Meet the world’s animals.

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• Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa

  

  This ground-dwelling tinamou occurs in South America. It walks through forest undergrowth and may use more open grassland and scrub.

• Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht

  

  The Baglafecht Weaver is seen in pairs, small groups, or alone in the Kenyan highlands described by the Mpala field guide. It hangs a foliage-hidden nest from a branch or frond.

• Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus

  

  This nightjar is active after dark. Its grey and brown mottled plumage blends into open grassland and savanna.

• Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis

  

  The Green-headed Sunbird lives in African forests and wooded habitats. Males have an iridescent green head and breast, while females have a green crown.

• White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis

  

  The White-crowned Parrot is a Central American parrot with a white head and blue-green cheeks. It flies in pairs or small flocks and eats fruits and seeds.

• Purple-naped Lory Lorius domicella

  

  The Purple-naped Lory has a red body, black and purple head, and green wings.

• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

  The small Zebra Dove has fine bars across its plumage and walks on the ground to find food.

• Socorro Wren Troglodytes sissonii

  The Socorro Wren is a wren of Socorro Island, Mexico. Species accounts record it in dry forest and dry shrubland.

• Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax

  The Cyprus Warbler is endemic to Cyprus. The male has dark plumage and pale facial markings, and part of the population migrates away from the island in autumn.

• Black-backed Wood Quail Odontophorus melanonotus

  The Black-backed Wood Quail has a dark brown back and a rufous throat and breast. It forages on the forest floor in montane forests spanning northwestern Ecuador and southwestern Colombia.

• Rose Robin Petroica rosea

  This small bird occurs in southeastern Australia, in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest. It often stays in the canopy alone or in pairs, catching insects and spiders in flight.

• Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri

  The Brown Sicklebill shows a strong difference between adult males and females in plumage and ornamentation. It eats fruit and small animals in New Guinea's mountain forests.

• Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense

  Adults have glossy blue-black upperparts, a white rump and underparts, and a black throat and undertail. The species uses Himalayan valleys, cliffs, and settlements.

• Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu

  The Buffy Fish Owl lives in wooded areas near water and mainly eats fish and other aquatic animals. Its yellow eyes, white spot between the brows, and prominent ear tufts stand out.

• Aztec Rail Rallus tenuirostris

  The Aztec Rail is a rail of Mexico’s highland freshwater marshes. A 2014 taxonomic proposal describes that population as bright rufous below, with diffuse barring on the flanks.

• Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito

  Red forehead, face and throat stand out against this barbet’s black plumage. It lives in fairly dry, open woodland in eastern and central Africa and eats fruit and insects.

• Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris

  Lafresnaye's Vanga is endemic to southern and southwestern Madagascar. It searches dead wood with a thick, flattened bill and feeds on invertebrates and sometimes small chameleons.

• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis

  This green bird is marked by a blue throat and long tail streamers. It watches from a perch and catches flying insects in the air.

• Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps

  This antvireo inhabits moist forests from Central America to northwestern South America. It searches for small invertebrates in the forest understory.

• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

  The Dusky Warbler is a plain brown, inconspicuous bird that moves through brush and low vegetation.

• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus

  The Cinereous Tit has white cheeks and a black band from the chest down the belly. The Japanese account records it from towns to mountain areas and says it uses moss and animal hair in its nest.

• Yellow-crowned Barbet Psilopogon henricii

  The Yellow-crowned Barbet is green with a yellow crown and blue throat. It eats fruit in forests across Southeast Asia.

• Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

  This small manakin lives in lowland forest around the Amazon region. Males hang upside down from branches and twist rapidly from side to side during courtship.

• Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis

  A stout gray shorebird, it breeds in the Arctic and winters farther north than many other shorebirds. It searches for food on rocky shores and mudflats.