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• Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens

  

  The Rufescent Prinia is recorded at forest edges, in scrub, bamboo, and upland grassland in Bangladesh. The country's bird Red List describes it in small daytime flocks and foraging near the ground for insects.

• Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi

  BirdLife International describes two separated population areas: coastal Kenya and eastern Tanzania, and another spanning Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa.

• Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis

  This small bird has yellow underparts and yellowish-green upperparts. Males have a black facial mask, which females lack; their facial markings also differ.

• Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis

  The Red-naped Sapsucker is a North American woodpecker that drills rows of holes in trees to feed on sap.

• Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

  This small, social finch has a bright yellow face and belly set off by black lines on its head. In its native African range, it forages in flocks.

• Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi

  The Ayeyarwady Bulbul is 17–20 cm long. It uses shrubland and other semi-open places, and is classified as an omnivore.

• See-see Partridge Ammoperdix griseogularis

  The See-see Partridge is a small buff-colored bird recorded in agricultural fields of Pakistan’s Swat Valley.

• Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius

  The Orange Weaver has an orange throat and bright yellow plumage in the male, while the female is duller greenish-yellow. It nests colonially around wetlands.

• Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii

  A babbler of West African scrub and woodland edges, forming small groups and searching leaf litter near the ground.

• Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi

  Its gray plumage has buff wing patches and a white eyering. In western North American mountain forests, it eats mostly insects while breeding and fruit, especially juniper berries, in winter.

• Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata

  A flocking pigeon of western North American forests. Its pale gray plumage, white neck crescent, and broad pale tail band help identify it.

• White-necked Hawk Buteogallus lacernulatus

  The White-necked Hawk is a raptor of Brazil's Atlantic Forest.

• Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus minimus

  Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant is recorded in lowland forest of northeastern Peru and adjacent Amazonian areas. Its yellow-olive plumage and yellow-edged wing feathers are useful field marks.

• Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni

  This kingfisher lives in the forests of Mindanao. Males are marked by a blue cap and red bill, while females have green upperparts.

• Sentinel Lark Corypha athi

  The Sentinel Lark ranges from central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. Nairobi-area observers describe birds singing for long periods from prominent perches.

• Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra

  The Orange-winged Pytilia is a waxbill with conspicuous orange-yellow wings. It feeds on grass seeds and insects on the ground; the female’s wing color is duller than the male’s.

• Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus

  This bird is native to Southeast Asia. Birds that escaped or were released from captivity have been recorded in towns and parks in central Israel.

• Black-spectacled Brush Finch Atlapetes melanopsis

  This brush-finch inhabits montane scrub and forest edges around Peru's upper Mantaro Valley. Adults have gray bodies, a rufous head, and black markings around the eyes.

• Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis

  The Paradise Tanager forages in the upper canopy of Amazonian forest in pairs or family groups, often joining mixed-species flocks. Its plumage combines green, black, blue, and a red or yellow-red rump.

• Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

  The Southern Giant Petrel occurs in brown and rarer white phases. It breeds on Southern Ocean islands and the Antarctic Continent and is a distinct species from the related Northern Giant Petrel.

• 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.

• Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus

  The Coppery-tailed Coucal is a large cuckoo relative of wetlands and dense cover in central and southern Africa. It searches for small animals on the ground.

• Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani

  Germain's Swiftlet is a swiftlet whose taxonomic treatment varies among sources. A southern Thailand foraging study treated it as Aerodramus inexpectatus germani and reported foraging over water, forest and open paddy.

• Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus

  A long-tailed bird seen mainly in eastern Honshu woods and residential areas in Japan. It lives in flocks throughout the year.