Meet the world’s animals.

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• Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina

  

  The Evening Grosbeak is a stocky finch with a massive bill. Males are yellow and black, while females are mostly gray.

• Yellow-browed Bulbul Acritillas indica

  This bulbul lives in forests in India and Sri Lanka. It has a yellow eyebrow, face, and throat, with olive upperparts.

• Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata

  The Crested Argus is a pheasant whose male has exceptionally long tail feathers. It lives in remaining evergreen forests along the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos.

• Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus

  This laughingthrush lives in moist forests on Sumatra and Borneo and is often seen in small groups.

• Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii

  This thrush is resident in northwestern Patagonia. Dark streaks mark its white throat, and ochre coloring spreads across the breast and belly.

• Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

  A dove with iridescent green on its wings. It searches for food along forest trails and on the forest floor, and is often seen alone in Hong Kong.

• White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis

  The White-headed Vulture has a white head and bare red face. It uses treed savanna and feeds mainly on carrion.

• Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis

  The Western Flycatcher is a small flycatcher that breeds in mountain forests of western North America. It darts into forest gaps to catch flying insects.

• Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica

  The Indian Silverbill is a small finch with a pale rump and a black bill. It feeds on seeds and stays in flocks in both dry open country and places near people.

• Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi

  Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow is endemic to Costa Rica, from the Central Valley east toward Turrialba. Adults have black-and-white facial markings and a large black chest patch; juveniles are browner and more faintly marked. It uses thickets, young secondary growth, fragmented groves, and coffee plots.

• Gray-and-gold Tanager Poecilostreptus palmeri

  Adult Gray-and-gold Tanagers have pearly-grey and black-speckled plumage with gold across the chest. They feed on fruit, berries, and arthropods, foraging in pairs or small groups in the canopy.

• Large Niltava Niltava grandis

  The Large Niltava lives in forests from the southern Himalayan foothills across Southeast Asia. Adult males are black and blue; females are brown with a blue patch on the side of the neck.

• Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster

  This reddish cuckoo has a long tail. In Peru it is found in the canopy of tropical forest.

• Indochinese Green Magpie Cissa hypoleuca

  The Indochinese Green Magpie is a jay that lives in evergreen forests from southern China into Southeast Asia.

• Negros Scops Owl Otus nigrorum

  This small owl lives in forests on Negros and Panay in the Philippines. Its dark brown plumage, upright ear tufts, and orange-red eye rims are distinctive.

• Rouget's Rail Rougetius rougetii

  This rail lives in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea and walks through grassland and marshy ground.

• Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris

  This small hummingbird has green plumage, a copper-colored belly, and white leg puffs. It lives in montane areas of Colombia's Eastern Cordillera and northwestern Venezuela.

• Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus

  This antvireo lives in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Males are gray with a blacker chest, while females are olive-brown. It searches for small arthropods in the lower forest stratum.

• Sangihe Hanging Parrot Loriculus catamene

  This small parrot lives on Sangihe Island, Indonesia. The male is green with red markings and feeds on nectar from coconut and other flowers. Females are also known to carry dry leaves to line their nests.

• Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus

  A forest woodcreeper that moves along trunks and branches, with a buff throat and long streaks below.

• Black-faced Friarbird Philemon moluccensis

  The Black-faced Friarbird is a honeyeater found on Buru Island, Indonesia. Its grey-brown body contrasts with pale cheeks, a dark facial mask, and red eyes.

• Northern Red-shouldered Macaw Diopsittaca nobilis

  A small green macaw with red shoulder feathers in adults. It eats seeds and fruit in South American savanna, woodland, and wetland habitats.

• Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata

  The Yellow-billed Duck is an African duck with a bright yellow bill marked by a black patch.

• Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala

  Nine subspecies are listed for the Black-headed Apalis. The account gives a general species description of a dark back, white underparts, long tail, and orange bill; females are duller than males.