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• Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis

  

  An older account describes male nominate Himalayan Cutias as flocking in high-elevation forest in summer and moving lower in winter.

• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae

  The New Zealand Scaup is a diving duck. Large flocks can gather along lakeshores, sometimes close to people.

• Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda

  This small hummingbird lives in humid highland forest on the eastern Andes. Adult males and females differ in tail and throat color.

• Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper Upucerthia saturatior

  This earthcreeper inhabits Patagonian forest. A primary study distinguishes it from the related open-country species by traits including its short black bill and breeding habitat.

• Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani

  A pheasant found in southeastern Tibet and one locality in northeastern India. Its blue-gray plumage, white throat band and long, drooping tail are distinctive.

• Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

  The Pantanal Snipe has fine streaks on its head and back, with a pale center to its belly. It stays inconspicuous in marshes and muddy places.

• Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta

  The Bar-breasted Firefinch has pink markings on the face and belly. It ranges from western Africa to parts of eastern Africa and forages in grassland and savanna near rivers.

• Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla

  The Field Sparrow is marked by a rusty crown, white eye-ring, and pink bill. It uses grassland and scrub, and males sing from early spring into summer.

• Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

  The Western Kingbird has a gray back, yellow belly, and white edges on the tail. From an exposed perch in open country, it sallies after flying insects.

• Mindoro Racket-tail Prioniturus mindorensis

  The Mindoro Racket-tail is a green parrot from Mindoro Island in the Philippines. The 1890 original description records a violet crown and nape and yellow-green face on an adult male.

• Pallid Dove Leptotila pallida

  This brown-toned dove has white tips on its tail. It uses humid forest and older secondary growth, walking on the ground to feed on plant seeds and other material.

• Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques

  The Ruby-throated Myzomela lives in forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males have an iridescent red throat patch, and the species mainly feeds on nectar.

• Boyd's Shearwater Puffinus boydi

  Boyd's Shearwater breeds on the Cape Verde Islands. Its back and wings are dark, its underside is white, and it takes small fish and cephalopods at sea.

• Orange Oriole Icterus auratus

  The Orange Oriole occurs on the Yucatán Peninsula and in northern Belize. It uses waterside forest edges and open woodland; males show orange and black plumage with white wing bars.

• Kosrae White-eye Zosterops cinereus

  This grey white-eye lives on Kosrae. Adults lack the olive-brown back and flanks of the related Pohnpei bird and have a thin white eye-ring. Small flocks forage in forest, mangroves and other terrestrial habitats.

• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra

  The Whinchat is a small migratory bird found in grassland and scrub. In Britain it breeds in summer and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Blue-black Kingfisher Todiramphus nigrocyaneus

  This kingfisher lives in lowland forest on New Guinea and nearby islands. Along forested waters, it looks for fish and crabs.

• Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Microspingus alticola

  This small bird is restricted to a limited part of the northern Peruvian Andes. It searches for food in Polylepis woodland and nearby scrub.

• Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

  Adults of the South American nominate subspecies show a pale grey hood in breeding plumage.

• Orange Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus

  The male has a black head and back with orange-red underparts and rump. The female is mostly gray and yellow. It searches for insects among trees.

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

  The Greater Coucal has red eyes, glossy black plumage and chestnut wings. In Singapore it often hides in dense forest undergrowth and gives a deep booming call.

• White-winged Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucopterus

  The White-winged Woodpecker occurs in Central Asia, including Kyrgyzstan. Breeding-plumage males have a red nape mark, and the local account describes nesting in tree cavities in Kyrgyzstan.

• Kai Monarch Symposiachrus leucurus

  A black-and-white monarch restricted to Indonesia's Kai Islands. Adults are black, with a white lower chest, belly, and outer tail feathers.

• Raso Lark Alauda razae

  The Raso Lark is a small lark known from Raso Islet in Cabo Verde. In 2018, BirdLife reported a translocation to Santa Luzia, part of its historical range.