Meet the world’s animals.
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- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · Francesco Veronesi from Italy / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 · CC BY-SA 2.0 This bulbul occurs in eastern Africa. It is mostly brown and uses semi-arid scrub, dry-forest edges, and other wooded habitats; it eats insects and fruit.
- Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae
The Green-cheeked Parakeet is a South American forest parrot that gathers in flocks in the canopy and feeds on fruit and seeds.
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
The Yellow-eyed Junco lives in mountain forests from the southwestern United States through Mexico to Guatemala. Its yellow-orange eyes, gray head, and reddish-brown back stand out.
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
The Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo is a slender cuckoo resembling a drongo, with a long, square-ended tail. It catches insects in the forest canopy and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
- Guianan Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
The Guianan Woodcreeper lives in humid forests north of the Amazon River and in the Guianas and eastern Venezuela. It climbs trunks to find insects and may join mixed-species flocks.
- Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
This small bird drinks nectar with its long, slender bill. Males have glossy black plumage, while females are more olive gray.
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
A thrush similar in appearance to a Song Thrush that arrives in Britain in autumn and stays through winter. It searches open country for berries, sometimes visiting parks and gardens in severe cold.
- Anjouan Sunbird Cinnyris comorensis
This sunbird is endemic to Anjouan in the Comoros. Males have glossy blue-green upperparts, and the species uses forest and thickets and eats insects and spiders.
- Kalahari Scrub Robin Erythropygia paena
This small bird lives in dry grassland and shrubland of southern Africa. Sandy-brown upperparts contrast with pale underparts, and the rusty rump and tail stand out. It forages near the ground and has a varied song.
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
This flycatcher inhabits dry woodland and scrub from Mexico to northwestern Central America. It resembles related Myiarchus flycatchers; the yellow on the belly helps distinguish it.
- Wayanad Laughingthrush Pterorhinus delesserti
This laughingthrush occurs in the Western Ghats of southwestern India. It moves in small groups near the ground in evergreen forest, searching for insects and plant food.
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
The Cape Crow is a glossy black crow. It usually lives as a territorial pair and searches the ground for food in grasslands and dry savannas.
- Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis nigrivestis
A hummingbird of high-elevation forest in northwestern Ecuador. It is marked by white leg puffs and feeds on flower nectar.
- Musk Lorikeet Glossopsitta concinna
This lorikeet lives in eucalypt woodland in southeastern Australia. Red facial markings and a blue crown stand out against its green body.
- Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana
This small seed-eater occurs along the Pacific lowlands of western Ecuador and Peru. Its unusually large, thick bill is a clear feature.
- Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
This large hawk-eagle has a white-tipped crest and streaked gray cheeks. It occurs in southwest India and Sri Lanka, where it uses montane forest and woodland along streams and hunts small mammals and birds.
- Luzon Lowand Scops Owl Otus megalotis
The Luzon Lowland Scops Owl is a small owl on Luzon and nearby islands. It has large ear tufts and hunts insects at night.
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
It is the largest cisticola in southern Africa. It lives in moist grasslands, where breeding males call from exposed perches and make display flights.
- Taiwan Hill Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
This pheasant-family bird is endemic to Taiwan's mountain forests. Its black-and-white face and red legs stand out as it forages on the forest floor.
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker has a yellow nape and lower belly. Males add a gold forehead and brilliant red crown.
- Cape Siskin Crithagra totta
The Cape Siskin lives in montane fynbos and other habitats of southwestern South Africa, where it searches for seeds on the ground.
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
This small duck has a red bill in males and a black bill in females. It feeds on aquatic plants, small animals, and grains in marshes and small water bodies.
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
Zoe's Imperial Pigeon has a light grey head and a pink neck and upper breast. It inhabits moist forests on New Guinea and larger nearby islands and eats almost entirely fruit.
- White-cheeked Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
The White-cheeked Antbird has a chestnut back and a white throat and center of the underside edged in black. It forages in the understory of Amazonian terra firme forest and is often found with army ants.