Meet the world’s animals.

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• Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus

  

  The Rufous Hummingbird makes long migrations through western North America. Males are notably rufous, while females are green with rufous sides.

• Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

  

  The Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul is a mountain-forest bulbul of eastern Africa. Clements separated it from Black-headed Mountain Greenbul in 2024 and treats it as ranging from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to central Kenya.

• Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor

  

  This bushshrike has a black upper body and white underparts. Pairs live in thickets beside rivers and wetlands and feed mainly on invertebrates.

• Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana

  

  This Andean tanager occurs in the humid upper Yungas forests of Bolivia. It has been recorded moving in small flocks.

• Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens

  

  This sparrow ranges from Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica. It is recorded in shrubby secondary woodland, forest edges, and pine or oak woodland.

• Riverbank Warbler Myiothlypis rivularis

  

  The Riverbank Warbler lives in lowland forests and wet places along South American rivers. It has a dark crown, white eyebrow, green upperparts, and a pale underside.

• Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum

  At a study site in southern Taiwan, Plain Flowerpeckers fed mainly on nectar and fruit of Taxillus pseudochinensis and dispersed the seeds of several mistletoes. The Taiwanese subspecies is described with a thin, pointed bill and pale underparts.

• Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus

  The Masked Shrike migrates to Cyprus in spring to nest in a tree or bush. It has a black band across the eye and may impale prey on a thorn.

• Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama

  This small warbler breeds in Central Asia and winters mainly on the Indian peninsula. It prefers dry, open habitats with a sparse tree canopy.

• Spotted Puffbird Bucco tamatia

  Its face has fine rufous and dark markings, with long white bristles on the chin. It waits motionless on a shaded branch, then darts from the foliage to catch insects.

• Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti

  Elliot's Pheasant is a pheasant endemic to southeastern China. The male has a long tail marked with silvery bars.

• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida

  The Western Hooded Pitta stands out for its green and blue plumage and dark head. It lives in forests and cultivated areas, where it forages on the ground.

• New Zealand Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae

  A pipit of open New Zealand landscapes that walks over the ground in search of small prey.

• Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera

  A duck of shallow lakes and wetlands. In breeding plumage, the male becomes a vivid chestnut color.

• Black-tailed gull Larus crassirostris

  A gull seen on Japanese coasts through much of the year, with a catlike call.

• Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Hylexetastes stresemanni

  This large woodcreeper occurs in humid Amazonian lowland forest. It has a large head, a short, large bill, and a short tail.

• Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis

  The male Eastern Bluebird has a blue back and rusty chest and searches for insects in open grassland.

• Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis

  This vireonid inhabits humid forests from northern South America into the Amazon basin. It has a slaty-blue head, a bright yellow eyebrow, and yellow underparts.

• African Hobby Falco cuvierii

  The African Hobby is a small falcon found in sub-Saharan Africa. It has rufous underparts, and regional field material notes that much of its ecology remains poorly known.

• Northern Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax

  The Northern Rufous Hornbill is a large hornbill with a red bill and casque. It searches the forest canopy for fruit and seeds.

• Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata

  A small canary of central African woodland and savanna, ranging from the Congo region toward Angola and Zambia.

• Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

  This small forest bird has a grayish head and rufous-brown back. It stays in the lower forest growth and searches for food in pairs or small groups.

• Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus

  The Common Reed Bunting is widespread in Britain and Ireland. Males have black heads, females have browner heads, and in winter they forage in farmland with other small birds.

• Crowned Chat-Tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis

  This small Andean bird occurs in forest and scrub. The central Peru-to-Bolivia population has been proposed as a separate species.