Meet the world’s animals.

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• Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi

  

  This lark is restricted to a small area of northern Tanzania. Checklists have changed its rank; this account follows the current split treatment as Chersomanes beesleyi.

• Gilbert's Whistler Pachycephala inornata

  

  This whistler is sparsely distributed through arid and semi-arid inland southern Australia. Males have a black patch between the red eye and bill, while females are more uniformly brown.

• Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala

  

  The Little Rush Warbler lives in wetlands with reeds and sedges. The broad taxonomic treatment includes several subspecies, some of which are treated as separate species elsewhere.

• Neblina Tapaculo Scytalopus altirostris

  

  Endemic to Peru, this gray tapaculo has variable rufous markings and forages near the ground in humid montane forest and scrub with bunchgrass.

• Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata

  

  Masked Tityras range from Mexico through Central America into South America. They use forests, edges, clearings and cultivated areas, feeding in pairs or small flocks on insects, small vertebrates and fruit.

• Sri Lanka Blue Magpie Urocissa ornata

  

  The Sri Lanka blue magpie is a blue-and-chestnut bird that lives in small groups in Sri Lanka's wet forests.

• Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda

  This small bird occurs in northern Australia. It has a red face, olive upperparts, a yellowish underside, and tiny white star-like spots.

• White-rumped Spinetail Zoonavena sylvatica

  A broad white rump stands out against its black upperparts, which may shine blue. It catches insects high over forested hills.

• Western Wattlebird Anthochaera lunulata

  Adult Western Wattlebirds have dark brown foreheads and crowns with white spots at feather tips. A 2021 study in Western Australia recorded the species among the more abundant nectarivorous birds visiting Banksia flowers.

• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

  The Ancient Murrelet is a North Pacific seabird. Its breeding range extends from the Sea of Japan to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, where it nests in burrows on islands.

• American White Ibis Eudocimus albus

  This wading bird has a white body, long red bill, and red legs. It probes shallow water and mud for small animals.

• Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi

  This grey-brown bird has a dark facial patch and fine streaking on its head and underparts. The Raja Ampat account describes it in forest canopies and regrowth, alone or in pairs, feeding on fruit and insects.

• Eye-ringed Parrotbill Suthora ricketti

  The Eye-ringed Parrotbill is a small mountain bird of Yunnan, China. It has a dark eye-ring bordered by pale skin and is treated as a species separate from the Brown-winged Parrotbill.

• Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi

  The flightless cormorant dives from the Galápagos coast to catch fish and octopus.

• Alagoas Curassow Mitu mitu

  The Alagoas Curassow is historically known from Alagoas in northeastern Brazil. It is classified as extinct in the wild (EW), but it is not globally extinct (EX): individuals survive in captivity. In September 2019, three pairs were released in Alagoas; follow-up monitoring reported the deaths of two males and one female.

• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

  This drongo is recognized by its grey body and long, straight tail with no curled tips. It perches in forests and catches flying insects.

• Large Scimitar Babbler Erythrogenys hypoleucos

  The Large Scimitar Babbler has a long, heavy curved bill, dark brown face and back, pale throat and breast, and grey flanks. It forages low in vegetation.

• Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa

  The Spotted Nothura lives in South American grasslands. It eats mostly plant matter and is also described as omnivorous.

• Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus

  The Little Weaver lives in African savanna and open woodland. A breeding male has a black facial mask, and the bird is often seen alone.

• Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis

  This nightjar hides on the ground in damp grassland and wetlands, then catches flying insects from dusk onward. Its African range is broad but patchy.

• Loveridge's Sunbird Cinnyris loveridgei

  Loveridge’s Sunbird is restricted to the mountains of Tanzania. Males have a golden-green head, a narrow violet breast band, and an orange-red breast; they visit flowers in montane forest.

• Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana

  The Tucuman Amazon is a large parrot of montane forest in southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina. Its scaly plumage and green crown stand out.

• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus

  A small Australian parrot. Wild birds have green bodies, yellow faces and dark markings on the head and wings.

• Rose-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus regina

  The Rose-crowned Fruit Dove has a pink crown and green back and feeds on fruit. It swallows fruit whole in the canopy, where it may be detected by its call or by fruit dropping below.