Meet the world’s animals.

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• Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis

  

  The Blue-billed Duck is a compact diving duck adapted to life on water. Males stand out with bright blue bills and chestnut plumage.

• Green Oropendola Psarocolius viridis

  The Green Oropendola is uniformly dusky green, with a thick yellow-and-red bill and blue eyes. Males are larger than females, and the species uses forest canopy in Peru.

• Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis

  The Yellow-vented Eremomela ranges from southern Ethiopia into parts of eastern Africa. It has gray-brown upperparts, pale gray sides to the head and whitish underparts, and searches for small insects in bushy savanna and semi-desert scrub.

• Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi

  The Orange Ground Thrush lives in mountain forests of eastern and southeastern Africa. Its orange face and chest contrast with a white belly, and it searches for small animals and fruit in the lower forest.

• Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak Rhynchostruthus percivali

  The Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak lives in the southwestern Saudi highlands and has a very thick black bill. White cheeks and yellow wing patches make it distinctive.

• Pardusco Nephelornis oneilli

  This bird lives in the high eastern-central Andes of Peru. It has darker upperparts, a paler underside, and pale wing-bars. It forages in humid montane scrub and grassland and may occur in family or mixed-species flocks.

• Black Honeyeater Sugomel niger

  A bird of open woodland and shrubland in dry parts of Australia. Males are black and white, females are mainly brown, and it feeds on nectar and insects.

• Vitelline Warbler Setophaga vitellina

  This small warbler lives on islands in the western Caribbean. Males and females have different plumage.

• White-crowned Starling Lamprotornis albicapillus

  The White-crowned Starling lives in open scrub and acacia woodland in East Africa. It has a white crown and is described feeding on the ground.

• Green Parakeet Psittacara holochlorus

  The Green Parakeet is mostly green and has a long, pointed tail. Within its natural range it uses tropical and subtropical woodlands, farmland, and plantations.

• Polynesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula aurorae

  The Polynesian Imperial Pigeon is a large pigeon still recorded on Makatea in French Polynesia. Adults have a pale grey head and green-glossed blue back, and they feed on fruit.

• Himalayan Bulbul Pycnonotus leucogenys

  The Himalayan Bulbul is a bulbul with a black face and throat set off by a white cheek patch. It uses foothill woodland, scrub, gardens, and towns.

• Common Squirrel-cuckoo Piaya cayana

  This cuckoo ranges from northeastern Mexico to northern Argentina in the tropics. It moves through trees with its long tail as it searches for insects.

• Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda

  This small bird has a grey face, orange cheeks, and a red bill. It eats seeds and insects in grasslands and scrub in western and central Africa.

• African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis

  This wetland bird has long legs, a red bill and frontal shield, and a blue-violet body. It feeds on plant material in slow-moving waters with tall aquatic vegetation.

• Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis

  The Congo Serpent Eagle is a forest raptor with rounded wings and a long tail. It watches from a perch for snakes and other prey.

• White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis

  This small hummingbird occurs on the Pacific side of southern Costa Rica and in far western Panama. Males have a white crest and long green cheek tufts, and visit flowers in forest edges and secondary growth.

• Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevius

  This antbird lives in Amazon Basin forests. Males have black streaks on a white breast, while females have buff spots across the breast and belly. It forages in low forest cover.

• Spix's Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus spixii

  This woodcreeper occurs in Amazonia. Its scaly-looking breast pattern is noted as a feature that distinguishes it from close relatives.

• Swainson's Francolin Pternistis swainsonii

  Swainson's Francolin is a southern African bird that uses grasslands, woodland edges, farmland, and watersides. It searches on the ground for seeds and insects.

• Ornate Lorikeet Saudareos ornata

  The Ornate Lorikeet has a dark violet-blue head, a red-orange face, and a green body. It occurs on Sulawesi and nearby islands and feeds on nectar, pollen, and fruit.

• Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus

  The Curl-crested Jay is a social bird marked by blue wings and tail and a curled crest.

• 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.

• Streak-throated Woodpecker Picus xanthopygaeus

  The Streak-throated Woodpecker lives in forests of South and Southeast Asia. It also uses open woodland and bamboo and feeds on small invertebrates.