Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis

  

  The Red-lored Amazon is mostly green, with a red forehead and bluish crown. Its native range extends from eastern Mexico to northwestern South America.

• Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis

  

  This lorikeet occurs in northern Australia. Adult males have a blue-black head with fine violet-blue streaks and a red-orange collar around the back of the neck. It uses riverside eucalypt woodland, wetlands, and scrub, and feeds on nectar, fruit, and insects.

• Grey-green Fruit Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus

  

  The Grey-green Fruit Dove is a fruit-eating pigeon found on Tahiti and Moorea in the Society Islands. It uses forests and other wooded places.

• Chestnut-breasted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma castaneothorax

  

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in Australian grassland and shrubland. Males have a pale stripe above the eye and a conspicuous chestnut band across the breast.

• Purple Roller Coracias naevius

  

  The Purple Roller scans for prey from high perches in open African savannas.

• Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus

  

  This wren is recorded in the northern lowlands of Costa Rica south of Lake Nicaragua. Adults have many black spots on the breast and belly.

• Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina

  This small warbler hides in low shrubs. The male has a pale salmon-pink underside from throat to belly, and its breeding range is limited to islands and mountains around Italy.

• Black-eared Wood Quail Odontophorus melanotis

  The Black-eared Wood Quail is an elusive bird of humid forests from Honduras to eastern Panama.

• White-breasted Robin Eopsaltria georgiana

  The White-breasted Robin is endemic to south-western Australia. It often perches sideways on a trunk, then darts to catch prey from the ground or air.

• Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus

  This bird-of-paradise lives in forests on New Guinea and Misool. Its blue-black plumage has a blue-green sheen, and the feathers on the throat and upper breast look crinkled.

• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae

  The Black Stilt is a wader found only in New Zealand. Adults are marked by all-black plumage, long red legs and a thin black bill.

• White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis

  This swallow lives in Africa south of the equator and catches insects in flight. Some birds that breed in South Africa are thought to move north after breeding.

• Romblon Boobook Ninox spilonotus

  An owl recorded on Tablas and Sibuyan in the Philippines. The studied island birds had a relatively plain head pattern.

• Titicaca Grebe Rollandia microptera

  The Titicaca Grebe is a flightless grebe of high-altitude lakes around Lake Titicaca. In breeding plumage, its yellow-orange bill and white cheeks stand out; it dives for fish in shallow, vegetated water.

• Little Pratincole Glareola lactea

  The little pratincole is a small bird that catches insects while flying over water and farmland. It is also recorded along Thai rivers and lakeshores.

• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata

  The Maroon-backed Accentor ranges from the eastern Himalayas to southern China. It has a dark gray head and chestnut wings and keeps to dense cover.

• Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata

  The Lesser Moorhen is a waterbird whose sexes differ in plumage. It is active by day, eats plant seeds and other food in wetlands, and occurs in part of the Afrotropical region.

• Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor

  It has a red forehead, whitish underparts washed pink, and black thighs. It is recorded in riverine woodland, forest edges, and near cultivation.

• White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis

  The White-headed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The male has a white head and underside with green-glossed black upperparts, and searches for food on forest branches.

• Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri

  The Black-headed Bee-eater is marked by a black head and green and cinnamon plumage. It catches insects from an open perch.

• Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi

  A black bird with a strong bill hooked at the tip. James Cook University's page documents a campus-area occurrence in Cairns.

• Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus

  It has a black face and back, white underparts, and a thick orange bill. It breeds only on the Snares Islands; tracked adults moved west in winter.

• Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor

  This small antwren occurs in Panama's humid forests. Males are gray and females olive-brown, and the birds search low growth for small prey.

• Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus

  This small leaf warbler breeds in alpine scrub and moves from the mountains to lower elevations in winter.