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• Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus

  

  The Violaceous Jay has a black head and face contrasting with a pale nape. In Bolivia it is recorded in small flocks near rivers and forest edges.

• Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor

  A gray-plumaged thrush of Central America. It keeps quietly to the understory of cloud forest and oak-pine woodland.

• Sombre Chat Oenanthe dubia

  Breeding has been confirmed in Djibouti. In 2020, family groups and recently fledged young were seen in rocky wadis with trees.

• Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina

  A ground-foraging bird restricted to a part of central Peru at 4,000–4,900 m. In flight, a dark band shows across its pale tail.

• Nanday Parakeet Aratinga nenday

  Its black face and long, blue-edged tail stand out. It nests in tree cavities and eats seeds, fruits, and other plant foods.

• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis

  The Savannah Sparrow lives in grasslands and is marked by a short tail and fine breast streaks. It eats more insects in the breeding season and more seeds in winter.

• Arfak Honeyeater Melipotes gymnops

  Dark grey to sooty black covers the head and upper breast, with yellow bare skin around the eyes. It forages mainly in the canopy for small fruits and insects.

• Plain-throated Antwren Isleria hauxwelli

  This small antwren forages in pairs near the forest floor in Amazonia and sometimes follows mixed-species flocks. Males are gray, while females are olive-brown above and rufous below.

• Tooth-billed Hummingbird Androdon aequatorialis

  The Tooth-billed Hummingbird is a hummingbird whose bill tips differ between the sexes. It searches for spiders and small insects, with occasional observations of nectar feeding.

• Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata

  On Madagascar, this flycatcher hunts insects and spiders in forests, edges, and gardens. Males change from a red immature plumage to a white adult morph, and their central tail feathers lengthen during breeding.

• Island Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus

  A swiftlet of Micronesian islands, with blackish-brown upperparts and dark grey-brown underparts. It nests in caves using plant material and saliva.

• Socotra Warbler Incana incana

  Endemic to Socotra, this small bird occurs widely in habitats with trees and shrubs. The museum description of an adult male records ashy-brown upperparts, pale underparts, and white tips and dark bands on the tail.

• Andaman Nightjar Caprimulgus andamanicus

  A nightjar resident on the Andaman Islands. It has a bold black central crown streak, a white throat, and dark bars on the tail.

• Tooth-billed Wren Odontorchilus cinereus

  This wren inhabits lowland forest south of the Amazon River in Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• Sulawesi Goshawk Lophospiza griseiceps

  The Sulawesi Goshawk is a hawk of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Its gray head and dark bars across the pale underside are useful clues to its appearance.

• Aldabra Fody Foudia aldabrana

  This small bird lives on Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles. Males have a bright red head, neck, and breast, sharply set off from a sulphur-yellow belly. Skerrett’s 1999 article also discusses the older name F. eminentissima aldabrana; this entry follows the pool name F. aldabrana.

• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides

  The Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a migratory cuckoo found at forest edges and in secondary growth. It breeds farther north, including around the Himalayas, and moves south into Southeast Asia for winter.

• Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera

  The Blue-winged Minla is a babbler with blue wings and a blue-gray head that moves in flocks through forest undergrowth.

• Slaty-backed gull Larus schistisagus

  A large gull that breeds mainly in Hokkaido within Japan.

• Black-banded Owl Strix huhula

  The Black-banded Owl is a nocturnal forest owl of South America. Its dark body is densely marked with wavy white bars.

• Black-crowned White-eye Zosterops atrifrons

  This small white-eye occurs in Indonesia. It has a green body, bold white eye-ring, black forehead, and yellow throat and undertail; it is seen in groups along forest edges and in cultivated areas.

• Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova

  This lark lives in open parts of Madagascar. Its pale-brown body has dark streaks, and it searches for seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Bornean Spiderhunter Arachnothera everetti

  The Bornean Spiderhunter inhabits lowland and submontane forest and forest edges in Borneo. It has an olive back and streaked grey underparts, and feeds mainly on understory nectar.

• Ash-throated Crake Mustelirallus albicollis

  This crake walks cautiously among wetland grasses and reeds while searching for insects and seeds. In Iberá, it is more often detected by its voice than seen.