Meet the world’s animals.

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• Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus

  

  The Olive Woodpecker inhabits forests and dense woodland from central to southern Africa. Its olive-gray underside and upper-canopy foraging are characteristic.

• Violet-crowned Hummingbird Leucolia violiceps

  This hummingbird occurs in western Mexico and reaches southeastern Arizona. It uses mid-elevation canyons and streamside woodland, feeding on nectar and small insects.

• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis

  The Pale-vented Pigeon has a ruddy brown body, gray head, and pale lower belly. It perches high in trees in woodland and more open habitats and gives a low-pitched call.

• Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus

  The Falkland Steamer Duck is a marine duck endemic to the Falkland Islands, with short wings and a heavy build. It feeds along rocky coasts and may gather in pairs or small groups in sheltered bays.

• Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum

  The Red-chested Owlet is a small owl without ear-tufts. It lives in forest and along forest edges and feeds chiefly on invertebrates.

• Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi

  This cuckoo has a grey cap and rufous back. Some details of its range and seasonal movements remain poorly known.

• White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis

  This thrush lives in humid montane forest on the eastern Andean slope. A broad white cheek-and-ear stripe stands out against its dark head and underparts.

• Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus

  The Chestnut-throated Partridge is a pheasant-family bird with a long crest and a white band at the end of its tail. Detailed behaviour records come from observations in Lianhuashan Nature Reserve, Gansu, China.

• Ankober Serin Crithagra ankoberensis

  The Ankober Serin is a small bird of rocky slopes and escarpments in the Ethiopian highlands. It eats grass and herb seeds and can forage in flocks of several dozen.

• Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis

  The Black Eagle is a large, dark eagle with broad wings that uses forested hills and mountains. A historical observation in Sri Lanka described it gliding slowly over wooded slopes and into ravines while searching for prey.

• Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii

  It is active by day in open woodland and the Chaco, where it searches the ground for invertebrates. Its body is about 29–35 cm long.

• Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus

  Males are black and females reddish brown. It uses moist forest, forest edges, and secondary growth, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis

  An Old World flycatcher of miombo woodland with large trees. It feeds actively on the ground and sings conspicuously while defending its territory in spring.

• Red-billed Tyrannulet Zimmerius cinereicapilla

  The Red-billed Tyrannulet lives in humid montane forest on Peru’s eastern Andean slopes. It feeds in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Pygmy Hanging Parrot Loriculus exilis

  This small parrot, about 11 cm long, lives on Sulawesi in Indonesia. It is green with a red throat patch and rump, and hanging parrots rest upside down.

• Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa

  This antwren occurs in South America, including cerrado scrub. Males have black breast and belly areas bordered by white, while females have dark streaks on the white throat and breast.

• Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni

  This parakeet has large yellow patches on its wings. It forms flocks in Costa Rica's mountains and nests in tree cavities.

• Arabian Woodpecker Dendrocoptes dorae

  The Arabian Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of western Saudi Arabia's highlands. It opens holes in tree trunks to take insect prey.

• White-booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii

  The White-booted Racket-tail is an Andean hummingbird. Males have puffy white leg feathers and a long tail that ends in racket-shaped tips.

• White-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis

  This ground-dwelling pigeon has a plump body and long tail. A white wing patch shows in flight, and plumage varies among individuals.

• Black-necked swan Cygnus melancoryphus

  A swan of southern South American wetlands. Adults have a white body with a black head and neck.

• Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens

  This owl has a rounded, ear-tuftless head and a pale ochre face. It hunts at night and rests in shade or a cavity by day.

• Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii

  This thrush has been recorded in mountain forests from the eastern Himalaya to Yunnan, China. It is treated as a species distinct from the related Alpine Thrush in the 2016 study.

• Chestnut-headed Hill Partridge Arborophila cambodiana

  A partridge of southwestern Cambodia. The Cardamom Mountains population includes a locally described subspecies.