deeply curved bill are distinctive. It feeds on flower nectar in mountain forest, and most of the current population is on Hawaiʻi, Maui and Kauaʻi.

• Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons

  This small green parakeet lives in a restricted high-altitude range in central Colombia.

• White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora

  The White-necked Jacobin is a large hummingbird with a white neck band and a fan-shaped tail. It visits tropical lowland forest edges, clearings, and gardens, feeding at different heights.

• Indian Black-lored Tit Machlolophus aplonotus

  The Indian Black-lored Tit inhabits wooded hills of peninsular India. It has a black face, yellow cheeks and eyebrow, yellow-green back and white-spotted wings.

• White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus

  Adults of the nominate subspecies have a white eyebrow and a rufous-brown back. This coucal catches insects on the ground among tall grass.

• Tawny Antpitta Grallaria quitensis

  This antpitta occurs in the Andes from Colombia through Ecuador to northern Peru. Under the current treatment, Boyacá Antpitta and Atuen Antpitta, formerly included here, are separate species.

• Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer

  The Tawny-breasted Honeyeater occurs on New Guinea and nearby islands and in northeastern Australia. It uses forest, mangroves and edges, locally to about 1,500 m.

• Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii

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

• Foothill Screech Owl Megascops roraimae

  The Foothill Screech Owl is a small owl of Andean foothill forests and adjacent western Amazonian forest. A Peru species account gives a length of about 21 cm and distinguishes gray and rufous color forms.

• Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan

  A gull that breeds in large groups in North American prairie wetlands and winters along the coasts of Peru and Chile. Breeding adults may have a pale pink wash on the chest.

• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys

  The Yellow-eared Spiderhunter is a forest bird marked by a yellow patch behind the ear and streaked underparts. It feeds on nectar as well as spiders and insects.

• Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris

  A breeding-plumaged male shows a red throat and chest against dark plumage; the breeding female is more buff and streaked, with a duller red breast. The species searches for food on the ground.

• Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow Melozone kieneri

  A ground-dwelling sparrow of western Mexico, occurring in dry scrub and open woodland.

• Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus

  The Bogota Rail lives in high-elevation wetlands of the eastern Colombian Andes, often among dense reeds and other wetland plants.

• Pied Lapwing Hoploxypterus cayanus

  The Pied Lapwing is a small South American lapwing found east of the Andes. Its red legs and bold black, white, and sandy-brown plumage stand out.

• Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis

  A forest bird of Fiji's islands, inhabiting closed-canopy forest; the sexes differ in head pattern.

• Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus

  This seabird breeds in the western Mediterranean and spreads from the western Mediterranean into the eastern Atlantic after breeding. It takes fish and squid at sea.

• Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum

  This martin breeds in East Asia and winters mainly in Southeast Asia. It has a white face and underside, an extended white rump and catches small insects in flight.

• Collared Crow Corvus torquatus

  The Collared Crow is black with a broad white collar. It occurs mainly in lowland and wetland areas of China and is often seen alone, feeding on insects, molluscs, other invertebrates, and grain.