Meet the world’s animals.

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• Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis

  

  The Australian Bustard is a large bird of dry plains, grassland, and open woodland. It eats both plant and animal foods.

• Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius

  

  The Solitary Cacique has a black body and pale bill. It searches the dense forest understory alone or in pairs in the Amazon region.

• White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus

  

  This quetzal has been observed in northern Colombian montane forest. Adult males have conspicuous white tips on their tail feathers. A local nesting record describes eggs in a cavity in a dead tree.

• Chinspot Batis Batis molitor

  

  This small bird is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa and favors woodland, savanna, and riverine thickets over evergreen forest. It searches for insects and spiders in trees and bushes.

• Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia

  

  A bird of humid Andean mountain forest, it is identified by the white tip of its tail and scaled markings below.

• Taliabu Masked Owl Tyto nigrobrunnea

  

  The Taliabu Masked Owl is a rare owl known from Taliabu Island. Its plumage is described, but its feeding and breeding habits remain unknown.

• Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus

  The Red-backed Buttonquail is a small ground bird marked by a rufous collar and a pale wing panel. Females are larger and more brightly colored than males.

• Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa

  The Northern Jacana lives in wetlands from Mexico to Panama and on some Caribbean islands. Its long legs and toes help it walk over floating plants.

• Ashy-headed Laughingthrush Argya cinereifrons

  This laughingthrush has a gray head and reddish-brown body and forms groups in damp forest.

• Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus

  The Yellow-wattled Lapwing is a plover of dry, open country in the Indian subcontinent. It may make short movements in response to rain.

• Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps

  This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to southern China and parts of Indochina. It has a black face, grey head, and yellow eyebrow and throat. It searches for tiny insects in the canopy of subtropical broadleaf forest, often with bamboo.

• Yellow-rumped Honeyguide Indicator xanthonotus

  The Yellow-rumped Honeyguide occurs in Asia, mainly along the Himalayan foothills. Its orange forehead and rump stand out, and it feeds on beeswax and insects.

• Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus

  The Superb Fairy-wren lives in southeastern Australia. Breeding males show vivid blue plumage, and the species is known for living in small groups.

• Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli

  This seabird breeds in the Hawaiian Islands. It has a dark back and white underparts, nests in the island highlands, and catches squid and fish at sea.

• Carnaby's Black Cockatoo Zanda latirostris

  Its dark plumage has pale feather edges, a white cheek patch and a broad white tail band. It travels in flocks while searching for seeds in woodland and scrub of south-western Western Australia.

• Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis

  The Yunnan Nuthatch is a small bird with a blue-grey back and a bold black eyestripe. In mature pine forest in southern China, it searches for insects among pine needles.

• Furtive Flycatcher Ficedula disposita

  A small flycatcher recorded in northern Luzon. It searches among trees for small invertebrates in lowland forest.

• Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis

  This fantail is endemic to the Philippines. It searches for insects in lowland woodland, coastal vegetation, and green spaces in towns.

• Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei

  This small bird occurs in forests of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. It has a gray head and throat with a white eyebrow and searches low vegetation for insects.

• White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor

  This cuckooshrike occurs in Australia. Breeding males show a sharp black-and-white pattern, and the species searches for insects in open woodland and scrub.

• White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis

  The White-shouldered Starling is marked by white shoulders and gathers in open areas with scattered trees.

• African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis

  This stork occurs in sub-Saharan Africa. It has a fluffy white neck and black body. The bill is black with red on the tip and upper ridge. It walks through wetlands and pastures to find visible prey such as frogs and fish.

• Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris

  This black bird with a blue gloss lives in woodland and scrub around the Yucatán Peninsula. At Sian Ka’an in Mexico it uses coastal vegetation with palms and shrubs and feeds on fruit and other foods.

• Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri

  This lark runs through high-plateau grassland; in the breeding season, the male makes a singing display flight.