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• Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus

  

  The Northern Red Bishop changes markedly in the male's breeding plumage. Flocks feed mainly on seeds in wet grasslands and marshes.

• Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii

  Reichenbach's Sunbird has an iridescent blue-green face, neck and breast above an olive-brown mantle. A field record placed it at a forest edge and small lakes near Kinshasa, DRC.

• Striped Laughingthrush Trochalopteron virgatum

  This slim laughingthrush occurs in northeastern India and adjacent western Myanmar. It also uses scrub and grass patches near broadleaf forest.

• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca

  A small duck with a peaked crest and gray bill, also seen in wetlands in Cyprus.

• White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis

  This swallow lives in Africa south of the equator and catches insects in flight. Some birds that breed in South Africa are thought to move north after breeding.

• Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus

  The Giant Cowbird ranges from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Males are black with a violet sheen, while females are dark brown. It lays eggs in other birds' nests, leaving them to raise its young.

• Stripe-throated Jery Neomixis striatigula

  The Stripe-throated Jery is endemic to Madagascar, from eastern forest to dry southwestern scrub. It gleans insects from vegetation and is often seen singing from a high perch.

• Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius

  Male Varied Thrushes have striking blue-gray and orange markings, while females and young birds are browner. The species breeds in Pacific Coast forests and changes its diet with the seasons.

• Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana

  The Trindade Petrel glides over the sea and feeds on fish and squid, returning to oceanic islands to breed.

• Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris

  This white-eye is centered on Sulawesi and the Lesser Sundas in Indonesia. It has yellow underparts and a white eye-ring. A university reference lists open coastal forest, forest edges, plantations, and urban areas; a survey in south-east Sulawesi also recorded it at mangrove and riparian forest edges.

• Akikiki Oreomystis bairdi

  This small Hawaiian honeycreeper is endemic to Kauaʻi. A National Park Service account reported one known wild bird and a small captive population in 2024, describing the species as functionally extinct in the wild.

• Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus

  This small bird feeds on nectar and fruit. Breeding males shine blue-violet and have different plumage from females.

• Pygmy Nightjar Nyctipolus hirundinaceus

  The Pygmy Nightjar is endemic to eastern Brazil. A study reports that it uses stony or gravelly ground in the Caatinga and rocky outcrops in Atlantic Forest sites for roosting and nesting. Plumage varies among subspecies.

• Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

  This honeyeater occurs in the hilly, montane and coastal woodlands and forests of southeastern Australia. A regional account also describes birds moving to lower areas in winter.

• Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum

  This small songbird has a long, pointed bill and striped head. It searches for caterpillars and other insects in dense forest understory.

• Coleto Sarcops calvus

  The Coleto is a starling endemic to the Philippines. A 2022 study at Subic Watershed Forest Reserve on Luzon recorded an Asian Koel laying in one Coleto nest.

• Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni

  This parakeet has large yellow patches on its wings. It forms flocks in Costa Rica's mountains and nests in tree cavities.

• Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu

  Male Jambu Fruit Doves have a crimson face and white chest; females have a purplish face and green chest. They eat fruit and live in Southeast Asian evergreen and mangrove forests.

• Buru Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx cajeli

  A small kingfisher endemic to Buru Island, Indonesia. Wallace's original description notes a black upper surface with pale-blue spots and feather edges, rufous-yellow underparts, a white throat, and coral-red bill and feet. A later nineteenth-century letter describes feeding in swamp thickets.

• Andaman Bulbul Brachypodius fuscoflavescens

  The Andaman Bulbul is restricted to the Andaman Islands of India. The account uses both Brachypodius and Microtarsus for the genus and notes that the bird was formerly treated as a subspecies of Black-headed Bulbul.

• Antioquia Wren Thryophilus sernai

  This wren is known from the dry Cauca River canyon in northwestern Colombia. Its description paper records small patches of semideciduous forest and dry scrub, often along watercourses, and calls it uncommon within its range.

• Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus

  The Pavonine Cuckoo is a forest cuckoo with a rufous head and neck and a long tail. On the ground it spreads its wings and tail to flush insects, then chases and catches them.

• Vega Gull Larus vegae

  This large gull breeds mainly in northeastern Siberia and moves to the East Asian coast for winter. Its gray-and-white body, black wingtips, yellow bill, and pink legs are distinctive.

• Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis

  In northwestern Namibia, Cinderella Waxbill records come from the Kunene and Ondoto river areas.