Meet the world’s animals.

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• Buru Racket-tail Prioniturus mada

  

  A parrot found only on Buru Island, with tail feathers that end in racket-shaped tips.

• Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii

  The Needle-billed Hermit uses lowland rainforest understory and takes nectar and small arthropods. It has a long straight bill and elongated central tail feathers tipped with white.

• Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus

  The Blood Pheasant is a plump, short-tailed pheasant whose plumage ranges from grey-olive to bright crimson. It searches for food in groups during the day.

• Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata

  The Greenish Elaenia has a concealed yellow crown patch. In Bolivia it occurs in woodland and wooded savanna, with lowland records varying by season.

• Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus

  A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.

• Bridled Quail-Dove Geotrygon mystacea

  This pigeon lives in forests on Caribbean islands and searches the forest floor for seeds and fruit. A white line below the eye and reddish underparts help identify it.

• Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica

  The Brown Wood Owl described here is a large owl of Hong Kong's forests. It is mainly active at night and forages among the canopy.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Dusky thrush Turdus eunomus

  In Japan it arrives in woodland in autumn and also uses fields, riverbanks and lawns in winter. It runs over the ground and repeatedly pauses.

• Red-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythrocephala

  The Red-headed Bullfinch inhabits highland forests of the Himalayas. Males are orange-red from head to breast, while females are mainly yellow-green. It eats seeds in trees.

• Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac

  A small chat of dry open country in southern Africa. The source lists five subspecies whose plumage differs.

• Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata

  A long-tailed, crested hawk that searches the canopy for large insects; females have a browner crown than males.

• Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus

  This foliage-gleaner occurs in riverine forest and seasonally flooded várzea across the Amazon basin, feeding low in dense vegetation.

• Northern Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus

  The Northern Slaty Antshrike is about 14 cm long. In Peru, PeruAves records separate populations in the Chinchipe, Marañón and part of the Huallaga valleys.

• Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons

  This small green parakeet lives in a restricted high-altitude range in central Colombia.

• Greenish Yellow Finch Sicalis olivascens

  It lives in Andean scrub and forages on the ground. The Peruvian account places it at 1,650–4,200 m, in pairs or family groups.

• Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis

  The Red-flanked Lorikeet is a small parrot that searches flowering trees and epiphytes for nectar and pollen. The nominate subspecies male has red flank feathers.

• Green-fronted Hummingbird Leucolia viridifrons

  This hummingbird lives in dry woodland and scrub in Mexico. It has a green forehead and a red bill with a black tip.

• Gunnison Grouse Centrocercus minimus

  In spring courtship, males inflate their chest sacs and fan their tails. The species is restricted to western Colorado and eastern Utah.

• Puerto Rican Flycatcher Myiarchus antillarum

  A flycatcher found in Puerto Rico that searches for prey from a perch.

• Gadwall Mareca strepera

  The male has fine gray patterning and a distinctive black rear.

• 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.

• Buff-fronted Owl Aegolius harrisii

  The Buff-fronted Owl has a rufous face and white spots on its wings and tail. Argentine records place it in forests in the northeast and northwest of the country.

• Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii

  The Green-backed Woodpecker is a small woodpecker of woodland and open forest in parts of eastern and central Africa. It is active by day and feeds on small invertebrates, including insects.