Meet the world’s animals.

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• Andean Slaty Thrush Turdus nigriceps

  

  Males are bluish grey and females brown; in the Peruvian Andes it forages on the ground at forest edges and openings

• Arabian Wheatear Oenanthe lugentoides

  This wheatear has a white crown and a black facial mask that extends onto the wings. It is resident in the deserts and rocky hills of southern Arabia, where it feeds mainly on fruit and insects.

• Vilcabamba Thistletail Asthenes vilcabambae

  This thistletail is known from the Cordillera Vilcabamba in southern Peru. It inhabits elfin forest and high-altitude grassland, foraging in the understorey.

• Maroon-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis

  The Maroon-bellied Parakeet is a green parrot with a reddish-brown forehead and maroon belly. It forms flocks in forests and along their edges.

• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys

  The White-crowned Sparrow is a North American sparrow recognized by the adult's black-and-white head. It occurs across much of the United States in winter.

• Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera

  This honeyeater occurs on Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. Males have a vivid red head, neck, and breast with black wings and tail; females are mostly brown with red on the face and throat. It feeds on nectar in mountain forest and tall secondary growth.

• Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula

  An antbird of northeastern South American lowland forest, including the Guianas and northeastern Brazil. It follows army-ant swarms to catch insects fleeing from the ants.

• Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer

  The Blue-tufted Starthroat has a long, slightly curved black bill. Males have a violet-glittering throat and blue feathers on the sides of the neck and breast. It feeds mainly on nectar and also catches small insects in flight.

• Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema

  At Mau Narok in Kenya, this small warbler was recorded in forest, with fledged young remaining in family groups for a time.

• Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis

  The Chinese Sparrowhawk is a migratory raptor with narrow, pointed wings. Adult males and females differ in the color of their upperparts and underparts as it moves between East and Southeast Asia.

• Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis

  A cuckoo that may fan its tail. It searches for insects on the ground and lays eggs in other birds’ nests in Australia.

• Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma

  This laughingthrush occurs in northern mainland Southeast Asia. It uses evergreen forest understory and bamboo, and searches for food near the ground in pairs or small groups.

• Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris

  The Lesser Noddy is a seabird of islands in the Indian Ocean and nearby waters. In Seychelles, flocks catch fish and squid and nest in island trees.

• Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques

  The Japanese Scops Owl blends into woodland with bark-like mottled plumage and is active at night.

• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys

  The Yellow-eared Spiderhunter is a forest bird marked by a yellow patch behind the ear and streaked underparts. It feeds on nectar as well as spiders and insects.

• Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina

  This large, long-legged rail has chestnut underparts and greenish legs. It occurs in dense grassland and scrub in the lowlands and lower hills of Sulawesi.

• Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus stoliczkae

  The Pale Rosefinch ranges from northern and central Afghanistan into western and central China. A report also documents a bird at Turtuk, India, but its subspecies was not determined.

• Principe Starling Lamprotornis ornatus

  This starling is endemic to Príncipe Island. A 1990 survey recorded it in plantations, regenerating forest, and primary forest, with groups high in the canopy.

• American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla

  This small bird hops among branches to catch insects. It breeds in North American woods and migrates south for winter.

• Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi

  The Marquesan Kingfisher was recorded on Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands by a 2011 survey. In forest it eats insects and small lizards and nests in tree cavities.

• White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis

  A dove from the islands around New Guinea. The New Guinea form has a dark purple back and a white breast patch.

• Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna

  A finch of northwestern Australia. Adults have a pale gray head and yellow-brown rump, unlike the brown head and rump of juveniles.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus

  Male Brewer's Blackbirds are glossy black with yellow eyes, while females are brown. The species uses open habitats from grasslands to parks and city streets.