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• Twite Linaria flavirostris

  

  A small, mostly seed-eating finch with brown plumage. In Britain and Ireland it breeds in northern uplands, and some birds move to southern coasts in winter.

• Elfin Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae

  A tiny honeyeater of New Guinea's mid-montane forest canopy and village edges. Males show red on the head and rump against a dark back and wings; females have red only at the chin.

• Tepui Vireo Hylophilus sclateri

  The Tepui Vireo lives in humid forest in the Pantepui region. It searches branches and leaves for small invertebrates. In a photograph of museum skins, the center of the chest and belly looks pale, with olive-green feathers visible on the throat and flanks.

• Black-ringed White-eye Zosterops anomalus

  This small bird occurs in forest and scrub in South Sulawesi. It has a yellow-green back, yellow throat, and white belly; the eye area is black rather than a white ring. It is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor

  This chat-tyrant searches for food in humid, semi-open places and often perches high in the vegetation. It has a brown back and rufous underparts.

• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja

  The White-headed Munia is a small bird with a white head and pale brown body that gathers seeds from the ground and grass stems.

• Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum

  On Cousin Island, it forages on small animals exposed as Hawksbill Turtles dig their nests. It has also been seen feeding on turtle eggs.

• Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli

  The Lazuli Kingfisher lives in Indonesia's southern Moluccas. Males are blue and white, while females also have blue-purple on the breast and belly.

• Least Pauraque Siphonorhis brewsteri

  This nightjar lives in wooded dry scrub on Hispaniola and Gonâve Island and is active around dusk and at night.

• Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea

  This cotinga lives high in forests of the Amazon Basin. Males are deep purple-red, while females are gray with white wing edges, giving the sexes very different plumage.

• Javan Scops Owl Otus angelinae

  This small owl is endemic to Java. It has black streaks on its brown chest and rests or forages near the forest canopy.

• Pied Cuckooshrike Coracina bicolor

  A cuckooshrike of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Males are sharply black and white, while females are dark gray and white; it uses lowland and hill forest.

• Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea

  The Taiwan Blue Magpie is a corvid of Taiwan's forests and mountains, notable for its long blue tail and red bill.

• Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris

  The rufous-necked wood rail has rich rufous plumage, olive-brown upperparts, and a gray patch on the upper back. In northwestern Peru it is fairly common in mangroves.

• Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup

  This glossy black starling has pale wing patches and orange eyes. It lives among dry rocky hills in southern Africa.

• Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis

  The Speckle-fronted Weaver is a small bird marked by a black, white-speckled crown and a chestnut nape. It feeds mainly on seeds on the ground, living in pairs during breeding and in flocks at other times.

• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria

  The Solitary Sandpiper has a prominent white eye-ring and a black-and-white tail. It walks in shallow water, frequently bobbing the rear of its body.

• Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris

  A 19th-century Argentine bird account records it in Argentina and Uruguay. It describes glossy black-and-purple plumage and small winter groups.

• Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti

  Humblot's Heron is a large heron of shallow waters in western Madagascar and the Comoros. Its dark gray plumage is distinctive.

• American Pipit Anthus rubescens

  The American Pipit is a small bird that breeds in Arctic and alpine meadows. It walks quickly while feeding and uses open areas such as shores and fields in winter.

• Purple Martin Progne subis

  This large swallow breeds in North America and catches flying insects. In the East it uses nest boxes, while in the West it uses woodpecker holes in dead trees, then migrates to South America after breeding.

• Metallic-winged Sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrima

  This sunbird occurs on several Philippine islands. Clements now includes the Luzon and Bohol birds, formerly treated as separate species, within A. pulcherrima. Males on Mindanao are described with metallic blue-green markings and a broad throat patch.

• Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri

  The Brewer's Sparrow has black streaks on its back and a slim white eye-ring. It searches dry shrublands for insects and also eats seeds in winter or during migration.

• Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris

  A hornero of Colombia and Venezuela. A grayish crown is described as a useful clue for distinguishing it from closely related horneros.