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• Golden-spotted Ground Dove Metriopelia aymara

  

  The Golden-spotted Ground Dove is a small, compact, drab-brown dove with golden spots on its wings. It walks on the ground while searching for food in the high Andes.

• Ruddy kingfisher Halcyon coromanda

  A kingfisher with a vivid red bill that lives in shady woodland, including woods beside streams.

• Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris

  This greenbul has Gabon forest records. In two, a pale eyebrow and dark eye-line were conspicuous.

• Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus

  This wren lives near the forest floor in Amazonian lowlands. Adults have brown upperparts, a white throat and breast, and brown scale-like markings across the breast and flanks.

• Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris

  The Madagascar Wagtail has a gray head and back, a white eyebrow, and a narrow black breast band. It forages on the ground near water in Madagascar.

• Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana

  The red breast and blue bare skin around the eyes stand out on this coua from northeastern Madagascar. It walks on the forest floor for insects and fallen fruit and runs for cover when alarmed.

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

  This small tern uses wetlands. In breeding plumage, its black head and dark grey underside stand out. It makes a nest from vegetation, floating or anchored, and both sexes care for the young.

• Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans

  The Dusky Munia is a small bird of lowland Borneo. It eats grass seeds in grassland, scrub, and cultivated areas, often moving in flocks.

• Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus

  The head and underparts are gray, the back is olive-brown, and the legs are red. It uses a variety of waterside habitats, from Peruvian coastal lowlands to Andean wetlands.

• Kamchatka Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus examinandus

  This leaf-warbler moves seasonally between eastern Russia and Japan and parts of East and Southeast Asia. Its habitats vary with season, from high-elevation shrubland to lowland forest.

• Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer

  The Rufous-winged Buzzard is a raptor that searches for prey in wooded grassland and farmland. By day, it watches open ground from a perch.

• Japanese Snipe Gallinago hardwickii

  The Japanese Snipe breeds in northern Japan and migrates to southeastern Australia. Its long bill and brown stripes are distinctive.

• Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra

  A 2024 taxonomic study places the nominate form from southern Somalia through Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania, and subspecies gallarum in Ethiopia. It cautions that range boundaries remain uncertain and separates the Kidepo form as another species.

• Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens

  This 11–12 cm hummingbird lives in lowland forests of western Amazonia. It drinks nectar and catches insects in flight.

• Planalto Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus pelzelni

  The Planalto Slaty Antshrike is an antbird of the lower forest layers in Brazil. A 2015 record from Sergipe described a nest at a forest edge where both sexes incubated and fed the chick.

• Cordoba Cinclodes Cinclodes comechingonus

  This cinclodes is recorded in Córdoba Province, central Argentina. Its 1944 original description noted a ferruginous wing band and rusty tips on the outer tail feathers of the adult male type. The national parks database also lists rivers and streams among its habitat categories.

• Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus

  A bird native to India and Sri Lanka whose males spread a long train like a fan.

• Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki

  This small lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea. It feeds on nectar, flowers, and fruit in the canopy and mid-storey, often in pairs or small flocks.

• Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans

  This Chinese endemic jay lives in high-altitude conifer forest. It is gray, eats nuts and insects, and may store nuts for winter.

• Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii

  This small bird hides near the ground in dense grass. Its olive-washed face and fine black breast streaks are useful clues.

• Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus

  The Olive Woodpecker inhabits forests and dense woodland from central to southern Africa. Its olive-gray underside and upper-canopy foraging are characteristic.

• Peruvian Screech Owl Megascops roboratus

  This owl ranges from southern Ecuador to northwestern Peru. It uses mostly dry woodland and semi-open landscapes with old trees that have cavities; both grey and red morphs occur.

• Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus

  It occurs in the high Andes at 3,200–4,800 m; the same source also reports it from Bolivia and Chile.

• Sombre Chat Oenanthe dubia

  Breeding has been confirmed in Djibouti. In 2020, family groups and recently fledged young were seen in rocky wadis with trees.