Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus

  

  The Rufous Nightjar is a nocturnal bird with rufous plumage.

• Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui

  

  This sunbird lives in montane forest in Tanzania. It feeds on nectar and makes a small purse-shaped nest from leaves or dry grass bound with silk.

• European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus

  

  The European Storm Petrel is a small, dark seabird that spends much of its time at sea. In the breeding season it returns to island burrows, including in Scotland.

• Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi

  

  This small bird lives in Madagascar. A species account lists montane forest as its habitat and describes it searching for small invertebrates on branches. A separate field account records the appearance of recently fledged young.

• Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysoptera

  

  The Golden-winged Parakeet is a small green parakeet with a golden wing patch. Outside the breeding season it travels in flocks and may gather at fruiting trees.

• White-naped Lory Lorius albidinucha

  

  This lory occurs on New Ireland and nearby islands of Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Archipelago. It feeds on fruit and flowers of wild oil palms in deciduous forest.

• Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani

  This dove searches for food while walking across shaded, damp forest floors. When alarmed, it may pause, fly a short distance, and land close to the ground.

• 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.

• Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis

  Blue on the wings and tail becomes more visible in flight. A purple-blue breast and olive back help distinguish the Indochinese Roller.

• Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis

  The Black-throated Wren is a resident of lowlands and foothills in Costa Rica. Adults have a black face, throat, and chest, with chestnut-brown upperparts.

• Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea

  Menetries's Warbler is a small migrant that breeds in scrub in Southwest Asia. In breeding plumage, the male has a dark head while the female is brownish gray.

• Spot-winged Wood Quail Odontophorus capueira

  The Spot-winged Wood-Quail is a plump ground-dwelling bird of South America's Atlantic Forest.

• Microeca flaviventris

  A small bird from New Caledonia with dark olive upperparts, grey-white throat, grey breast and yellow belly and flanks. A 2025 paper uses Cryptomicroeca flaviventris.

• Red Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea rubra

  The male displays crimson plumes in courtship; the female is mainly brown. The species inhabits the Raja Ampat Islands.

• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

  It walks through shallow water on long pink legs and searches for food with a slender bill.

• Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

  A small bird with a blue-green back and white underside that catches insects in flight.

• Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma

  This small owl has a long tail, rounded head and yellow eyes. It is active by day as well as at other times, waiting on a perch to surprise small birds and other prey; it ranges through mountains of western North America.

• White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei

  The amount of white on its head varies, and its red bill and feet stand out. By day it searches tree trunks and branches for invertebrates.

• White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland

  This small grebe dives for food. Breeding adults have a bold white fan of feathers on each side of the dark head.

• Somali Courser Cursorius somalensis

  The Somali Courser has dark lines behind its eyes that form a V when seen from behind. It lives in dry open country and often moves in small groups on foot.

• Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida

  The Japanese Accentor breeds in Japan's mountains and appears at lower elevations in winter. The sexes look alike; in winter, the Kyoto branch of the Wild Bird Society of Japan records it in riverside scrub and similar cover.

• Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris

  The Azure Gallinule is a small wetland rail with a yellowish frontal shield and bill, blue-green wings, and a white belly. It searches for seeds and small animals in floating vegetation in northern South America.

• Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae

  This small barbet is recorded in miombo woodland on Angola's interior plateau. It has a brown body, a pale yellow face, and similar-looking sexes.

• Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi

  Crossley’s Vanga has different male and female plumage and searches for small prey on the forest floor.