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• Dinelli's Doradito Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana

  

  A small tyrant flycatcher with a yellow underside, it is recorded in wetlands of central Argentina toward the northwest.

• Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta

  The Gray-spotted Flycatcher is a small migratory bird with streaks from the breast to the belly. It sallies from an exposed perch to catch flying insects.

• Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi

  This small swift has a very short tail and flies fast above African savannas and open woodland.

• Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius

  The Orange Weaver has an orange throat and bright yellow plumage in the male, while the female is duller greenish-yellow. It nests colonially around wetlands.

• White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala

  A small sunbird whose breeding male has a white belly and iridescent throat and back, feeding mainly on nectar.

• White-cheeked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus vassali

  This laughingthrush occurs in southern Laos and Vietnam and adjacent eastern Cambodia. It uses moist forest and often forages near the ground in flocks.

• South African Shelduck Tadorna cana

  The South African Shelduck breeds at shallow freshwater and brackish wetlands in southern Africa. It uses holes in the ground for nesting.

• Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris

  This cotinga has a patchy range in eastern South America. Its black head, yellow throat, and long forked tail stand out.

• Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina

  The Brown-bellied Swallow lives in the high Andes and forages above scrub, humid grassland, farmland, and settlements.

• Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus

  Bronzed Cowbirds move in flocks through open country. Males have blue and bronze gloss on their plumage, and both sexes have red eyes.

• Red-capped Forest-warbler Artisornis metopias

  This small bird occurs in montane areas of Tanzania and Mozambique. Its head and neck are rufous, and it feeds mostly on insects.

• Long-billed Thrush Zoothera monticola

  The Long-billed Thrush is a mountain forest thrush with a long, curved bill. It searches damp forest floors and stream margins for earthworms and other prey.

• 'A'o Puffinus auricularis

  Animal Diversity Web's broad treatment of Puffinus auricularis includes Newell's shearwater in Hawaii and Townsend's shearwater off Mexico. Some taxonomies split them; ʻAʻo is the Hawaiian name for the Newell's population.

• Christmas White-eye Zosterops natalis

  The Christmas White-eye is a small bird with olive and grey plumage and a white ring around the eye. It eats fruit, nectar, and insects, and nests in the wet season.

• Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

  This small, social finch has a bright yellow face and belly set off by black lines on its head. In its native African range, it forages in flocks.

• Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius

  A migratory bird with a dark cap and sandy plumage that travels between Central Asia and regions including South Asia.

• White-throated Sierra Finch Idiopsar erythronotus

  The White-throated Sierra Finch forages on the ground in open Andean country. Adults are gray overall, with a white throat and a paler lower belly.

• Anthony's Nightjar Nyctidromus anthonyi

  The male has a white throat but no white wing or tail patches, even in flight. In dry Pacific lowlands from western Ecuador to Peru, it catches flying insects at night.

• Arfak Honeyeater Melipotes gymnops

  Dark grey to sooty black covers the head and upper breast, with yellow bare skin around the eyes. It forages mainly in the canopy for small fruits and insects.

• Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata

  The Myrtle Warbler is a small woodland bird with noticeable yellow and white markings. It moves south in fall and also eats berries in winter.

• Black-winged Cuckooshrike Coracina melaschistos

  In Hong Kong this species is mainly a winter visitor and passage migrant in wooded habitats. Males are slate-grey; females are paler and can show weak barring below.

• Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher

  The Chestnut-bellied Starling lives in Sahelian savanna and shrubland. It has glossy blue-green upperparts and breast, a chestnut belly, and searches for food in small flocks on the ground.

• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri

  A green parakeet native to South America, with yellow wing feathers. It eats seeds, fruit, and flowers, and nests in tree-dwelling termite mounds.

• African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

  The African Paradise-Flycatcher is an insect-eating bird of forests and woodland edges south of the Sahara. Males have elongated tail feathers, and plumage varies widely.