Meet the world’s animals.

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• Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides

  

  This small bird lives in dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It searches among foliage and leaf litter for insects and spiders.

• Amazonian Parrotlet Nannopsittaca dachilleae

  

  The Amazonian Parrotlet is a small parrot recorded in bamboo and nearby forest in the southwestern Amazon. Its green body contrasts with a blue forehead.

• Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens

  

  The Crimson Shining Parrot lives in forests and farmland on Fiji's islands. It has a red head and belly, with a broad blue band around the neck.

• Galapagos Dove Zenaida galapagoensis

  

  Its brown wings have black-and-white bars, and its neck and chest are pinkish. It is more common in the dry lowlands of some islands.

• Spotted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma punctatum

  

  The Spotted Quail-thrush blends into the ground of dry, open woodland. Males have a black face and throat with a white eyebrow, and birds are usually seen alone or in pairs.

• Azure Dollarbird Eurystomus azureus

  

  The Azure Dollarbird has dark purple-blue plumage and pale azure wing patches. It lives in forests of Indonesia's northern Moluccas.

• Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon

  The Northern House Wren is a small brown bird found even around homes and parks in North America. It searches for insects in low branches and shrubs and often gives a lively, bubbling song.

• Balearic Warbler Curruca balearica

  The Balearic Warbler is endemic to the Balearic Islands and has a long tail and red eye-ring. It feeds on small invertebrates in dense Mediterranean scrub.

• Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii

  Males have a tawny crest and reddish wings. This quail lives in scrub and secondary vegetation in western Mexico, forming small flocks that break into pairs for breeding.

• Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in mid-mountain forests on mainland New Guinea. A breeding study in the YUS Conservation Area on the Huon Peninsula recorded a pair carrying food to a nestling. It has a brown head, rufous-brown upperparts, and pale underparts.

• Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana

  The Raggiana Bird-of-paradise has strongly different male and female plumage. Males display red flank plumes in courtship, while females care for the nest and young.

• Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

  A shallow-water bird that forages with a slender upcurved bill.

• Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

  The Violet-green Swallow breeds in western North America. Its green and violet sheen and white facial markings make it distinctive.

• Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata

  The Crested Owl has a chestnut-brown body and long ear tufts and is active at night in humid forest. It hunts insects and small animals from a perch.

• Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis

  This bird has glossy, blackish plumage and searches tree bark for arthropods. It occurs in eastern Africa in woodland, bushland and tree-lined places near water.

• Madagascan Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii

  The Madagascar Grebe is a small diving bird endemic to Madagascar. In breeding plumage it has a black head and reddish-brown sides to the upper neck.

• Burchell's Courser Cursorius rufus

  This bird walks through open, dry country to find food. Its sandy back and blue-gray hind-crown help identify it, and it eats mainly insects.

• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella

  The Siberian Accentor has yellow eyebrows and a yellow throat; it breeds in Russia and winters in northern China and the northern Korean Peninsula.

• Tasmanian Native-hen Tribonyx mortierii

  A large flightless rail found in grassland near freshwater in Tasmania. It feeds on leaves and seeds and small animals on the ground.

• Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti

  Vieillot's Barbet is a daytime bird found in sub-Saharan Africa. It eats fruits and flower nectar among other foods.

• Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa

  Dark Newtonia occurs in eastern Madagascar. Adults have grey-brown backs and pale, tan-tinged undersides, and the species uses low rainforest and nearby secondary growth.

• Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides

  The Southern Carmine Bee-eater has reddish-pink plumage and long central tail streamers. It nests in colonies in burrows on river sandbanks and catches insects in flight.

• Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus

  The Grey Butcherbird lives in Australian woodlands and urban areas. Adults are black, grey, and white, with a hooked bill; captured prey may be hung up for later.

• Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua

  A penguin recognized by a red-orange bill and conspicuous white patches above its eyes.