Meet the world’s animals.

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• African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina

  

  The dark African River Martin has conspicuous red eyes and an orange-red bill.

• Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea

  The Ochre-bellied Boobook lives around Sulawesi in Indonesia. It roosts in dense vegetation by day and hunts insects from the middle levels of trees.

• Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica

  A brightly colored wetland bird with long legs and toes, it walks on floating plants while feeding in freshwater marshes from the southeastern United States southward.

• Peruvian Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana

  It lives in western Amazonian rainforest east of the Andes. It gleans insects from the undersides of leaves and also uses forest edges and second growth near water or marshes. It has a black iris and a short tail.

• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

  This small leaf warbler has a yellow eyebrow and two wing bars. It breeds in the Siberian taiga and spends most of the winter in Southeast Asia.

• Gray-headed Chickadee Poecile cinctus

  The Gray-headed Chickadee, called the Siberian Tit in Eurasia, lives year-round in northern forests across northern Eurasia and Alaska.

• Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius

  A shorebird of North America. Breeding adults show dark spots on the belly, and the bird teeters as it walks by water.

• Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela

  An eagle with a feather crest, found in Japan on Ishigaki and Iriomote islands.

• Ground Woodpecker Geocolaptes olivaceus

  This woodpecker forages on rocky hills and mountains, digging for ants. Males and females differ in their face markings.

• Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis

  The Eastern Koel has glossy black males with a blue-green sheen and brown females with many white spots. Its loud calls are familiar around dawn, and it migrates to Australia to breed in spring.

• American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus

  A brown-and-buff heron that can blend into marsh vegetation by stretching its neck and pointing its bill upward.

• Golden-bellied White-eye Zosterops uropygialis

  Its yellow-green upperparts and bright yellow throat and belly stand out, and it has no white eye-ring. This white-eye is found only on Kai Kecil Island, Indonesia.

• Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus

  This small antpitta occurs in separated mountain regions of northern Colombia and northern and western Venezuela. It lives in the understory of humid montane forest.

• Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto

  This monarch flycatcher ranges from the Moluccas through New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago to northern and eastern Australia. Males are glossy blue-black; females have chestnut upperparts and white underparts.

• Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia

  The Chocolate-backed Kingfisher has a chestnut head, dark brown back, and bright blue rump. It lives in pairs and launches from high perches to catch insects and other prey.

• Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi

  This small bird occurs in miombo woodland. A survey in northern Mozambique found it on the lower slopes of Mt Chitagal and Mt Sanga and recorded up to four territorial individuals in a day.

• Mexican Woodnymph Eupherusa ridgwayi

  The Mexican Woodnymph is a hummingbird found locally in western Mexico. It feeds mainly at low levels in oak woodland and shaded coffee plantations.

• Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula

  This long-tailed, olive-green bulbul is found in forests, dense woodland, and scrub, often in pairs or small groups. Its range extends from central into eastern Africa.

• Small Tree Finch Camarhynchus parvulus

  This small Darwin's finch lives in highlands and forest transition zones of the Galápagos. The male's black hood develops with age, with differences among islands.

• Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis

  The Large-footed Finch inhabits mountain forest and páramo in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its large, powerful feet stand out, and it forages on or near the ground.

• Plumbeous Warbler Setophaga plumbea

  This warbler occurs on Guadeloupe and Dominica. Adults are gray overall with a white eyebrow and wing bars; immatures are greener above and yellow below.

• White-cheeked Hill Partridge Arborophila atrogularis

  A forest-dwelling partridge with conspicuous white cheeks, it lives in dense evergreen forest and uses the forest floor and grassy edges.

• Mountain Pipit Anthus hoeschi

  This pipit breeds in highland grasslands of Lesotho and South Africa. Pale edges on its dark back feathers and rounded breast markings are useful clues.

• Mandarin duck Aix galericulata

  A duck of wooded ponds and streams. Males in breeding plumage have ornamental feathers raised like sails above the back.