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• Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus

  

  The Sombre Nightjar catches flying insects on the wing and lives in open stony bushland, scrub and grassland.

• Superciliated Wren Cantorchilus superciliaris

  The Superciliated Wren is about 15 cm long. It has a rufous back and tail with black bars on the tail and flight feathers. A white eyebrow, head sides, throat, and breast contrast with the rufous lower underparts. It forages in semideciduous-forest understory and midstory and dry scrub in northwestern Peru, up to about 1,000 m.

• Cuban Black Hawk Buteogallus gundlachii

  This hawk lives near the coasts of Cuba. It often eats crabs and may scavenge dead fish. An older study used a subspecies combination; this entry follows the current species name.

• White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli

  The White-headed Buffalo Weaver is a stocky bird with a white head and brown back that forages on the ground near acacia trees.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa

  This laughingthrush occurs in the savannas and shrublands of eastern Africa. It searches close to the ground in leaf litter for termites and other invertebrates.

• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

  Breeding adults show triangular black, white, and gray wing patches, a dark head, and a red eye ring; they feed in Arctic wetlands.

• Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum

  The Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl occurs in brown and rufous morphs. It waits for prey in the canopy and at edges of wet mountain forest and hunts mainly by day.

• Fernando Po Speirops Zosterops brunneus

  This bird occurs on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. It is chocolate brown overall, darker near the face and paler on the flanks and vent, with a blue-gray bill and legs; it is found almost exclusively in the island's high alpine zone.

• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

  A small bird of open country in North America that searches the ground for seeds and insects. Short feathers on the male’s head can rise like tiny horns.

• Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus

  The Superb Sunbird occurs in western and central Africa. Males have a blue crown and throat with maroon underparts; the species uses woodland and savanna.

• Black-banded Crake Rufirallus fasciatus

  The Black-banded Crake forages in river-edge thickets and fallow fields near water. A Peru account reports it as common in the northeast and rare in the southeast.

• Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata

  The Antarctic Prion is a small seabird with a blue-gray back and white belly. It gathers over the Southern Ocean and feeds on small crustaceans near the water's surface.

• Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica

  This 9–10 cm bird is active by day and feeds on fruit.

• Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti

  The Long-tailed Myna lives on islands of the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. Glossy black plumage is set off by a white rump and yellow belly; it feeds on fruit in the canopy.

• Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

  A bird of the subspecies sinensis was recorded foraging in broad-leaved deciduous forest in southwest Hebei, China, in 2012. That individual had a chestnut crown and yellow wing-bars.

• Vireo chivi Vireosylva chivi

  This small vireo ranges through South American lowlands and foothills. It is olive above and white below, with no wingbars; the amount of yellow varies.

• Pied Heron Egretta picata

  The Pied Heron is a wetland heron of northern Australia and nearby islands. It has black-and-white plumage and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fish and frogs.

• Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni

  This kingfisher lives in the forests of Mindanao. Males are marked by a blue cap and red bill, while females have green upperparts.

• Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis

  The Metallic Pigeon has purple and green sheen on the crown, a yellow bill, and red skin around the eye. It searches for fruit and other foods in island forests and nearby areas.

• Pictorella Munia Heteromunia pectoralis

  The Pictorella Munia lives in grasslands and scrub across northern Australia. Adult males have a black face, while females are brown-faced, and the birds feed for seeds on the ground.

• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

  A sandpiper that breeds in northeastern Siberia and winters along coasts in Southeast Asia and Australia. Adults in breeding plumage have a breast band and orange-brown shoulder feathers.

• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• Olive Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus

  This large oropendola occurs in the Peruvian Amazon canopy; its red bill tip and pink cheek patch are distinctive.