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• Half-collared Sparrow Arremon semitorquatus

  

  The Half-collared Sparrow inhabits the understory of montane forest and secondary growth in southeastern Brazil. Males have a yellow lower mandible and a broken breast band. A 2022 report recorded one bird singing at a forest edge.

• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus

  The Grey-headed Lapwing has a grey head, yellow legs, and a dark breast band; it breeds in Japan and northeastern China.

• Blue-winged Macaw Primolius maracana

  The Blue-winged Macaw is a green macaw with a red forehead that feeds on fruits and seeds.

• Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia

  The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a small bird whose adult male has golden cheeks against black plumage. Its breeding grounds are juniper-oak woodlands in central Texas.

• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

  A seabird of the northern Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. It glides over open water and gathers on coastal cliffs to breed.

• Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius

  The Golden Nightjar's sandy-golden plumage blends into the Sahel's dry ground. It rests on the ground by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis

  It has a green back and pale yellow underparts with dark spots. Males have red on the head, while females lack red on the head.

• Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni

  Ploceus pelzelni breeds in wetlands and also feeds in nearby trees and bushes. A breeding male has a black mask extending from the face to the throat, while the female lacks that mask.

• White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila

  The White-tipped Sicklebill inhabits humid forests from Central America to north-western South America. Its strongly downcurved bill helps it take nectar from Heliconia flowers.

• Niceforo's Wren Thryophilus nicefori

  This highly threatened wren occurs on the western slope of Colombia's northern Eastern Andes. It uses dry-forest understory and has also been recorded in shaded coffee and cacao plantations.

• White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus

  The White-tipped Swift occurs on northern South American tepuis and along the Andes. It flies over humid forest and feeds in small flocks.

• Flame-templed Babbler Dasycrotapha speciosa

  This babbler lives in forests on Panay and Negros. Its orange temple tufts and yellow breast stand out as it joins mixed-species flocks and searches for food in the forest.

• Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens

  The Glaucous-winged Gull is a large gull of Pacific shorelines. Adult wingtips are pale gray like the rest of the upperwing, and the bird searches coastlines for fish and crabs.

• Pompadour Green Pigeon Treron pompadora

  The Pompadour Green Pigeon is endemic to Sri Lanka. It eats fruit and seeds in rainforest and other wet woodland.

• Pied Triller Lalage nigra

  This triller lives in open woodland, including parks in Singapore. Males are black and white, females are gray and white, and it eats insects and small fruits.

• Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

  In the Singapore population, males have a blue body and conspicuous black nape; females are duller.

• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis

  The African Snipe probes soft, wet mud with its long bill. Its striped plumage helps it blend into wetlands and flooded grassland, where it feeds on invertebrates and other small prey.

• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

  A goose native to Africa that occurs near freshwater and in grassland. It eats grasses and plants near water.

• Benguela Long-billed Lark Certhilauda benguelensis

  This lark inhabits dry, stony grassland from Angola to northwestern Namibia. It searches the ground for small invertebrates and seeds.

• Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis

  This nocturnal owl varies from brown to rufous and hunts moths and other insects.

• Running Coua Coua cursor

  The Running Coua is a ground-dwelling bird of dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It walks while searching for insects and fallen fruit.

• Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans

  A black chest band marks the breeding plumage of this small prinia. In Namibia it searches for insects among branches and leaves in dry acacia scrub and other shrublands.

• Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis

  The Black-throated Laughingthrush lives in forests from southern China through Indochina. It usually moves in pairs or small groups and searches for food in the lower parts of trees and shrubs.

• Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea

  This thrush has a grey head and back, white wing bars, and spotted underparts. It occurs in montane forest on Luzon and Mindoro in the Philippines.