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• Golden-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron ngoclinhense

  

  This laughingthrush is restricted to a few mountains in central Vietnam. It forages on the ground in montane evergreen forest understory and has golden wing markings.

• Australian Pipit Anthus australis

  The Australian Pipit forages on the ground in open country across Australia.

• Cream-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albiventris

  This cinclodes occurs in the high Andes. It has a brown back, pale eyebrow, spotted breast and pale wing stripe, and walks on the ground to forage in grassland and by water.

• White-bellied Bush Chat Saxicola gutturalis

  The White-bellied Bush Chat lives on Timor and nearby islands. It uses open habitats with scattered trees, and males and females differ in plumage.

• Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata

  The Yellow-streaked Lory is a lowland parrot from the New Guinea region. Yellow streaks mark its darker plumage, while the color of the forehead and other details vary among subspecies.

• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides

  The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler breeds from Sakhalin through the northern Japanese islands and winters south into Southeast Asia. In Hong Kong it occurs mainly during autumn passage, using the lower layers of woodland and shrubs.

• Hawaii Amakihi Chlorodrepanis virens

  This small Hawaiian honeycreeper is common on Hawaii, Maui, and Molokai and rare on Lanai. Males are bright yellow, females yellowish green, and birds move among leaves in search of nectar, insects, and fruit.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Marvelous Spatuletail Loddigesia mirabilis

  The Marvelous Spatuletail is a hummingbird whose male has racket-shaped ornaments at the ends of its tail feathers. It visits flowers for nectar, and males use the tail in courtship.

• Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris

  A cuckoo of Hispaniola and nearby islands, it uses its long tail as it searches among branches for lizards and large insects.

• Gray-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi

  Parks Australia's Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park account describes a bird with a gray head and yellow belly that eats mostly insects. Groups of five or more are often seen in mulga gorges and rocky riverbeds.

• Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius

  A small owl native only to Cyprus. It may sit still on a branch by day and hunts invertebrates at night.

• Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii

  The Sooty Gull lives along coasts around the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Breeding adults have dark, sooty gray-brown plumage and search the shore for fish and other food.

• Flame-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris solaris

  The male has a glossy blue-green throat and forehead with a vivid orange breast and belly. The species lives alone or in pairs in open woodland and scrub of lowlands and low hills.

• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis

  This black oriole with a yellow shoulder mark is recorded in the Peruvian Amazon.

• Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris

  This resident sparrow lives in the forest understory of South America. It uses dry Chaco forest, moist Atlantic Forest and river gallery forest, feeding on fruit, grain and invertebrates.

• Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata

  This waterbird lives in marshes and ponds across the Americas. It swims and walks on floating plants with its long toes.

• Double-banded Plover Charadrius bicinctus

  This small plover occurs on New Zealand's beaches, estuaries and riverbeds. Its chestnut breast band changes with season, and many inland breeders move to the coast after breeding.

• Tanimbar Monarch Carterornis castus

  This small monarch flycatcher lives in Tanimbar forest. Its black-and-white pattern is striking, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

  A seabird that breeds in the Kaikōura mountains of New Zealand's South Island. It feeds at sea and moves to Australia in winter.

• Rufous-bellied Swallow Cecropis badia

  A swallow with rich rufous, unstreaked underparts that uses open habitats such as grassland and feeds on invertebrates.

• Transvolcanic Jay Aphelocoma ultramarina

  The Transvolcanic Jay lives in highland forests along Mexico's central volcanic belt. Its blue-gray plumage and flocks of several to a few dozen birds are characteristic.

• North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx melanurus

  This small kingfisher lives in the northern Philippines. It is difficult to see in forest understory and feeds on insects, spiders, and other small invertebrates.

• 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.