Meet the world’s animals.

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• Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus

  

  This woodcreeper climbs tree trunks. The eBird account describes forest as its main setting, and a 2012 checklist records one individual in Ecuador.

• Belford's Honeyeater Melidectes belfordi

  This large honeyeater inhabits high-elevation forests of New Guinea's central ranges. White scaling on the back and a stripe across the black head are useful field marks.

• Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera

  This small parakeet has a yellow-green body and blue-violet wings. Outside the breeding season it moves through the canopy in flocks and gathers with other parrots at clay licks.

• Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida

  Male Kelp Geese are white, while females are dark with bold white bars. They live on rocky marine shores and feed mainly on seaweed.

• Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae

  The Karamoja Apalis occurs in northern Uganda's mountains. A 2019 survey in northeastern Uganda recorded its gray-and-white plumage and insects taken from acacia.

• 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.

• Ochre-backed Woodpecker Celeus ochraceus

  This woodpecker occurs in northern and north-eastern Brazil. Males have a red cheek stripe, and a study in Maranhão recorded the species excavating nest cavities in tree trunks.

• Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea

  The Violaceous Euphonia is about 11.4 cm long. Males have blue-black backs and wings, yellow on the front of the head and underparts; females are greenish yellow above with dull yellow underparts.

• Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi

  The Streak-eared Bulbul is recorded from Thailand through southern Indochina and the northern and central Malay Peninsula. Accounts describe moist lowland forest as well as open edges and human-modified places.

• Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus

  The Sharp-tailed Grouse lives in North American grasslands and shrublands. In spring, males inflate their throat sacs and stamp their feet during courtship.

• Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Pterorhinus treacheri

  The Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush is endemic to Borneo, with a patchy distribution. The account describes three subspecies across the island's mountain regions.

• Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis

  This thrush is noted for its black bill. Its chest markings vary, and in northern and western Bolivia it uses forest edges, riverside woods, the ground and trees.

• Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis

  A small, long-tailed dove with a reddish-brown breast and belly. In southern Africa it is often seen in pairs or small groups, feeding on seeds on the ground.

• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga

  Adults are dark brown with broad wings; young birds have prominent white spots on the back and wings.

• Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons

  A small flycatcher with a warm buff chest that launches from a perch to catch insects in the air.

• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

  Fox Sparrows vary from rusty red to gray among their geographic groups. They scratch through leaf litter to find food.

• Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus

  This small finch occurs in South American Chaco woodland, woodland edges and grasslands. Its usual range extends from southern Bolivia through Paraguay to west-central Argentina. A bird recorded near Mendoza city in 2024 may have escaped or been released.

• Pygmy Flycatcher Muscicapella hodgsoni

  This small flycatcher lives in mountain forests from the Himalayas into Southeast Asia. Males are blue and orange; females are olive-brown.

• Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis

  A cuckoo that may fan its tail. It searches for insects on the ground and lays eggs in other birds’ nests in Australia.

• Sumatran Treepie Dendrocitta occipitalis

  The Sumatran Treepie lives in forests on Sumatra. A white nape and long tail make it distinctive, and it is usually seen in pairs or family groups.

• Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii

  This small owl lives in western North America. Its plumage varies by region, and at night it waits on a perch to catch prey.

• Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae

  The Bee Hummingbird is described as the world's smallest bird. Males have iridescent throat feathers, and the birds visit flowers for nectar in Cuba.

• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi

  This small antwren occurs in lowland eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and the southern Amazonian region of Brazil. Males have dark breasts and white wing spots, while females are lighter grey above with yellowish-brown underparts. It searches leaves and vines for insects in the forest understory.

• Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata

  The Blossom-headed Parakeet is an Asian parakeet with a green body and contrasting head and shoulder colors. Adult plumage differs between sexes and the two subspecies. It forms small groups in wooded places.