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• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense

  

  Adults have glossy blue-black upperparts, a white rump and underparts, and a black throat and undertail. The species uses Himalayan valleys, cliffs, and settlements.

• Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii

  Swinhoe's Pheasant lives in Taiwan's forests. The male stands out with a white crest and back and two long white tail feathers.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Sao Tome Scops Owl Otus hartlaubi

  This small owl is endemic to São Tomé. Its rufous-brown plumage, white brows and chin, and dark belly streaks are distinctive.

• Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti

  This kingfisher is restricted to Kofiau Island in Indonesia. Its blue head, white body, and long central tail feathers are striking. Little is known about its ecology, and its feeding behavior is presented as probable.

• Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris

  A local survey in Colombia recorded it on the forest floor and in the understory, at forest edges, and in bamboo and riverside thickets. Records at the study area reached 1,200 m.

• Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor

  A weaver of lowland forests along rivers and swamps in western and central Africa. It searches for insects and small fruits from the forest mid-levels to the canopy.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Collared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron yersini

  This laughingthrush is listed in a Langbiang Biosphere Reserve guide for evergreen broadleaf forest. Its black hood, silvery-gray cheeks, and rusty chest and wings stand out.

• Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis

  This small honeyeater occurs in northern Cape York Peninsula, northeastern Australia. Adult males and females have the same plumage, although males are larger.

• Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis

  The Little Shearwater is a small seabird that breeds on islands. It takes food at the surface and also dives for fish, crustaceans, and other prey.

• White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini

  A robin-chat of thickets and forest edges in eastern and southern Africa. Its white eyebrow and orange underparts stand out against the dark head.

• Yellow-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa flavirostris

  This long-tailed crow relative has pale blue plumage and a vivid yellow bill. Flocks forage noisily together.

• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa

  The Asian Rosy Finch is a finch that visits northern Japan in winter. Flocks appear in open places such as coastal cliffs and grassland.

• Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava

  The Tawny-flanked Prinia is a small bird with a long graduated tail and short, rounded wings. In northern Namibia it uses grass and waterside shrubs, searching for insects on the ground and in bushes.

• Colima Warbler Leiothlypis crissalis

  This grey-brown bird has a distinct white eyering and a brilliant yellow base to the tail. On breeding grounds it searches foliage for insects and spiders.

• Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli

  This cuckoo has a long tail and legs, blue bare skin around the eye, and a rufous belly. It inhabits dry deciduous forest in western and northern Madagascar.

• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

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

• Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis

  The Blue Waxbill has a blue face, underside, and tail with a brown back and wings. In southeastern Africa it forages for seeds on the ground, often in flocks.

• Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata

  The Dusky Lory has brown to olive plumage with yellow or red-orange areas. It follows flowering trees and shares communal roosts.

• Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini

  The Comoro Blue Pigeon is a dark blue pigeon with a pale gray hood. It feeds in fruiting trees in wooded habitats and may fly in small flocks.

• Mantled Hawk Pseudastur polionotus

  The Mantled Hawk is a large hawk with white and slate-grey plumage and a short tail. It lives in humid hilly forest and hunts reptiles, small mammals, and birds.

• Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus

  The Bridled White-eye occurs in the Mariana Islands. The living population around Saipan has olive-green upperparts and a white ring around each eye.

• 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.