Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea

  

  The male is conspicuously blue with a throat band, while the female is blue-green. It breeds in eastern North American forests and winters in the Andes.

• Willow Ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus

  A grouse of subarctic and subalpine North America. In many regions its plumage changes with the seasons, and feathered feet help it cope with snow and cold.

• Alaska Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis

  Breeding males show bright yellow underparts and patterned heads. The wagtail searches for insects close to the ground in wet, open habitats.

• Red Shoveler Spatula platalea

  The Red Shoveler filters small animals and plants from the water with its broad, flattened bill. Males are reddish brown; females and young birds are mottled brown.

• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii

  A tern that breeds on islands in eastern North America and the Caribbean. It flies offshore to catch small fish. Aspects of its nonbreeding life in South America and elsewhere remain poorly known.

• Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens

  This small ovenbird lives in evergreen mountain forests from Central America into the Andes. Tawny spots on its breast and around the eye are useful identification marks.

• Yemen Thrush Turdus menachensis

  The Yemen Thrush is marked by an olive-toned back, a stout orange-yellow bill, and a bright orange patch under the wing in flight. It also lives in the highlands of Saudi Arabia.

• Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens

  This vireo occurs in coastal parts of Mexico and Central America and on Providencia Island, Colombia. It searches leaves and branches for small invertebrates in mangroves and scrub.

• White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis

  The White-thighed Hornbill is a large hornbill of lowland forests in western and central Africa. It feeds mainly on fruit in the canopy and often travels in small groups.

• Forest Canary Crithagra scotops

  The Forest Canary is a canary of southeastern Africa with a thick, conical bill and a yellow eyebrow stripe. Its upperparts are olive-yellow, with streaks on the breast and flanks.

• Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus

  Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a small tyrant flycatcher about 10–11 cm long. It is recorded in river-edge forest, lowland evergreen forest, and secondary growth. The account describes catching small invertebrates in surface sallies near foliage and lists sound records from Ecuador and other countries.

• Bolivian Blackbird Oreopsar bolivianus

  This blackbird lives in dry scrub and open river-edge woodland in Bolivia's central Andes. Flocks forage on the ground and in fields, eating grains and fruit.

• Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis

  The Bare-throated Bellbird is striking for the male's white plumage and bare green throat. Males give loud, metallic-sounding calls, and the species feeds on fruit.

• Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca

  The Dark-backed Sibia is a slender, long-tailed bird of mountains in Myanmar, northwestern and western Thailand, and northwestern Laos. It has a black head and white underparts.

• Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles

  This open-country plover is notable for its yellow facial wattles and a spur on each wing.

• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes

  The Flesh-footed Shearwater is a seabird with a dark body and pale bill and feet. It breeds in island burrows and moves across wide ocean areas seasonally.

• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros

  A small bird that also lives in British cities and industrial centres. Males have grey-black plumage and a red tail.

• Blackish Cuckooshrike Coracina coerulescens

  This cuckooshrike lives in forests of the northern Philippines. This entry follows the current name *Edolisoma coerulescens* rather than the pool's older genus combination.

• Helmeted Myna Basilornis galeatus

  Adults have slightly iridescent black plumage, pale patches on the neck and breast, and a purple-black crest. They use forests, disturbed and cultivated areas, and mangroves, feeding on fruit and berries in trees.

• Burmese Bush Lark Plocealauda microptera

  A lark of open grassland and fallow fields in central Myanmar. It forages in open country and is also recorded perching on trees and wires.

• Long-billed Crow Corvus validus

  The Long-billed Crow is black with blue and purple gloss and has an exceptionally long bill.

• Grey-crowned Negrofinch Nigrita canicapillus

  This small bird occurs in forests from western to eastern Africa. Its silvery-grey crown and back contrast with a black face and white spots on the upper wings.

• Pallid Swift Apus pallidus

  This brown swift has a white throat, breeds from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf and winters in the Sahel.

• Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques

  The Ruby-throated Myzomela lives in forests on New Guinea and nearby islands. Males have an iridescent red throat patch, and the species mainly feeds on nectar.