Meet the world’s animals.

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• Canvasback Aythya valisineria

  

  A diving duck that breeds on North American lakes and marshes. In winter it gathers on fresh and coastal waters to find aquatic plant roots and tubers.

• Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus

  An East African bird guide describes a rufous crown and nape, a finely streaked crown, a brown blotched back and wings, and a black tail with white tips. It uses grassland and scattered bushes and sings from grass clumps or bush tops. A field survey also recorded it in south-east Angola.

• Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis

  A thrush that visits mountain forests north of Kyushu; females have browner flanks.

• Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae

  This euphonia occurs from Central America to northwestern Colombia. Males have a tawny crown and yellow underparts; the species feeds on small fruits in humid forest and at forest edges.

• White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea

  This tanager inhabits Cerrado and open grassland with low trees in central Brazil. Its black head, white rump and rufous throat are distinctive; it may move in small groups or mixed flocks.

• White-naped Honeyeater Melithreptus lunatus

  A honeyeater of eastern and southeastern Australia. Its olive back, black crown and white nape band are distinctive.

• Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

  The Brown-headed Parrot is mainly green, with yellow underwings. Two subspecies are listed; one is paler and greener than the other.

• White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis

  A dove from the islands around New Guinea. The New Guinea form has a dark purple back and a white breast patch.

• Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius

  This bulbul is recorded in forests of Sierra Leone. It has a yellow-tipped green tail and pale yellow underparts, and searches for insects in dense understory.

• Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius

  The Common Hawk-Cuckoo uses forest and farmland edges. It feeds on invertebrates in trees and moves seasonally.

• African Silverbill Euodice cantans

  This small bird lives in dry savanna and forages on the ground for grass and weed seeds, sometimes in large flocks.

• Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca

  A large eagle of open country from eastern Europe across parts of central Asia.

• Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus

  A hummingbird of high mountain meadows. Males make metallic wing trills in flight, while females raise the young.

• White-eyed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla leucophthalma

  This small antbird occurs in Amazonian forest in Peru, Brazil, and Bolivia. Males are brown and gray, females are mainly brown, and both forage in the lower forest strata.

• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons

  This thornbird is marked by a long tail and a rufous forehead. It occurs in open places with scattered trees.

• Congo Peacock Afropavo congensis

  Males spread their tail feathers like a fan. In the lowland forests of the Congo Basin, the species feeds on fruit and insects.

• Comoro Parrot Coracopsis sibilans

  This parrot occurs on Grand Comoro and Anjouan in the Comoros. It is strongly associated with evergreen forest and also visits cacao plantations and agroforests on Grand Comoro; much of its wild ecology remains unknown.

• Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens

  The Bornean Treepie is a long-tailed corvid with a pale grey nape and reddish-brown underparts. It moves through the canopy in small groups in Bornean forests.

• Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens

  This sparrow ranges from Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It is recorded in shrubby secondary woodland, forest edges, and pine or oak woodland.

• Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis

  This woodpecker often uses bamboo stands in western Amazonian lowland forest. One observation records it feeding in a non-bamboo tree.

• Wetar Scops Owl Otus tempestatis

  A small owl endemic to Wetar Island, Indonesia. Gray and rufous forms occur. It was recorded in tropical forest and heard in eucalyptus woodland at 300 m, calling at night.

• Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum

  An olive-colored small bird of wet thickets. It darts from branches to catch insects on leaves or in the air.

• Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis

  A small flycatcher of Borneo’s mountain forests. It moves alone or in small groups in the understorey, searching for insects.

• Whitehead's Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae

  A flower-visiting spiderhunter of the highlands of Borneo.