Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mindanao Island Thrush Turdus nigrorum

  

  A species split from the formerly broad Island Thrush complex. It includes mountain populations on Negros and several parts of Mindanao, with plumage varying among island forms.

• Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi

  This antshrike occurs in Costa Rica and Panama. The male is almost entirely black with white spots on the wings, and the species uses dense, tangled undergrowth in humid forest.

• Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

  This diving duck lives in the Peruvian Andes. Males have a reddish-brown body and blue bill, while females are dark brown.

• Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii

  Brehm's Tiger Parrot is a green parrot of New Guinea's mountain forests. Barred back feathers and the male's yellow facial crescent are useful field marks.

• Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii

  The Black-hooded Coucal is a cuckoo relative recorded on Mindoro in the Philippines. Records describe it moving through dense lowland-forest thickets along branches.

• Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis

  This medium-sized raptor lives in Madagascar's forests. It waits concealed among leaves, then glides from a perch to catch insects and small reptiles.

• Puerto Rican Bullfinch Melopyrrha portoricensis

  This finch is endemic to Puerto Rico, where it lives in forests and thickets. It mainly eats fruit and seeds and moves through dense vegetation.

• Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais

  The Wailing Cisticola is a grassland bird with a long tail and streaked back, ranging through eastern and southern Africa.

• Palawan Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis

  The Palawan Peacock Pheasant lives in the rainforests of Palawan Island in the Philippines. Males have iridescent blue plumage, while females are brown and blend into the forest floor.

• Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Psittacara wagleri

  The Scarlet-fronted Parakeet has a green body, red forehead, and long tail. It eats fruit and seeds and is native to Colombia and Venezuela.

• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius

  A large woodpecker of European forests, recognized by its black plumage and red head. It searches for ants and beetles on the ground and in trees, sometimes peeling bark to reach prey.

• Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica

  A pigeon with long neck feathers and gleaming blue-green plumage.

• White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis

  The White-cheeked Bullfinch is endemic to the Philippine mountains and is marked by white cheek patches. It eats fruits and seeds, and also uses insects seasonally.

• White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus

  This small bird occurs in forest in southern Amazonian Peru and adjacent Bolivia. It has olive upperparts and pale, grey-streaked underparts.

• Himalayan Bush-robin Tarsiger rufilatus

  This flycatcher breeds in the high Himalaya and moves to lower elevations in winter. eBird and other references also call it the Himalayan Bluetail.

• Principe Scops Owl Otus bikegila

  This small owl was described from Príncipe Island in the Gulf of Guinea and reported as a distinct species in a 2022 study.

• Grey-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa

  This ovenbird occurs in seasonally flooded savannas and woodland in parts of Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. It has mainly rufous-cinnamon plumage and a greyish crest.

• Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani

  The Short-tailed Emerald is recorded in Colombia's Andes. A regional bird account lists montane forest, edges, and clearings, while Gould's historical description notes its short tail.

• Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris

  The Rufous-bellied Thrush has a brown back and reddish belly. It occurs at forest edges and in tree-covered towns in Brazil, feeding on fruit and small invertebrates.

• Upland Antshrike Thamnophilus aroyae

  This antshrike ranges along the eastern Andes from southeastern Peru to central Bolivia. It lives at montane-forest edges and in tall secondary growth.

• Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor

  A long-legged duck with fulvous and black plumage that feeds in shallow wetlands.

• Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla

  A small parrot of eastern Australia. It is green with a black bill and a red patch that extends from the forehead to the throat.

• Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus

  A very long tail and heavy barring mark this cuckoo. It hides in dense woodland and is often located by its voice.

• Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles

  This harrier searches for food over wetlands and other open places. Males show more white and grey, while females are browner. It occurs in Madagascar and the Comoros.