Meet the world’s animals.

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• White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis pallidipes

  

  The White-bellied Blue-Flycatcher lives in forest undergrowth in the Western Ghats. Males are blue and white; females show brown, grey, rufous, and white.

• Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

  

  The Black-headed Grosbeak is a songbird of western North America. Adult males are black, white, and cinnamon, and both parents care for the young.

• Blue Cuckooshrike Coracina azurea

  

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests from West Africa into parts of Central Africa. Adult males are blue, while females are duller.

• Long-tailed Starling Aplonis magna

  

  This starling is active by day and eats fruit in forests and open areas on Biak and Numfor.

• Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis

  

  A lark of dry Central Asian steppe. Males are conspicuously black, and a study in Kazakhstan recorded nests on the ground.

• White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra

  

  This whistler has a patchy range in New Guinea. The male has a black head and breast band, white throat, and brown-grey back.

• Long-billed Bush-Warbler Locustella major

  The Long-billed Bush-Warbler was described as a pale-brown bird with a monotonous song. In June 2022 it was observed along grassy terraces in Naltar Valley, northern Pakistan.

• Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus

  This tapaculo lives in bamboo and secondary forest in southeastern Brazil. Males are bluish grey, females browner, and both have white spots.

• Curl-crested Jay Cyanocorax cristatellus

  The Curl-crested Jay is a social bird marked by blue wings and tail and a curled crest.

• Five-colored Munia Lonchura quinticolor

  The Five-colored Munia lives in grassland, farmland, and other open places in the Lesser Sunda Islands, where it eats plant seeds. Its head and throat differ in color from its underside.

• Pacific swift Apus pacificus

  A long-winged bird that catches insects in flight and visits Japan in summer.

• Crescent Honeyeater Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus

  This honeyeater occurs in the hilly, montane and coastal woodlands and forests of southeastern Australia. A regional account also describes birds moving to lower areas in winter.

• Rufous-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis wagleri

  A loud, long-tailed chachalaca of western Mexico. It occurs in tropical forest and forest edges, often in small groups, and forages on the ground and in trees for fruit.

• Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis

  A bird with a long curved yellow bill, a bold white eyebrow, and a chestnut breast. Hong Kong birds are thought to derive from captive stock, so local records are kept separate from the natural range.

• Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus

  The Northern Red Bishop changes markedly in the male's breeding plumage. Flocks feed mainly on seeds in wet grasslands and marshes.

• Antillean Nighthawk Chordeiles gundlachii

  The Antillean Nighthawk has long, pointed wings and catches insects in flight. It is a familiar sight over Caribbean evenings, and moves south after breeding.

• Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura

  The Pygmy Sunbird is a tiny sunbird of dry savanna and thorn scrub. Males have elongated central tail feathers.

• Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae

  The Tui Parakeet is a green parrot with a yellow patch on its forehead. It occurs in several parts of South America and uses wooded habitats near water.

• Purple-crowned Lorikeet Parvipsitta porphyrocephala

  The Purple-crowned Lorikeet has a purple crown as an adult and often feeds on nectar and pollen from eucalypts.

• Ecuadorian Ground Dove Columbina buckleyi

  A small dove with a square-tipped tail and subtle male-female differences in plumage. It lives in open areas from western Ecuador to far southern Colombia and northern Peru.

• Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis

  A wren of forests in the Amazon Basin. It occurs in dense understory, especially near bamboo, in pairs or small groups.

• White-backed Swallow Cheramoeca leucosterna

  This swallow inhabits arid and semi-arid parts of southern and central Australia. It breeds in open country where sandy banks or earth cliffs are available.

• Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

  The Pearl-spotted Owlet has white spots on its back and eye-like markings on the back of its head. It catches small animals in open savanna and woodland.

• Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops

  Its grey head and breast, brown back and large white flank spots make it distinctive. It lives in ponds and marshes across much of South America and picks food from floating vegetation while swimming; the specific foods are not known from the source.