Meet the world’s animals.

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• Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata

  

  The Madagascar Hoopoe searches for small prey on the ground in dry woodland and other open habitats on the island.

• Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi

  

  A small honeyguide of forest and forest edge. Its olive wings stand out, and it calls from regular song posts.

• Blue-breasted Fairywren Malurus pulcherrimus

  

  In the Blue-breasted Fairywren, the deep blue head and breast of mature males stand out. Males forage with family groups in the understory of dry eucalyptus woodlands.

• Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

  

  The Southern Giant Petrel occurs in brown and rarer white phases. It breeds on Southern Ocean islands and the Antarctic Continent and is a distinct species from the related Northern Giant Petrel.

• Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus

  

  The Palm Cockatoo is a large black parrot of forests in New Guinea and northern Australia; it eats nuts and fruit.

• Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota

  

  This diurnal nuthatch uses cliffs and rocky gorges and searches tree bark for invertebrates. Where it overlaps with the Western Rock Nuthatch, the black eye-stripe widening behind the eye is a useful clue.

• Dark-winged Trumpeter Psophia viridis

  A large bird that walks on long legs along the forest floor, it lives in vocal groups and has regionally variable wing color.

• Rufous-naped Whistler Aleadryas rufinucha

  This resident bird lives in New Guinea's mountain forests and secondary growth. It searches the ground and lower vegetation for insects, worms, and fruit.

• Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus

  Gould's Shortwing lives in the Himalayas and nearby mountain ranges. Its chestnut back contrasts with a grey breast and belly marked by white spots.

• Christmas Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi

  The Christmas Frigatebird is a large seabird that breeds on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. During the breeding season, the male inflates a red throat pouch.

• Mindanao Blue Fantail Rhipidura superciliaris

  This blue fantail lives in lowland forest on Basilan and Mindanao. It has a blue head and long tail and feeds mostly on insects.

• Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla

  The Common Firecrest is a small bird with a pale eyebrow and a bright crown. In Spain, it searches for small invertebrates in cool, humid forests.

• Ecuadorian Seedeater Amaurospiza aequatorialis

  This bird is recorded in bamboo stands in Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Recent Ecuadorian and Peruvian records describe feeding on seeds and insects in bamboo.

• Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava

  The Black Cuckooshrike lives in woodland across eastern and southern Africa. Males occur in an all-black form and a form with yellow wing patches.

• Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium

  The Eastern Crested Berrypecker lives in moist montane forest in the eastern New Guinea highlands. It has a black crest and face, a blue-gray tail, and yellowish areas on the lower belly.

• Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus

  A starling native from South Asia to the Malay Peninsula. Its crown feathers stand up, and it uses farmland, towns, and parks.

• Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana

  A large waterbird with a white body, black flight feathers, and red legs; in Japan it lives around waters and wetlands.

• Indian Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonota

  This small bird searches tree trunks for insects. It has spotted and barred plumage and uses a slender curved bill to pick prey from bark.

• Forty-spotted Pardalote Pardalotus quadragintus

  A small bird found only in Tasmania and closely tied to forests containing white gum (Eucalyptus viminalis).

• Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca

  This large mockingbird occurs in open woodland and scrub in Chile. Its long tail, white eyebrow, and dark facial stripe are conspicuous, and it eats insects and fruit. A breeding study in central Chile recorded cup nests built from thorny sticks.

• Sykes's Lark Galerida deva

  This lark ranges from pale to warm buff and is relatively unmarked. It has a short, thick bill and a complex song, and lives on the ground in dry stony and scrubby country in India.

• Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha

  The Black-headed Whistler feeds on invertebrates in forest and semi-open habitat. In a local Mt. Wilhelm survey, several birds were seen at 600–700 m, and an active nest was reported at about 850 m.

• Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea

  The Apostlebird has a gray body and long black tail and occurs in eastern Australia. It forages for seeds and insects on the ground, often in groups.

• Rufous Songlark Megalurus mathewsi

  The Rufous Songlark occurs in open grassland, open woodland, and farmland in Australia. It moves south to breed in summer and returns north in colder months.