Meet the world’s animals.

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• Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor

  

  This antshrike lives in the understory of humid montane forest along the eastern Andes from Colombia to Peru. It is recorded infrequently.

• White-tailed Starfrontlet Coeligena phalerata

  The White-tailed Starfrontlet is a hummingbird known for the male’s white tail and the sexes’ different underside colors. It lives in humid mountain forest.

• Aberdare Cisticola Cisticola aberdare

  This small cisticola lives in Kenya’s highland grassland and moorland. It builds a ball-shaped nest among grass tussocks.

• Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus

  The Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle is a large South American raptor whose broad wings and short tail form a triangular silhouette. It searches for prey over grasslands and rocky slopes.

• Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula

  A forest cuckoo found only in Jamaica. Red bare skin around the eye and a long tail with white spots are distinctive. It walks along branches while searching for lizards and insects.

• Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus

  This laughingthrush is marked by long legs and tail and a black pattern around the eyes. In Hong Kong, small flocks live among vegetation in parks and villages.

• Mottled Owl Strix virgata

  The Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl with brown eyes and vertical streaks on its chest and throat. It is active at night and hunts insects and small animals from perches along forest edges. Its native range extends from Mexico through Central and South America.

• Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae

  This sunbird is restricted to Pemba Island off Tanzania. Males are green and violet; females have gray-brown upperparts and pale underparts.

• Ridgway's Rail Rallus obsoletus

  Ridgway's Rail is a gray and rusty rail of western North America. It probes muddy ground for invertebrates. Cornell's account lists California, Arizona, Nevada, and the western coast of Mexico; before 2014 it was grouped with Clapper Rail and related forms as one species.

• Red-mantled Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodochlamys

  In Gilgit-Baltistan, this rosefinch uses high scrub in summer and lower brush in winter.

• Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris

  Male Narrow-tailed Starlings are glossy blue-black, while females are grey with chestnut flight feathers. They feed mainly on fruit and flock in the canopy.

• Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla

  This bird has brown plumage with bold streaking and stays near moving water. The Cornell Lab account describes it as one of the first signs of spring in eastern North America.

• 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.

• Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina

  The Western Bluebill is a small finch with black-and-red males and brown-and-red females. It feeds on seeds and fruits in forests and at woodland edges from West to Central Africa.

• New Zealand Scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae

  The New Zealand Scaup is a diving duck. Large flocks can gather along lakeshores, sometimes close to people.

• Black-backed Oriole Icterus abeillei

  The Black-backed Oriole is a striking orange-yellow and black bird of woodlands and towns in central Mexico.

• Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica

  The Daurian Partridge is a ground-dwelling bird of dry grassland and farmland in China. It forms winter coveys, and males have seasonal facial markings.

• Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus

  The Blood-colored Woodpecker is a woodpecker of the Guianas. A 1953 account from Suriname recorded it in coastal coffee plantations and dry sandy country inland.

• Sunset Lorikeet Trichoglossus forsteni

  This large parrot inhabits Indonesian islands. It has a purple head and underparts, red chest, and green collar, and moves in groups through forest edges, woodland, and plantations. BirdLife’s assessment page uses Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet for the same scientific name.

• Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens

  The Ash-throated Flycatcher has a yellow belly and rusty tail and catches insects in flight.

• Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor

  This finch inhabits the Andean highlands. It forages on rocky ground and steppe slopes and may move to lower ground in winter.

• Black-and-white Bulbul Microtarsus melanoleucos

  The Black-and-white Bulbul lives in forests and forest edges in Southeast Asia. Its plumage differs by sex and age.

• Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri

  A crested jay that searches for food from the forest canopy to the ground and stores food.

• Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus

  The Pale-vented Thrush is mostly brown, with a pale vent as a field mark. It may eat fruit in forests and at their edges, and gives a flute-like song from the canopy.