Meet the world’s animals.

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• Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii

  

  This parrot occurs only on Norfolk Island. Its bright green body is set off by a red forehead and forecrown and pale blue wing tips.

• Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus

  A small woodpecker with a gray head that searches bark and branches for insects. It uses habitats with trees, from woodland to gardens.

• Black-ringed White-eye Zosterops anomalus

  This small bird occurs in forest and scrub in South Sulawesi. It has a yellow-green back, yellow throat, and white belly; the eye area is black rather than a white ring. It is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus

  A grouse of subarctic and subalpine North America. In many regions its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathered feet help it cope with snow and cold.

• Rusty-bellied Brush Finch Atlapetes nationi

  This brush finch occurs in scrub on the western Peruvian Andes. The rusty belly varies among populations.

• Cyprus Scops Owl Otus cyprius

  A small owl native only to Cyprus. It may sit still on a branch by day and hunts invertebrates at night.

• Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nutallii

  This magpie is confined to California. Its black-and-white plumage has blue-green iridescence, and its bill is yellow. It lives in open oak woodland and grassy oak savanna, often near plains, orchards or fields.

• Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera

  Adults have orange-brown underparts and a blue back. In southwestern Bangladesh's mangroves, the bird watches waterways from low perches and dives for prey.

• Sora Porzana carolina

  A secretive wetland bird with a yellow bill and short tail. It breeds in North America and moves south for winter.

• Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca

  This meadowlark inhabits open country in southern South America. The male's red breast is conspicuous, and the species nests on the ground.

• Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Trochalopteron erythrocephalum

  A 24–26 cm laughingthrush of Himalayan forests and bamboo. Its brown body has a chestnut forehead and nape and green-gold wing and tail panels; head color varies among subspecies.

• Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii

  This large cuckoo has a greenish-brown back and a black crest, and forages on the ground. Its Amazonian lowland range is described as two subspecies in the source account.

• White-chinned Thrush Turdus aurantius

  The White-chinned Thrush is endemic to Jamaica. Adult males and females look similar, with a dark grey head and back, a white wing patch, pale chin, and orange bill. It searches forest floors for small animals and fruit.

• Karoo Eremomela Eremomela gregalis

  The Karoo Eremomela has a grey cap, green back, white belly, and yellow vent. It uses scrub on rocky ridges and Karoo plains, often in pairs or small flocks, feeding low down or on the ground. Its range is centred on the Karoo.

• Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia

  This small North American gull breeds in northern forests in summer and winters farther south along coasts, lakes, and rivers.

• Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida

  Male Kelp Geese are white, while females are dark with bold white bars. They live on rocky marine shores and feed mainly on seaweed.

• Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis

  The Blue-throated Macaw is a large parrot of Bolivia's Beni region, with a blue throat and golden-yellow underparts.

• Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii

  Cassin's Finch is a small finch of the mountains of western North America. Males have a red crown, and the birds eat tree seeds and buds.

• Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica

  The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a small bird of young deciduous woods and thickets. Its plumage changes between breeding and nonbreeding seasons.

• Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris

  Male Narrow-tailed Starlings are glossy blue-black, while females are grey with chestnut flight feathers. They feed mainly on fruit and flock in the canopy.

• Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna

  This small waxbill occurs in dry scrub from Ethiopia to Tanzania. It feeds on grass seeds and other small foods near the ground.

• Temminck's Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii

  This sunbird lives in lowland and montane forest on Borneo and Sumatra, in Malaysia, and in southwestern Thailand. It is active by day, often in pairs or small family groups, and feeds mainly on nectar.

• Silver-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus richardsii

  This fruit-eating dove lives on islands in the Solomon Islands. It stands out for its silver head and green and orange plumage.

• East Andean Antbird Drymophila caudata

  The East Andean Antbird is a small antbird of Colombia’s eastern Andean slopes. Males are dark, while females are browner or more rufous.