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• African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis

  

  This wetland bird has long legs, a red bill and frontal shield, and a blue-violet body. It feeds on plant material in slow-moving waters with tall aquatic vegetation.

• Great Myna Acridotheres grandis

  The Great Myna is a dark myna with a prominent crest, yellow bill, and white vent. It forages in open places such as grasslands, fields, and parks, often with other mynas and starlings.

• Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus

  The Southern Brown-throated Weaver builds its nest in reedbeds by water. The breeding male is bright yellow with a chestnut face and throat.

• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica

  This shorebird breeds along Arctic and subarctic coasts. Outside the breeding season, it probes coastal mud and sand with its long bill.

• Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus

  The Chestnut-capped Blackbird lives in South American wetlands. The male has a black body with a rufous-brown head, neck, and chest; the female is olive-brown with black streaks.

• Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi

  The Peruvian Martin is a swallow recorded along the coasts and lowlands of Peru and Chile. It catches insects in the air and nests in holes in cliffs, trees, and buildings.

• Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi

  The Golden-winged Sunbird lives in the mountains of East Africa. It visits flowers for nectar and may make seasonal movements between elevations.

• Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda

  This sparrow occurs from Mexico through Central America. Dry shrubland is its main habitat, with additional records from grassland, pasture, farmland, and woodland.

• Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudacutus

  This ovenbird ranges across northern South America and the Amazon region. It has a reddish-brown face and dark brown crown and lives in tropical lowland evergreen forest. It digs a tunnel into an earth bank and builds its nest cup at the far end.

• Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis

  The Mongolian Short-toed Lark is a small lark that breeds in dry sandy steppe in eastern Mongolia. It has brown upperparts and warm rufous-buff on the sides of the breast.

• Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides

  This hummingbird occurs in Andean cloud forest. Females resemble males but have more green spotting below, and their pink throat patch may be smaller or absent.

• Hainan Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus hainanus

  This leaf-warbler occurs only on Hainan Island, China. Its deep yellow underparts and white outer tail feathers are described in the species paper.

• La Selle Thrush Turdus swalesi

  The La Selle Thrush lives in highland forest on Hispaniola. Its two subspecies occupy separate areas of the island; adults of the nominate subspecies have a black head and back and reddish-brown underparts.

• Golden-fronted Whitestart Myioborus ornatus

  The Golden-fronted Whitestart has a restricted range in the Colombian Andes and far western Venezuela. It moves through different forest levels and flashes white on its tail.

• Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus

  A sexually dimorphic antshrike found mainly in central and eastern Brazil, with records extending into northeastern Bolivia and Paraguay.

• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi

  The White-winged Scoter is a large sea duck with bold white patches in its wings. It searches for shellfish near coasts in winter and breeds around northern lakes.

• Black Lory Chalcopsitta atra

  The Black Lory has several subspecies; subspecies atra is black with a violet-blue rump. This entry limits its range to subspecies atra in West Papua, Indonesia.

• Madagascar Coucal Centropus toulou

  In breeding plumage, the Madagascar Coucal is black with rufous-chestnut on the lower back and wings. It occurs on Madagascar and Aldabra.

• Yellow-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus galbanus

  The Yellow-throated Laughingthrush has a black facial mask and yellow belly. Around northeast India, it searches the ground in forest undergrowth and scrub.

• Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis

  This large swift has long, pointed wings and catches insects in flight. It is recorded in Hong Kong as a passage migrant.

• Square-tailed Kite Lophoictinia isura

  This kite has a white face with black streaks and a large white patch at the base of its long wings. It hunts small birds, especially nestlings, and insects in the canopy.

• Buff-bridled Inca Finch Incaspiza laeta

  This Inca finch occurs in Peru’s middle and upper Marañón drainage. Its grey head, black face, and broad buff cheek stripes are distinctive.

• Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica

  This seabird forages in waters around Antarctica. Its dark wings have broad white trailing edges, and it gathers at sea and rests on icebergs.

• Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla

  The Senegal Eremomela is recorded in open woodland and savanna in northern Ghana. A field study described it searching foliage and the ground for insects.