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• Necklaced Spinetail Synallaxis stictothorax

  

  This ovenbird occurs in lowlands from Ecuador into northwestern Peru. Breast spotting varies, and flank color helps distinguish it from related species.

• Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla

  The Madagascar Snipe is a snipe of wetlands and rice fields on Madagascar.

• Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris

  The Slender-billed Vulture is a large scavenging vulture. A 2023–2025 survey recorded 20 nests at 12 sites in Upper Assam, India.

• Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis

  Its orange face, throat, belly, and tail contrast with a blue-gray back. It searches for insects in leaf litter, and most of its population is in southern Africa.

• Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus

  This hermit was documented in lowland forest studies in Bolivia. It foraged in low vegetation, and researchers recorded it taking insects from foliage in the dry season.

• White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis albiventris

  This small flycatcher lives in humid montane forest on Peru's eastern Andes. It forages in the midstory and subcanopy.

• Citrine Lorikeet Saudareos flavoviridis

  The Citrine Lorikeet has a green back and yellow, dark-scaled underparts. Small flocks gather at flowering trees along forest edges.

• Yellow-crowned Woodpecker Leiopicus mahrattensis

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

• Golden Honeyeater Cleptornis marchei

  The Golden Honeyeater is a yellow bird endemic to the Mariana Islands. It breeds in a range of wooded and semi-open habitats.

• Philby's Partridge Alectoris philbyi

  Philby's Partridge has a red bill and legs and black-and-white bars on its flanks.

• Black-spectacled Brush Finch Atlapetes melanopsis

  This brush-finch inhabits montane scrub and forest edges around Peru's upper Mantaro Valley. Adults have gray bodies, a rufous head, and black markings around the eyes.

• Drab Swiftlet Collocalia neglecta

  A resident swiftlet of Timor and other Lesser Sunda islands, it uses forest and dense vegetation and feeds on invertebrates.

• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata

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

• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris

  This long-tailed crow relative has pale blue plumage and a vivid yellow bill. Flocks forage noisily together.

• Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia

  A bird of humid Andean mountain forest, it is identified by the white tip of its tail and scaled markings below.

• Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi

  This African bird walks through wet, open grassland and searches the ground for small animals.

• Blanford's Lark Calandrella blanfordi

  This lark lives in open grasslands in eastern Africa and nearby regions. Its rufous crown and small dark patch on the side of the neck stand out.

• Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus

  This small kingfisher is marked by a white bar on the side of its neck and an orange spot beside the base of its bill.

• White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus

  The White-browed Crake is a wetland bird with a broad white line bordering the black orbital area. It searches for food among floating plants and muddy margins, and ranges from Southeast Asia to Pacific islands.

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus

  A forest-dwelling heron that breeds in India from May to August.

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

  This open-country plover is notable for its yellow facial wattles and a spur on each wing.

• White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus

  Breeding male White-winged Widowbirds are black, with yellow and white shoulder patches and conspicuous white wing panels in flight. The species feeds on grass seeds and other foods in grassland.

• Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela

  A social bird widely distributed from Central to South America. It has glossy black plumage with yellow patches on the wings and rump.

• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

  A dark-brown seabird of the open ocean, with silvery flashes under its wings. It nests on Southern Hemisphere islands and dives to catch fish and other marine prey.