Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica

  

  The Nile Valley Sunbird has a striking breeding male with bright plumage and a long forked tail. Females and non-breeding males are duller.

• Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron henrici

  It is gray-brown with dark chestnut cheeks, a broad white moustachial stripe, and a chestnut area near the tail. The account places its main range in southern and eastern Tibet; Arunachal Pradesh is represented by one record.

• Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis

  The Laysan Duck is a small duck that hides under vegetation by day and forages around a salt lake at night. Its native range is Laysan Island, with translocated populations on other atolls.

• Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata

  This small bird occurs in central and northern Namibia in savanna woodland and riverine thickets. It searches for small invertebrates low down and has greenish upperparts, grayish underparts, and a short cocked tail.

• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma

  A forest-dwelling thrush with scale-like markings on its plumage, it searches among leaf litter for invertebrates.

• Japanese grosbeak Eophona personata

  A bird with a large yellow bill and clear, ringing calls.

• Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta

  This small seed-eater occurs from Central into South America. Males and females differ in plumage, and male coloration also varies geographically.

• Tawny-crowned Honeyeater Gliciphila melanops

  This honeyeater lives mainly along the coasts and shrublands of southern Australia. Adults have a tawny crown separated from the black face by a white line, and eat nectar and insects. Juveniles have different facial markings.

• Cliff Parakeet Myiopsitta luchsi

  This parakeet lives in the dry inter-Andean valleys of central Bolivia. It moves in flocks and builds large stick nests on cliff faces.

• Gray-fronted Quail-Dove Geotrygon caniceps

  The Gray-fronted Quail-Dove is a secretive dove from Cuba. Its pale forehead area is diffuse rather than a crisp white patch like that of a related species.

• Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus

  This bulbul lives in broadleaf forests on hills and mountains. Its streaked plumage is distinctive, and it may move in noisy groups.

• Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius

  A cuckoo of woodland and forest south of the Sahara. It eats hairy caterpillars and lays its eggs in other birds’ nests.

• Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythrauchen

  The Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk is a raptor with a grey body and a striking rufous collar. It lives in forests of the Moluccas and watches from tree perches.

• Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor

  Males have blue-violet on the head and throat while females have green upperparts and grey-white underparts; the species uses mountain wet forest on Dominica and Martinique.

• Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota

  This small antwren lives in the canopy and edges of montane evergreen forest in Central and South America. The male has a black head, pale eyebrow, olive back, and rufous rump.

• Dark-winged Miner Geositta saxicolina

  A ground-foraging bird restricted to a part of central Peru at 4,000–4,900 m. In flight, a dark band shows across its pale tail.

• Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara

  The Barbary Partridge is marked by a broad chestnut collar and blue-grey throat and cheeks. It uses scrub and woodland and eats young leaves, shoots, seeds, and fruit.

• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus

  This lorikeet is marked by yellow, scale-like feathers on its breast. It feeds on nectar and pollen in eastern Australian forests.

• Jamaican Crow Corvus jamaicensis

  The Jamaican Crow has sooty grey-black plumage and a thick, heavy black bill. It gathers in small groups in forest trees and is also seen on farms, in gardens, and in towns.

• American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea

  The American Tree Sparrow has a rounded body, long tail, and rusty cap. In winter, small flocks forage for seeds on the ground in fields and yards from southern Canada into the northern United States, then migrate to northern tundra as snow melts.

• Olive-backed Woodpecker Gecinulus rafflesii

  The Olive-backed Woodpecker has an olive-green back and golden rump. It searches tree trunks and large branches for insects.

• Sulawesi Scops Owl Otus manadensis

  This nocturnal owl varies from brown to rufous and hunts moths and other insects.

• Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis

  This Andean flycatcher occurs at high elevations. It searches for insects and small vertebrates in scrub and along forest edges.

• Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops

  Its dark brown body has a broad white patch on the open wing, and it is often seen on termite mounds or low perches. It feeds mainly on insects and ranges across sub-Saharan Africa.