Meet the world’s animals.

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• Erckel's Francolin Pternistis erckelii

  

  Erckel's Francolin is a ground-dwelling bird of the highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, and northeastern Sudan. Pale markings show on its body.

• Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi

  

  This large pitta has a green breast. It searches for invertebrates on the ground and lives in tropical forests and related habitats.

• Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni

  

  Fülleborn's Longclaw is a grassland bird with a yellow eyebrow and throat, a black breast band, and a buff-colored belly. Pairs use upland grassland and other grassy habitats, especially near water.

• Flightless Steamer-Duck Tachyeres pteneres

  

  The Flightless Steamer-Duck is a large duck that cannot fly and lives along coasts and channels. It is mostly gray, with a white belly and orange bill and legs.

• Pacific Gull Larus pacificus

  

  A large gull seen along the coast of South Australia. It searches the intertidal zone for shellfish and crustaceans; shell-dropping has also been recorded there.

• Caribbean Hornero Furnarius longirostris

  

  A hornero of Colombia and Venezuela. A grayish crown is described as a useful clue for distinguishing it from closely related horneros.

• White-eyed Thrush Turdus jamaicensis

  The White-eyed Thrush inhabits Jamaican forests and is marked by a white ring around the eye.

• Grey-eyed Greenlet Hylophilus amaurocephalus

  This vireo relative lives in forest and scrub in eastern Brazil. Its gray iris and rufous crown stand out, and it searches for insects in trees.

• Australian Hobby Falco longipennis

  The Australian Hobby catches small birds and large flying insects in the air. Its plumage varies somewhat by sex and region.

• Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri

  This hornbill lives in dry areas from Namibia into southwestern Angola. It hops along the ground to find insects, and males and females differ in bill and throat color.

• Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus

  The Yellow-bellied Siskin is a small finch whose male has a black head, yellow belly, and yellow wing patch. It lives near forests and forest edges from Central America into the Andes.

• Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata

  A small bird of evergreen forests from mainland Southeast Asia to southern China and nearby regions. It stays near the forest floor and has fine streaks on its brown body.

• Japanese Reed Bunting Emberiza yessoensis

  The Japanese Reed Bunting uses grassland, farmland, and dry riverbeds. This account focuses on the form that breeds in Honshu and Kyushu.

• Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps

  This small bird ranges from the eastern Andes to southeastern South America. Its forehead and face are ochre-toned, and its wings have ochre bars. It searches dense cover for insects.

• Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius

  The Orchard Oriole is black and russet in the adult male, while the female is yellow-green. It searches foliage for insects, eats fruit, and migrates seasonally.

• White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus

  The White-tailed Trogon lives in humid lowland forest and second growth. It eats fruit and insects caught in flight. The male's under-tail is white, and females differ in color and pattern.

• Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus

  Males have mostly white plumage and a blue-gray bill, while females are brown-gray. Details of its life in Panama are limited; altitudinal movements known from Costa Rica have not been confirmed there.

• Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera

  The Blue-winged Minla is a babbler with blue wings and a blue-gray head that moves in flocks through forest undergrowth.

• White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus

  It is a plover with extensive white on the face that breeds in East Asia and winters along Southeast Asian coasts.

• Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii

  This all-dark seabird spends most of its life at sea and breeds on remote volcanic islands. In warm waters, it typically feeds on bioluminescent fish that surface at night.

• Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis

  Its orange face, throat, belly, and tail contrast with a blue-gray back. It searches for insects in leaf litter, and most of its population is in southern Africa.

• Red-throated Ant Tanager Habia fuscicauda

  This bird occurs in the understory of lowland tropical forest and woodland, often in small groups. It may join army-ant swarms. Males have a small dark mask between eye and bill, while females have a contrasting buff throat. Current eBird uses Driophlox fuscicauda; the AOU account uses Habia fuscicauda.

• Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis

  The Buru Cuckooshrike is a grey forest bird from Buru Island, with black markings around the eye and on the chin.

• Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio

  This starling has a glossy dark body and reddish wings. It ranges from Ethiopia to South Africa and feeds on fruit, insects, and nectar.