Meet the world’s animals.

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• Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

  

  A small, long-tailed eagle with both light and dark plumage forms.

• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis

  

  A small woodpecker whose male has a red streak on the hindcrown. It usually searches tree trunks and branches alone or in pairs.

• Guianan Toucanet Selenidera piperivora

  

  This toucanet has green upperparts and tail, chestnut tail tips and a red-and-black bill. It ranges from southeastern Venezuela through the Guianas to northern Brazil north of the Amazon and eats fruit and insects.

• Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

  

  A large cuckoo that walks on the forest floor of Borneo. Its blue facial skin and long tail stand out.

• Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix

  

  The Whistling Heron searches for food in open grasslands and shallow water. In Bolivia it is recorded from the lowlands to the southern Andean foothills.

• Islet White-eye Zosterops griseotinctus

  

  This white-eye occurs on Papua New Guinea's offshore islands. A 2015 study examined populations across the Louisiade and other archipelagos.

• Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus

  This antpitta lives in moist lowland forest from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. Broad black streaks mark its white to buffy breast.

• Great Sparrow Passer motitensis

  The Great Sparrow is a relatively large sparrow with a streaked back. In Namibia it searches trees and the ground for seeds and insects.

• Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in Fiji. Adult males have a blue crown, slate-blue upperparts, white underparts, and a chestnut throat; females are browner above.

• Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens

  The Cerulean Kingfisher is a small bird with a blue back and white underside. It hunts from waterside branches and posts and eats small fish and aquatic insects.

• Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens

  This small bird occurs in open, moist highland grassland in East Africa and feeds on invertebrates. A Tanzania field note records nonbreeding plumage and uncertainty about the subspecies.

• Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora

  This hummingbird is recorded from the Pacific side of Peru and Ecuador to northern Chile. It uses coastal scrub and vegetation along seasonal river valleys; adult males have very long tail feathers.

• Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

  Adults have a pale grey head and neck and a pale yellow ridge on the upper bill. Salvin's Albatross breeds in colonies on New Zealand islands and seeks food at sea.

• Little Greenbul Eurillas virens

  This small bulbul is common in Gabon's wooded habitats and scrub. It often skulks in cover and sings during the heat of the day.

• Olive Bushshrike Chlorophoneus olivaceus

  The Olive Bushshrike has more than one plumage form. In the common ruddy form, an olive back contrasts with a rufous chest. It searches dense vegetation for insects and small fruits.

• Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus

  The species is common in Panama and uses gardens, shrubby clearings, second-growth woodland, and forest edges. It moves between trees while searching for fruit and insects.

• Baird's Sparrow Centronyx bairdii

  Baird’s Sparrow lives in North American grasslands. It has a short tail and a flat head, and runs through grass while looking for food.

• Red Warbler Cardellina rubra

  Both sexes are vivid red with a gray or silver cheek patch. This warbler lives in the mountains of southern and western Mexico.

• Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum

  The Black-sided Flowerpecker is a small bird of Borneo's montane forests. Males have a red throat and dark blue-black back; females have a greener back.

• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus

  The Chinese Grey Shrike is widespread in Northeast Asia and moves to southern China for the winter. Its large white wing slash differs from the wing pattern of the separate Giant Shrike.

• Carolinian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx

  The Carolinian Reed Warbler is native to the Federated States of Micronesia. It uses dry grassland, gardens, and tropical mountain forest, searching for small animals on the ground and among trees.

• Chaco Puffbird Nystalus striatipectus

  The Chaco Puffbird lives in dry woodland and tree formations of the Chaco. Its brown head and back contrast with black streaks across the white lower breast and belly.

• Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis

  The Handsome Francolin has dark reddish-brown plumage, a grey head, red bill and legs, and bare red skin around the eyes. The sexes look similar, but females are slightly smaller and young birds are duller.

• Noisy Pitta Pitta versicolor

  This pitta ranges along Australia's east coast north into Papua New Guinea. It lives in rainforests and sclerophyll forests; some may move in colder months.