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• Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus

  

  The Tibetan Blackbird is a high-altitude Himalayan thrush. This entry uses Turdus maximus, while noting that some taxonomic references place it within a broader blackbird grouping. Nepal is one part of its range.

• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris

  This sunbird lives in the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania. The entry follows current Cinnyris mediocris after the related Forest Sunbird and Usambara Double-collared Sunbird were separated.

• Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens

  The Ashy Flycatcher is grey to blue-grey, with a pale brow line that joins a narrow white eye-ring. It uses edges and clearings in dry and moist forest as well as moist savanna, catching mainly insects. The source uses Fraseria caerulescens and notes its former placement in Muscicapa.

• Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia

  The species ranges from Central America into northern South America. The page's photo is the Mexican subspecies schistaceiceps, showing a gray head and white eye-rings.

• Ochre-collared Monarch Arses insularis

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in northern New Guinea and on Yapen Island, from lowlands into the mountains. Males contrast black and white with an ochre collar; females are more subdued and brown-toned.

• Red Bishop Euplectes orix

  The Red Bishop is a southern African bird whose breeding males turn red and black. It gathers in grassland and waterside reed beds and feeds on seeds and insects.

• Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush Ianthocincla rufogularis

  It has a black crown, a scaled brown back, and a grey, spotted underside. The amount of rufous on the chin varies among subspecies.

• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

  A migratory sandpiper that uses shallow freshwater wetlands in Australia, walking through water as it searches for small prey.

• Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba

  The Phoenix Petrel is a pelagic seabird with a dark brown head clearly set off from its white belly. It ranges over the central Pacific and takes squid and other prey near the sea surface.

• Sinaloa Crow Corvus sinaloae

  The Sinaloa Crow is a small crow of northwestern Mexico. Its glossy black plumage has a purple sheen.

• Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

  The Red-backed Kingfisher is an Australian bird with blue-green and white plumage and a flame-colored rump. It hunts on the ground in dry woodland, taking insects and small reptiles.

• Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula

  This very small finch can be hard to see in dense thickets. Southern African records are associated with riverine vegetation.

• Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae

  Koepcke's Hermit is a hummingbird that uses the forest understory. It follows regular routes between flowers for nectar and also eats small arthropods.

• Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi

  This lark is restricted to a small area of northern Tanzania. Checklists have changed its rank; this account follows the current split treatment as Chersomanes beesleyi.

• Colasisi Loriculus philippensis

  The Colasisi is a small parrot of the Philippine islands that feeds on nectar, blossoms, and fruit. It may forage upside down in the canopy.

• Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis

  The Green-winged Saltator occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. It has a long white eyebrow, a white throat, and olive-green back and wings.

• Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa

  The Mountain Saw-wing occurs in the mountains of Cameroon and on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. It is about 12 cm long, weighs 11–12 g and catches insects while flying above mountain forest.

• Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis

  The Great Eared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forests and forest edges in the Indo-Malay region. Its ear-like tufts and upright resting posture are distinctive.

• Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea

  The Plumbeous Kite is a daytime raptor with a lead-gray body, red eyes, and yellow legs. It often flies around forest edges and savannas and feeds mainly on insects.

• Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta

  This grassland bird is known for a black V on its yellow breast and a flutelike song. It searches the ground for seeds and insects.

• Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii

  The Dolphin Gull is a dark gull of southern South America and the Falkland Islands. It scavenges along the coast and often gathers at seabird and marine mammal colonies.

• Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

  A long-tailed owl with a white face bordered in black. It lives in northern forests and hunts from treetops during the day.

• Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis

  The Buff-throated Apalis is a small forest warbler with grey upperparts, white underparts and a short tail. It occurs in forest from western to central and eastern Africa.

• Common hill myna Gracula religiosa

  A glossy black bird with conspicuous yellow skin flaps on its head.