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• White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes

  

  The White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher lives in forest undergrowth in the Western Ghats. Males are blue and white; females show brown, grey, rufous, and white.

• Green-throated Carib Eulampis holosericeus

  The Green-throated Carib is a Caribbean hummingbird with an iridescent green throat and chest, a blue band beneath them, and black underparts. It uses flower nectar.

• Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis

  This small tyrant flycatcher has a disjunct distribution across South American grasslands. It is recorded in low grassland with scattered scrub near water.

• Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius

  The Red-headed Lovebird is a small parrot with a red face and head and a green body. It moves in flocks, eats seeds and fruit, and nests in arboreal termite mounds.

• Himalayan Flameback Dinopium shorii

  This woodpecker has an orange back and a black line across its head. It climbs tree trunks to search for insects and was recorded in Sarpang, southern Bhutan.

• Kikuyu White-eye Zosterops kikuyuensis

  This white-eye occurs on mountains in central Kenya. Its recorded habitats include highland forest and forest edge, bamboo stands, wooded gardens, eucalyptus and conifer woods.

• Sichuan Hill Partridge Arborophila rufipectus

  The Sichuan Hill Partridge is a pheasant that lives in forests of southwestern China. Its white throat and russet breast patch help distinguish it from related hill-partridges.

• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

  The Rufous-collared Sparrow ranges from southern Mexico to the southern tip of South America and uses open habitats from grasslands and high plateaus to rural and urban areas. Behavior varies among subspecies.

• Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus

  The Band-rumped Swift occurs from Central America to northern South America. In Guyana’s Iwokrama it flies over forest, open areas and water.

• Puerto Rican Owl Gymnasio nudipes

  The Puerto Rican Owl is endemic to Puerto Rico. It occurs from forest to urban settings and feeds on insects and other small prey.

• White-bellied Treepie Dendrocitta leucogastra

  A corvid with a long tail and white belly, it lives in the humid hill forests of the Western Ghats.

• Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis

  The Mongolian Short-toed Lark is a small lark that breeds in dry sandy steppe in eastern Mongolia. It has brown upperparts and warm rufous-buff on the sides of the breast.

• Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona

  The Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher is a kingfisher recorded on the Indonesian island of Java. A report describes observations along rocky rivers in Central Java.

• Bald-faced Rail Gymnocrex rosenbergii

  A forest-floor rail of Sulawesi and Peleng. It has a rich chestnut back, black underparts, and a patch of blue bare skin behind the eye.

• Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar

  A weaver of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, the Streaked Weaver may gather in flocks in grassy habitats.

• Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris

  Males have glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen and a V-shaped tail. Female color varies among islands. Carib Grackles use open places, including residential areas, and eat insects and other invertebrates.

• Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca

  The Bonin Petrel is a seabird that catches fish and squid offshore. It breeds in winter and lays one egg in a sandy burrow.

• Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata

  The Spotted Laughingthrush has a black crown, nape, and throat, with pale wing and tail patches. It occurs in mountain regions from the Himalayas to central and southwestern China.

• Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis

  The Yellow-throated Cuckoo is a cuckoo of forests in western and central Africa. The male has a yellow throat, and the species feeds mainly on caterpillars.

• Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi

  Finsch's Rufous Thrush lives in the lower levels of evergreen and semi-deciduous forests in West Africa, including forest near streams and swamps. It takes invertebrates from surfaces in the understory.

• Luapula Cisticola Cisticola luapula

  This bird uses wetlands and seasonally flooded grasslands in south-central Africa. Its upperparts are streaked, with rufous on the crown and wings.

• Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris

  The Lesser Noddy is a seabird of islands in the Indian Ocean and nearby waters. In Seychelles, flocks catch fish and squid and nest in island trees.

• Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris

  This duck has a brown, pale-spotted body and a dark stripe through the eye. It uses shallow wetlands.

• Andean Parakeet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius

  This small parakeet lives in the Andes of Peru and western Bolivia. It is green with a yellowish forehead, and blue shows on the wings in flight.