Meet the world’s animals.

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• Turquoise Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis

  

  This flycatcher inhabits forests from the Philippines through Sulawesi to the Moluccas. It searches for small insects in the forest and sometimes catches them in flight.

• Slaty-breasted Wood Rail Aramides saracura

  The Slaty-breasted Wood Rail has blue-gray plumage on its head, neck, and belly. It lives in forest wetlands and eats plants, insects, larvae, and frog eggs.

• Elegant Sunbird Aethopyga duyvenbodei

  The male has maroon and iridescent blue-green plumage, while the female is olive above. The species lives on Sangihe Island.

• Lazy Cisticola Cisticola aberrans

  The Lazy Cisticola is a small bird that searches for insects on rocky slopes and woodland edges. Its reddish head and long tail stand out.

• Mao Gymnomyza samoensis

  The Mao is a large honeyeater with a long, curved black bill. It forages for nectar, fruit, and insects in the canopy and upper parts of Samoan forests.

• Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis

  The Scrub Euphonia is a small bird of woodland, forest edges and semi-open habitats from Mexico through Central America. It is about 9 cm long, weighs around 10 g and eats fruit.

• Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata

  This jay is marked by a bright blue crown and a white band. It lives in Central American cloud forests and moves through the canopy in small groups.

• Black Jacobin Florisuga fusca

  The Black Jacobin is a hummingbird with mostly black plumage, bronzy-green back and wing coverts, and a white tail. It feeds mainly on nectar but also takes insects, living in woodland and gardens from eastern and southeastern Brazil into neighboring countries.

• Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata

  A small dove with white-spotted wings and a red eye-ring. It lives in dry, open parts of inland Australia.

• Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis

  This large eagle-owl has a spotted belly. It is nocturnal and hunts in humid riverside and mountain forests.

• Grey-and-white Tyrannulet Pseudelaenia leucospodia

  A small tyrant flycatcher of northwestern Peru and Ecuador. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy of deciduous forest and in tall scrub.

• Pale-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus leucops

  This bulbul occurs in northern Borneo. It has a yellowish-olive body and a pale gray head; the 2023 eBird taxonomy update treats it as a species split from Flavescent Bulbul.

• Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia

  It has a grey head, olive back, and bright red rump. It clings to grass stalks and flower heads while searching for seeds and small insects.

• Taiwan Thrush Turdus niveiceps

  This thrush is endemic to Taiwan. It breeds in montane forest at about 1,000–2,500 m and may descend to foothills and lowlands in winter.

• Lesser Antillean Bullfinch Loxigilla noctis

  On Dominica, male Lesser Antillean Bullfinches are black with an orange chin and throat. Females are olive-brown above and grey-brown below.

• Running Coua Coua cursor

  The Running Coua is a ground-dwelling bird of dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It walks while searching for insects and fallen fruit.

• Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii

  This woodpecker lives in humid forest and cloud forest in the Andes from Bolivia to Venezuela. It has striking red upperparts and a pale face; the male and female have differently colored facial stripes.

• Plain-throated Antwren Isleria hauxwelli

  This small antwren forages in pairs near the forest floor in Amazonia and sometimes follows mixed-species flocks. Males are gray, while females are olive-brown above and rufous below.

• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus

  A duck whose breeding male is slate blue with white markings and chestnut sides; it breeds in fast streams and winters on rough rocky coasts.

• Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Pterorhinus treacheri

  The Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush is endemic to Borneo, with a patchy distribution. The account describes three subspecies across the island's mountain regions.

• Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

  The Grey-headed Fish Eagle is a large eagle identified by the adult's gray head and brown breast. It lives in woodland near water and feeds mainly on fish.

• Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis

  A regional account from northwestern Patagonia describes it as a ground-dwelling bird of rocky high-Andean areas. It has gray-brown upperparts with rufous marks and a dark tail band. Records note that it descends to lower open country during winter snowstorms.

• White-winged Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopterus

  The White-winged Brush Finch is a medium-sized brushfinch of the western Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru. It has a black mask, olive back, golden crest, and white underparts.

• Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha

  The thick-billed parrot is a green parrot of high-elevation pine forests. It travels in flocks and eats pine seeds.