Meet the world’s animals.

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• Hill Swallow Hirundo domicola

  

  This small swallow has a green-glossed back. It catches insects in flight over the hills of southern India and Sri Lanka.

• Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata

  

  This large owl has white markings around its eyes that look like spectacles. It is active at night and nests in tree cavities.

• Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus

  

  The Black Scimitarbill is an African bird with a long curved bill and tail that searches tree trunks and branches for food.

• New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus

  

  The New Zealand Grebe is an endemic diving bird. In breeding plumage, the neck and breast become rich rufous red.

• Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus

  

  The Double-banded Courser lives in open arid country. Two black breast bands stand out, and it feeds by running a short distance before pecking at insects on the ground.

• Altai Accentor Prunella himalayana

  

  The Altai Accentor breeds in the mountains of Central Asia and moves into the Himalayas outside the breeding season. It feeds on rocky slopes, often in flocks.

• American Coot Fulica americana

  A dark waterbird with a white bill. It swims like a duck but has broad lobes on its toes and feeds on aquatic plants.

• Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala

  The Black-throated Barbet lives in dry parts of eastern Africa. It uses trees and shrubs and eats fruit and insects.

• Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae

  Loria's Satinbird lives in the canopy of montane forest. Males are black while females are olive-toned, and a male's far-carrying whistle can be heard from a perch.

• Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert

  This bird is endemic to Madagascar and is marked by a blue eye-ring, black upperparts, and a white underside. It searches for food in flocks in the canopy.

• Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni

  The Blue-bearded Bee-eater has a green body, long blue throat feathers and a large curved bill. It uses openings in forests, and the species account reports spring-to-summer breeding in India.

• Tinkling Shieldbill Peltops montanus

  The Tinkling Shieldbill lives in the mountain forests of New Guinea. Its glossy blue-black body has striking white markings and a red rump, and it catches insects from high perches.

• New Zealand little penguin Eudyptula minor

  A small penguin of New Zealand coasts, with a blue-toned back and white underparts.

• White-bibbed Antbird Myrmoderus loricatus

  It is endemic to Brazil, in Atlantic Forest from southern Bahia through Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro, with nearby areas of Minas Gerais and São Paulo.

• Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus

  The Lemon-rumped Warbler changes elevation through the year in the Himalayas. It breeds in high forests in summer and descends to lower wooded foothills in winter.

• Whitehead Mohoua albicilla

  This New Zealand endemic is naturally found on the North Island. It forages in the forest canopy while calling with its group. Some island and sanctuary populations were established by human translocation.

• Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa

  The Polynesian Storm Petrel breeds on small Pacific islands. Its plumage ranges from light to dark, and it is thought to forage near breeding islands.

• Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus

  The Brown Treecreeper has a pale brown back and black-and-buff barring across the breast and belly. It lives in dry forests of eastern Australia and searches for insects on trunks and on the ground.

• Burmese Bushtit Aegithalos sharpei

  This relatively long-tailed bushtit occurs in Myanmar’s Chin Hills. A 2014 Natmataung survey recorded it in pine and evergreen oak forest.

• Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer

  The Cape Grassbird uses dense grass, restio, and fern cover in southern Africa. The BDI species account describes adults' rusty head and long tail, as well as their ground foraging.

• Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens

  This small bird lives along the Pacific coast of North America. Its rich brown plumage blends with coastal tree bark, and it travels with foraging flocks.

• Hispaniolan Spindalis Spindalis dominicensis

  This bird lives in broadleaf and pine forests on Hispaniola. The male has a black head with white stripes and a yellow underside. The female is mainly grayish-olive with darker streaks below.

• Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus

  The Lineated Barbet eats fruit and excavates nesting holes in dead trees. In Singapore, an introduced population occurs in parks and along woodland edges.

• Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei

  This small flycatcher occurs in south-eastern Africa. It moves through the middle and upper canopy for insects, usually in pairs or small family groups.