Meet the world’s animals.

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• Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata

  

  The Crested Owl has a chestnut-brown body and long ear tufts and is active at night in humid forest. It hunts insects and small animals from a perch.

• Yellow-striped Brush Finch Atlapetes citrinellus

  This brush finch inhabits the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. Records span about 400–2,500 m, and birds move up and down the slopes seasonally.

• Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica

  A brightly colored wetland bird with long legs and toes, it walks on floating plants while feeding in freshwater marshes from the southeastern United States southward.

• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis

  The Nepal Fulvetta lives in forest from the lowlands to the mountains of the eastern Himalayas. Outside the breeding season it may form active flocks of up to about 20 birds, sometimes with other species.

• Alor Myzomela Myzomela prawiradilagae

  This honeyeater is known only from Alor Island, Indonesia. Its original description reports that it is mainly recorded in montane eucalypt woodland, mostly above 900 m.

• Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher Cyornis omissus

  The Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher is restricted here to Sulawesi's main island, Indonesia. A broad species account lists moist lowland and montane forest as habitats.

• White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyanus

  This jay has a blue-green body, a black facial pattern, and a white collar. It moves in small groups and forages at different forest levels in the humid Andes.

• Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica

  This small, social finch has a bright yellow face and belly set off by black lines on its head. In its native African range, it forages in flocks.

• Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica

  This apalis ranges from eastern to southern Africa and is recorded in evergreen forest, valley woodland, and scrub.

• Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina

  The Cape May Warbler is a small bird that breeds in boreal forests of Canada and the northern United States. It uses varied woods and shrublands during migration and winter.

• Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii

  This cuckoo has rufous-brown, finely streaked plumage and a long white-tipped tail. The museum account describes the Indian nominate subspecies walking and feeding on the ground in dry scrub.

• Gouldian finch Erythrura gouldiae

  A small bird with a green back, purple breast and yellow belly.

• Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus

  This small parrot is found on Philippine islands. The male is mainly green, with blue on the face and chin and a thin pale-blue band across the upper back. Natural-history information is scarce; on Samar it was observed in fruiting trees near forest edges and cultivated areas.

• White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies

  The White-faced Quail-Dove occurs patchily in mountains from southern Mexico through northern Central America. It walks on the forest floor, and adults show a gray crown, a pale face, and chestnut upperparts.

• White-rumped Hawk Parabuteo leucorrhous

  This forest hawk is conspicuous for its dark body and white rump. Argentine records place it in humid and subtropical forests.

• Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga

  A small sunbird found on Madagascar and nearby western Indian Ocean islands. Males are metallic green, while females are much duller brown and yellow.

• Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus

  A small finch of the Andes. The male has a gray body with dark streaks on its back and searches for food on open highland ground.

• Bay-ringed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes sylviolus

  This small tyrannulet occurs in Brazil’s southeastern Atlantic Forest. It has cinnamon eye patches on a green head and may join mixed flocks in the canopy of humid forest.

• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis

  The adult male stands out for its black face and throat. The female is duller and has fine streaks on the flanks.

• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra

  The Common Scoter is a sea duck whose males and females differ in color. It breeds in northern European wetlands and moves to coastal waters for winter.

• Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps

  This antvireo ranges from southeastern Honduras to Costa Rica. It is recorded mainly in evergreen forest on the Caribbean slope of Central America; the AOS checklist does not accept records from western Panama.

• Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis

  Adults are olive above, with whitish streaks on the grayish throat and breast and a pale belly. They use broadleaf evergreen forests and edges, eating fruit and insects.

• Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra

  A starling with black-and-white plumage and a yellowish bill with an orange base. It forages in loose flocks near people.

• Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi

  A large green parrot native to Mexico. Adults show blue to lilac tones across the crown.