Meet the world’s animals.

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• Kerguelen Tern Sterna virgata

  

  A tern of islands in the southern Indian Ocean. Observations on Kerguelen showed it feeding on fish and crustaceans at sea as well as small land invertebrates.

• Striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus obsoletus

  This woodcreeper lives in lowland forests of the Amazon Basin and Guiana Shield. It searches for insects while climbing trunks and branches in forests near water and in flooded forests.

• Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

  A forest thrush marked by spots on its breast. It breeds in North America and migrates to Central and South America for winter.

• Dwarf Vireo Vireo nelsoni

  The Dwarf Vireo is endemic to Mexico's highlands, from Guanajuato south to northern Oaxaca.

• Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus

  Its plumage ranges from nearly white to dark gray-brown; gray birds are most common in North America. It breeds on tundra in Alaska and northern Canada.

• Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis

  The Plain-pouched Hornbill lives in lowland forests from south-eastern Myanmar through Thailand to northern Peninsular Malaysia. Males and females differ in head and neck plumage.

• Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli

  The Black-eared Seedeater is a small, streaked finch marked by a broad black band through the eye and a white eyebrow. It feeds in miombo and mopane woodland.

• Small-headed Elaenia Elaenia sordida

  Elaenia sordida is a small-headed, crestless elaenia. A 2022 study in northeastern Argentina recorded foraging in scrub and secondary forest, including fruit feeding.

• Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus

  This black cacique has a red lower back and rump. It inhabits lowlands from Central America to western Ecuador.

• Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana

  This cotinga is recorded as a resident in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. BirdLife lists swamp forest as a major habitat and moist lowland forest as another suitable habitat.

• Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum

  This liocichla was documented around Eaglenest in Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India. Observations included sites from roadside scrub to primary forest.

• Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus

  The Caspian Plover breeds in Central Asia and winters inland in Africa. It moves between these regions seasonally.

• Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides

  The Southern Fulmar is a seabird with pale plumage and a pink bill tipped in black. It nests on cliffs on islands in the Southern Ocean and searches for food near the sea surface.

• White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis

  The White-throated Rock Thrush is marked by a blue crown and a white line down the throat. It ranges across eastern and southeastern Asia and eats insects.

• Lesser Cuckooshrike Coracina fimbriata

  This cuckooshrike occurs in forests across Southeast Asia. The Singapore account lists it as a former resident there and now a very rare visitor.

• Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus

  A starling of African forests and parks. Adults have iridescent blue, green and purple plumage, form small canopy flocks and feed mainly on fruit.

• Crested Lark Galerida cristata

  The Crested Lark is a brown, streaked lark with a noticeable crest. In Spain it is commonly found in open places such as fields and roadsides.

• Cuban Crow Corvus nasicus

  The Cuban Crow is a large crow found mainly in Cuba. It uses forests as well as farmland and eats a varied diet.

• Hooded Munia Lonchura spectabilis

  The Hooded Munia is a small finch found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It has a dark hood and orange rump and feeds mainly on seeds in grasslands.

• Antillean Palm Swift Tachornis phoenicobia

  The Antillean Palm-Swift is a small bird that flies over lowlands with palms. Small colonies nest in mats of dead palm fronds.

• Striped Honeyeater Plectorhyncha lanceolata

  This honeyeater lives in forests and woodlands of eastern Australia, often near rivers. Bold black head stripes stand out against its grey-brown plumage, and it feeds among lower canopy foliage.

• Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum

  It has a bluish-black body, a chestnut lower belly, white tail tips, a red bill and legs, and a crest. It searches for fallen fruit on the forest floor.

• Katanga Masked Weaver Ploceus katangae

  Katanga Masked-Weavers live in wetlands with reeds and nearby woodland. Breeding males have a black facial mask, and the width of the yellow forehead band varies by region.

• Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor

  It has long wings with white patches and hunts flying insects at dusk and dawn. It lays its eggs on open ground or flat gravel rooftops.