Meet the world’s animals.

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• Croaking Ground Dove Columbina cruziana

  

  Male Croaking Ground Doves have a bluish head and pinkish tones on the neck and breast. In Peru they feed on small seeds on the ground in open places, often in pairs or in flocks at feeding sites.

• Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

  

  The Sedge Wren is a small bird of wetlands with dense grasses and sedges. The North American breeding population moves south for winter, while the taxonomic account also notes that South American populations may warrant separate treatment.

• Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi

  

  A bird photographed at Lake Manyara in Tanzania in 2017 was recorded as the boehmi form, noted for a dark breast band. The species account summarizes its habitat as acacia woodland, savanna, and open woodland.

• Black-fronted Wood-quail Odontophorus atrifrons

  

  This wood-quail lives in montane forests of northern Colombia. It is marked by a black forehead and red bill and searches the ground for insects and seeds. It is shy, so its calls may be heard before the bird is seen.

• Tomtit Petroica macrocephala

  

  This small bird has a large head, short bill, and short tail. It lives in New Zealand forest and scrub and has five subspecies restricted to different islands or island groups.

• Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii

  

  This bird-of-paradise lives in New Guinea’s mountain forests. Males dance with their plumage spread, while females build the nests. It also eats fruit and arthropods.

• Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera

  This swallow has a brown chest and white throat and belly. It feeds on insects while flying by day.

• Whiskered Screech Owl Megascops trichopsis

  The Whiskered Screech-Owl is a small owl of Mexican canyon and foothill woodlands. It has fine gray, black, and white markings and feeds mainly on insects.

• Auckland Rail Lewinia muelleri

  The Auckland Rail is a small, secretive rail remaining on two islands in New Zealand’s Auckland Islands.

• White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis

  The White-eared Barbet ranges from Tanzania and Kenya south to Mozambique, eastern Zimbabwe, and KwaZulu-Natal, using moist woodland and forest.

• Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi

  Ward’s Flycatcher is a Madagascan bird with white and midnight-blue plumage. A study records it in dry forest at the southern tip of Nosy Hara, where it was seen perched in trees.

• White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis

  A bee-eater with a white throat and black-and-white striped head. It breeds along the southern edge of the Sahara and moves to humid forests in western and central Africa after breeding.

• Rufous-tailed Antbird Drymophila genei

  This antbird has a dark head and rufous-brown tail. In southeastern Brazil's montane forest, it searches among bamboo and vines for insects.

• Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes

  The Pale-legged Leaf Warbler breeds in East Asia and winters farther south in Southeast Asia. It has olive-brown upperparts and a pale eyebrow.

• Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris

  This tit is found in Taiwanese forests. It has a white face and deep rufous underparts, and takes seeds, nuts and caterpillars in mixed and bamboo forests on slopes and in valleys.

• Red-vented Barbet Psilopogon lagrandieri

  The Red-vented Barbet inhabits forests in Laos and Vietnam. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a blue line above the eye, red undertail coverts, and reddish bristles at the base of the bill.

• White-collared Manakin Manacus candei

  This small manakin occurs in lowland forest edges and thickets on the Caribbean side of Central America. Adult males are black, white, and yellow; females and young males are olive green with yellow bellies.

• Puna Snipe Gallinago andina

  This snipe lives in high Andean wetlands. When startled, it takes off suddenly and flies in a zigzag. It nests on the ground near water.

• Scrubtit Acanthornis magna

  A small scrubbird from Tasmania and King Island. It is secretive but searches bark, litter, and foliage for small invertebrates near the forest floor.

• Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza rhodogaster

  The Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk is a raptor of Sulawesi and nearby islands. Adults are marked by a vinous breast and slate-gray upperparts.

• Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica

  The Nubian Woodpecker lives in savanna woodland and scrub, where it searches bark for insects and other invertebrates. Its olive-brown back and sex-specific head patterns help identify it.

• Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus

  The Yellow-throated Toucan has a yellow face and chest and a long, two-colored bill. It forages for fruit in the canopy and nests in cavities in decaying trees.

• White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus

  The White-crowned Cuckoo is a New Guinea bird with a glossy black body and a broad silvery-white crown band. It uses the forest canopy and feeds mainly on large insects and fruit.

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus

  A forest-dwelling heron that breeds in India from May to August.