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• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris

  

  This small bird lives only on Norfolk Island. It probes bark crevices with its long, slender bill to find insects and also feeds on nectar.

• Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

  The ringed kingfisher has a large bill and catches fish by rivers and lakes. It ranges through Central and South America and reaches southern Texas.

• Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

  This small prinia has a long tail and hides among grass and scrub. In Hong Kong, it nests on reed stems in spring.

• Tumbes Hummingbird Thaumasius baeri

  A small hummingbird of dry areas in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Its green back, gray underside and pale tail tips stand out.

• Mauritius Bulbul Hypsipetes olivaceus

  This bulbul lives in forests on Mauritius. Its grayish body is topped by a loose, pointed dark crest. It eats insects, seeds and fruit, and its range is confined to the island.

• Gray-hooded Bush Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris

  A tanager of Andean montane forest from Colombia through Peru, with a grey hood, olive upperparts and yellow underparts.

• Yellow-striped Brush Finch Atlapetes citrinellus

  This brush finch inhabits the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. Records span about 400–2,500 m, and birds move up and down the slopes seasonally.

• Arrowhead Warbler Setophaga pharetra

  This warbler is endemic to Jamaica. Adults have its namesake arrowhead-like streaking, while first-year birds have a different plumage and lack that pattern.

• Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri

  Sclater's Monal is a pheasant of the eastern Himalaya's high country. Males show iridescent blue-green plumage and a white terminal tail band. Detailed behavior has been recorded mainly from captive birds.

• Black Swan Cygnus atratus

  A large waterbird with mostly black adult plumage and a red bill.

• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana

  A pale tern with a black band on the nape, it dives into the sea to catch fish and nests in groups on remote rocky islets.

• White-eyed Foliage-gleaner Automolus leucophthalmus

  A pale area before the eye and a rufous tail help identify it. It searches in forest thickets and among ground litter, and has records at sites in southeastern Brazil.

• Sulawesi Thrush Turdus turdoides

  This thrush occurs on Sulawesi, Indonesia. A distinct black line above the eye stands out, and it forages in the lower levels and on the floor of moist montane forest.

• Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella

  A small finch with a gray head and yellow-green cheeks, rump, and underparts. It feeds on plant seeds in open mountain woods and meadows.

• Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus

  The Eastern Kingbird perches in open places to catch flying insects. It breeds in North America and migrates to South America for winter.

• Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi

  This all-black icterid has records in protected areas across Argentina. It is seen alone or in pairs and sometimes gathers in groups.

• Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta

  The Red-tailed Minla lives in forest canopies, often joining small or mixed flocks. Its red tail is distinctive, and the sexes differ in plumage.

• White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

  This large petrel ranges widely over the Southern Ocean and breeds in burrows on vegetated island slopes.

• Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora

  The Ant-eating Chat is a dark brown bird with striking white wing feathers in flight. It is found mainly inland in southern Africa and searches for ants and termites on the ground.

• Sri Lanka Hill Myna Gracula ptilogenys

  The Sri Lanka Hill Myna is endemic to Sri Lanka's wet forests. It eats fruit and moves through the canopy while giving loud calls.

• Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis

  The Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark uses open, sparsely grassed ground, including sandy and gravel plains. Its black head and neck contrast with large white ear patches.

• Piping Crow Corvus typicus

  Its head and upper back are dark, while the lower neck and underparts are white. It lives in moist forests on Sulawesi and nearby islands.

• Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla

  The Red-headed Bluebill is a small bird of forests in Central and East Africa. It is active by day and mainly eats plant seeds.

• Tahiti Swiftlet Aerodramus leucophaeus

  This swiftlet occurs on Tahiti. The sexes look alike; the bird is dark with a grey rump. It catches insects in flight and nests colonially in wet, rocky, wooded valley canyons.