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• Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis

  

  This tree-dwelling bird lives in forests and woodlands along eastern Australia and catches insects among foliage or in flight.

• Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus

  The Green Warbler breeds in forests of the Caucasus and winters mainly in southern India. Its greenish back and pale wing bars help distinguish it.

• African Black Coucal Centropus grillii

  The African Black Coucal walks through wet grassland in search of small animals. Breeding adults have a black body and chestnut wings.

• Salvadori's Nightjar Caprimulgus pulchellus

  Salvadori's Nightjar has dark plumage and a short tail. It is active at night in forests of Sumatra and Java, catching insects in flight; the wing patch differs between the sexes.

• Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera

  This swallow has a brown chest and white throat and belly. It feeds on insects while flying by day.

• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis

  This thrush lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. A broad white cheek-and-ear stripe stands out against its dark head and underparts.

• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

  This small prinia has a long tail and hides among grass and scrub. In Hong Kong, it nests on reed stems in spring.

• Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus

  Olrog’s Gull feeds mainly on crabs and breeds along the Argentine coast. In winter it disperses north to Uruguay and southern Brazil.

• Silver Teal Spatula versicolor

  The silver teal is a small duck with a dark brown cap and a blue-green wing patch. It is recorded at lakes and rivers in Argentina.

• Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana

  The Tucuman Amazon is a large parrot of montane forest in southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Its scaly plumage and green crown stand out.

• Yellow-collared Chlorophonia Chlorophonia flavirostris

  The Yellow-collared Chlorophonia is a small bird whose male has a green head and yellow eye-ring. It forages in the canopy of humid forest, mainly for small fruits.

• Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi

  Townsend's Warbler searches for small insects high in conifers, where its yellow and black plumage stands out among the foliage. In winter it also occurs in Mexico, Central America, and along the Pacific coast of the United States.

• Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus

  The Sharp-tailed Starling is a glossy starling of open woodland in central and southern Africa.

• Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae

  A small bird with a green back, purple breast and yellow belly.

• White-flanked Sunbird Aethopyga eximia

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Java. Males and females differ in color, and both show white feathers on the flanks.

• White-headed Pigeon Columba leucomela

  Adults stand out for their white head, neck, and breast against dark wings. They feed on fruit in rainforests of eastern Australia.

• Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus

  A small bird of dry, rocky places, with a cinnamon-colored body and a conspicuous white throat.

• Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris

  This antwren lives in flooded coastal wetlands of southern Brazil. Males have a gray-black underside, while females have black-and-white mottling underneath; the bird uses marsh vegetation.

• Spotted Tanager Ixothraupis punctata

  This tanager is described in a Suriname guide as a bird of the middle forest layers, seen in pairs or small groups. Its green plumage has dark edges.

• Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax

  This honeyeater occurs in northern Australia and around New Guinea. It has an olive back, a pale cream-colored belly, a white iris with a pale eye-ring, and feeds among foliage, moving from tree to tree.

• Blackish Cuckooshrike Coracina coerulescens

  This cuckooshrike lives in forests of the northern Philippines. This entry follows the current name *Edolisoma coerulescens* rather than the pool's older genus combination.

• Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris

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

• Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

  A woodcreeper of northern South American forests. Pale streaks on its dark crown contrast with its chestnut rump, wings and tail.

• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura

  The Pin-tailed Snipe is a wetland bird that moves between breeding and wintering grounds.