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• Fiery-throated Fruiteater Pipreola chlorolepidota

  

  The Fiery-throated Fruiteater has a green body and a red throat in males and feeds on fruit in wet forests on the eastern Andes.

• 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-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas

  The Pale-breasted Thrush is a brownish bird with a grayish crown, streaked throat, and yellowish bill. It occurs across much of lowland South America.

• Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis

  A strongly marked wren recorded from Venezuelan savanna and woodland. At one central Venezuelan study site, group members helped breed and defend nests.

• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa

  A duck that breeds in eastern Siberia and winters in East Asia. In Hong Kong it is a scarce winter visitor to the Deep Bay area.

• Serra Antwren Formicivora serrana

  This small antwren occurs in southeastern Brazil. A studied coastal population of subspecies F. s. littoralis maintained territories.

• White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus

  It lives around wetlands in Central Asia and the Middle East, with pale sandy plumage and long yellow legs. In flight its wings show brown, black and white, and the tail is white. It is a very rare vagrant to Britain.

• Sand Lark Alaudala raytal

  The Sand Lark is a small lark found on riverbanks, salt-lake margins, and sandy coasts. Its sandy plumage blends with open ground.

• Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus

  This greenbul lives in forests from West to Central Africa. It moves in small groups and mixed flocks, gleaning arthropods from branches and thickets.

• Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera

  This starling inhabits grassland and scrub in eastern Africa. Adults have glossy blue-green and purple plumage with a long tail, and feed on fruit, insects, and other available food.

• Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri

  Meyer's Parrot lives in woodlands and savannas of central and eastern Africa. It has several subspecies whose plumage varies across the range.

• Green Thorntail Discosura conversii

  This small hummingbird occurs from Central America into western South America. Males are iridescent green with elongated pointed tail feathers; females have shorter tails and a white moustachial stripe.

• Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica

  The Mombasa Woodpecker lives in coastal forests of East Africa. It searches among trunks and leafy branches, feeding mainly on ants and their larvae.

• Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri

  This oriole inhabits dry forest and semi-open foothill woodland from Mexico into Central America. Adult males are conspicuously yellow and black.

• Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris

  The Sand-colored Nighthawk has sandy mottled plumage and occurs along rivers in the Peruvian Amazon region. It also forages above rivers during the day.

• Peruvian Recurvebill Syndactyla ucayalae

  It forages mainly in stands of Guadua bamboo, using a thick bill with an upturned lower mandible. In southeastern Peru it is rare and local, and is seen alone or in pairs.

• African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus

  This African swallow has a glossy blue-black back, a chestnut nape, and an orange-rufous rump. The color of the underparts varies by region.

• Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus

  The Chinese Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird often found in cover. It searches for berries, insects and other food in the morning and evening.

• Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus

  This medium-sized gull changes its head pattern between breeding and non-breeding plumage. It uses Andean lakes and rivers; in Chile, some move down to the coast in winter.

• Jamaican Owl Asio grammicus

  The Jamaican Owl lives on Jamaica. It uses habitats ranging from forest and farmland to parks, and takes small birds and animals as prey.

• Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus

  The Malachite Kingfisher has a blue crest and a rufous belly. It perches near water and dives to catch fish and other prey.

• Zapata Sparrow Torreornis inexpectata

  This sparrow has separated populations in Cuba. The nominate form at Zapata Swamp lives in sawgrass marsh; adults have a chestnut crown and white throat, and its diet changes with the seasons.

• Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht

  The Baglafecht Weaver is seen in pairs, small groups, or alone in the Kenyan highlands described by the Mpala field guide. It hangs a foliage-hidden nest from a branch or frond.

• Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris

  The rufous-necked wood rail has rich rufous plumage, olive-brown upperparts, and a gray patch on the upper back. In northwestern Peru it is fairly common in mangroves.