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• Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta

  

  The Southern Citril is recorded in Tanzania, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. A survey in Niassa found small groups in mountain habitats, including one larger evening gathering.

• Santarem Parakeet Pyrrhura amazonum

  The bird described as the Santarém Conure is a small, mostly green parakeet with a blue band before the eye and reddish patches on the belly and tail.

• White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata

  The White-tailed Starfrontlet is a hummingbird known for the male’s white tail and the sexes’ different underside colors. It lives in humid mountain forest.

• Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus velutinus

  This cuckoo has a glossy black, slender body and a flared tail. It lives in lowland and foothill forests of the Philippines and searches for insects in the canopy.

• White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata

  This honeyeater lives in woodland and forest on mainland Australia. A white neck plume is its key mark, and it feeds in tree crowns and shrubs.

• Tawny-browed Owl Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana

  The Tawny-browed Owl hunts from trees at night in the Atlantic Forest region.

• 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.

• Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris

  A small sunbird with a narrow blue-purple band on the male's breast, seen in forests and gardens in eastern South Africa.

• Puerto Rican Oriole Icterus portoricensis

  The Puerto Rican Oriole is an oriole endemic to the island of Puerto Rico.

• Rusty-bellied Brush Finch Atlapetes nationi

  This brush finch occurs in scrub on the western Peruvian Andes. The rusty belly varies among populations.

• Bald-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii

  A forest-floor rail of Sulawesi and Peleng. It has a rich chestnut back, black underparts, and a patch of blue bare skin behind the eye.

• Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops

  This small plover lives around fresh water in Australasia. It has a black face pattern and breast band with chestnut shoulder feathers. It walks along the water's edge looking for insects and small molluscs.

• 'Elepaio Chasiempis sandwichensis

  This forest bird is endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Adults are dark brown above and white below, and the throat differs between males and females. It searches foliage for small arthropods and also catches prey in flight.

• Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea

  The Blue Petrel is a small seabird with a blue-gray back, a dark eye mask, and a white belly. It feeds at sea and carries food to its chick at a breeding site.

• Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

  The Southern Rough-winged Swallow catches insects in flight over open country and near water in Central and South America.

• Hispaniolan Palm Crow Corvus palmarum

  The Hispaniolan Palm Crow is a small, all-black crow found on Hispaniola. It eats fruit and invertebrates and often comes down to the ground to feed.

• Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro

  The Yellow-billed Kingfisher inhabits forest on New Guinea and on Australia's Cape York Peninsula. It watches for prey from low branches.

• Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens

  A small, pale lark that runs along the ground while feeding in dry, open country. It can be hard to distinguish from similar short-toed larks where their ranges meet.

• Barred Honey Buzzard Pernis celebensis

  The Sulawesi Honey-buzzard is a small raptor from Sulawesi and the Banggai Islands. Adults have a rufous, streaked breast and a barred belly.

• Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus

  This tiny brown wren often holds its short tail upright and hops like a mouse over logs and roots while searching for food. It inhabits forests of western North America and takes insects near the ground.

• 'Oma'o Myadestes obscurus

  The ‘Ōma‘o is a Hawaiian solitaire endemic to Hawaiʻi Island. Its subdued plumage is olive-brown and gray; it often perches quietly and is detected by song. It eats fruit, flowers, and invertebrates.

• Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula

  The Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer is a nectar-feeding bird of the Mesoamerican highlands. Three allopatric subspecies are recognized, with genetic and plumage differences across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.

• Montane Widowbird Euplectes psammacromius

  Males have yellow wing patches that can act as signals in territorial contests. In a field experiment in southern Tanzania, males whose patches were blackened more often lost territories or contests.

• Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota

  The Rufous-backed Stipplethroat is a small bird of tropical South American forests. Males have a rufous back and white spots on the black throat.