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• Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

  

  The Harris's Hawk is distinguished by reddish shoulders and legs and a dark tail with white bands.

• Javan Woodcock Scolopax saturata

  The Javan Woodcock inhabits damp montane forests of Java and Sumatra. It probes the forest floor with its long bill, and observations on Java recorded display behaviour at dawn and dusk.

• Indian Bush Lark Plocealauda erythroptera

  This lark inhabits dry lowlands in India and southeastern Pakistan. A pale eyebrow, heavily streaked upperparts, and a spotted breast help identify it.

• Outcrop Sabrewing Campylopterus calcirupicola

  The original paper described it as a distinct species in the Campylopterus largipennis complex and compared it with Diamantina Sabrewing: it is smaller and has longer pale tail tips. eBird later changed its English name from Dry-forest Sabrewing to Outcrop Sabrewing.

• Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis

  This antwren lives in humid forests from Central America into northern South America. Males are black with white wing markings; females have a slate-gray back and rufous underparts.

• White-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia albigula

  This earthcreeper is recorded on the western slope of the Andes in Peru. It has rufous-brown upperparts and tail, a whitish throat, and a down-curved black bill, and forages among scattered rocks and sparse scrub.

• Sooty Grouse Dendragapus fuliginosus

  Males have a yellow comb against a slate-blue head, while females are browner. In Southeast Alaska’s wet evergreen forests, their foods change with the seasons.

• Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii

  This parrot occurs only on Norfolk Island. Its bright green body is set off by a red forehead and forecrown and pale blue wing tips.

• 'Alala Corvus hawaiiensis

  The ‘Alalā, or Hawaiian Crow, is a medium-sized dark crow that formerly occurred naturally in dry and semi-dry forests on Hawai‘i Island.

• Tocuyo Sparrow Arremonops tocuyensis

  A sparrow of dry scrub and forest edges in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.

• Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis

  This woodpecker inhabits forests of the Amazon Basin. Males have red on the head, females lack red on the head, and both sexes have red wing spots.

• Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis

  The Brown Fish Owl is a large owl whose range extends from Turkey and the Middle East through India and parts of Southeast Asia to southeastern China.

• Galapagos Flycatcher Myiarchus magnirostris

  The Galapagos Flycatcher lives in island forests and feeds mainly on insects, as well as fruit and flowers. It nests in cavities in trees and cacti.

• Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis

  An Old World flycatcher of miombo woodland with large trees. It feeds actively on the ground and sings conspicuously while defending its territory in spring.

• Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila

  The Chestnut-collared Swift catches flying insects above mountain forests and open areas. Males have a rufous collar; in females and young birds it may be incomplete or absent.

• Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus

  The Little Weaver lives in African savanna and open woodland. A breeding male has a black facial mask, and the bird is often seen alone.

• Grey-throated Sunbird Anthreptes griseigularis

  The Grey-throated Sunbird is a small Philippine endemic recorded in lowland woods, mangroves, coastal second growth, and coconut groves.

• Streaked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron lineatum

  This laughingthrush has fine grey and rufous streaks. It often moves on the ground among shrubs and forest edges around the Himalayas.

• Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata

  The Orinoco Goose is a terrestrial grazer of wetlands and grasslands near fresh water. Its pale gray-buff head and neck contrast with reddish legs, back, and belly.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica

  The Pacific Swallow has dark, blue-glossed upperparts and a shallow forked tail. It catches insects in flight and ranges from Southeast Asia to New Guinea and the Society Islands.

• St. Lucia Oriole Icterus laudabilis

  An oriole endemic to St. Lucia. Black plumage is sharply set off by russet-orange patches, and it has a long, slender bill.

• Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis

  This small bird lives in sub-Saharan African savanna and open woodland. It has a grey-tinged olive back and a belly whose yellow varies in intensity, and it moves actively among foliage.

• Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus

  A thrush of eastern African highlands, recorded in forest, scrub, inland wetlands and human-modified habitats. BirdLife International’s 2016 assessment classifies it as an altitudinal migrant.

• Chatham Petrel Pterodroma axillaris

  The Chatham Petrel breeds in the Chatham Islands, moves over the sea to feed, and nests in burrows in the ground.