Meet the world’s animals.

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• Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis

  

  The Great Eared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird of forests and forest edges in the Indo-Malay region. Its ear-like tufts and upright resting posture are distinctive.

• Handsome Sunbird Aethopyga bella

  

  The Handsome Sunbird is a Philippine sunbird. Males have iridescent green on the head, while females have a yellow rump. A field study on Cebu recorded it taking nectar from forest mistletoe flowers.

• Yellow-shouldered Amazon Amazona barbadensis

  

  The Yellow-shouldered Amazon is a parrot with a green body and a conspicuous yellow head. It eats fruit and seeds in dry scrub in northern Venezuela and nearby islands.

• Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot Loriculus pusillus

  

  This small green parrot has a yellow-orange throat mark and red rump. It occurs on Java and Bali and feeds on nectar and fruit.

• Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia

  

  The Mountain Imperial Pigeon has a dark maroon-brown back and pale purplish-grey head and underparts. In Borneo it is common in montane forest, and some birds fly to lowlands to feed.

• Boucard's Wren Campylorhynchus jocosus

  

  This wren ranges across the southern Mexican plateau. Small family groups use semi-arid scrub and cactus-rich places near streams.

• Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli

  Rüppell's Warbler breeds around the eastern Mediterranean and migrates to Africa for the non-breeding season.

• Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus

  This lowland Amazonian wood-quail has white spots on its breast and wings. It forages on the forest floor in family groups and is often heard before it is seen.

• Dusky Robin Melanodryas vittata

  This robin is endemic to Tasmania, where it occurs in eucalypt forest, woodland, and coastal heath. It is plain brown compared with the other local robins.

• Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii

  The Curl-crested Manucode is a bird-of-paradise with curled crown feathers and crinkled neck feathers. It lives on islands east of New Guinea and eats fruit.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica

  The Pacific Swallow has dark, blue-glossed upperparts and a shallow forked tail. It catches insects in flight and ranges from Southeast Asia to New Guinea and the Society Islands.

• Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia

  This nocturnal owl has mottled brown plumage and ear tufts. It uses tree holes and other cavities for nesting and catches insects and small animals.

• Hawaiian Coot Fulica alai

  The Hawaiian Coot is a waterbird with a dark gray body and a white frontal shield and bill. It is found around ponds and wetlands in Hawai‘i Island's Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.

• Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus

  The Yellow-throated Tinkerbird is a small bird with a glossy bluish-black crown and a yellow throat and rump. The account lists three subspecies across coastal West and Central Africa, Uganda, and Bioko Island. It eats fruit.

• Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii

  Retz's Helmetshrike lives in woodland south of the Sahara and forages in cohesive groups of several to more than a dozen birds.

• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates

  The Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater occurs in open places in East African highlands and forests. Adults are about 21 cm long and catch insects in flight.

• Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax hemimelaena

  This antbird lives in lowland Amazonian forest and forests along the eastern Andes. Males and females differ in color, and it forages near the ground in dense vegetation.

• Hainan Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus hainanus

  This leaf-warbler occurs only on Hainan Island, China. Its deep yellow underparts and white outer tail feathers are described in the species paper.

• Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus

  It has a white head, a dark line through the eye, and blue, grey and white plumage. A European account describes it as favoring bushes near fresh water.

• Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos

  The Red-throated Barbet lives in moist forests of Southeast Asia and feeds mainly on fruit, especially figs. Males have a red throat and crown with blue cheeks; females have a green head.

• Club-winged Manakin Machaeropterus deliciosus

  The Club-winged Manakin lives in humid forests of southwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Males use their wings to make mechanical sounds during display.

• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

  A yellow-legged shorebird that often wades in deeper water than many other sandpipers.

• Biak Gerygone Gerygone hypoxantha

  This small bird is confined to Biak Island, Indonesia. It has greyish-brown upperparts, a broken whitish eye-ring, and white lores, and uses lowland forest and forest edges.

• Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus

  This harrier has a white rump and long wings. It searches for prey over South American marshes and grasslands; a breeding-season study in southern Chile recorded males passing prey to females in the air.