Meet the world’s animals.

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• Socorro Mockingbird Mimus graysoni

  

  A mockingbird of Socorro Island, Mexico, that searches for fruit and small animals in the island highlands.

• Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica

  

  The Singing Bush Lark is a lark that searches the ground for seeds and insects. In Australia it uses grassland, open woodland, and farmland.

• Morningbird Pachycephala tenebrosa

  

  This bird lives in the lowland moist forests of Palau. Males are olive-brown with a darker head and chest; females are duller brown. It uses the forest floor and understory.

• Cincloramphus macrurus Megalurus macrurus

  

  A large grassbird of New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. It has a long tail and searches dense grass for small invertebrates.

• Blackish Tapaculo Scytalopus latrans

  

  This small tapaculo lives in the understory of humid Andean forests. It is about 11.5 cm long and searches for food in bamboo, alone or in pairs.

• White-browed Purpletuft Iodopleura isabellae

  

  A small cotinga of the upper canopy in northern Amazonian and Andean foothill forests. The male's purple breast tufts may be hidden at rest.

• Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus

  A conspicuous jay of woodland and forest edges on the Yucatan Peninsula, usually seen in groups of about 5–25. Young birds pass through a brief pale plumage before acquiring adult colors.

• Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum

  The Pygmy Longbill is a very small bird of New Guinea’s forests. It is active by day and eats both animal and plant matter.

• Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens

  The Lavender Waxbill is a small finch native to West Africa. It has also been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. Cornell's current page uses the genus Glaucestrilda; this entry retains the pool's name.

• American Black Swift Cypseloides niger

  The American Black Swift is a large swift that breeds in mountains of western North America. It moves south for winter, but its winter range is poorly known.

• Arctic Loon Gavia arctica

  A waterbird that breeds on large lakes in northern Europe and Asia. Its breeding plumage is boldly patterned, and outside the breeding season it also uses sheltered coastal waters.

• Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea

  The Violet-backed Hyliota searches leaf undersides for small prey. A Rwanda survey recorded it in canopy foliage below 2,000 m.

• MacGregor's Honeyeater Macgregoria pulchra

  MacGregor's Honeyeater is a large honeyeater of New Guinea's high mountains. Its black plumage is accented by yellow-orange on the wings and around the eyes, and it feeds mainly on podocarp fruit.

• Eastern Bristlebird Dasyornis brachypterus

  It hides in dense coastal vegetation and sometimes runs across open clearings. Its loud song can reveal where it is.

• White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

  A seabird of tropical and subtropical oceans that nests in rocky crevices on remote islands.

• North Island Brown Kiwi Apteryx mantelli

  This nocturnal kiwi probes leaf litter and rotten wood with its long bill. It lives in forests and scrub on New Zealand’s North Island and eats small invertebrates.

• Pale-headed Jacamar Brachygalba goeringi

  The Pale-headed Jacamar inhabits open woodland in north-western South America. It watches for flying insects from a perch and darts out to catch them.

• Black-tailed Gnatcatcher Polioptila melanura

  The Black-tailed Gnatcatcher is a small blue-gray bird of dry scrub in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Breeding males grow a black cap, and both parents take part in raising their young.

• Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus

  Cassin's Auklet is a small seabird that breeds on islands along the Pacific coast of North America. It dives for small crustaceans and nests in burrows.

• Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber

  The Scarlet Ibis lives in groups in wetlands of northern South America. Adults are bright scarlet, while chicks are dark.

• Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali

  The Mountain Oriole lives in East African montane forest. Its head, neck, and upper breast are glossy black, with yellow and olive-green across the back and wings.

• Jerdon's Babbler Chrysomma altirostre

  It is a babbler with rich brown upperparts, grey and buff underparts, and a long tail. Its feeding and habitat were studied in riverine grasslands of Pakistan.

• Chestnut-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus ruficeps

  The Chestnut-crowned Babbler is marked by a chestnut crown and gray facial pattern. It searches for food in small flocks on the ground in dry, open woodland.

• Macquarie Shag Leucocarbo purpurascens

  This seabird is endemic to Macquarie Island and the nearby Bishop and Clerk islets. It fishes in inshore water and breeds in colonies on rocky shores and stacks.