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• Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens

  

  The Black-browed Triller occurs in northern New Guinea and nearby islands. Males are boldly black and white; females are duller, and the species uses forest edges and middle to upper canopy.

• Javan Cochoa Cochoa azurea

  A thrush relative of Java's mountain forests. Males are conspicuously blue, and the bird keeps to the middle and upper forest canopy.

• Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys

  The Gray-breasted Wood-Wren forages in the understory of Andean montane forest. Its white eyebrow and gray throat and breast are useful field marks.

• White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala

  Males have a white head and blue bill, while females have stripes on the cheeks. These ducks eat insect larvae and plant seeds underwater.

• Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax castanea

  This antbird occurs in western Amazonia, including northern Peru. Males and females differ in their breast and wing markings, and forage in the understory of floodplain and terra firme forest.

• Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis

  A lark of dry Central Asian steppe. Males are conspicuously black, and a study in Kazakhstan recorded nests on the ground.

• Ruby-throated Bulbul Rubigula dispar

  This bulbul occurs on Sumatra, Java, and Bali. In forest and dense scrub, it uses the lower and middle storeys and gathers in small parties at fruiting trees.

• Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca

  The Micronesian Starling occurs on islands of the Mariana and Caroline archipelagos. The Guam subspecies is a cavity-nesting bird that feeds mainly on fruit.

• Blue-fronted Parrotlet Touit dilectissimus

  This small parrotlet occurs in forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. The ProAves article title says Blue-faced, but its text calls Touit dilectissimus the Blue-fronted Parakeet.

• Butterfly Coquette Lophornis verreauxii

  A small hummingbird of Amazonian forests. Males show a white rump band and ornamental feathers, while females have a pale facial stripe.

• Rusty-necked Piculet Picumnus fuscus

  This small woodpecker inhabits riverine lowland forest in northeastern Bolivia and west-central Brazil. Males have reddish-orange tips on the crown feathers.

• Bahama Oriole Icterus northropi

  This oriole is endemic to the Andros island complex in The Bahamas. It nests in palms around settlements, and a 2020 study also documented breeding in native pine forest.

• European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

  The European Nightjar rests on the ground by day, blending in with mottled plumage, then catches moths and other insects in flight at dusk.

• Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris

  This small ovenbird relative has a thin, straight bill and moves over trunks and branches. The Peru account places it in lowland Amazonian forest edges and secondary growth, with records to 500 m along the Andean foothills.

• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

  In Hong Kong, this swallow is recorded most often from autumn into winter. It flies over lowland fish ponds and catches insects in the air.

• Udzungwa Forest Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis

  The Udzungwa Forest Partridge was described from restricted montane forest in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. It walks on the forest floor in small groups while searching for food.

• Black-billed Gull Chroicocephalus bulleri

  The Black-billed Gull is a slender gull found only in New Zealand. It breeds on gravelly riverbeds and uses rivers or coasts at different times of year.

• Bearded Screech Owl Megascops barbarus

  This small owl is 16–20 cm long. It lives in highland pine, pine-oak, and cloud forest and is active at night.

• Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona

  The Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher is a kingfisher recorded on the Indonesian island of Java. A report describes observations along rocky rivers in Central Java.

• Rusty-bellied Brush Finch Atlapetes nationi

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

• Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae

  Katanga Masked-Weavers live in wetlands with reeds and nearby woodland. Breeding males have a black facial mask, and the width of the yellow forehead band varies by region.

• Auckland Rail Lewinia muelleri

  The Auckland Rail is a small, secretive rail remaining on two islands in New Zealand’s Auckland Islands.

• Spotted Crocias Laniellus albonotatus

  The Spotted Crocias is a forest bird of Java with a long tail and white throat. It moves in small groups through the upper parts of lower-montane forest.

• Duetting Giant-Honeyeater Gymnomyza brunneirostris

  The Duetting Giant-Honeyeater is endemic to Viti Levu, Fiji. It inhabits rainforest and feeds on nectar, insects, and caterpillars.