Meet the world’s animals.

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• Veracruz Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha

  

  The Veracruz Wren is found locally in a small area on Mexico's Gulf Coast.

• Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala

  

  The Sardinian Warbler is a small bird of Mediterranean scrub. Males are marked by a black head and a red eye-ring.

• Hooded Robin Melanodryas cucullata

  

  This Australian robin lives in lightly timbered woodland. It uses exposed perches and drops to the ground or nearby to catch arthropods, mainly insects.

• Standardwing Semioptera wallacii

  

  A male Standardwing spreads its wings, raises its long shoulder plumes, and opens the ornamental shields on its chest. This account is limited to Alfred Russel Wallace's historical observations recorded in 1859.

• Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata

  

  This small swallow has a tawny head and pale underside. It is migratory and catches flying insects in the air.

• Sumba Boobook Ninox rudolfi

  

  In the study, photographs and video showed the Sumba Boobook with dark-brown irises. Field observations found it mainly at forest edges and in mangroves, though it also crossed open areas.

• Brown Bush-hen Zapornia akool

  A rail of wet grass and marsh edges, with brown upperparts and a gray face and breast. It searches for food in damp cover.

• Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax

  This small African barbet has a white moustache-like marking. It is usually seen alone or in pairs in montane forest.

• Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri

  This vanga lives in humid evergreen forest in eastern Madagascar. It searches leaf bases and dead wood for insects.

• Natterer's Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus stictocephalus

  Natterer's Slaty Antshrike occurs south of the Amazon and east of the Madeira. Males are grey and black, while females are brown; the species searches among foliage in forest for small invertebrates.

• Sunda Warbler Seicercus grammiceps

  This leaf-warbler lives in montane forest on Java and Sumatra. It has a reddish-brown head and a pale eye-ring.

• Himalayan Black-lored Tit Machlolophus xanthogenys

  This tit is marked by a black-and-yellow face, a strong dark eye-stripe, and white spots on the wings. Small groups search the middle and upper parts of forests.

• Great Barbet Psilopogon virens

  A large, colorful barbet that lives in tall trees in Hong Kong. Several birds may gather at fruiting trees.

• Green Manakin Cryptopipo holochlora

  It occurs on the eastern Andean slopes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, in moist lowland and foothill forest and at forest edges. Ecuadorian records extend to about 1,500 m.

• Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla

  The Least Sandpiper is a small shorebird marked by yellow-green legs. It breeds in northern North America and winters from the southern United States to northern South America.

• Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota

  This small bird occurs in Indonesia, New Guinea, and northern Australia, using riverine forest, mangroves, and thickets. It has a grayish head and eats insects and spiders.

• Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis

  A raptor with a long crest and white wing markings. It hunts small mammals in open country with trees.

• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis

  A boldly marked woodpecker of high-elevation Himalayan foothill forest. Its belly is finely yellow-streaked, and males have a red patch on the rear crown.

• Many-banded Aracari Pteroglossus pluricinctus

  This toucan has a long bill and a banded chest. In northwestern South America it feeds mainly on fruit and nuts, sometimes taking insects, and roosts communally in tree cavities.

• Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi

  This cuckoo has a grey cap and rufous back. Some details of its range and seasonal movements remain poorly known.

• Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis

  The Black Bittern is a dark bittern with a yellow patch on the neck. It roosts in tree-lined wetlands and mangroves, feeding on fish and amphibians.

• Chestnut-crested Yuhina Yuhina everetti

  This bird lives in Borneo's forests. The Wildlife of Borneo account uses the name Staphida everetti, while the pool name is Yuhina everetti. It has a chestnut crest and streaked underparts.

• Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives

  This antpitta lives on the forest floor from Central America to northwestern Colombia. It moves through dense undergrowth and searches leaf litter for small animals.

• Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus

  Adults are grayish brown, with a chestnut-red shoulder and a small white wing-bar. In grassland with some trees and light woodland, they feed mainly on seeds.