Meet the world’s animals.

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• Nightingale Finch Nesospiza questi

  

  A finch of Nightingale Island in Tristan da Cunha. A breeding study records females building nests in dense grass tussocks.

• Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius

  An African cuckoo whose adult male is metallic green and which is widespread across the Afrotropics.

• Red-backed Flameback Dinopium psarodes

  This Sri Lankan woodpecker is the red-backed form. It is most widespread in the wet zone, while birds in the north-central contact area can show intermediate plumage.

• Rufous Fishing Owl Scotopelia ussheri

  This fishing owl lives in coastal West Africa. It watches water from branches beside rivers, lakes, or mangroves and catches fish.

• Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus

  It has a brown back, a grayish head, and spots on the breast and belly. Males may sing after wet and windy weather.

• Rufous-backed Antvireo Dysithamnus xanthopterus

  This antvireo occurs in montane forest on Brazil's Atlantic slope. A Brazilian species account describes birds moving alone or in pairs through the middle and lower forest strata and searching live foliage for invertebrates.

• Akiapolaau Hemignathus wilsoni

  This endemic Hawaiian honeycreeper lives in montane forest on Hawaiʻi Island. It uses a long curved upper bill and a short lower bill to search branches for insects and larvae.

• Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis

  The Pacific Parrotlet is a small green parrot. Males show blue on the rump and wings, and the species eats fruits and seeds and moves in small groups.

• Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis

  This forest-associated bird is endemic to southern Malawi, where it is recorded on the Mulanje, Malosa, and Zomba massifs. A study on Mulanje found it using forest edges with understorey shrubs.

• Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis

  The Savanna Hawk is a raptor with rufous plumage and long legs. It searches for prey by walking through lowland savanna or by hunting from a perch or in flight.

• Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris

  This duck has a brown, pale-spotted body and a dark stripe through the eye. It uses shallow wetlands.

• Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula

  This hummingbird inhabits wet montane forest from Central America into Colombia and Ecuador. Its green plumage differs between sexes, and it takes nectar from long flower bracts.

• Ruddy Spinetail Synallaxis rutilans

  This Amazonian spinetail has chestnut-rufous head and underparts with a black throat. It forages in the forest understory and appears associated with thick growth near treefall gaps.

• Lesser Prairie Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

  This ground-dwelling bird has barred brown-and-white plumage and lives in grasslands of the southern United States. In spring, males gather at display grounds to court females.

• Yellow-lored Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum poliocephalum

  This small tyrant flycatcher occurs in lowlands of southeastern Brazil. It is found in shrubs at forest edges, clearings, gardens, and parks.

• Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorynchos

  The Great-billed Parrot is green with a large bill. Flocks feed on fruit and seeds in forests on islands of eastern Indonesia.

• Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina

  The Rose-crowned Fruit Dove has a pink crown and green back and feeds on fruit. It swallows fruit whole in the canopy, where it may be detected by its call or by fruit dropping below.

• Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica

  A small African flycatcher of wetlands and waterside grass. It has dark brown upperparts and a white throat and belly; the breast patch varies in tone and extent.

• Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus

  Males are purple with a black throat and yellow legs, while females have green upperparts and a greenish-blue head. The bird feeds on nectar, berries, and insects in the canopy and at forest edges.

• Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea

  This cuckoo has a red eye ring and bluish-gray head. It uses the middle levels of trees, and breeding birds studied in native woodland in east-central Argentina nested in trees.

• Jamaican Woodpecker Melanerpes radiolatus

  The Jamaican Woodpecker has a relatively long bill. It eats both plant and animal matter and forages by probing bark and bromeliads.

• Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia

  This nocturnal owl has mottled brown plumage and ear tufts. It uses tree holes and other cavities for nesting and catches insects and small animals.

• Sulawesi Thrush Turdus turdoides

  This thrush occurs on Sulawesi, Indonesia. A distinct black line above the eye stands out, and it forages in the lower levels and on the floor of moist montane forest.

• Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens

  The Variable Antshrike is about 13–14 cm long, and male plumage differs markedly among regions. In Bolivia it is recorded from the eastern Andean Yungas to southeastern lowlands.