Meet the world’s animals.

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• Green Avadavat Amandava formosa

  

  The Green Avadavat has a restricted range in India. A study at Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary found it more often in higher areas with greater grass and shrub cover.

• White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius

  

  This small swiftlet occurs in Melanesia and Polynesia and uses moist forests and caves.

• Yellow-faced Honeyeater Caligavis chrysops

  

  It is widespread in eastern Australian forest and woodland. It probes flowers for nectar and searches leaves and branches for insects.

• Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus

  

  A central Chinese parrotbill of high-elevation forest. It uses bamboo thickets and eats beetles and other insects; flocks may shift elevation locally when bamboo dries out.

• Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

  

  A slender cormorant with a long neck and tail, often found on large freshwater wetlands in India.

• Colombian Chachalaca Ortalis columbiana

  

  The Colombian Chachalaca is endemic to Colombia. A municipal biodiversity account lists dry forest, Andean forest, and wooded rural areas within its distribution.

• Black Laughingthrush Melanocichla lugubris

  A dark-plumaged bird with blue-gray skin behind the eye and an orange-red bill. It uses foothill broadleaf forest and is seen in pairs or small groups.

• Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra

  The Mauritius Fody is endemic to Mauritius. Males develop a red head and neck during the breeding season, while females remain olive-coloured throughout the year.

• Buff-collared Nightjar Antrostomus ridgwayi

  The Buff-collared Nightjar is a nocturnal bird marked by a cinnamon-colored neck collar. It uses its huge mouth to catch flying insects in the dark.

• Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus

  The Superb Sunbird occurs in western and central Africa. Males have a blue crown and throat with maroon underparts; the species uses woodland and savanna.

• Niam-niam Parrot Poicephalus crassus

  The adult Niam-niam Parrot has a brown head and neck, with grey ear coverts and green on the inner wing. It uses wooded savanna and riverine woodland in northern central Africa.

• Brown Lory Chalcopsitta duivenbodei

  The Brown Lory has olive-brown plumage with a yellow face and yellow wing bands. It lives in moist lowland forests of northern New Guinea and feeds on nectar, pollen, and other plant material.

• Moreno's Ground Dove Metriopelia morenoi

  This small dove is brown overall, with conspicuous yellow-orange bare skin around the eyes. It inhabits rocky shrub steppe in northwestern Argentina and nests on the ground.

• Munchique Wood Wren Henicorhina negreti

  This small wood-wren was described from the Munchique massif in the Western Andes of Colombia. The paper reports it from a narrow band of very wet cloud forest where fog is nearly continuous.

• Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans

  A grey-brown bird marked by white outer tail feathers and a fine white eyebrow, found in open woodland and grassy areas with scattered trees.

• Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

  Males are black with a white forehead, an iridescent breast shield, and wire-like head plumes. They eat fruit and arthropods and perform courtship dances in mountain forest.

• Red-throated Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula

  The Red-throated Cliff Swallow is a small swallow with a black and glossy blue-black back and rufous markings around the face. It catches flying insects in flocks and nests in colonies near cliffs and gorges.

• Mentawai Scops Owl Otus mentawi

  This island owl lives in lowland forest on the Mentawai Islands. It has reddish-chestnut and dark brown plumage morphs, with pale eyebrows and ear-tufts.

• Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri

  The Gough Moorhen is an island rail with short wings and no ability to fly. It is native to Gough Island and was introduced to Tristan da Cunha in 1956.

• Black-breasted Barbet Lybius rolleti

  A bird of woodland and tree-studded country in Central Africa. Males have a black head and breast, a red belly and a white patch on the lower back. It mainly eats fruit.

• Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda

  The Common Newtonia is endemic to Madagascar. It has grey-brown upperparts and pale underparts, and searches forests for small invertebrates.

• Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi

  This small antwren inhabits Brazilian scrub and woodland. It searches foliage for small invertebrates.

• Brooks's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus subviridis

  This small leaf warbler breeds from eastern Afghanistan through northern Pakistan to northwestern India, then winters in Pakistan and north-central India.

• Pere David's Tit Poecile davidi

  Pere David's Tit is a tit of high-elevation forests in China. It has a black head and throat, white cheeks, and bright cinnamon underparts, and is reported from subalpine woodland.