Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

  

  The world’s largest grouse lives mainly in pine woodland. In Britain, it remains in northern Scotland.

• Rusty-fronted Barwing Actinodura egertoni

  Actinodura egertoni lives in montane forest along the Himalayas. It has an orangish wash on the front of the face and a white belly, and forages in pairs or small flocks.

• Pale-eyed Thrush Turdus leucops

  The Birds of Bolivia account describes males with a white iris and black plumage, while females are warmer brown with a dark bill. It places the species at the edges of cloud forest on the eastern Andes.

• Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus

  A green pigeon with yellow legs. It uses lowland forest, orchards, and parks, and is also seen in towns across much of South Asia.

• Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus

  The Martial Eagle is a large eagle with dark spots on its white belly. It uses open habitats such as wooded savanna and grassland.

• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus

  Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a small tyrant flycatcher about 10–11 cm long. It is recorded in river-edge forest, lowland evergreen forest, and secondary growth. The account describes catching small invertebrates in surface sallies near foliage and lists sound records from Ecuador and other countries.

• Makira Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx gentianus

  This small kingfisher occurs on Makira in the Solomon Islands. The account treats Ceyx gentianus separately from the grouping in which it was formerly included, Variable Dwarf Kingfisher.

• African Silverbill Euodice cantans

  This small bird lives in dry savanna and forages on the ground for grass and weed seeds, sometimes in large flocks.

• Common hill myna Gracula religiosa

  A glossy black bird with conspicuous yellow skin flaps on its head.

• White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis

  This migratory sparrow has both white-striped and tan-striped head patterns.

• Cinnamon Warbling Finch Poospiza ornata

  This small finch has a gray face and back, a chestnut patch on the mid-back, and cinnamon tones on its eyebrow and underparts. It breeds in Argentina’s Monte Desert and moves north-east in winter.

• Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata

  The Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus) occurs in the Afrotropical region. It uses forest edges, secondary growth and farmland, and catches invertebrates in the air.

• Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus

  This cuckoo occurs on Sulawesi and the Sula Islands. Males are black with a blue-violet gloss, while females include several plumage types, including barred rusty-brown forms. Some taxonomies treat it as a separate species; others combine it with related koels.

• Banggai Crow Corvus unicolor

  This black crow stands out for its pale eye and short tail. It lives in groups in the canopy of montane forest on Peleng Island, Indonesia.

• Desert Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus

  This large owl lives among rocks in dry country and searches for prey at night.

• Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis

  In New Zealand, this small rail hides among dense wetland vegetation. Its red eyes stand out, and it is most active at dim times of day.

• Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis

  A hummingbird of high-elevation forest in northwestern Ecuador. It is marked by white leg puffs and feeds on flower nectar.

• Klages's Antbird Drymophila klagesi

  Klages's Antbird lives in montane forest from northern Venezuela to eastern Colombia. Pairs forage in bamboo and dense lower growth for insects and other small prey.

• Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi

  Geoffroy's Parrot is a medium-sized parrot that eats fruit and flower buds. It feeds in pairs or small groups in the treetops and calls noisily around dawn and dusk.

• Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola

  A canastero found in Chile. The nominate subspecies has a brown back and pale eyebrow; a central Chile study recorded nesting in thorny scrub and cactus areas.

• Varied Honeyeater Gavicalis versicolor

  The Varied Honeyeater lives in scrub, wetlands, and gardens in New Guinea and northeastern Australia. It eats nectar, insects, and fruit, and has striking black and yellow lines beside the eye.

• Blue-and-yellow macaw Ara ararauna

  A large South American parrot with bright blue upperparts and yellow underparts.

• Angel Tern Gygis alba

  The Angel Tern is a seabird with all-white plumage and a dark bill, living widely among tropical and subtropical islands.

• American Scoter Melanitta americana

  The American Scoter is a sea duck that breeds in boreal North America and moves to coastal waters in winter.