Meet the world’s animals.

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• Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa

  

  A high-altitude partridge of the Himalayas, marked by fine black-and-white barring and a red bill and legs. It may descend to lower elevations in severe winter weather.

• Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae

  Bleda ugandae is a resident of lowland forest in central Africa. It is treated separately from the related Lesser Bristlebill, with yellow eyes and a weaker mark near the bill among the distinguishing features.

• Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa

  This large green parrot has pale, powdery-looking markings on the head and neck. It occurs in tropical forest from Central into northern South America.

• Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocoptes dorae

  The Arabian Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of western Saudi Arabia's highlands. It opens holes in tree trunks to take insect prey.

• 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.

• Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus

  An endemic bird of Taiwan's highlands. Nestlings of both sexes are brown; males may turn wine-red the following year, so brown plumage alone does not identify sex.

• Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis

  Adult Blue-faced Honeyeaters have conspicuous deep-blue skin around the eyes and may forage in groups. In the Hunter Region, they use open woodland near water and often reuse old nest material or nests.

• Eye-ringed Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus orbitatus

  This small tyrant flycatcher lives in lowland forest in southeastern Brazil. It is about 11 cm long, with a white ring around each eye.

• Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa

  This robin-chat has a black head, white eyebrow, orange throat, and orange sides to its tail. It moves in the lower growth of East African forests and woodlands.

• Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia

  A small, long-legged owl that uses burrows in the ground for nesting and shelter.

• Iranian Ground Jay Podoces pleskei

  The Iranian Ground Jay is a ground-living corvid restricted to eastern Iran. Its sandy body, black facial marks, and dark throat patch contrast with the ground as it runs in search of food.

• Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta

  This spiderhunter stands out for its long, down-curved bill, olive plumage, and streaked belly. It feeds among forest canopies on nectar and other foods.

• Bangs's Brush Finch Arremon basilicus

  Bangs's Brush Finch occurs in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. It uses the understory of humid forest and dense secondary growth.

• Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus

  The Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner occurs in lowland forests from Colombia to Bolivia. It forages in the understory of young floodplain forest; the Peru Aves account also associates it with Guadua bamboo in southeastern Peru.

• Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius

  This large hummingbird is endemic to Brazil. Orange throat and neck markings with a dark central stripe, and its bill shape, help identify it. A study site in southeastern Atlantic rainforest documented flower feeding.

• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus

  The Chestnut Thrush moves quietly through forests around the Himalaya and descends to lower elevations in winter.

• Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa

  This antwren occurs in South America, including cerrado scrub. Males have black breast and belly areas bordered by white, while females have dark streaks on the white throat and breast.

• Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica

  This duck has a yellow bill and a long neck and tail. The account here describes the subspecies recorded in the Patagonia region.

• Simeulue Parrot Psittinus abbotti

  The Simeulue Parrot is restricted to Simeulue and Siumat off northwestern Sumatra. Adult males have a blue face and green forecrown; females have an all-green head.

• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

  A slender bird with a long tail. It searches North American woodlands for caterpillars and other prey, then migrates to South America for winter.

• Southern Pied Babbler Turdoides bicolor

  The Southern Pied Babbler lives in groups in dry savanna and has sharply contrasting black-and-white plumage.

• Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax

  The Papuan Harrier is a raptor of grasslands and wetlands on New Guinea. A 2009 paper reports fieldwork in Papua New Guinea under the historical subspecies name Circus spilonotus spilothorax.

• Peruvian Sierra Finch Phrygilus punensis

  This finch occurs in the high Andes of Peru and Bolivia. It forages on the ground in sparse, dry scrub and may be seen in family groups or mixed flocks.

• Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana

  This very small cisticola occurs in dry scrub and grassland in East Africa. It is about 9–10 cm long and feeds on small invertebrates near the ground.