Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-throated Piping Guan Pipile cujubi

  

  The Red-throated Piping Guan is a large, 68–70 cm guan of Amazonian forests. It lives in the canopy and may gather in fruiting trees.

• Sri Lanka Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus melanurus

  

  This scimitar babbler is endemic to Sri Lanka. It has a long yellow bill, white eyebrow, black face, and reddish-brown upperparts, and forages in forest undergrowth and on the ground.

• Ruvu Weaver Ploceus holoxanthus

  

  The Ruvu Weaver is recorded along rivers in eastern Tanzania. A 2021 study treats it as distinct from the African Golden Weaver and reports adult plumage features and nests documented in riverside vegetation.

• Madagascan Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis

  

  The Madagascan Nightjar is a nocturnal bird found on Madagascar and Aldabra in the Seychelles. It catches insects on the wing at night and rests on leaf litter by day.

• Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus

  

  Male Red-throated Sunbirds show glossy green and violet plumage, while females are subdued olive. They forage for flowers and small prey in forest canopies.

• Bahaman Parrot Amazona leucocephala

  

  The Bahaman Parrot has a green body, a white forehead, and reddish facial feathers. It occurs on Caribbean islands and is seen in pairs or flocks outside the breeding season.

• Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus

  The Red-rumped Parrot is an Australian parrot whose male has a conspicuous red rump and yellow belly. Females are grey-green, so the sexes look quite different.

• Plain Pigeon Patagioenas inornata

  This large pigeon lives on Caribbean islands. It uses forests, wetlands, and other habitats, which differ from island to island.

• Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus

  This wren has a rich rufous eyebrow and uses humid montane pine-oak and evergreen forest, moving among epiphytes, branches, and fallen logs.

• Arfak Robin Heteromyias albispecularis

  The Arfak Robin lives in mountain forests of northwestern New Guinea. Its ash-grey head and white cheeks and throat stand out, and it mainly eats insects.

• Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi

  The male has blue wings and long ornamental plumes, while the female has brown underparts. It lives in montane forest of central and eastern New Guinea and feeds mostly on fruit.

• Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena

  A blue-black back, rusty throat and long forked tail help identify it. It catches insects in flight and builds mud-and-grass nests on structures such as bridges or buildings.

• Long-eared owl Asio otus

  An owl with conspicuous long head tufts, using woods and dense cover near grassland.

• Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis

  Lewin's Rail is a secretive rail that stays hidden among plants in wetlands. It occurs in southeastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.

• Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus

  This barbet ranges from West to East Africa. Two prominent tooth-like projections mark the upper bill. It eats flying termites as well as fruit and nuts.

• Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus

  Males have black upperparts with white wing patches, while females have a chestnut back and tail. This forest bird catches insects in flight and also picks them from leaves and branches.

• Klages's Antwren Myrmotherula klagesi

  This small antwren lives in the canopy of lowland floodplain forest in northern Brazil. Males are black and white; females have buff streaks.

• Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus

  The Iberian Chiffchaff is a small leaf warbler, 11 to 12 cm long. It breeds in western Europe and migrates to Africa for winter.

• Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

  The Marsh Tit is a small bird with a glossy black cap and dark bib. In the UK it can be confused with the similar Willow Tit.

• White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra

  Male White-crowned Manakins are black with a white crown; females and young males are greenish. In wet-forest understory they take fruit and insects from foliage in flight.

• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

  This small shorebird breeds in the Northern Hemisphere and migrates to Australia. Its head and neck turn reddish-brown in breeding plumage.

• Spotted Scrubwren Sericornis maculatus

  The Spotted Scrubwren lives in south-western Australian forest and searches leaf litter for insects and seeds. The appearance and life details below are limited to the subspecies described in that region.

• Madagascan Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis

  The Madagascan Sparrowhawk occurs on Madagascar. It is about 29–42 cm long and uses forest, dry thorn forest, and scrub.

• Strickland's Woodpecker Leuconotopicus stricklandi

  Strickland's Woodpecker lives in the mountains of Mexico. It searches the bark of pine and oak woodland for small invertebrates.