Meet the world’s animals.

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• Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa

  

  The Paramo Seedeater occurs in the Andes and on tepuis in southern Venezuela. It searches near the ground in humid scrub near the tree line, often among Chusquea bamboo.

• Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata

  The Little Grey Flycatcher is a small flycatcher of the Afrotropics. It is reported from humid forest edges and dense cover, where it catches small invertebrates.

• Horned Coot Fulica cornuta

  This rail lives on rocky-bottom lakes in the high Andes. Adults are dark with a fleshy frontal caruncle and build stone nests that rise to the water surface.

• American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii

  This small flycatcher lives in dry highland shrublands and open woods, where it waits for insects from a perch. Its slow downward tail dip helps distinguish it from similar flycatchers.

• Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

  Clark's Nutcracker is a corvid of western North American mountains. It carries conifer seeds and caches them in the ground.

• Violet-necked Lory Eos squamata

  This lory inhabits islands of eastern Indonesia. Purple neck bands and red wings are prominent, though plumage varies among subspecies. It feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit, usually in pairs or small groups.

• Camiguin Bulbul Hypsipetes catarmanensis

  This bulbul is found only on Camiguin Island in the Philippines. It is brown with a relatively large bill and eats fruit and insects.

• Orange-tufted Spiderhunter Arachnothera flammifera

  This Philippine spiderhunter lives in lowland forest and mangroves, feeding on nectar.

• Natterer's Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus stictocephalus

  Natterer's Slaty Antshrike occurs south of the Amazon and east of the Madeira. Males are grey and black, while females are brown; the species searches among foliage in forest for small invertebrates.

• Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii

  Baird’s Sparrow lives in North American grasslands. It has a short tail and a flat head, and runs through grass while looking for food.

• Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera

  The Golden-winged Parakeet is a small green parakeet with a golden wing patch. Outside the breeding season it travels in flocks and may gather at fruiting trees.

• Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis

  This small bird has yellow underparts and yellowish-green upperparts. Males have a black facial mask, which females lack; their facial markings also differ.

• Checkered Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus

  The Checkered Woodpecker's specimen account describes a dark, white-streaked head and red on the male's hind-crown. In 2022 a pair was recorded nesting in a tamarisk and feeding young in Chubut, Argentina.

• Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus

  This hermit was documented in lowland forest studies in Bolivia. It foraged in low vegetation, and researchers recorded it taking insects from foliage in the dry season.

• Black-tailed gull Larus crassirostris

  A gull seen on Japanese coasts through much of the year, with a catlike call.

• Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

  A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.

• Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus

  A swan widely distributed in northern Eurasia. Adults have white plumage and bills with yellow bases and black tips.

• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii

  This small owl lives in western North America. Its plumage varies by region, and at night it waits on a perch to catch prey.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

  This small bird occurs widely in South and Southeast Asia. It has olive upperparts and a rufous crown; males have a dark throat patch.

• Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus

  This laughingthrush relative occurs mainly in southern and central China, with records in Myanmar. It uses forest edges and young growth as well as bamboo and tea plantations.

• Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina

  The Orange-headed Thrush has an orange head and underparts, with plain gray or brown upperparts. Facial markings vary among subspecies; in Singapore it searches wooded ground for insects and also eats fruit.

• 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.

• 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.