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Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius © Andy Bankert Macaulay Library eBird
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Temminck's Courser
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Eurasian Hobby
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
Bridled White-eye
Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus
Sira Barbet
Sira Barbet Capito fitzpatricki
Crested Satinbird
Crested Satinbird Cnemophilus macgregorii
Indonesian Serin
Indonesian Serin Chrysocorythus estherae
Pink-breasted Flowerpecker
Pink-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum keiense
Sulu Jungle Flycatcher
Sulu Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis ocularis

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Radde's Warbler
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Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
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Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides
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Curve-billed Tinamou Nothoprocta curvirostris
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European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
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Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
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Red-cockaded Woodpecker Dryobates borealis
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Marañon Gnatcatcher Polioptila maior
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Tuxtla Quail-Dove Zentrygon carrikeri
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Strickland's Woodpecker Dryobates stricklandi

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