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• 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.

• Ashy-throated Bush Tanager Chlorospingus canigularis

  The species account describes olive-yellow upperparts and tail, a grey head and throat, and a yellow breast band. It notes that a white supercilium occurs only in subspecies signatus.

• White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus

  The White Woodpecker has a white to cream face, throat, and belly, with a yellow eye-ring. Only males have a yellow patch on the nape.

• Hantu Boobook Ninox squamipila

  The Hantu Boobook is a small-to-medium owl restricted to Seram Island, with no ear tufts.

• Apical Flycatcher Myiarchus apicalis

  This flycatcher is endemic to Colombia. It has a bushy crest and pale tips to its tail feathers. It feeds on insects and small fruits in dry-valley scrub and woodland.

• Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa

  This small flycatcher inhabits lowland and foothill forest in West and Central Africa. Dark chocolate-brown plumage, long pointed wings, and high perches on dead trees are characteristic.

• White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus

  The White-tipped Swift occurs on northern South American tepuis and along the Andes. It flies over humid forest and feeds in small flocks.

• Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae

  Rachel's Malimbe occurs in lowland forest around the Gulf of Guinea. Males have a red crown and black face, with yellow on the lower breast and undertail coverts.

• Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis

  This sunbird occurs in the Zambezian miombo region. Males have blue-green upperparts and a red breast band. The species tends to build a grass ball nest attached among branches or leaves.

• Malayan Laughingthrush Trochalopteron peninsulae

  This laughingthrush lives in montane forest on the Malay Peninsula. Its cinnamon-brown body, olive-yellow wings, and narrow white eye-ring stand out.

• Meller's Duck Anas melleri

  Meller’s Duck is a duck found only on Madagascar. The sexes look alike, and its grey bill helps distinguish it from a female Mallard.

• Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi

  This cotinga is known from a restricted area of Colombia's Central Cordillera. Its chestnut crown and gray body are distinctive.

• Black-collared Swallow Pygochelidon melanoleuca

  This swallow has a black chest band against a white belly. A study along a river in southeastern Brazil recorded it nesting in rock cavities.

• Audubon's Oriole Icterus graduacauda

  Audubon's Oriole is an oriole with a strong contrast between its black head, wings, and tail and its yellow body. It lives in woodland and brush in Mexico and southern Texas.

• Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula

  This bird uses wetlands and seasonally flooded grasslands in south-central Africa. Its upperparts are streaked, with rufous on the crown and wings.

• Ethiopian Thrush Turdus simensis

  This thrush occurs on the Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands. Adults have gray-brown upperparts and a short tail, and forage on the ground for insects and worms. It uses open or scrubby habitats rather than dense forest.

• Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini

  Salvin's Prion is a seabird that breeds in large colonies on southern Indian Ocean islands. It is blue-grey above and white below.

• Chestnut-faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi

  This babbler is endemic to Luzon in the Philippines. It is recorded in mountain forest as well as open forest, secondary growth, and scrub.

• Salvadori's Seedeater Crithagra xantholaema

  This seedeater occurs in Ethiopia. Its grey-brown body has a yellow area from the lower throat to the upper breast.

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

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

• Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus

  A small finch of the Andes. The male has a gray body with dark streaks on its back and searches for food on open highland ground.

• Malaysian Eared Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii

  The Malaysian Eared Nightjar is a bird of forests and their edges. Its dark plumage and narrow pale collar help identify it.

• White-cheeked Honeyeater Phylidonyris niger

  The White-cheeked Honeyeater inhabits eastern Australian heath and woodland. Adults show a white cheek patch and yellow tail and wing panels, and feed mainly on nectar.

• Northern Parula Setophaga americana

  A small warbler that catches insects high in eastern North American forests. It is bluish grey with yellow highlights, and breeding males have a breast band.