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• Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica

  

  This small lark occurs in southwestern Arabia and the northern Horn of Africa. Its crown is rufous and is sometimes raised into a small crest.

• Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus

  The Red-tailed Greenbul inhabits forests of western and central Africa. Its white beard-like feathering and reddish tail are distinctive.

• Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis

  The Chestnut-cheeked Starling breeds in Japan and Sakhalin and moves south for the winter. Males have chestnut cheek patches, and the species eats insects and fruit.

• White-breasted Parakeet Pyrrhura albipectus

  This small parakeet was studied in montane forests of southern Ecuador. Flocks use fruiting trees.

• Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina

  A 19th-century account describes this hummingbird in the mountains of New Granada and Ecuador and reports that it visits flowers. The plumage and behavior below come from that historical account.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Forbes's Blackbird Anumara forbesi

  Forbes’s Blackbird is a dark bird found in two separate parts of Brazil. It has a long tail and short wings, and the red inside its mouth can show when it sings.

• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus

  The Indian Nightjar is a night bird with a complex mottled pattern.

• Band-tailed Hornero Furnarius figulus

  A white eyebrow, rusty bars on the wings, and a rufous tail with black tips help identify it. It is recorded in open farmland with bushes, often near water.

• Tumbes Swallow Tachycineta stolzmanni

  The Tumbes Swallow has glossy blue upperparts, a white rump and belly, and a squared tail. It is uncommon within its restricted range in north-western Peru and also occurs in Ecuador, foraging close to the ground.

• Red-bellied Hill Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris

  The Red-bellied Hill Partridge lives in Sumatra's moist montane forests and searches for food on the forest floor among fallen leaves.

• Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

  A North American tern of wetlands and coasts whose head pattern changes between breeding and nonbreeding plumage.

• Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis

  The Choco Screech-Owl is a small owl found from Panama through Colombia to western Ecuador. It occurs in gray and rufous phases, and a row of white spots is visible on the folded wing.

• Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala

  The Grey-headed Kingfisher is a migratory kingfisher that hunts insects in woodland south of the Sahara, diving to the ground from a perch.

• Sooty-capped Bush Tanager Chlorospingus pileatus

  This bird lives in mountain forest in Costa Rica and Panama. Its dark head and white eyebrow stand out as it moves in small groups through the understorey.

• Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi

  This weaver occurs patchily in central and eastern Africa, using swampy grassland and nearby cultivated areas. The male's tail and plumage change with breeding phase.

• White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri

  The White-throated Rail has a white throat and chestnut breast. The Aldabra subspecies has short wings and is flightless.

• Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa

  Its blackish-brown breast has pale scaling, and it has a white eye with dark wings and tail. In Central African moist shrubland it is usually seen in pairs or small groups and eats invertebrates and fruit.

• Tawny Straightbill Timeliopsis griseigula

  This New Guinean honeyeater has been observed in mixed flocks of brown birds, and field accounts describe it hanging upside down to probe leaves.

• Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica

  The Westland Petrel breeds around Punakaiki on New Zealand's South Island. It has dark plumage and a yellow bill with a dark tip, and is mainly nocturnal at its breeding colony.

• Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei

  This thrush lives in forest and rocky habitats in Madagascar. The 2016 guide describes different settings for eastern and northern birds and the western form formerly called bensoni.

• Javan Green Magpie Cissa thalassina

  The Javan Green Magpie is a corvid whose adult green plumage contrasts with the blue feathers of newly hatched young. It eats insects and lizards in Java's mountain forests.

• Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima

  Found from Mexico to Panama, this bird occurs in damp cloud forest and woodland edges. Males are mainly blue and orange, while females are mainly green.

• Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala

  Nine subspecies are listed for the Black-headed Apalis. The account gives a general species description of a dark back, white underparts, long tail, and orange bill; females are duller than males.