Meet the world’s animals.

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• Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola

  

  A relatively long, rounded tail and broad pale eyebrow distinguish the Paddyfield Warbler. It eats insects in reeds by lakes and rivers, breeding from Romania to Mongolia and wintering from Iran to China.

• Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis

  

  This puffbird lives in humid forest from eastern Panama to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. It takes centipedes and scorpions among other prey and excavates a nest hole in an arboreal termite mound.

• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus

  

  The Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse is a ground-dwelling bird of dry country. It eats seeds and flies daily to water, where large flocks gather; males and females differ in plumage.

• Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus

  

  A bird native to India and Sri Lanka whose males spread a long train like a fan.

• Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus

  

  This tiny bird is about 8 cm long, with a brownish-grey head and back, darker wings and a short tail. It forages in pairs or family groups in dry savanna and shrubland.

• Elegant Pitta Pitta elegans

  

  The Elegant Pitta is notable for its blue rump and cinnamon-colored underparts. It occurs on islands from the Lesser Sundas to the Moluccas and eats beetles and small snails.

• Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis

  The Buffy Pipit lives in open grassland and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It occurs widely across southern Africa.

• Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

  The Australasian Gannet is a seabird that eats fish and squid, plunging into the sea to catch prey. Juvenile plumage differs markedly from adult plumage.

• Black-breasted Gnateater Conopophaga snethlageae

  This forest bird ranges in the Amazon between the Tapajós and Tocantins Rivers. In 2023, the first nest observations were reported from the understory of primary terra firme forest in Brazil.

• 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.

• Sunda Frogmouth Batrachostomus cornutus

  It is active at night. On Bangka Island, parents take turns warming the chick and bring it insects.

• Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis

  A small tern that nests on sandy beaches and dives into shallow water to catch fish.

• Rufous-capped Spinetail Synallaxis ruficapilla

  The Rufous-capped Spinetail occurs in dense thickets and forest edges from eastern Brazil into neighboring countries. It hops on the ground and, when disturbed, flies to the nearest thicket.

• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea

  A thrush that breeds in mountain woods in Japan; a white band shows beneath its wings in flight.

• San Andres Vireo Vireo caribaeus

  This small vireo is confined to San Andrés Island. It has an olive back and pale underparts; a field study recorded dry scrub as a commonly used nesting habitat.

• Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus

  A mostly black caracara with a red face and throat. It travels in groups and eats wasp larvae and fruit.

• Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis

  A small hornbill found only on Mindoro in the Philippines, it has pink facial skin in males and blue facial skin in females. It feeds on lowland-forest fruit, especially figs.

• Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis

  The Sichuan Treecreeper is associated with old fir forest in the mountains of Sichuan. It has a long tail and very short bill, and forages on fir trunks.

• Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca

  This bullfinch lives in montane coniferous and mixed forests. Adult males have an orange breast patch, while females are browner overall.

• Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens

  The Brown Illadopsis is a brown-toned bird that searches for insects and other invertebrates in the forest undergrowth of western and central Africa. It is often seen in pairs or small family groups.

• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii

  Godlewski’s Bunting is a bunting found on rocky slopes and forest edges. Males show a gray hood, chestnut crown stripe, and white wing bars.

• Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica

  The Pied Water Tyrant has black-and-white upperparts, white underparts, and a black bill and legs. In Peru it has been recorded in Ucayali and southern Loreto, where it uses open scrub near water.

• Starry Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles tatei

  This owlet-nightjar inhabits New Guinea’s lowland rainforest, with records in southern Papua New Guinea and along the Muyu River on the Indonesian side.

• Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani

  Bannerman's Turaco lives in montane forest in western Cameroon. It has a red crest and blue tail and feeds on fruit in the canopy.