Meet the world’s animals.

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• Green-tailed Warbler Microligea palustris

  

  The Green-tailed Warbler is a small bird found only on Hispaniola. It has a gray head and body, olive-green back and wings, and mainly eats insects.

• Black-girdled Barbet Capito dayi

  

  A small barbet of lowland forest in central Amazonian Brazil and eastern Bolivia. The male’s red crown and black band across the white underside are distinctive.

• Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis

  

  This vivid green bird feeds on fruit in the lower levels of dense forest. It is resident, though it may move with seasonal fruiting.

• Kea Nestor notabilis

  

  The Kea is a parrot of the mountains of New Zealand’s South Island. It has olive-green feathers edged in black and orange-red underwings. It eats both plants and animals, and the elevations it uses vary by season.

• Speckle-breasted Antpitta Cryptopezus nattereri

  

  This antpitta occurs in southeastern South America, using low areas of humid montane forest and mature secondary woodland.

• Albert's Lyrebird Menura alberti

  

  Albert's Lyrebird is a long-tailed, chestnut-colored bird of a small area of wet forest in southeastern Australia. A displaying male spreads its tail forward and mixes other birds' calls into its loud calls.

• American Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani

  The American Black Oystercatcher has a black body, long red bill, and yellow eyes, and searches for shellfish in the intertidal zone.

• Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris

  The Yellow-throated Bush-sparrow lives in open woodland and savanna in eastern and southern Africa, where it may be seen in loose groups.

• Collared Crescentchest Melanopareia torquata

  This ground-dwelling bird has been studied in the Cerrado of southeastern Brazil. Individuals vary, including in the size of a white patch on the back.

• Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus

  It moves through branches and brush like a mouse. It eats fruit, seeds, nectar, ants, and termites.

• Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

  In India's Great Himalayan National Park, this fantail is found in mid-elevation forests. It has a yellow belly, olive upperparts, and a white eye-ring. It flicks its tail while moving through the understory and mid-canopy in pursuit of small insects.

• Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus

  This bird has a blue-green body, russet crown, and black facial mask. While perched quietly, it often swings its tail from side to side.

• White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra

  Adult males have white-spotted black underparts and a red tail. It forages on the forest floor and beside water in lowland rainforest.

• Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina

  This whydah lives in dry savanna and bushy habitats in eastern Africa. Breeding males grow extremely long central tail feathers and search the ground for grass seeds.

• Moluccan Monarch Symposiachrus bimaculatus

  Symposiachrus bimaculatus is a monarch of the Moluccan Islands. The 2024 Clements treatment separates it from the Australian Spectacled Monarch and recognizes three subspecies. On Obi and Bisa, observations of the diadematus subspecies place it in secondary growth and forest edge, often in mixed-species flocks.

• Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis

  A dark-bodied pelican that plunge-dives into the sea to catch fish.

• Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys caudatus

  In Costa Rica, the Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher occurs in montane woods and partly open areas. It pairs to breed and spends much of the rest of the year moving in dispersed flocks.

• Marshall's Iora Aegithina nigrolutea

  Marshall's Iora shows conspicuous white edges on its tail and wings. It searches for insects in dry acacia scrub and may join mixed-species flocks after breeding.

• Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii

  The Thick-billed Longspur breeds in North American shortgrass prairie and moves to open land farther south for winter.

• American flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber

  A flamingo of the Caribbean and nearby regions, with long legs and a curved bill.

• Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea

  The Common Paradise Kingfisher is notable for its long tail feathers with white, racket-shaped tips. It lives in forests around New Guinea and searches for prey near the ground.

• Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi

  The Rufous-headed Ground Roller searches for food on the damp forest floor of eastern Madagascar. Adults show a rufous head and underparts, a green back, and white streaks on the black throat.

• Chowchilla Orthonyx spaldingii

  This ground-dwelling bird lives in the tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland. Groups of about two to five defend year-round territories and search leaf litter for small animals.

• Great Bowerbird Chlamydera nuchalis

  The male builds a large display structure decorated with objects. The species lives in dry woodland of northern Australia.