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• Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops

  

  The Red-faced Cisticola lives by water and in marshes, searching for insects in low vegetation. At the Namibian sites described, it has pale olive-gray upperparts and a white throat.

• Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica

  Chimney Swifts catch insects in flight and cling to the inside walls of chimneys or tree cavities when they rest.

• Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus

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

• Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus

  Its black crest and yellow bill stand out. It also occurs in city parks and agricultural areas in Hong Kong.

• Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres

  A large vulture with a pale body and bare bluish-grey head and neck. It feeds on carrion in southern Africa and nests on cliffs.

• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides

  A small leaf warbler that searches forests for insects. It uses higher-elevation forest in the breeding season and is known to move to lower ground in winter.

• Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides

  The Long-tailed Sibia has a very long white-tipped tail and a white wing patch. It lives in forests from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia and feeds on insects, fruits, and other foods in the canopy.

• Common Eider Somateria mollissima

  A large sea duck of northern rocky coasts that dives for mussels and other shellfish.

• Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola

  The Purple-throated Sunangel is about 11–12 cm long. It feeds on nectar by day in forest and at forest edges in the Andes.

• Parker's Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpecula

  A small ovenbird of islands in the Amazon river system. It uses young grass and scrub and searches trunks and branches for small arthropods.

• Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis

  The Orange River Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of dry grassland in southern Africa. It has a striking black-and-white pattern from the sides of the neck toward the throat, and the sexes have similar plumage.

• Little Curlew Numenius minutus

  A small wader with mottled brown and white plumage. It breeds in northern Eurasia and migrates to northern Australia for winter.

• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala

  Males have noticeable red plumage, while females are mostly brown. Their plumage differs by sex.

• Volcano Junco Junco vulcani

  The Volcano Junco lives near volcanic summits in Costa Rica and western Panama. Adults have grey underparts and a black eye mask, and search for seeds and insects on the ground.

• White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus

  This small bird occurs in forest in southern Amazonian Peru and adjacent Bolivia. It has olive upperparts and pale, grey-streaked underparts.

• Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis

  The Blue-naped Parrot is a green parrot native to Philippine islands and Indonesia's Talaud Islands. The pattern of blue on the head and back varies by subspecies.

• Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana

  The Ruddy Quail-Dove is a shy dove of tropical forests that searches for food on the forest floor.

• Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor

  This Australian bird lives in dry inland areas and open country in the west and south. Adult males stand out with red on the head, breast and rump and a black facial mask.

• 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.

• Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca

  This meadowlark inhabits open country in southern South America. The male's red breast is conspicuous, and the species nests on the ground.

• Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus

  The Bridled White-eye occurs in the Mariana Islands. The living population around Saipan has olive-green upperparts and a white ring around each eye.

• Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides

  This wheatear has a white crown and a black facial mask that extends onto the wings. It is resident in the deserts and rocky hills of southern Arabia, where it feeds mainly on fruit and insects.

• Mariana Kingfisher Todiramphus albicilla

  The Mariana Kingfisher was recorded in a forest-bird survey on Tinian. A sample collected on Saipan is described as white-headed in a phylogenetic study.

• Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii

  The Blue-and-black Tanager ranges along the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. It is mostly blue with black wings and tail and occurs in Andean scrub and elfin forest edges.