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• Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina

  

  A ground-foraging bird restricted to a part of central Peru at 4,000–4,900 m. In flight, a dark band shows across its pale tail.

• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica

  A tern with a thick black bill that takes prey from the air, ground, and water surface rather than plunge-diving.

• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

  This antbird lives in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest. The bare eye-ring and crest color vary among regions.

• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura

  The Pin-tailed Snipe is a wetland bird that moves between breeding and wintering grounds.

• Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua

  Its grey-to-white eye with a dark rim is conspicuous. It feeds mainly on fruit and insects, foraging in forest canopies and mid-storeys.

• Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus

  Males have a pink throat and black underparts dotted with white. The birds search for grass seeds on the ground and live in thickets and at forest edges.

• Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris

  It is blue-gray above, with a black M-shaped wing marking, a black tail tip, and a mostly white underside. It spends much of its life at sea, and its two subspecies nest on different island groups.

• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus

  A cuckoo with bright orange facial skin and a chestnut belly, it moves quietly through the canopy to feed on large insects and other prey.

• Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron henrici

  It is gray-brown with dark chestnut cheeks, a broad white moustachial stripe, and a chestnut area near the tail. The account places its main range in southern and eastern Tibet; Arunachal Pradesh is represented by one record.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus

  This weaver lives in dry savanna and scrub. In breeding plumage the male has a black face and yellow body, and he builds a woven grass nest.

• Blue-and-yellow macaw Ara ararauna

  A large South American parrot with bright blue upperparts and yellow underparts.

• Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum

  The male has a gray-blue back and chestnut vent and is found in forest canopy and along forest edges. Females have different brown and olive tones.

• Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda

  The Long-tailed Parakeet has a tail longer than its body and moves in flocks, calling to one another.

• White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida

  The White-bellied Emerald moves quickly among leaves, flowers and forest clearings in Guatemala’s Laguna del Tigre National Park. The local biological station also notes its role in pollination.

• Melanesian Kingfisher Todiramphus tristrami

  This kingfisher occurs on islands around New Guinea, New Ireland, New Britain, and the Solomon Islands. It uses secondary forest and inland openings, and also eats small animals.

• Giant Wren Campylorhynchus chiapensis

  About 22 cm long, this large wren uses humid forest edges, second growth, and scrub in the Pacific lowlands. By day it forages on the ground for invertebrates.

• Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor

  A long-tailed starling of inland Tanzania, found in acacia woodland and gardens. Its ash-grey plumage can show an oily green sheen, with a dark mask around the eye.

• Eastern Long-billed Lark Certhilauda semitorquata

  This lark inhabits grasslands in eastern South Africa, Lesotho, and western Eswatini. It searches the ground for arthropods, seeds, and corms. This entry follows the species split from the Long-billed Lark complex.

• Red-bellied Hill Partridge Arborophila rubrirostris

  The Red-bellied Hill Partridge lives in Sumatra's moist montane forests and searches for food on the forest floor among fallen leaves.

• Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea

  The Cliff Flycatcher is marked by deep rufous underparts and extensive rufous on the wings and tail. From exposed rocky perches it sallies after flying insects, often returning to the same perch.

• Cape Teal Anas capensis

  This African duck has a grey body and a reddish bill. It moves in response to changes in rainfall and water levels, and feeds on small aquatic animals and plants in shallow waters.

• Ecuadorian Rail Rallus aequatorialis

  This rail is recorded from southern Colombia through Ecuador and coastal Peru. It hides in dense grass and reeds and is found alone or in well-separated pairs.

• Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii

  The Purplish-backed Quail-Dove is a plump gray ground dove. Its purple iridescent back, pale face with a dark moustache stripe, and reddish legs help identify it.