Meet the world’s animals.

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• Lined Quail-Dove Zentrygon linearis

  

  A ground-dwelling dove of foothill and mountain forests in Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.

• African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii

  The African Wood Owl lives in forests and woodlands across sub-Saharan Africa. It becomes active after dark and hunts from low perches.

• Rusty-backed Monjita Neoxolmis rubetra

  This tyrant flycatcher lives in Argentina’s dry shrub-steppe. It uses low shrubs and the ground, and the account also describes winter movement from breeding areas toward central Argentina.

• Yellow-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus

  The Yellow-eared Bulbul is endemic to Sri Lanka's hills. Its black-and-white head markings and yellow ear tufts stand out, and it searches for fruit and insects in forests and gardens.

• Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii

  The Double-barred Finch is a small Australian finch that eats seeds and insects in dry grassy woodland and scrub. It is also recorded near water and on farmland.

• Black Solitaire Entomodestes coracinus

  The Black Solitaire occurs in humid forests of the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador. Its black plumage contrasts with white cheek and breast tufts and red eyes.

• Espanola Cactus Finch Geospiza conirostris

  The Large Cactus Finch is a Darwin's finch of the Galápagos, with a varied diet that includes Opuntia cactus. Here the account follows the Trust's treatment of the Española Island population.

• Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor

  The Mangrove Cuckoo is a secretive bird of coastal forests in the Caribbean and Central America. It searches among leaves for insects and small lizards.

• Javan Flameback Chrysocolaptes strictus

  The Javan Flameback is a woodpecker reported from Java and Bali. It has golden upperparts, a black band from behind the eye to the nape, a red crest in males and a yellow crest in females. Lowland moist forest is considered an important habitat.

• Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus

  This antshrike inhabits forests from Mexico to Ecuador. It has warm-brown plumage, a pale eyebrow, and a rustier tail, and forages in the middle to upper levels of forest understory. The Rufescent Antshrike in Peru and Bolivia is a separate species.

• Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor

  A starling native to the Iberian Peninsula and western Mediterranean. Adults have glossy dark plumage, and bill color and pale feather tips change with season.

• Wood Duck Aix sponsa

  A colorful duck that perches in trees and nests in tree cavities near water.

• Buffy Laughingthrush Pterorhinus berthemyi

  The Buffy Laughingthrush occurs in southeastern China, where it uses broadleaf evergreen and bamboo forests as well as plantations. Its head to breast is ochre-brown, with black lores and chin and blue bare skin around the eyes.

• Bolivian Blackbird Oreopsar bolivianus

  This blackbird lives in dry scrub and open river-edge woodland in Bolivia's central Andes. Flocks forage on the ground and in fields, eating grains and fruit.

• Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis

  The Red-necked Buzzard is a hawk with a chestnut head and neck and a reddish tail. It searches for prey from perches along woodland edges and in open areas.

• Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis erythrocephalus

  This Andean forest ovenbird has a reddish hood, wings, and tail that stand out against its brown body. It searches for prey by moving dead leaves near the forest floor.

• White-rimmed Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopis

  This bird lives in humid mountain forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Adults have a chestnut crown and a conspicuous white eye-ring extending behind the eye.

• Red-and-green macaw Ara chloropterus

  A large parrot found mainly in South America, combining a red body with green and blue wing feathers.

• Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos

  Males are mainly black and silver, while females are reddish brown. Both have red facial skin, a crest, and a laterally compressed tail. They scratch the ground for food.

• Mindanao Montane Racquet-tail Prioniturus waterstradti

  This parrot lives in montane forest on Mindanao. It has a green body, a bluish face, and racket-shaped tips on its tail feathers.

• Tepui Whitestart Myioborus castaneocapilla

  This New World warbler lives in the Tepui highlands. It has a grey head with a rufous crown patch and searches for insects in montane forests and along their edges.

• Rufous-vented Niltava Niltava sumatrana

  This flycatcher inhabits montane evergreen broad-leaved forest on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula. Males have blue heads and upperparts; the plumage details here are specifically for males.

• Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Rail is endemic to Madagascar’s eastern wetlands. It stays hidden in dense wetland vegetation and is often heard before it is seen.

• Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis

  The Brown-throated Sunbird lives in Southeast Asian forests and mangroves, as well as parks. Males have green heads and yellow bellies, and the birds feed on nectar and insects.