Meet the world’s animals.

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• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

  

  A black bird with a deeply forked tail. It lives in open areas such as farms and wetlands in India, perching at vantage points to chase insects.

• Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis

  

  This small babbler forages in the understory of lowland forest in Southeast Asia. Bold dark streaks on the underside and active insect foraging are noted as characteristic.

• Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus

  

  The Undulated Tinamou lives in Amazonian lowlands, and its brown plumage varies among regional forms. It uses floodplain forest, seasonally flooded várzea forest, and secondary growth, and is known for its distinctive call.

• Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens

  

  The Blue-billed Malimbe has a blue bill and a scarlet patch across the throat and upper breast. In lowland forest undergrowth, it climbs branches while searching for arthropods.

• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

  

  The Jungle Nightjar is a nocturnal bird whose intricate gray-brown pattern blends into trees or the ground. It also occurs in grassy and scrubby places, not only in forest.

• Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta

  

  This spiderhunter stands out for its long, down-curved bill, olive plumage, and streaked belly. It feeds among forest canopies on nectar and other foods.

• Black Storm Petrel Hydrobates melania

  The black storm-petrel is a dark seabird with a long, forked tail. It flies buoyantly low over the water and picks food from the surface.

• Rusty-faced Parrot Hapalopsittaca amazonina

  A parrot of the northern Andes' montane forests. Its green plumage is accented by rusty tones on the face, whose extent and shade vary among subspecies.

• Maroon Shining Parrot Prosopeia tabuensis

  A parrot of Fiji's forests, notable for reddish plumage and green wings. Fine details of its coloration vary by subspecies.

• Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon Petrophassa rufipennis

  The Chestnut-quilled Rock Pigeon has a dark brown body with pale spots and chestnut wing panels visible in flight. It lives among sandstone formations in northern Australia.

• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

  A dark greenish-blue bird with a red bill and pale patches on its wings in flight.

• Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii

  Bewick's Wren is a small bird that flicks its long tail as it moves from branch to branch. Its bold white eyebrow stands out, and its song strings together short whistles, warbles, and trills.

• Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris

  A migratory warbler of open woodland and scrub, it feeds on small invertebrates.

• Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus

  Its pointed crest and finely mottled plumage make this ground-dwelling bird distinctive. It lives in open grassland and woodland edges, feeding mainly on seeds.

• Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang

  Scarlet Robins search near the ground for insects in open forest and woodland. Their breast colour differs by sex: males are vivid red, while females are more muted orange-red.

• Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens

  The male has black plumage with blue-green iridescence, while the female is brown. This bird-of-paradise eats fruit and small animals in forests of eastern New Guinea.

• Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata

  The Greater Striped Swallow stands out for its rufous forehead and rump and deeply forked tail. It breeds mainly in southern Africa, builds mud nests, and catches insects in flight.

• Desert Owl Strix hadorami

  The Desert Owl’s facial disc is described as ranging from sandy gray to off-white among specimens. It occurs in rocky deserts and uses crevices in cliffs, caves, and wadis for roosting or nesting. An Israeli pellet study found small rodents and insectivores among its prey.

• Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus

  The Hoary-headed Grebe is a diving bird of fresh and brackish waters in Australia. Breeding adults show fine pale streaks on the head.

• Heuglin's Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus

  Heuglin's Courser has bands of rufous, black, and white across its neck and breast. It is hard to see by day and searches for insects at dusk.

• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca

  The Ruddy-breasted Crake is a rail that lives in waterside vegetation.

• Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus

  Adults have a red forehead, yellow bill, and pinkish or silvery streaks on the throat and breast. The bird uses forest undergrowth, and an adult was photographed near a nest excavated in a dead tree in Uganda.

• Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni

  This vanga is endemic to humid evergreen forest in eastern Madagascar. It is recorded from sea level to 2,000 m, though its distribution is patchy.

• Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus

  The Little Bee-eater is a small bee-eater widespread in sub-Saharan Africa. It catches flying insects from low perches.