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• Java sparrow Lonchura oryzivora

  

  In its wild form, this small bird has a striking black head and white cheeks.

• Abert’s Towhee Melozone aberti

  Abert’s Towhee lives year-round in brush along waterways in the Sonoran Desert. Its sandy body and rusty undertail help identify it.

• Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens

  Its olive back, white eye-ring, and pale wing bars are useful clues. In mature forests of the eastern United States, it darts out to catch insects.

• Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius

  The Mulga Parrot is an Australian parrot whose male has striking yellow and red head markings. It searches for seeds on the ground and in low plants, and nests in tree hollows.

• Black Imperial Pigeon Ducula melanochroa

  This large pigeon lives in forests of the Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit in the canopy and is seen alone or in small groups.

• Gray-headed Honeyeater Ptilotula keartlandi

  Parks Australia's Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park account describes a bird with a gray head and yellow belly that eats mostly insects. Groups of five or more are often seen in mulga gorges and rocky riverbeds.

• Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica

  The Westland Petrel breeds around Punakaiki on New Zealand's South Island. It has dark plumage and a yellow bill with a dark tip, and is mainly nocturnal at its breeding colony.

• Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus

  The Variable Oriole occurs from eastern and southeastern Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay to northern Argentina. It uses woodland, scrub, and gardens.

• Mindanao Ibon Lophozosterops goodfellowi

  This forest bird occurs on Mindanao in the Philippines. Sources use different generic combinations, including Heleia, Lophozosterops, and Apoia.

• White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis

  Males stand out for a white throat and orange-red underparts. The species breeds in dry uplands and scrub of Southwest Asia and migrates to East Africa.

• White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster

  The White-bellied Kingfisher is a small kingfisher that watches for prey from low perches near forest streams.

• Medium Tree Finch Camarhynchus pauper

  The Medium Tree Finch is an arboreal finch found only on Floreana Island in the Galápagos. It searches for insect larvae by prying at bark and also eats seeds, fruit, and other foods.

• Sabine's Gull Xema sabini

  Breeding adults show triangular black, white, and gray wing patches, a dark head, and a red eye ring; they feed in Arctic wetlands.

• Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis

  In Hong Kong, Swinhoe's Minivet is recorded as a rare spring and autumn passage migrant. The regional bird account reports it singly or in small groups at wooded sites, and describes different plumage in males and females. It gives no local diet records.

• Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis

  This coucal is about 41–43 cm long. It is active on the ground by day and feeds on ground invertebrates.

• Varzea Piculet Picumnus varzeae

  This tiny woodpecker is 8–9 cm long. It occurs in seasonally flooded forest along the Amazon in Brazil, and published natural-history records are limited.

• Marquesan Monarch Pomarea mendozae

  This island endemic survives on Moho Tani in the Marquesas. It hunts insects, spiders, and small lizards in forest habitat.

• Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea

  Its narrow tail has dark-brown central feathers and rufous outer feathers. It lives in grassland and grassy openings in African woodland and savanna, searching the ground for small invertebrates and seeds.

• Ruvu Weaver Ploceus holoxanthus

  The Ruvu Weaver is recorded along rivers in eastern Tanzania. A 2021 study treats it as distinct from the African Golden Weaver and reports adult plumage features and nests documented in riverside vegetation.

• Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembaensis

  The Pemba Scops Owl is found only on Pemba Island off northern Tanzania. It is nocturnal, and its plumage ranges from light brown to russet.

• Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

  The Gray-cheeked Thrush has a grayish face and spotted breast. It breeds in far northern North America and migrates to South America for winter.

• Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphoroides cristatus

  The current name is Sakesphoroides cristatus, while a 2015 diet paper used the older genus name Sakesphorus cristatus. The bird occurs in dry forest and scrub of northeastern Brazil. Stomach samples contained many ants and termites, with more caterpillars during the breeding season.

• Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques

  The Collared Finchbill occurs in southern China, Taiwan, and Vietnam. It eats seeds, fruit, and insects and is seen in flocks or pairs.

• White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes

  The White-winged Grosbeak is a highland bird with a dark head and a conspicuous white wing patch. In Yunnan, China, it uses coniferous and mixed forests and feeds mainly on plant seeds.