Meet the world’s animals.

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• Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus

  

  The Common Woodshrike lives in scrub and open woodland in southeastern India and feeds mainly on insects.

• Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi

  

  Böhm’s Bee-eater is a small bee-eater about 16 cm long. It uses riverine woodland, savanna, and scrub, and catches flying insects by day.

• Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus

  

  The yellow crest makes the Macaroni Penguin easy to notice. It breeds on sub-Antarctic islands and elsewhere nearby, and feeds on krill and fish at sea.

• Sincora Antwren Formicivora grantsaui

  

  The Sincora Antwren lives in rocky highland grasslands in Bahia, eastern Brazil. A male's white eyebrow continues along the sides of the throat and breast, separating its black face and underparts from browner upperparts. Females have black streaks on the sides of the throat and breast.

• Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valentini

  

  Bianchi’s Warbler appears as Seicercus valentini or Phylloscopus valentini in different sources. The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society describes a small leaf warbler that searches for insects in the understory and notes that its full range is still poorly understood.

• Miombo Tit Melaniparus griseiventris

  

  The Miombo Tit is a black, white, and grey member of the tit family. In Zimbabwean miombo woodland it forages on large trees and sometimes joins other small birds.

• Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii

  The Red-crowned Barbet is green with a conspicuous red crown. It eats fruit and insects in lowland forests of Southeast Asia.

• Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus

  This manakin lives in Pacific lowlands of Central America. Adult males have a bright orange throat and collar with a green belly, while females are mostly subdued green.

• Andean Snipe Gallinago jamesoni

  The Andean Snipe inhabits wet grassland and waterside habitats high in the Andes. Pale stripes on its back and dark bars underneath help identify it.

• Brown Gerygone Gerygone mouki

  This small bird lives in forests and mangroves along Australia's east coast. Its muted grey-brown plumage includes a white eyebrow and patterned tail.

• Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus

  The Zone-tailed Hawk is a slender, dark raptor with pale tail bands that hunts around canyons and arid foothills in the U.S. Southwest.

• Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius

  The Crimson-breasted Woodpecker inhabits Himalayan mountain forests. Adult males have red feathers on the crown and nape, while the female's head is black.

• Yellow-browed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus huallagae

  The Yellow-browed Toucanet is a green toucanet of montane cloud forest in north-central Peru. Its narrow yellow eyebrow is a striking field mark.

• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

  The Banded Bay Cuckoo lives in woodland and gardens from the Indian subcontinent into Southeast Asia. In Singapore, it is known to lay its eggs in the nest of a Common Iora.

• Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis

  Western Reef Herons occur in pale and dark plumage forms; the dark form is marked by a white throat. They hunt along coasts and estuaries.

• Mindanao Ibon Lophozosterops goodfellowi

  This forest bird occurs on Mindanao in the Philippines. Sources use different generic combinations, including Heleia, Lophozosterops, and Apoia.

• Sucre Antpitta Grallaricula cumanensis

  This antpitta occurs in the Turimiquire and Paria mountains of northeastern Venezuela. It stays close to the ground in dense or more open undergrowth.

• Sociable Weaver Philetairus socius

  The Sociable Weaver has pale brown plumage with dark feather edging and a black chin. Around the Kalahari, groups build and use large communal nests.

• Vanikoro Flycatcher Myiagra vanikorensis

  The male Vanikoro Flycatcher is a small flycatcher with a bluish-black head and orange underparts. It uses forests as well as gardens and cultivated places with scattered trees, where it takes insects and other small food.

• Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis

  The Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is a small kingfisher of Madagascar that searches for prey in forest habitat.

• Golden Bowerbird Prionodura newtoniana

  This bowerbird lives in upland tropical rainforest of northeastern Queensland. A Paluma Range study recorded females building nests, incubating eggs, and feeding young.

• Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis flavigularis

  This forest-associated bird is endemic to southern Malawi, where it is recorded on the Mulanje, Malosa, and Zomba massifs. A study on Mulanje found it using forest edges with understorey shrubs.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.

• Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

  The black-footed albatross ranges across the North Pacific and takes squid and fish near the sea surface.