Meet the world’s animals.

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• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima

  

  The Alpine Thrush is about 25–27 cm long. It breeds on rocky ground above the tree line and moves to lower elevations outside the breeding season.

• Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi

  The Ancient Antwren occurs in lowland forest in southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru. It has yellowish sides of the head and underside, with white wing bars on a gray back.

• Mute swan Cygnus olor

  A large white waterbird with a long neck. Adults have an orange bill with a black knob at its base.

• Blue-fronted Lorikeet Charmosynopsis toxopei

  A small lorikeet confined to Buru Island in Indonesia, it remains poorly known in the wild.

• Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus

  The Pallid Cuckoo occurs across Australia and is a brood parasite. Its plumage varies among individuals and between sexes, and it leaves its eggs in host nests.

• Scarlet-faced Liocichla Liocichla ripponi

  The Scarlet-faced Liocichla is resident from Myanmar through Thailand and Vietnam to southern China. It is olive overall, with red facial and wing patches, and uses dense hill-forest undergrowth.

• Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata

  A hawk that hunts in forests and woodlands, mainly in Australia. It uses its long tail and broad wings as it pursues birds and small animals.

• Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana

  A tanager found from Amazonian lowlands into foothills. Males are blue and black; females are green with blue on the head.

• White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi

  This cisticolid lives in the forest understory of western equatorial Africa and also uses dense cover at forest edges and clearings.

• Salvadori's Pheasant Lophura inornata

  Salvadori's Pheasant lives in montane forest on Sumatra. The cited account distinguishes a southern nominate subspecies from a northern subspecies.

• Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura

  A bulbul of western and central African forests. It eats fruit and other plant food and occurs in raffia-palm stands and damp forest near water.

• Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus

  The Great Green Macaw has a yellow-green body, a red forehead, and a blue-tipped red-orange tail. Pairs and small groups forage in the canopy for seeds, nuts, and other plant foods.

• Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale

  The Checker-throated Woodpecker is green, with a checkered pattern on its throat. It searches trunks and branches in lowland and hill forests in Borneo and nearby regions.

• Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria

  The Tambourine Dove is a shy dove of woodland and thickets in sub-Saharan Africa and the Comoros. It often forages on the ground and is usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani

  This canary occurs in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. This entry uses the genus Crithagra, although the species was formerly placed in Serinus. Its listed habitats include acacia scrub, woodland, and gardens.

• Black-throated Honeyeater Caligavis subfrenata

  This honeyeater lives in the mountains of New Guinea. Its black throat and yellow-and-white ear patches are useful identification features.

• Crested Doradito Pseudocolopteryx sclateri

  The Crested Doradito is a small bird with a yellow belly and a black-and-yellow crest. It moves alone or in pairs, and studies report bill-snapping notes within its song.

• Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo

  This flycatcher occurs from Indochina to islands of Indonesia and is mainly found in montane forest.

• Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo

  The Spotted Wood Owl lives in Southeast Asian forests. It is usually solitary or in pairs and feeds on rats, birds, and other animals.

• Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo

  A dark-blue jay with a black face and throat edged by a narrow whitish eyebrow. It inhabits humid mountain forests from Mexico into northern Central America.

• Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris

  A small sunbird with a narrow blue-purple band on the male's breast, seen in forests and gardens in eastern South Africa.

• Black-chinned Sparrow Spizella atrogularis

  This small sparrow breeds on rocky hillsides in the southwestern United States and winters in Mexico. It forages on the ground but does not stay in the open for long.

• Black-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus falcularius

  Its dark body is set off by a long, slender, curved bill. It probes gaps in trees and plants and feeds mainly on small invertebrates.

• Blue-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena helianthea

  The Blue-throated Starfrontlet lives in mountain forest in Colombia's Eastern Andes. Males have an iridescent blue throat and green body; females are less vivid. It feeds on nectar and also catches insects.