Meet the world’s animals.

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• Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus

  

  A small sunbird of West and East Africa, found in habitats such as savanna and dry woodland. Males have iridescent plumage and long tail streamers, and both sexes feed at flowers.

• Nepal Fulvetta Alcippe nipalensis

  The Nepal Fulvetta lives in forest from the lowlands to the mountains of the eastern Himalayas. Outside the breeding season it may form active flocks of up to about 20 birds, sometimes with other species.

• Cape Teal Anas capensis

  This African duck has a grey body and a reddish bill. It moves in response to changes in rainfall and water levels, and feeds on small aquatic animals and plants in shallow waters.

• Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi

  This small bird occurs in miombo woodland. A survey in northern Mozambique found it on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga and recorded up to four territorial individuals in a day.

• Russet Nightingale-Thrush Catharus occidentalis

  A thrush of montane forests in Mexico. Its reported body length is 15–18 cm; it forages on the ground by day and takes food including invertebrates.

• Saffron Siskin Spinus siemiradzkii

  The male has a black head, an unstreaked yellow mantle, bright yellow underparts, and a broad yellow wing band. The female lacks the black head and is yellow-olive overall. The species uses open habitats and farmland.

• Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

  The species is common in Panama and uses gardens, shrubby clearings, second-growth woodland, and forest edges. It moves between trees while searching for fruit and insects.

• New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura

  The New Zealand Bellbird is endemic to New Zealand and has a bell-like song. It feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects; males are olive green with a purplish head.

• Lilac-crowned Amazon Amazona finschi

  A large green parrot native to Mexico. Adults show blue to lilac tones across the crown.

• Chatham Islands Pigeon Hemiphaga chathamensis

  The Chatham Island pigeon is a large forest pigeon now confined to Chatham Island. Its blackish-blue head and breast contrast with maroon wings and a white belly; most birds live in the south of the island.

• Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua

  Its grey-to-white eye with a dark rim is conspicuous. It feeds mainly on fruit and insects, foraging in forest canopies and mid-storeys.

• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus

  A cuckoo with bright orange facial skin and a chestnut belly, it moves quietly through the canopy to feed on large insects and other prey.

• White-breasted Hawk Accipiter chionogaster

  The White-breasted Hawk occurs in forests from southern Mexico into northern Central America. This entry follows sources that treat A. chionogaster as a species, while the 2010 life-history paper says its taxonomic status was unresolved.

• Broad-tipped Hermit Anopetia gounellei

  This hummingbird has a broad tail and a curved bill. It feeds on nectar and small arthropods. Records in northeastern Brazil include humid forest as well as the drier Caatinga.

• 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.

• Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

  A woodcreeper of humid lowland and mangrove forests that searches bark for small animals.

• Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

  A round bird with a black band around its white throat and dark markings on its flanks. It feeds on seeds and other small foods in farmland and open scrub.

• Swift Parrot Lathamus discolor

  The Swift Parrot has a green body and a striking red face. It breeds in Tasmania and moves to mainland Australia in search of flowering trees.

• Tamaulipas Crow Corvus imparatus

  The Tamaulipas Crow is a small crow of northeastern Mexico. It also occurs in towns, ranches, and open areas with trees.

• White-rimmed Brush Finch Atlapetes leucopis

  This bird lives in humid mountain forest in Colombia and Ecuador. Adults have a chestnut crown and a conspicuous white eye-ring extending behind the eye.

• White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus

  The White-throated Woodpecker is recorded in foothill forest of western Amazonia. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Tasmanian Boobook Ninox leucopsis

  A small owl centred on Tasmania, with dark eye markings and white spots. It is active at night and uses wooded habitats; some occur in southern Victoria in winter.

• Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus fumifrons

  A tiny, roughly 9 cm tyrant flycatcher. It forages inconspicuously in low bushes, and pendant pouch-like nests have been recorded in French Guiana.

• White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger

  A forest flycatcher with a bright white throat, it searches for small invertebrates low in the undergrowth.