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• Black-breasted Myzomela Myzomela vulnerata

  

  This small honeyeater is about 10 cm long. It lives in forests, edges, and shrubland on Timor and feeds on nectar.

• Indigo Macaw Anodorhynchus leari

  The Indigo Macaw is a large blue parrot of the dry Caatinga in Bahia, Brazil, where licuri palm nuts are its principal food.

• Javan White-eye Zosterops flavus

  A small white-eye of coastal Java and Madura, it also has an isolated coastal population in southern Borneo. It uses habitats such as wetlands, mangroves and coastal scrub.

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

  This small tern uses wetlands. In breeding plumage, its black head and dark grey underside stand out. It makes a nest from vegetation, floating or anchored, and both sexes care for the young.

• Eastern spot-billed duck Anas zonorhyncha

  A duck seen on rivers and ponds across Japan. Its black bill has a yellow tip, and males and females have similar body colours.

• Red-shouldered Blackbird Agelaius assimilis

  This blackbird occurs in western Cuba and the Isle of Youth. Adult males have red and yellow patches on the shoulders.

• Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

  This small swallow flies near cliffs and gorges, catching insects in the air. It ranges from northern Africa through Arabia to southern Pakistan.

• Ethiopian Cisticola Cisticola lugubris

  This cisticola occurs in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea, from marsh edges to montane heath and bracken.

• Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis

  Tsavo Sunbird occurs in Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania. Males are blue-green and black, while females are mainly gray-brown.

• Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi

  The Tropical Parula is a small bird widespread across the Americas. Blue-grey and yellow plumage is distinctive, and males have a black facial mask.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator

  The Pine Grosbeak is a large bird with a thick bill. Males are reddish, while females and young birds are mostly gray; it eats buds, seeds, and fruit.

• Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris

  This bulbul occurs across parts of Central and East Africa. BirdLife lists moist lowland and montane forests among its major habitats.

• Gray-breasted Partridge Arborophila orientalis

  The Grey-breasted Partridge is a small partridge with a striking black-and-white face. It lives in mountain forests of eastern Java and forages on the ground.

• White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus

  Breeding male White-winged Widowbirds are black, with yellow and white shoulder patches and conspicuous white wing panels in flight. The species feeds on grass seeds and other foods in grassland.

• Vietnamese Cutia Cutia legalleni

  This babbler ranges across southeastern Laos and Vietnam. Males have rufous-chestnut backs, females have olive-brown backs, and both have black bars below. It searches mossy forest branches and trunks for food.

• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

  A forest thrush marked by spots on its breast. It breeds in North America and migrates to Central and South America for winter.

• Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana

  A large pigeon with a vinous chest and a white nape band. It uses forest and gathers in flocks, often staying quiet in foliage.

• Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

  An eagle widespread across sub-Saharan Africa. Its plumage varies, and it may scavenge or take food from other birds.

• Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe

  A small flycatcher of eastern North America, the Eastern Phoebe often launches from a low perch to catch flying insects.

• Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus

  It occurs on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. The eBird account describes different male plumage forms on the two islands.

• Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris

  Hume's Short-toed Lark breeds on dry, gravelly high ground and winters mainly in the northern and central Indian subcontinent. One bird recorded at Eilat in 1986 was described as rounder-headed and shorter-tailed than the related Short-toed Lark.

• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla

  The Black-headed Waxbill is a 10–11 cm bird of forest clearings and lowland, partly open habitats in Central Africa.

• Moluccan Starling Aplonis mysolensis

  This starling has black plumage with green-purple gloss and a long tail. It occurs on the Moluccas and western Papuan islands and often feeds on fruit in flocks.