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• Reunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus

  

  The Reunion Grey White-eye is endemic to Réunion. Highland populations contain grey and brown plumage morphs, and the species also uses gardens, cultivated areas, and savannas created by people.

• Böhm's Flycatcher Muscicapa boehmi

  A flycatcher of miombo and other woodlands in south-central Africa. The sexes are similar, and the pale throat and breast carry dark triangular marks.

• New Guinea Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx solitarius

  This small kingfisher has blue upperparts and honey-colored underparts. It ranges across New Guinea and nearby islands; a Raja Ampat account records it inside forest.

• Three-striped Hemispingus Microspingus trifasciatus

  This tanager inhabits high-elevation forest on the eastern Andes. It takes small invertebrates and sometimes joins mixed-species flocks.

• Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

  The Black Skimmer is a waterbird of American coasts, estuaries, and lagoons. It catches small fish by flying just above the water with its longer lower bill cutting the surface.

• Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti

  This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera

  The Fine-spotted Woodpecker is a medium-sized, green-backed woodpecker. Males and females differ in head pattern, and the amount of spotting below varies across its range.

• Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina

  The Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher is a small bird naturally found on La Digue in Seychelles. It lives in forest, and birds have also been translocated to other islands.

• Sykes's Lark Galerida deva

  This lark ranges from pale to warm buff and is relatively unmarked. It has a short, thick bill and a complex song, and lives on the ground in dry stony and scrubby country in India.

• Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi

  This weaver is endemic to Madagascar and is associated especially with humid forest in the east and north. It is usually alone or in pairs and eats insects and spiders as well as some fruit and nectar.

• Romblon Boobook Ninox spilonotus

  An owl recorded on Tablas and Sibuyan in the Philippines. The studied island birds had a relatively plain head pattern.

• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima

  The Alpine Thrush is about 25–27 cm long. It breeds on rocky ground above the tree line and moves to lower elevations outside the breeding season.

• Klages's Antbird Drymophila klagesi

  Klages's Antbird lives in montane forest from northern Venezuela to eastern Colombia. Pairs forage in bamboo and dense lower growth for insects and other small prey.

• Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi

  Cabanis's Greenbul is about 16–19 cm long. The account lists primary and secondary forest, gallery forest, riverine scrub, and ravine vegetation among its habitats. It also lists a sound record from Kakamega Forest Reserve in Kenya.

• Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus

  The Three-banded Rosefinch is a long-tailed finch with white wing markings. The male is dark pink, while the female is mainly brown.

• Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala

  The Yellow-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with yellow on its head. The extent of yellow varies among subspecies.

• Brown Bush-hen Zapornia akool

  A rail of wet grass and marsh edges, with brown upperparts and a gray face and breast. It searches for food in damp cover.

• Antioquia Wren Thryophilus sernai

  This wren is known from the dry Cauca River canyon in northwestern Colombia. Its description paper records small patches of semideciduous forest and dry scrub, often along watercourses, and calls it uncommon within its range.

• Stresemann's Bush Crow Zavattariornis stresemanni

  Stresemann's Bush Crow is a crow found in a restricted area of southern Ethiopia. It has a gray body with black wings and tail, and searches the ground for insects.

• Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina

  The Hooded Warbler is a small bird of low vegetation in eastern North American forests. Breeding males have a black hood.

• South African Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon spilodera

  The South African Cliff Swallow has a glossy blue-black back and a squared tail. The reddish-brown rump and chest vary with plumage condition. It migrates between southern African breeding areas and wintering grounds in the Congo Basin.

• 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.

• Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi

  This African sunbird visits flowering trees in damp highland forest. A historical account records metallic green breeding plumage and a vivid red breast band in the adult male.