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• White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis

  

  This swallow lives in Africa south of the equator and catches insects in flight. Some birds that breed in South Africa are thought to move north after breeding.

• Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis

  This wagtail occurs around water and in open places across Africa. It walks on the ground to find small prey and often bobs its tail.

• Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris

  The Sand-colored Nighthawk has sandy mottled plumage and occurs along rivers in the Peruvian Amazon region. It also forages above rivers during the day.

• American Goshawk Astur atricapillus

  This large forest raptor uses mature woodland. Wisconsin’s wildlife agency records it across the northern two-thirds of the state, in mature deciduous, conifer, and mixed forest.

• Cuban Oriole Icterus melanopsis

  It is endemic to Cuba and Isla de Pinos. It lives in forests, plantations, and human-settled places; adult males and females are alike, with black plumage and yellow patches.

• Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus

  The Relict Gull breeds in Central and East Asia and moves to the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea region for winter. Wintering first-year birds have been recorded on the mudflats of Deep Bay, Hong Kong.

• 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.

• Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus

  A 2007 paper treated a Sierra Leone population as Chattering Cisticola, while noting it might represent a distinct local form. It describes grey-brown birds with plain backs recorded around wet rice fields.

• Sulawesi Myna Basilornis celebensis

  The Sulawesi Myna is a starling with a rounded crest and pale patches on its glossy black plumage. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby Indonesian islands.

• Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei

  The Harlequin Quail lives in grasslands, and males and females have different plumage.

• Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus

  The Bogota Rail lives in high-elevation wetlands of the eastern Colombian Andes, often among dense reeds and other wetland plants.

• Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris

  The Pale-crested Woodpecker lives in dry forest and open woodland of south-central South America. Its pale crest stands out, and males and females differ in their red facial markings.

• Chestnut-breasted Chlorophonia Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys

  This Andean bird lives in humid montane forest and is often high in the canopy. Males stand out for a dark blue crown and green forehead and upper breast.

• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator

  A large white swan of North America. It feeds on aquatic plants in shallow water and breeds along wetlands and lakes.

• Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris

  This brown dove has a long tail and a stout black bill. It is usually seen alone or in pairs at forest edges, but may gather at fruiting trees.

• Grey-bellied Antbird Ammonastes pelzelni

  This antbird is documented at Mitú, Colombia. The male has a black chest; the female lacks it. A field report found two birds in the understory of white-sand forest there.

• Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii

  This cuckooshrike is described from the canopy of tall forest in New Guinea. It has an orange-yellow body and black wings with white bars.

• Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans

  At about 19 cm long, Sjöstedt's Greenbul is active by day and eats fruit in forest and riverside habitats.

• Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis

  Male Bare-necked Umbrellabirds have a black body, umbrella-shaped crest, and red bare throat. They use humid highland forest during breeding and lowland forest at other times, in Costa Rica and western Panama.

• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus

  The Blue-crowned Parakeet has a green body, blue on the face and crown, and a long tail. Its native range includes dry forest and scrub in South America.

• Olive Finch Arremon castaneiceps

  This finch forages in the understory of humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its olive-green body and rufous crown stand out, while the sides of the head, throat, and breast are gray.

• Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

  The Channel-billed Cuckoo is a large cuckoo with a massive pale, down-curved bill. It migrates to Australia from New Guinea and Indonesia and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.

• Zimmer's Woodcreeper Dendroplex kienerii

  A 2002 taxonomic study treated birds called Dendroplex necopinus as the same species as D. kienerii. Field records under the former name were mainly from tall seasonally flooded forest along Amazonian riverbanks and islands.

• Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis

  A broad buff eyebrow and rufous-brown upperparts mark this wren. It forages in humid montane forest and scrub in the Peruvian Andes, often with mixed-species flocks.