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• Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix signatus

  

  The male Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark is recognizable by its chestnut-colored head. By day, it feeds on seeds on the ground in dry grassland and acacia scrub.

• Karthala White-eye Zosterops mouroniensis

  The Karthala White-eye is tied to montane heath on Mount Karthala, Grand Comoro. It moves in energetic flocks and has a narrow white eye-ring and yellow underparts.

• Baird's Junco Junco bairdi

  This junco occurs in the mountains at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. A specimen comparison cited by the AOS describes its extensive cinnamon sides and lighter, duller back.

• Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala

  The Yellow-crowned Amazon is a green parrot with yellow on its head. The extent of yellow varies among subspecies.

• Natal Francolin Pternistis natalensis

  The Natal Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird with red legs and bold black-and-white barring. Small groups occur around rocky ground and thickets near water in southern Africa.

• Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae

  Lilian's Lovebird is a small green parrot with a white eye ring and red bill. In the wild it lives in flocks and uses woodland near water in southeastern Africa.

• Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis

  This small bird has yellow underparts and yellowish-green upperparts. Males have a black facial mask, which females lack; their facial markings also differ.

• Sunda Forktail Enicurus velatus

  The Sunda Forktail is a streamside bird with dark gray upperparts and white underparts. A short white forehead stripe and the sexes' different crown colors help identify it.

• Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata

  The Red-gartered Coot is a waterbird marked by a red band on each leg. It swims in lakes, ponds, and slow rivers and feeds on aquatic plants.

• Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi

  BirdLife International describes two separated population areas: coastal Kenya and eastern Tanzania, and another spanning Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa.

• Socotra Cisticola Cisticola haesitatus

  This small cisticola occurs on Socotra Island. It uses low coastal scrub and places where scattered shrubs grow in grassland.

• Cook's Swift Apus cooki

  Cook's Swift has long, sickle-shaped wings and a tail that closes to a needle-like point. It flies high over mountains, woodland, towns, and coasts, catching insects in the air.

• Gray Honeyeater Conopophila whitei

  The Gray Honeyeater is an inconspicuous bird of arid inland Australia. It has also been observed spreading its wings while foraging.

• Western Citril Crithagra frontalis

  The Western Citril is recorded in this study from western Kenya. Males have a bright yellow eyebrow that wraps around the forehead and separates the bill from the streaked crown.

• Carrion crow Corvus corone

  A crow that forages in open farmland and grassland. In Japan, the smooth profile from bill to forehead is a useful identifying feature.

• Buff-tailed Coronet Boissonneaua flavescens

  The Buff-tailed Coronet is a hummingbird of Andean montane forest. Buff or rufous edges on its tail feathers are distinctive, and it feeds on nectar and small prey.

• Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis

  Its brown wings have black-and-white bars, and its neck and chest are pinkish. It is more common in the dry lowlands of some islands.

• Colima Pygmy Owl Glaucidium palmarum

  This tiny owl is endemic to western Mexico. It occurs in pine and semi-deciduous forests and is also reported from coffee plantations.

• Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

  This small tyrant flycatcher moves in short flights through reeds and searches low vegetation for food. The Argentine national account records it from the north of the country south to Chubut.

• Red-whiskered bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

  A bulbul native to southern Asia. It was introduced to eastern Australia, where it occurs in parks and gardens.

• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

  The adult Kelp Gull is a large gull with a blackish back and dull greenish-yellow legs. It is native mainly to Southern Hemisphere coasts and also occurs around lakes, rivers and saltwater wetlands.

• Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini

  This weaver occurs in forests from the Gulf of Guinea toward the Congo Basin. In north-eastern Gabon, small groups were seen in the canopy of wet and flooded forest, sometimes feeding with other bird species.

• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala

  Males have noticeable red plumage, while females are mostly brown. Their plumage differs by sex.

• Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

  A thrush recorded in India's Nilgiri Hills. Its pale, scaled underparts stand out, and the species account lists forest habitat and an invertebrate diet.