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• olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea

  

  The Olive Sunbird is olive above and yellowish-green below. It favors forest cover and eats nectar, insects, and spiders. Yellow pectoral tufts occur in all males and in females from some populations.

• Grey-naped Antpitta Grallaria griseonucha

  This antpitta lives in the Venezuelan Andes and uses the lower levels of humid montane forest.

• Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris

  The Kerguelen Petrel is a medium-sized, all-dark petrel with a broad range across the Southern Ocean. It nests in deep burrows on islands and feeds mainly on squid.

• Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota

  An East African bird guide places the Olive-green Camaroptera in forest undergrowth in Uganda and western Kenya. Its upperparts are dull olive-green; the underparts are grayish-white, with dusky buff on the chest and flanks.

• Christmas Island Swiftlet Collocalia natalis

  Endemic to Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, this small swiftlet catches insects while flying over forest and settlements.

• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

  A sandpiper with dark upperparts and a white rump, seen mainly on passage and in winter in lowland wetlands in Hong Kong.

• Dark-eared Honeyeater Myza celebensis

  This honeyeater has fine dark streaks across its brownish plumage and a curved black bill. The sexes look alike in plumage, but males are larger in the Lore Lindu study.

• Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla

  This tiny bird is recognized by its yellow crown and blue-toned plumage. Small groups travel to places with abundant mistletoe berries.

• White-eared Night Heron Oroanassa magnifica

  The White-eared Night Heron is a nocturnal heron with a pale stripe running from behind the eye along the cheek and throat. It lives in hill forests near water in parts of China and northeastern Vietnam.

• Rook Corvus frugilegus

  A social black crow that often feeds in flocks on farmland.

• Wedge-tailed Hillstar Oreotrochilus adela

  The Wedge-tailed Hillstar is notable for the male's glittering green throat and its visits to flowers in dry highlands. It lives in the Andes of Bolivia and adjacent Argentina.

• Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall

  The Barred Cuckoo-Dove is a long-tailed dove ranging from the western Himalayas through Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it is recorded as a winter visitor and passage migrant to well-wooded areas.

• Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris

  This small brown bird searches for food among wetland grasses and cattail stems. Males may build several nest-like structures during the breeding season.

• Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens

  The Brown Woodland Warbler has a brown-olive back, pale underside, and searches for insects in trees.

• Kolombangara Monarch Symposiachrus browni

  A forest monarch found in the New Georgia group of the Solomon Islands. Adults are black and white, but the extent of white varies among island subspecies.

• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata

  The Brown Boobook is a dark-plumaged owl that becomes active after dusk.

• Piping Plover Charadrius melodus

  This small shorebird has sandy grey-brown upperparts and a white underside. It breeds on beaches and river or lake shores and picks small invertebrates from the ground.

• Green-and-black Fruiteater Pipreola riefferii

  The Green-and-black Fruiteater eats fruit in the canopy and middle levels of Andean montane forest. Males in northern Peru show striking green and black plumage.

• Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae

  Lulu's Tody-Flycatcher was described from mid-elevation forest in northern Peru. The paper describes a reddish-brown crown, yellowish olive-green back, a white band below the throat, and an orange-yellow to yellow-ochre belly. It reports four localities.

• Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens

  A gray tit with a black-and-white head pattern and black bib. Pairs and small groups forage for insects in arid savanna and other woodland.

• Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera

  The Correndera Pipit has a dark-streaked back and pale belly. It searches for insects in wet grassland near lakes and ponds.

• Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos

  The Black-and-white Bulbul lives in forests and forest edges in Southeast Asia. Its plumage differs by sex and age.

• Lava Gull Leucophaeus fuliginosus

  Endemic to the Galápagos Islands, the adult has a dark head and pale edges on the wings. It nests under coastal vegetation.

• Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus

  The Village Weaver is a bird whose breeding males split leaves and bark into strips and weave hanging nests. It occurs across Africa outside desert regions.