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• Chapman's Swift Chaetura chapmani

  

  This small, sooty-colored swift catches insects while flying above forests and forest edges.

• Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana

  This very small cisticola occurs in dry scrub and grassland in East Africa. It is about 9–10 cm long and feeds on small invertebrates near the ground.

• Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi

  Bates's Nightjar is a forest bird of western and central Africa. Its dark mottled plumage blends into its surroundings, and it hunts insects in dim light.

• Apolinar's Wren Cistothorus apolinari

  This small wren lives in high Andean wetlands of Colombia. It has dark streaks on its brown back and searches among marsh plants for insects and other small prey.

• Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae

  Frances's Sparrowhawk is a small hawk endemic to Madagascar. Females are larger than males, and the birds dash from open perches to catch prey.

• Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris

  A breeding-plumage male Zanzibar Red Bishop shows a red crown and forehead above mostly black underparts. It feeds on seeds in wet grass, and nest and female records are documented in Tanzania.

• Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus

  A very long tail and heavy barring mark this cuckoo. It hides in dense woodland and is often located by its voice.

• Black-faced Babbler Turdoides melanops

  Black-faced Babblers are social. In Namibia, records are concentrated near the Kavango River, in thickets and places with high canopy and long grass; birds forage on the ground and through fallen leaves.

• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

  A tern that travels from Arctic breeding grounds to Antarctic waters with the seasons. In Britain, it breeds along northern coasts.

• Forest Owlet Athene blewitti

  A small, diurnal owl of localized forests in central and western India. Its plumage helps distinguish it from similar owls.

• Sulphur White-eye Zosterops minutus

  This small white-eye lives on Lifou in New Caledonia. It has a white eye-ring, uses open places near settlements and cultivated land, and eats insects and fruit.

• Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima

  The Tibetan Lark occurs on the Tibetan Plateau and was first documented in northwestern Nepal in 2015. Flocks have been observed in high-elevation grassland.

• Crimson-backed Sunbird Leptocoma minima

  The Crimson-backed Sunbird is a small bird endemic to India's Western Ghats. A breeding male has a purple throat and crimson rump, and the species feeds on nectar and small prey.

• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides

  The slaty-legged crake hides near the ground in dense forest and gives its loud calls at night.

• Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni

  The Tropical Shearwater dives for small fish and squid and breeds in burrows on islands. In Seychelles it has breeding sites on several islands.

• Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis

  The Black-throated Canary has a yellow rump and a black throat mark that varies in prominence and can be absent. It forages in small flocks on grass and weed seeds.

• Burmese Myna Acridotheres burmannicus

  The Burmese myna is a starling with a pale crest and wine-colored chest. It searches for insects on the ground in groups.

• Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii

  The Chestnut-capped Warbler is associated with forest and second-growth habitat in Central America. A 2020 paper treated the delattrii group as a subspecies group of the Rufous-capped Warbler and compared its adult plumage and range.

• Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus

  The Glittering Kingfisher, also called the white-rumped kingfisher, has a red bill and white belly and rump. It lives in forest and wooded cultivated areas in the Lesser Sundas and eats insects.

• Atoll Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coralensis

  The Atoll Fruit Dove has a pink to purple crown and yellow belly. It lives in Tuamotu atoll forests and coconut groves, eating fruit, leaves, flowers, and insects.

• Blue-faced Parrot-Finch Erythrura trichroa

  The Blue-faced Parrot-Finch is a small finch with a blue face. The detailed feeding and habitat observations here come from a study of the northern Australian subspecies macgillivrayi.

• Snares Island Snipe Coenocorypha huegeli

  The Snares Island Snipe has a stocky body and relatively short bill and legs. It probes the ground and mud for invertebrates.

• Hardhead Aythya australis

  The Hardhead is an Australian diving duck with a dark brown body and white belly.

• 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.