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Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
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Shining Sunbird
Shining Sunbird Cinnyris habessinicus
Brahminy Kite
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Crested Fireback
Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
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Purple Martin Progne subis
Hill Blue Flycatcher
Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
Common Gull
Common Gull Larus canus
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Common Murre Uria aalge

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Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus
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Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
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Bornean Swiftlet Collocalia dodgei
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