Meet the world’s animals.

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• Painted Spurfowl Galloperdix lunulata

  

  The male has spotted black-green plumage and a golden-buff belly, while the female is mostly brown and olive. The species lives among dry rocky ground and thorn scrub in India.

• South African Shelduck Tadorna cana

  The South African Shelduck breeds at shallow freshwater and brackish wetlands in southern Africa. It uses holes in the ground for nesting.

• Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri

  The Short-billed Canastero is a small furnariid of Argentina's open scrub and sparse woodland. Its grey-brown back and chestnut throat patch stand out, and it searches for food on the ground.

• Nilgiri Thrush Zoothera neilgherriensis

  A thrush recorded in India's Nilgiri Hills. Its pale, scaled underparts stand out, and the species account lists forest habitat and an invertebrate diet.

• Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus

  The mainland population ranges from the central Himalaya to mountain areas of western and southwestern China. It uses forest and semi-open habitats and feeds on plant seeds.

• Olive-green Tyrannulet Phylloscartes virescens

  This small tyrant flycatcher is recorded in the Guianas and northern and eastern Amazonia. It is olive green with a white eye-ring and pale wing markings, joins canopy flocks, and eats fruit and insects. Its full distribution remains incompletely known.

• White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum

  This large laughingthrush lives in Taiwan's central mountains, using scrub, bamboo and forest edges. Winter records occur at lower elevations.

• Himalayan Bush-robin Tarsiger rufilatus

  This flycatcher breeds in the high Himalaya and moves to lower elevations in winter. eBird and other references also call it the Himalayan Bluetail.

• Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi

  The Mexican Jay ranges from Mexico into the southwestern United States, inhabiting mountain woodlands in family groups.

• Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti

  A small estrildid finch of a restricted part of Central and East Africa. It uses both dry tropical grassland and humid forest, searching for seeds on the ground or among trees.

• Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens

  The Singing Honeyeater has a gray-brown back, a pale streaked underside, and a black facial mask edged below in yellow. It searches low in shrubs and trees for insects, nectar, and other foods.

• White-breasted Sunbird Cinnyris talatala

  A small sunbird whose breeding male has a white belly and iridescent throat and back, feeding mainly on nectar.

• Imperial Amazon Amazona imperialis

  The Imperial Amazon is endemic to Dominica, with a green body, red eyes and violet underparts.

• Blue-fronted Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii

  This small green parrot has blue in its wings, a black forecrown and cheeks, and orange markings that differ by sex. Small groups use forests and edges in western New Guinea.

• Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla

  The Grey-fronted Dove is a ground-dwelling dove widespread in South America. A study in Acre found nests near forest edges and reported that breeding records peaked in the rainy season.

• Black-capped Screech Owl Megascops atricapilla

  A screech-owl with dark, grey, and rufous colour morphs; every morph has a dark crown. It inhabits forests in south-eastern Brazil and nearby regions.

• Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana

  A rail that hides in dense vegetation near wetlands. Its body is dull blue-gray, with a reddish-brown undertail, and its call is loud.

• Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris

  This antwren occurs in forests and scrub on the Brazilian plateau and in northeastern Bolivia. A white eyebrow and spotted gray breast help identify it.

• Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata

  A hawk that hunts in forests and woodlands, mainly in Australia. It uses its long tail and broad wings as it pursues birds and small animals.

• White-naped Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes festivus

  The White-naped Woodpecker is marked by a white nape and dark back. It searches bark for invertebrates in open woodland.

• Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus

  This African cuckoo stands out for its heavy yellow bill and greenish-blue back and tail. It searches the forest for insects and small animals.

• Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii

  This small cisticola has fine streaks on its head and back. It forages in short grassland; males sing in high flight and sometimes dive with wing-snapping sounds.

• Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii

  The Chilean Woodstar is a small hummingbird found in Chile and Peru. Males have olive-green upperparts, white underparts, and an iridescent violet-red throat, and feed on flower nectar.

• Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans

  At about 19 cm long, Sjöstedt's Greenbul is active by day and eats fruit in forest and riverside habitats.