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• Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki

  

  The Dark Hawk-Cuckoo is a large, long-tailed cuckoo with a hawk-like shape, found in montane and foothill forests of Borneo.

• Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus

  An East African bird guide describes a rufous crown and nape, a finely streaked crown, a brown blotched back and wings, and a black tail with white tips. It uses grassland and scattered bushes and sings from grass clumps or bush tops. A field survey also recorded it in south-east Angola.

• Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi

  This laughingthrush occurs around the Min Shan, from southern Gansu into northern Sichuan, China. BirdLife reports records at 2,000–3,500 m.

• Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus

  This thrush ranges from eastern and southern Mexico into Central America. Males are dark, while females are browner and differ in appearance.

• Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei

  The Angola Waxbill is a small finch occurring in Angola. A field guide describes a grey head, green back, red rump, and black tail; the male has a black face. It forages on the ground for seeds in shrubland and semi-open country.

• White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon

  This entry covers the drouynii subspecies of the White Eared Pheasant. Males and females have the same plumage, and it lives in high mountain forests.

• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus

  Males have glossy purplish upperparts that contrast with a pale head and underside. The species uses forest edges and open plantations, moving to Southeast Asia for winter.

• Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis

  This swallow ranges in Mexico, Cuba, and the West Indies. The male has a sharp boundary between its blue-purple back and white belly, while the female and juvenile blend brown feathers into the white. It catches insects in flight near water.

• Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta

  The Southern Citril is recorded in Tanzania, Malawi and north-western Mozambique. A survey in Niassa found small groups in mountain habitats, including one larger evening gathering.

• Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus

  The Short-tailed Hawk circles above forests, looking for birds and diving to catch them.

• Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus

  The Noisy Friarbird lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia. Its head is black and bare, with a rounded knob at the base of the bill.

• Hispaniolan Oriole Icterus dominicensis

  This oriole lives on Hispaniola and nearby islands. It occurs mainly in lowlands, including dry forest, mangroves, and plantations, and nests in palms or banana plants.

• Chestnut-rumped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus pardalotus

  A woodcreeper of northern South American forests. Pale streaks on its dark crown contrast with its chestnut rump, wings and tail.

• Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha

  The Mountain Kingfisher is a large kingfisher of New Guinea's mountain forests. It has a longer bill than its close relative, although the black marking on the upper bill is absent in the Huon Peninsula subspecies.

• Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch Poospiza whitii

  The Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch ranges from Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It has a black head, a white eyebrow that turns dark chestnut toward the rear, chestnut breast and flanks, and a pale belly. It uses scrub and wooded places and is recorded as an omnivore.

• Malay Whistling-thrush Myophonus robinsoni

  This dark thrush has a bright metallic-blue patch near the shoulder and appears along streams in moist hill forest.

• Brown Wood Rail Aramides wolfi

  The Brown Wood Rail is a chicken-sized rail with a yellow bill and pink legs. It keeps to streams and marshy areas in humid forest, where paired birds may call together.

• Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus

  This tiny flycatcher stays in the lower levels of Amazonian forest. Its broad bill, rufous crown, and black-edged cheek markings distinguish it from similar spadebills.

• Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus

  Glossy black plumage, a yellow bill, and red legs distinguish this mountain corvid. In Triglav National Park it lives above the treeline and descends to valley settlements in winter.

• Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta

  Males have red feathers on the head. In East African mountain forests, these lovebirds live in small groups and carry nest material tucked between their feathers.

• Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus

  The Puff-backed Bulbul is a bulbul with a fluffy-looking back and a bold pale eye-ring.

• Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica

  This sunbird has different plumage in males and females. It visits flowers for nectar and also occurs in well-wooded gardens and open forest in Sri Lanka.

• Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax hemimelaena

  This antbird lives in lowland Amazonian forest and forests along the eastern Andes. Males and females differ in color, and it forages near the ground in dense vegetation.

• Golden-winged Sparrow Arremon schlegeli

  This sparrow lives in woodland and scrub in Colombia and Venezuela. Its black head and yellow bill are conspicuous, and it searches near the ground for seeds, fruit, and insects.