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• 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.

• Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus

  The Dusky Nightjar is a dark-plumaged highland nightjar. In Costa Rica it nests at forest edges and occurs in high elevations of the Central Volcanic and Talamanca ranges and other highlands.

• Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca

  The Black-faced Munia is a small finch that eats seeds in open lowland habitats.

• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

  This thrush has been recorded in mountain forests from the eastern Himalaya to Yunnan, China. It is treated as a species distinct from the related Alpine Thrush in the 2016 study.

• Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris

  In the Argentine account, the Golden-billed Saltator has a black face and orange bill. In Bolivia, it uses woodland, scrub, farmland, and towns on the eastern Andean slope and in southern lowlands.

• Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor

  Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo is a cuckoo with predominantly gray adult plumage. It moves seasonally from its breeding range to wintering areas in Southeast Asia and is recorded in forest and forest-edge habitats.

• Mariana Kingfisher Todiramphus albicilla

  The Mariana Kingfisher was recorded in a forest-bird survey on Tinian. A sample collected on Saipan is described as white-headed in a phylogenetic study.

• Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus

  The Red-bellied Woodpecker has a boldly barred back and red on the head. It is found in forests of eastern North America, where it searches along trunks and branches.

• Unicolored Antwren Myrmotherula unicolor

  The Unicolored Antwren occurs in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil. It searches leaves for food and also probes creases in dead foliage for small arthropods.

• Helmeted Myna Basilornis galeatus

  Adults have slightly iridescent black plumage, pale patches on the neck and breast, and a purple-black crest. They use forests, disturbed and cultivated areas, and mangroves, feeding on fruit and berries in trees.

• American Black Duck Anas rubripes

  A duck of shallow wetlands in eastern North America. It is dark brown overall and can be hard to distinguish among Mallards.

• Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii

  A babbler of West African scrub and woodland edges, forming small groups and searching leaf litter near the ground.

• Melodious Blackbird Dives dives

  This icterid occurs in Central America. Adult males are glossy black with a blue sheen, while females and young birds are duller. In Costa Rica it is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae

  Frances's Sparrowhawk is a small hawk endemic to Madagascar. Females are larger than males, and the birds dash from open perches to catch prey.

• Silvery-throated Spinetail Synallaxis subpudica

  Its chestnut crown and long tail stand out. This species is endemic to Colombia's Eastern Andes, where pairs search for food from the ground to about two metres above it.

• Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris

  This small lark inhabits dry grasslands of southern Africa. It has a compact body, a thick pink bill, and a strongly marked face. It searches for seeds on the ground and is nomadic in parts of its range.

• Malaita White-eye Zosterops stresemanni

  This white-eye is endemic to Malaita in the Solomon Islands. It is abundant above 200 m in the surveyed area and is generally restricted to the canopy of large trees.

• Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi

  Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow is endemic to Costa Rica, from the Central Valley east toward Turrialba. Adults have black-and-white facial markings and a large black chest patch; juveniles are browner and more faintly marked. It uses thickets, young secondary growth, fragmented groves, and coffee plots.

• White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons

  A small Amazon parrot marked by a white forehead and red face, it feeds on different plants as local and seasonal conditions change.

• White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis

  This cuckooshrike lives in woodland and forest across sub-Saharan Africa. The pool name Coracina pectoralis is listed as Ceblepyris pectoralis in the current species account.

• Banded Martin Neophedina cincta

  The Banded Martin is a swallow of sub-Saharan Africa. It catches insects in flight over open grassland and freshwater habitats and makes north-south movements in response to rainfall.

• Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii

  This pheasant is notable for its long crest and red bare facial skin. It lives on rocky western Himalayan slopes and lays its eggs in undergrowth during the breeding season.

• Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii

  This parrot occurs only on Norfolk Island. Its bright green body is set off by a red forehead and forecrown and pale blue wing tips.

• Hooded Yellowthroat Geothlypis nelsoni

  This yellowthroat is recorded in Mexico, where it uses brush on rather dry slopes and open pine or pine-oak woods.