Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela

  

  This hummingbird has a dark head, white breast feathers, and a shining blue rump. It feeds at flowers in Bolivia's highlands.

• Red-cockaded Woodpecker Leuconotopicus borealis

  This woodpecker lives in pine forests of the southeastern United States. A breeding pair may receive help from other family members.

• Russet-mantled Softtail Cranioleuca berlepschi

  This softtail occurs in the northern Peruvian Andes. It uses montane and elfin forest near the treeline, where pairs and small groups may join mixed-species flocks.

• Gray-breasted Francolin Pternistis rufopictus

  This ground-dwelling gamebird uses Tanzanian savannas and grassland. Its red bill, orange-red bare throat, and black-and-white facial pattern are conspicuous.

• Javan Scops Owl Otus angelinae

  This small owl is endemic to Java. It has black streaks on its brown chest and rests or forages near the forest canopy.

• Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca

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

• Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus

  This laughingthrush relative occurs mainly in southern and central China, with records in Myanmar. It uses forest edges and young growth as well as bamboo and tea plantations.

• Gray Honeyeater Conopophila whitei

  The Gray Honeyeater is an inconspicuous bird of arid inland Australia. It has also been observed spreading its wings while foraging.

• Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra

  This small flycatcher lives in moist forests and montane forests across Asia. The male is notable for its combination of an ash-blue head and orange chest.

• Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus levaillantii

  Corvus levaillantii is a crow reported from South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. The Bangladesh species assessment records it widely across that country, from woodland to towns.

• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

  Pallas's Rosefinch is about 16–18 cm long. The sexes differ in plumage, and birds in forests from central Siberia to northern Mongolia eat plant seeds.

• Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris

  The Bar-winged Prinia has an olive back marked by white wing bars. It searches for insects in gardens, parks, and secondary growth on Sumatra, Java, and Bali.

• Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus

  A bird that runs through dry scrub and uses its long tail to steer while chasing lizards.

• Comoro Parrot Coracopsis sibilans

  This parrot occurs on Grand Comoro and Anjouan in the Comoros. It is strongly associated with evergreen forest and also visits cacao plantations and agroforests on Grand Comoro; much of its wild ecology remains unknown.

• Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula poliocephala

  A large pigeon endemic to the Philippines, living in the canopy of primary and older secondary forest on the islands.

• Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata

  The Crested Goshawk is a raptor of forests and wooded edges from South to Southeast Asia. It hunts from concealed perches in trees.

• Long-billed Sunbird Cinnyris lotenius

  The Long-billed Sunbird is a small sunbird with a long, downcurved bill. It occurs in farmland, moist forest, and scrub in India and Sri Lanka.

• Tucuman Mountain Finch Poospiza baeri

  This finch occurs in the Tucuman Mountain area of Argentina and Bolivia. Its grayish body is marked with orange-rufous on the forehead, eyebrow, and throat.

• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus

  The male Vermilion Flycatcher has a bright red head and underparts. It perches low in open areas near water and catches flying insects.

• Spot-winged Thrush Geokichla spiloptera

  The Spot-winged Thrush has two pale bars on its wings and brown spots across its breast and belly. It searches forest floors in Sri Lanka for insects and fallen fruit.

• Emperor Goose Anser canagicus

  A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.

• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster

  An antwren of woodland and dense scrub in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay, feeding on insects and spiders.

• 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.

• Short-tailed Parrot Graydidascalus brachyurus

  This green parrot has a short tail with a red base. It searches for fruit in the canopy of forests in northern South America.