Meet the world’s animals.

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• Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis

  

  A compact white heron with a short neck and legs, it feeds in grassland and pastures, catching insects and small animals disturbed by livestock or farm machinery.

• Grey Hypocolius Hypocolius ampelinus

  

  The Grey Hypocolius is a long-tailed gray bird. Males have a black facial mask, while females lack this mask.

• North Island Kokako Callaeas wilsoni

  

  The North Island Kokako is endemic to New Zealand's North Island, where it lives in native forest. It has blue-gray plumage and blue wattles, and feeds in trees on fruit, leaves, and insects.

• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula

  

  A diving duck distinguished by a tuft at the back of its head and yellow eyes.

• Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi

  

  This plover-like bird lives in the high Andes. Its back is reddish brown, and the pale rufous underparts have fine, scalloped markings.

• European Roller Coracias garrulus

  

  A bird that breeds in parts of central Europe and migrates to central and southern Africa. It has a blue head and chest and a chestnut back.

• Common Redshank Tringa totanus

  A shorebird with bright red legs that searches for small animals in coastal mud in the UK.

• Long-billed Wren Cantorchilus longirostris

  This wren is endemic to Brazil. It has a long tail and bill, a prominent white eyebrow, and occurs at forest edges, in second growth, dry scrub, and mangroves.

• Garden Warbler Sylvia borin

  The Garden Warbler breeds in Europe and migrates south of the Sahara for winter. Its upperparts are brown and its underside is pale.

• Garganey Spatula querquedula

  A small duck whose male has a broad white stripe above the eye. It feeds at the water's surface and breeds in small numbers in the UK.

• Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii

  A desert quail whose male has a black belly patch and whose males and females have a dark head plume.

• Flame Robin Petroica phoenicea

  The Flame Robin is a small bird whose male has a bright orange-red breast. It breeds in high country in spring and summer, then moves to lower, more open areas in the cooler season.

• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

  The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.

• Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae

  Queen Carola's Parotia lives in mountain forests of central New Guinea. The male has a dark body with iridescent green-blue tones and white flank plumes; the brown female has a finely patterned underside.

• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana

  The American Avocet has long legs and a slender, upturned bill that it sweeps through shallow water for food.

• Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi

  A swallow of West Africa that catches flying insects over open country, towns, and water.

• Rufescent Screech Owl Megascops ingens

  The Rufescent Screech Owl is a small nocturnal owl of humid Andean forests. The Bolivia account describes it alone or in pairs in dense middle-level foliage.

• Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus

  A social bird that probes tree trunks with a long, curved red bill.

• Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii

  The Ibisbill searches for food along stony rivers with its long, down-curved red bill. It may feed alone beside highland rivers and streams.

• Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

  On lakes and coasts of western North America, it dives for fish; during courtship, pairs run together across the water.

• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

  A pratincole with a tern-like flight that catches insects over open country near water.

• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

  Its bright orange breast and eyebrow contrast with a white throat and streaked brown back. It breeds in high-altitude forest and descends to lower scrub in winter.

• Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris

  The Mangrove Rail is a rail of scattered coastal sites in Central and South America, where it uses mangroves and salty wetlands. It probes shallow mud and water with its long bill.

• Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus

  This East African barbet occurs in coastal and riverine woodland and savanna. It has a red cap and throat, a brown upper breast, and white lower parts.