Meet the world’s animals.

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• Grimwood's Longclaw Macronyx grimwoodi

  

  This African bird walks through wet, open grassland and searches the ground for small animals.

• Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca

  

  A goose native to Africa that occurs near freshwater and in grassland. It eats grasses and plants near water.

• Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa

  

  The Australian Tern is a medium-sized waterbird of Australia and New Guinea. It takes prey on land as well as around water and was recently separated from the Common Gull-billed Tern.

• White-browed Spinetail Hellmayrea gularis

  

  A high-Andean spinetail recorded from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It occurs in montane forest and dense understory, especially Chusquea bamboo.

• Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco

  

  This thrush has a gray-brown body, yellow bill, and yellow legs. The Peruvian account says it searches for food by hopping on the ground and eats fruit and insects.

• Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii

  

  This small bird breeds in dry, open forests of western North America. Its white eye-ring is conspicuous, and it forages slowly through the lower and middle parts of trees. In winter it may join mixed flocks of woodland birds.

• Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides

  Adults have a reddish-brown body with black markings and search for prey from perches in open, dry country.

• Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni

  Austen's Brown Hornbill lives in closed forest. It eats fruit and small animals, and travels through the canopy in vocal social groups.

• Yellow-rumped Siskin Spinus uropygialis

  The Yellow-rumped Siskin is a small finch of the high Andes. Its black head and back contrast with a bright yellow rump; females and young birds are duller.

• Black-browed Babbler Malacocincla perspicillata

  This babbler was rediscovered in limestone hill forest in South Kalimantan. Observations there found it moving near the ground and eating insects and other small invertebrates. Information on its range and life remains limited.

• Gray-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani

  The Grey-necked Bunting is a migrant of dry, rocky country. The male has a blue-gray head and neck, and the species breeds from eastern Turkey into Central Asia.

• Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura napensis

  This small tyrant-flycatcher often holds up its long, white-tipped tail. Along Peru’s Amazon, Ucayali and other rivers, it forages in young vegetation growing on river-created sites.

• Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs

  A large bird with a black crest and pale brow. In Saudi Arabia, small groups use rocky areas and wadis.

• Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca

  This meadowlark inhabits open country in southern South America. The male's red breast is conspicuous, and the species nests on the ground.

• Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis

  Males have a green back, black throat and chest, and yellow-orange belly; females have a gray head and back with a yellow belly. The nominate subspecies occurs from Amazonian Brazil through parts of eastern Brazil and areas east of the Andes.

• West African Wattle-eye Platysteira hormophora

  The West African Wattle-eye is a small bird, about 10–11 cm long, found in moist forest and savanna habitats in West Africa.

• Golden-breasted Fruiteater Pipreola aureopectus

  This cotinga occurs in montane forest in Colombia and Venezuela. A Colombian regional account describes a green-backed male with a yellow chest and a female with yellow belly spots.

• Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala

  The Brown-cheeked Fulvetta is a small bird of the understory in moist forest and scrub. It eats insects and nectar, and has a grey crown and dark cheeks.

• Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus

  A bird of open areas near water. Small, spur-like projections on its wings give it its English name.

• Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer

  This very small bird lives near the ground in grasses and shrubs of damp subtropical mountains. Its short tail and long legs are noticeable.

• Thick-billed Grasswren Amytornis modestus

  This profile focuses on the Grey Range subspecies, A. m. obscurior, in New South Wales. The state government page describes it in bluebush shrubland in arid and semi-arid country.

• Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini

  Salvin's Prion is a seabird that breeds in large colonies on southern Indian Ocean islands. It is blue-grey above and white below.

• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

  The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch moves along trunks and branches in Asian forests.

• Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher Dioptrornis chocolatinus

  The Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher occurs in the Ethiopian highlands and southern Eritrea. It catches insects from branches in forest and woodland.