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• Salim Ali's Swift Apus salimalii

  

  This swift breeds on the eastern Tibetan Plateau and in adjacent western Sichuan. Its wintering range remains unknown.

• Aldabra Fody Foudia aldabrana

  This small bird lives on Aldabra Atoll in Seychelles. Males have a bright red head, neck, and breast, sharply set off from a sulphur-yellow belly. Skerrett’s 1999 article also discusses the older name F. eminentissima aldabrana; this entry follows the pool name F. aldabrana.

• Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda

  The male has long tail feathers and is longer than the female. This small bird feeds on nectar, small insects, and spiders.

• Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa

  Its blackish-brown breast has pale scaling, and it has a white eye with dark wings and tail. In Central African moist shrubland it is usually seen in pairs or small groups and eats invertebrates and fruit.

• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris

  The Ring-necked Duck is a diving duck that also uses shallow wetlands. It breeds in northern North America and uses lakes and wetlands during migration and winter.

• Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

  This swallow flies over open habitats in South America and beyond. Its back is glossy dark blue and its belly white; in Argentina it catches insects over forests and water.

• Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus

  Its yellow-orange plumage is brightest on the head, contrasting with its black face, breast, and tail; each black wing has an orange shoulder patch.

• Rufous-fronted Prinia Prinia buchanani

  The Rufous-fronted Prinia is a small bird of dry grassland and scrub. A 2005 field note from Dive Ghat in Maharashtra, western India, recorded birds singing from low bushes.

• Chestnut-backed Thrush Geokichla dohertyi

  The Chestnut-backed Thrush is a thrush with a rich chestnut back and a black-and-white face. It occurs in Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Islands.

• Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti

  Pycroft's Petrel breeds on islands off the northeastern North Island of New Zealand. It is active at night around colonies and feeds on small crustaceans and squid near the sea surface during long flights.

• Fiji White-eye Zosterops explorator

  A small white-eye found in Fijian forest, forest edges, shrubland and farmland. It is also recorded in mountains above 750 m.

• Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii

  Sharpe's Rosefinch uses scrub above the treeline and mountain meadows in southwestern China. Males are reddish, while females are grey-brown and streaked.

• Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris

  This Andean bird stands out for its gray upperparts and extensive rufous underparts. It searches in tree crowns and shrubs, alone or in pairs.

• Timor Friarbird Philemon inornatus

  This honeyeater occurs on Timor. A study in West Timor recorded it taking nectar at forest edges in the morning.

• Barbuda Warbler Setophaga subita

  The Barbuda Warbler is a small bird whose only known home is Barbuda in the Caribbean. It lives in the island’s forest and hunts insects.

• Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii

  This starling occurs in India's Western Ghats. It also uses open woodland, farmland with scattered trees, and places near settlements. A 2022 study followed one nest as the parents provisioned their chicks.

• Grey parrot Psittacus erithacus

  An African forest parrot with grey plumage and a striking bright red tail.

• Elegant Imperial Pigeon Ducula concinna

  This large pigeon is about 43 cm long. It lives in forests and woodland on the small islands of Wallacea and feeds on fruit.

• Chattering Kingfisher Todiramphus tutus

  The Chattering Kingfisher is a South Pacific kingfisher with a blue-green back and bold white eyebrows. It catches insects in the air or among branches.

• Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis

  A study in Ndundulu Forest, Tanzania, recorded seasonal changes in the feeding observations of Shelley's Greenbul. An older description of the nominate form has a green crown close in color to the back and pale yellowish-olive underparts.

• Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis

  The Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo is a Philippine endemic with a rufous breast and white belly. It eats insects, especially caterpillars, and is a brood parasite.

• Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata

  A tern of islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Observations on Kerguelen showed it feeding on fish and crustaceans at sea as well as small land invertebrates.

• Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus

  This finch has black and dark red plumage, and individuals differ in bill size. Adults eat seeds, while parents feed nestlings a soft diet made mostly of insects.

• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca

  The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail that lives in waterside vegetation.