Meet the world’s animals.

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• Campbell Islands Teal Anas nesiotis

  

  A small duck of islands south of New Zealand, Campbell Island Teal is wary and mainly active at night.

• Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii

  A large hummingbird recorded in Costa Rica’s northern Pacific region. Males have a red-orange iridescent gorget and a white stripe along the middle of the rump.

• Bolivian Earthcreeper Tarphonomus harterti

  The Bolivian Earthcreeper is recorded on rocky slopes within dry scrub in Bolivia. It has a pale line above the eye and a brown underside, and the account says it favors sites with bromeliads growing at ground level.

• Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum

  The Blue Eared Pheasant is a large pheasant of China's mountains, notable for its blue-gray body and white ear tufts.

• Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi

  Shelley's Oliveback is a compact finch with a short tail and thick bluish bill. It lives in highland forests, forest edges, and farmland in parts of West-Central Africa.

• Black-chested Sparrow Peucaea humeralis

  This sparrow is locally distributed in inland southwestern Mexico. It moves in pairs or small groups through dry scrub on slopes and in valleys.

• Black-crested Tit-Tyrant Anairetes nigrocristatus

  This roughly 13 cm tyrant flycatcher lives at high elevations on the western Andean slope. Peru Aves associates it with Polylepis woodland and adjacent scrub at 2,100–4,000 m in Peru and also records it in Ecuador.

• Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii

  The Yellow-billed Lorikeet lives in the mountains of New Guinea, and its plumage varies between subspecies.

• Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni

  This dove is extinct in the wild but survives under expert care. Its last wild record was in 1972; a return to Socorro Island is planned after invasive species are removed.

• Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis

  This honeyeater has an olive back and yellow ear patches. A fluffy white patch sits above the tail, and it feeds on fruit and other foods in forest.

• Martinique Oriole Icterus bonana

  This species is endemic to Martinique. Records come from mangroves, wet forest and wooded gardens, and the bird is noted for a dark mahogany head and brightly contrasting body plumage.

• Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis

  The Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush lives among mountain rocks. In breeding plumage, the male stands out in blue and orange.

• Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti

  This kingfisher is restricted to Kofiau Island in Indonesia. Its blue head, white body, and long central tail feathers are striking. Little is known about its ecology, and its feeding behavior is presented as probable.

• Golden-chested Tanager Bangsia rothschildi

  A tanager of humid forests on the Pacific side of the Andes from central Colombia to northwestern Ecuador. It has a black body with a yellow breast patch and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii

  A gull associated with the Mediterranean, Audouin's Gull has a pale gray body and red bill as an adult and feeds mainly on fish.

• Pied Coucal Centropus ateralbus

  The Pied Coucal occurs in the Bismarck Archipelago. Its plumage varies from mostly black birds to individuals with much more white or pearly grey.

• Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus

  This African woodpecker uses forests and secondary growth and searches trees for ants, termites, and other invertebrates.

• Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti

  The Southern White-faced Owl is a nocturnal owl of dry habitats in eastern and southern Africa.

• Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

  The Hermit Thrush is a forest bird with a brown back, spotted breast and reddish tail. It searches for insects on the ground and eats more fruit in winter.

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii

  Goeldi's Antbird occurs in Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. Males are black; females are rufous-brown with a grey head and white throat.

• Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus

  The Grey-headed Bristlebill occurs in West African forest, thickets, and lightly wooded savanna. Its slate-gray head and bill bristles are distinctive.

• Akepa Loxops coccineus

  A small Hawaiian honeycreeper, it uses its crossed bill to find insects and spiders in ʻōhiʻa buds and is now believed to remain only on Hawaiʻi Island.

• Blood-eared Parakeet Pyrrhura hoematotis

  The Blood-eared Parakeet occurs in Venezuela's mountains. Much of its plumage is green, with reddish-brown feathers around the ears; neck and chest patterns differ by subspecies.

• Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata

  It is marked by a long red bill, a gray breast, and fine white bars. It hides in thick wetland and grassland vegetation, appearing briefly at its edges.