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• Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor

  

  The Black-fronted White-eye lives in hill forests and other wooded areas on New Guinea, where it searches the canopy for insects and fruit. Several regional subspecies are described, with differences in plumage.

• Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus

  A small sunbird of West and East Africa, found in habitats such as savanna and dry woodland. Males have iridescent plumage and long tail streamers, and both sexes feed at flowers.

• Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani

  Germain's Swiftlet is a swiftlet whose taxonomic treatment varies among sources. A southern Thailand foraging study treated it as Aerodramus inexpectatus germani and reported foraging over water, forest and open paddy.

• Rufous-sided Warbling Finch Poospizopsis hypocondria

  This small bird lives on dry, high Andean slopes and in scrub. It has brownish-gray upperparts, a white eyebrow and throat, and rufous sides.

• Jelski's Black Tyrant Knipolegus signatus

  This tyrant flycatcher is recorded on the eastern Andean slope of Peru, foraging along humid montane forest edges and in scrub at 1,800–2,700 m.

• Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus

  A 2024 study examined male Chinese Blackbirds in Nanjing and analyzed songs that mimicked cuckoo calls. The study population belonged to the urban subspecies T. m. mandarinus in eastern China.

• Puna Teal Spatula puna

  This small duck has a black cap extending below the eyes and a pale blue bill. It eats aquatic plant seeds and insects in high-Andean lakes and wetlands.

• White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera

  This antbird occurs in eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. Males are black and females brown; both have red eyes. It searches for insects and other prey near the forest floor.

• Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri

  This lark runs through high-plateau grassland; in the breeding season, the male makes a singing display flight.

• Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis

  The yellow throat helps identify this bulbul. It eats fruit and insects in woodlands and thickets of western and central Africa.

• Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus

  The Chestnut-winged Starling has dark plumage with purple, green, and blue iridescence and chestnut patches on its wings.

• Bahaman Parrot Amazona leucocephala

  The Bahaman Parrot has a green body, a white forehead, and reddish facial feathers. It occurs on Caribbean islands and is seen in pairs or flocks outside the breeding season.

• Juan Fernandez Firecrown Sephanoides fernandensis

  This hummingbird is endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in the Juan Fernández Islands. Males and females have very different plumage.

• Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris

  This small woodpecker lives in dry places in the southwestern United States. Its back has black-and-white bars that resemble a ladder.

• Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas

  This oriole ranges from Mexico through Central America. Males are black and yellow, while females and young birds are olive-toned. It eats fruit, insects, and nectar at woodland edges, orchards, and similar habitats.

• Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis

  This woodcreeper occurs in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andes. Its rufous tail and buff spotting on the throat and chest help identify it; it forages from the midstory to the canopy.

• Hildebrandt’s Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti

  This francolin occurs in eastern Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Black spots mark its whitish throat, neck, and underparts; it forages in pairs or small groups.

• California Gull Larus californicus

  A medium-sized gull of western North America. It breeds at inland lakes and rivers and moves toward the Pacific coast with the seasons.

• Mottled Owl Strix virgata

  The Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl with brown eyes and vertical streaks on its chest and throat. It is active at night and hunts insects and small animals from perches along forest edges. Its native range extends from Mexico through Central and South America.

• Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus

  The Azure Kingfisher is a small kingfisher with blue to violet upperparts and orange sides to the neck. It dives from a waterside perch to catch prey.

• Yellow-headed Brush Finch Atlapetes flaviceps

  This Colombian endemic is known from scattered Andean localities, especially the upper Magdalena region. It is associated with early secondary growth at forest edges and feeds mainly on insects and fruit.

• Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis

  This weaver occurs widely in parts of southern, central, and eastern Africa. Males change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding plumages, and the birds eat grass seeds as well as insects.

• Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus

  This waterbird inhabits wetlands in the Philippines. An older handbook describes the adult male in slate blue to deep navy, while a current species page lists sheltered, slow or still waters fringed with reeds.

• Jungle Babbler Argya striata

  The Jungle Babbler is a social bird of the Indian subcontinent, often found foraging in cultivated areas and gardens.