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• Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus

  

  This small bird occurs in savannas and miombo woodland in central and eastern Africa. It has a dark gray head, barred underparts, and orange eyes.

• Izu Thrush Turdus celaenops

  The Izu Thrush is a thrush found on the Izu Islands and other Japanese islands. Males stand out with a black head and breast and orange belly and flanks.

• Brown-capped Rosy Finch Leucosticte australis

  The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch breeds high in the central Rocky Mountains and descends to nearby lower elevations in winter to find seeds and insects. Males show pinkish markings on the wings and rump that are less evident in females.

• Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae

  This minivet ranges from Japan's Ryukyu Islands through Kyushu to western Honshu. Males have a narrow white forehead band that is nearly absent in females.

• Shiny Whistling Thrush Myophonus melanurus

  This thrush is found in the mountains of Sumatra. Its black plumage has deep blue glossed spots, and it forages on the ground and in the lower levels of moist forest.

• Canyon Towhee Melozone fusca

  A large warm-brown sparrow of dry scrub and yards in the Desert Southwest, it often searches through leaf litter on the ground.

• Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta

  The Glossy Swiftlet is a small swiftlet with a square tail and a blue sheen on its upperparts. It catches insects in flight and often uses low airspace over forests, streams, and clearings.

• Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis

  A large eagle of open steppe and semidesert, migrating between Eurasian breeding grounds and wintering areas in Africa and Asia.

• Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana

  This honeyeater has a black body, yellow-orange bare skin around the eye, and a long, curved, two-coloured bill. It feeds on nectar and insects in dense forests in southern New Caledonia.

• Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens

  The male has blue plumage and a dark face. This paradise flycatcher occurs on Palawan and the Calamian Islands in the southwestern Philippines, where it catches flying insects in primary and secondary forest.

• Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera

  The Black Saw-wing is a dark swallow with a long forked tail. It flies over forests and plantations and is native to wooded parts of Africa. The amount of pale color on the underwing varies geographically.

• Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens

  The male has a blue-black back and black throat, while the female is olive-brown. It breeds in eastern North America and winters in the Caribbean.

• Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia

  This ovenbird occurs in southern South America, where it searches for food on tree trunks and branches.

• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

  The Brown-headed Gull develops a brown head in breeding plumage. It moves between its breeding range and wintering areas with the seasons.

• Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda

  This small antbird ranges from eastern Peru to northern Bolivia and southern Amazonian Brazil. It lives near water in flooded or gallery forest and swamps; males are gray with a black bib and broad white tail tips.

• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus

  The Asian Dowitcher probes wetland mud with its long bill and moves between breeding and wintering areas.

• Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus

  This greenbul is marked by pale whitish eyes. It searches forest canopies and thickets, eating fruit as well as other foods.

• Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola

  A waxbill widespread from western to eastern Africa. It searches grassy savanna for seeds and is marked by a red bill and rump with a fawn breast.

• White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis

  The White-necked Petrel is a large seabird marked by a white collar and black cap. It feeds mainly on squid at sea and migrates to the North Pacific.

• African Black Coucal Centropus grillii

  The African Black Coucal walks through wet grassland in search of small animals. Breeding adults have a black body and chestnut wings.

• Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni

  Actinodura egertoni lives in montane forest along the Himalayas. It has an orangish wash on the front of the face and a white belly, and forages in pairs or small flocks.

• Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis

  Chuck-will's-widow is a nocturnal bird whose mottled brown plumage blends into woodland. It catches flying insects at night, breeding in North America and moving south for winter.

• Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus

  The Northern Red Bishop changes markedly in the male's breeding plumage. Flocks feed mainly on seeds in wet grasslands and marshes.

• Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri

  A green parakeet native to South America, with yellow wing feathers. It eats seeds, fruit, and flowers, and nests in tree-dwelling termite mounds.