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• Yellow Chat Epthianura crocea

  

  This account concerns the Alligator Rivers subspecies, restricted to floodplains between the Mary and East Alligator rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia. It uses grassy wetlands and samphire shrubland, foraging on the ground or low in the vegetation.

• Caura Antbird Myrmelastes caurensis

  The male has red eyes and an entirely dark bill. The species ranges from southern Venezuela to northern Amazonas, Brazil, and searches for arthropods around open forest understorey and large boulders.

• Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

  Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.

• American Black Swift Cypseloides niger

  The American Black Swift is a large swift that breeds in mountains of western North America. It moves south for winter, but its winter range is poorly known.

• Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi

  An apalis recorded in Central African forests. Oiseaux.net associates it with montane forest and freshwater habitats and classifies it as an arboreal invertebrate gleaner.

• Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra

  The Lyre-tailed Nightjar lives along humid forest edges and woodland near water in the Andes. It is about 25–28 cm long and catches insects and other invertebrates in flight at night.

• Stripe-backed Wren Campylorhynchus nuchalis

  A strongly marked wren recorded from Venezuelan savanna and woodland. At one central Venezuelan study site, group members helped breed and defend nests.

• Malagasy Marsh Harrier Circus maillardi

  This raptor is endemic to Réunion. It lives mainly in wooded mountains; females are larger than males and differ in plumage.

• Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii

  A bird with separated populations in western, central and eastern Africa. Breeding males are conspicuous for a black head and rump with an orange-yellow back.

• Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis

  Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo is a small cuckoo with a bronze-green sheen and a white eyebrow. It eats insects and lays its egg in another bird's nest.

• Streak-throated Barwing Actinodura waldeni

  This barwing lives in mossy forests of the eastern Himalayas. Its short tail and barred wings and tail are distinctive, while the color of the underparts varies among subspecies.

• Black-fronted Tern Chlidonias albostriatus

  The Black-fronted Tern breeds along rivers on New Zealand's South Island. In breeding plumage it has a black cap and orange bill, then disperses to coastal areas after breeding.

• Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis

  The Rufous-banded Owl has separate field records from Ecuador and Colombia. An Ecuadorian report describes a pale-down juvenile; a Colombian study suggests foraging in secondary forest and plantations.

• Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla

  This white-eye lives in montane forest. In 2025, a pair was observed taking nectar from flowers near a nest at Kinabalu Park, Malaysia.

• Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica

  The Singing Bush Lark is a lark that searches the ground for seeds and insects. In Australia it uses grassland, open woodland, and farmland.

• Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex

  The Plain Sunbird is a small bird with olive-green upperparts and yellowish underparts. It lacks the iridescent patches of many sunbirds and feeds on nectar and small insects.

• Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi

  The Inaccessible Island Rail is a tiny flightless rail found only on Inaccessible Island. It hides in dense vegetation, and its calls help researchers locate it.

• Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris

  The Kerguelen Petrel is a medium-sized, all-dark petrel with a broad range across the Southern Ocean. It nests in deep burrows on islands and feeds mainly on squid.

• House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus

  Adult males can show red or orange plumage. House Finches also often live near people.

• Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus

  The Collared Myna has a conspicuous white collar. Adults of both sexes have glossy blue-black plumage, while young birds are brown.

• Northern Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva

  Setophaga aestiva is the migratory northern form of the Yellow Warbler. It breeds in North America and moves to Central and South America for winter; the resident mangrove form is now treated separately.

• Biak Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera riedelii

  The Biak Paradise Kingfisher is found only on Biak Island, Indonesia. It has blue plumage and a long tail, and takes insects and spiders from the forest floor.

• 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.

• Chad Firefinch Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis

  The Chad Firefinch occupies a narrow area between northern Cameroon and southern Chad. Its identification account places it in dry, rocky habitat with grass and bushes, usually in pairs or small groups.