Meet the world’s animals.

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• Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

  

  The Harris's Hawk is distinguished by reddish shoulders and legs and a dark tail with white bands.

• Brown-fronted Woodpecker Dendrocoptes auriceps

  The Brown-fronted Woodpecker lives in western Himalayan forests. White bars on its black back and the different head colors of males and females help identify it.

• Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus

  The Long-billed Cuckoo lives in lowland forest and has a long bill with a drooping tip. Adult males have a black head, while females show fine reddish-brown barring.

• 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.

• Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps

  This small hummingbird is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica. The adult male's copper-colored crown and tail, with white outer tail feathers, are useful field marks.

• Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris

  The Toro Olive Greenbul lives in forest undergrowth and streamside scrub, where it searches for small invertebrates in trees. An adult photographed in Kibale Forest, Uganda, has fine yellow streaks on its belly.

• Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons

  This small conebill occurs in Andean forest. A field guide for the Sibundoy region describes sex-related head patterns and canopy foraging.

• Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii

  Botteri's Sparrow is a small sparrow of dry grassland and coastal prairie. In Arizona sacaton grassland, it searches the ground for insects and grass seeds and nests within a clump of grass.

• Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons

  A small bird centered in Mexican mountain forests, it is marked by a red face, black cap, and gray body. It occurs in the southwestern United States during breeding.

• Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus

  The Dusky Grouse lives in western North American mountain forests. In spring, males display their neck sacs and red eye combs.

• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata

  The Surf Scoter is a sea duck that nests in northern North America and spends the rest of its annual cycle mostly near ocean coasts.

• White-browed Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia amaurotis

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. It has a white eyebrow and throat, rufous-brown upperparts, a bright rufous tail, and pale streaking on the upper breast. It forages low to the ground.

• Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides

  A thrush of open habitats in western North America, it catches insects from a perch or in the air. The male is blue.

• Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius

  This rosefinch occurs in China's highlands. Species data describe shrubland and semi-open habitat at high elevation; a historical adult-male account records a silvery forehead and throat and rosy cheeks.

• White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis

  This small flycatcher is identified by its whitish throat and pale wingbars. It uses marshes and semi-open areas with shrubs, and winters mainly in lowland marshes.

• Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris

  The Iraq Babbler is a social bird centered on the Tigris–Euphrates basin. Small groups use reed beds and riverside shrubs.

• Blue-and-white flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana

  A forest bird whose male has blue upperparts and a strong song.

• Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo

  A dark-blue jay with a black face and throat edged by a narrow whitish eyebrow. It inhabits humid mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America.

• Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella

  The Beautiful Firetail has an olive-brown body, a white-barred breast, and a red bill and rump. It searches the ground for seeds and lives in pairs.

• Bridled Honeyeater Bolemoreus frenatus

  This honeyeater occurs in the upland rainforests of northern Queensland. Its overall plumage is sooty grey, with a bright yellow base to the bill.

• Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis

  Tsavo Sunbird occurs in Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania. Males are blue-green and black, while females are mainly gray-brown.

• Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica

  Mostly green, it has blue and yellow head markings and orange on the wings. It feeds on fruit and seeds in tropical northern South America.

• Yellow-breasted Racket-tail Prioniturus flavicans

  The Yellow-breasted Racket-tail has a yellow breast and racket-shaped tips on its central tail feathers. It searches for food in the canopy of forests on Sulawesi and nearby islands, often in pairs or small groups.

• Wetar Ground Dove Pampusana hoedtii

  The Wetar Ground Dove is a ground-dwelling dove whose plumage differs strongly between males and females.