Meet the world’s animals.

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• Little Lorikeet Parvipsitta pusilla

  

  A small parrot of eastern Australia. It is green with a black bill and a red patch that extends from the forehead to the throat.

• Silver-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus richardsii

  This fruit-eating dove lives on islands in the Solomon Islands. It stands out for its silver head and green and orange plumage.

• Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus

  The Song Wren inhabits humid lowland forest from Central America into northwestern South America and searches the leaf litter for food. It may be seen in family groups.

• Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica

  The Pacific Swallow has a metallic blue back and chestnut on the forehead and throat. In Singapore, it is recorded year-round from mangroves to urban areas.

• East Brazilian Pygmy Owl Glaucidium minutissimum

  This small owl has a rounded head without ear tufts, brown plumage, and yellow eyes. It lives in forests in eastern Brazil.

• Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera

  The Dot-winged Crake is a small rail of wetlands and flooded grasslands in southeastern South America. It hides in dense vegetation and is active around dusk and at night.

• Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi

  This antshrike occurs in Costa Rica and Panama. The male is almost entirely black with white spots on the wings, and the species uses dense, tangled undergrowth in humid forest.

• Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus

  This small leaf-warbler inhabits montane forests of the Albertine Rift. It is recorded in high forest and bamboo, and is described as sedentary.

• Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus

  The yellow-cheeked tit is a small tit with yellow cheeks and a black crest. In Hong Kong, a population thought to derive from ex-captive birds has become established in mature woodland.

• Pale-bellied Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma pallescens

  This manakin occurs in Brazil and reaches northeastern Bolivia. It has a yellow patch at the center of the crown and feeds mainly on insects, with some fruit.

• Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala

  The Black Turnstone is a seasonal migrant along the Pacific coast that searches for food by turning over rocks and seaweed.

• Grey Thornbill Acanthiza cinerea

  A small thornbill with grey upperparts and a white underside, active in the canopy of montane forest.

• Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos

  This large vulture occurs in dry parts of Africa south of the Sahara. It has a dark body, white down on the belly and thighs, and a bare head with prominent folds of skin.

• White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus

  The White-throated Woodpecker is recorded in foothill forest of western Amazonia. It forages in the canopy and subcanopy and may join mixed-species flocks.

• Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus

  The Pallid Cuckoo occurs across Australia and is a brood parasite. Its plumage varies among individuals and between sexes, and it leaves its eggs in host nests.

• Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha

  This egret occurs in a range of South African wetlands. It catches fish, amphibians, and aquatic invertebrates by standing still or walking slowly through shallow water.

• Wangi-wangi White-eye Zosterops paruhbesar

  This white-eye was described from Wangi-Wangi Island. A later field survey also recorded it on Simpora, about 450 m to the south.

• Chachapoyas Antpitta Grallaria gravesi

  Birds of the World describes the Chachapoyas Antpitta as a recently recognized Peruvian endemic that remains little studied.

• Frill-necked Monarch Arses lorealis

  This monarch flycatcher occurs in rainforest, vine forest, and gallery forest on eastern Cape York. Its white neck frill and blue skin around the eye are striking, and males and females differ in the face and back.

• White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

  The White-breasted Kingfisher is a kingfisher with a red bill, blue back and tail, brown head and belly, and a white throat and breast. It eats fish and shrimp as well as crabs and lizards.

• Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes

  The Rufous-winged Cisticola is a small cisticola of grassland and wetland edges in southeastern Africa. Its rufous back feathers help identify it.

• Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi

  This hummingbird is recorded around Cuenca, Ecuador. It occurs in montane scrub, riverside vegetation, and forest edges, where its curved bill helps it feed on flower nectar.

• Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus

  The Western Bearded Greenbul has conspicuous yellow throat feathers. In West African forest it moves in pairs or small groups and attends ant columns.

• Golden-eared Tanager Tangara chrysotis

  The Golden-eared Tanager is a small tanager about 11.5 cm long. In Bolivia it is recorded in humid cloud forest of the lower Yungas and is seen alone or in pairs.