Meet the world’s animals.

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• 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.

• Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni

  A 2010 adult photograph notes blue tones on the lower body and tail as an identifying feature. At one Costa Rican study site in 2022, birds visited flowers; this is a local record.

• Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala

  This bulbul lives in Asian forests. A Bangladesh account reports it in pairs or mixed flocks, feeding on nectar, fruit, and insects. The museum specimen is one male of a Laos subspecies.

• Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata

  The Yellow-billed Cardinal is a small South American bird with a red head and yellow bill. It forages on the ground near wetlands for seeds, berries, and insects.

• Moustached Brush Finch Atlapetes albofrenatus

  This brush finch is recorded in Colombia’s eastern Andes. A 2014 study compared photographs and vocalizations of the Colombian nominate form, describing its white chin, green mantle and moustachial marking.

• Schlegel's Francolin Campocolinus schlegelii

  A small gamebird of Central African savanna woodland. Males show a rusty orange head and dark facial markings; the species eats leaves, seeds, grain, and caterpillars.

• Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix

  Males have a green, iridescent head while females are duller; they gather with other ducks in shallow water and rest on grassy banks.

• Mouse-colored Thistletail Asthenes griseomurina

  This ovenbird has grey-brown plumage, a white eye-ring and a long rufous-brown tail. In the northern Peruvian Andes, it forages in humid scrub near forest edges.

• Lawrence's Thrush Turdus lawrencii

  This thrush lives in the canopy of lowland Amazonian forest. It has dark brown upperparts, a rufous-brown belly, and a yellow bill and eye-ring skin.

• Black-chinned Siskin Spinus barbatus

  A small finch of the Andean-Patagonian forest region, it has a black head and throat in males and olive coloring in females.

• Rough-legged Tyrannulet Acrochordopus burmeisteri

  Current IOC-based taxonomy treats this small bird as Acrochordopus burmeisteri. It is recorded in Argentina, with olive upperparts and a yellow belly.

• Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii

  In parts of southern Africa, including Botswana’s Okavango region, Hartlaub’s Babbler moves through scrub in pairs or groups.

• Slaty-backed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias goodfellowi

  This flycatcher lives in montane forest understory on Mindanao. An early description of the female records dark slate-gray upperparts with white and buff underparts.

• Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis

  The Brown-necked Raven is a crow with a bronze sheen on its neck and a long, triangular tail.

• Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera

  The Little Wattlebird is an Australian bird found in dry scrub, banksia heath, and even urban parks. White streaks on the underside and a reddish-brown wing patch are useful marks.

• Eastern Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris manoensis

  This sunbird occurs in the Zambezian miombo region. Males have blue-green upperparts and a red breast band. The species tends to build a grass ball nest attached among branches or leaves.

• Black-billed Amazon Amazona agilis

  The Black-billed Amazon is a Jamaica-endemic parrot whose red wing feathers stand out against its green body. It gathers in flocks in the forest canopy and eats fruits and seeds.

• Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus

  The Coconut Lorikeet is about 30 cm long. It is active by day in forests and eats fruit and nectar. The source gives a breeding-latitude band from near the equator to about 23 degrees south, shown here as only part of its range.

• 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.

• Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes

  This nocturnal owl has mottled tawny plumage and a white throat. In Taiwan it lives in low-elevation streamside forest and catches crabs, frogs, and other animals.

• Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri

  This small antwren occurs in lowland Amazonian forest. It searches among dense leaves and vines and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Slender-billed Kite Helicolestes hamatus

  A kite that darts from low perches at water to catch snails; its red legs are a useful clue.

• Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus

  This woodpecker is about 23 cm long and lives in humid forest. It is active by day and searches for food on trunks and branches.

• Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli

  This cuckoo has a long tail and legs, blue bare skin around the eye, and a rufous belly. It inhabits dry deciduous forest in western and northern Madagascar.