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• Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica

  

  This lark breeds in Mongolia and northern China, and moves as far as central China in winter.

• Wine-throated Hummingbird Selasphorus ellioti

  This small hummingbird lives in the highlands from southern Mexico to northern Central America. Males have a gleaming wine-red throat, and the birds use mountain forest edges and scrub where they feed on nectar.

• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides

  The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler breeds from Sakhalin through the northern Japanese islands and winters south into Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it occurs mainly during autumn passage, using the lower layers of woodland and shrubs.

• Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris

  A small lapwing that walks over dry savanna and short grass while looking for insects. White on the forehead and belly, plus a white wing patch in flight, helps identify it.

• Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus

  The São Tomé Thrush lives in forests on São Tomé. It searches among leaf litter, where beetles, snails, worms, and fruit have been recorded in its diet.

• White-striped Warbler Myiothlypis leucophrys

  A Brazilian endemic warbler, recorded mainly in the Cerrado and also in transitional areas and parts of the Atlantic Forest.

• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster

  An antwren of woodland and dense scrub in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, feeding on insects and spiders.

• Andaman Teal Anas albogularis

  Endemic to the Andaman Islands, this teal is greyish-brown with a white eye-ring and throat. It has been observed in coastal wetlands near Port Blair.

• Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorynchos

  The Great-billed Parrot is green with a large bill. Flocks feed on fruit and seeds in forests on islands of eastern Indonesia.

• Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens

  The Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo occurs in wooded habitats on Sulawesi and is often noticed by its calls. eBird's identification account notes buff underparts and a barred tail.

• White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis

  This bird is endemic to Taiwan. A white band runs from the base of the bill to behind the ear, and groups move through the middle and upper levels of forests.

• Bates's Swift Apus batesi

  Bates's Swift is a dark swift with a deeply forked tail. It occurs in humid forests from western Cameroon toward northern Gabon and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala

  A small hawk of mainland Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea that uses trees or tall shrubs as cover before striking at small birds.

• Citron-headed Yellow Finch Sicalis luteocephala

  Citron-headed Yellow Finch is a small finch described as nearly endemic to Bolivia. The forecrown, sides of the face, throat, and central belly are bright yellow, contrasting with gray upperparts and flanks. The account records dry scrub, open woodland, and holes in ravine banks.

• 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.

• Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes

  The Rufous-winged Cisticola is a small cisticola of grassland and wetland edges in southeastern Africa. Its rufous back feathers help identify it.

• Gray-barred Wren Campylorhynchus megalopterus

  This wren lives in mountain forest in Mexico's central highlands. It is gray with narrow dark bars and moves through the forest in small groups.

• Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus

  The Tibetan Snowcock is a large pheasant-family bird of the highlands of Central and South Asia. It is found in mountain landscapes with grassland and rocky ground.

• Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis

  The Indian Skimmer has a lower bill longer than the upper one. Outside the breeding season its plumage is duller, with browner upperparts.

• Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala

  This bulbul lives in Asian forests. A Bangladesh account reports it in pairs or mixed flocks, feeding on nectar, fruit, and insects. The museum specimen is one male of a Laos subspecies.

• Sulphur-breasted Parakeet Aratinga maculata

  The Sulphur-breasted Parakeet is recorded in northern Brazil. Its 2005 description used the name Aratinga pintoi; a later taxonomic paper explains that name as a synonym of Aratinga maculata.

• Japanese paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata

  A visitor to shaded forest with a blue bill and blue eye-rings.

• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis

  The Yellow-crowned Woodpecker is found in dry woodland and scrub in South Asia.

• Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris

  A large pigeon of New Guinea's forests, marked by a thick pale bill and rufous flanks. It searches for food on the forest floor.