Meet the world’s animals.

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• Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe

  

  A Philippine flowerpecker that feeds on fruit and nectar.

• Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris

  A small raptor with a white and grey body and a black shoulder patch. It hovers over open ground while searching for rodents.

• Rufous Flycatcher Myiarchus semirufus

  This flycatcher is restricted to dry habitats in northwestern Peru. Peru Aves labels its adult photographs sex unknown; the birds are mostly rufous with a gray-brown head and mantle and a black bill.

• Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro

  The Yellow-billed Kingfisher inhabits forest on New Guinea and on Australia's Cape York Peninsula. It watches for prey from low branches.

• Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica

  An auk that breeds on North Atlantic islands and spends winter at sea.

• Yemen Warbler Curruca buryi

  The Yemen Warbler is a small warbler found in the highlands of Yemen. It feeds on insects and other invertebrates.

• Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis

  An orange parrotbill with a black eyebrow and throat that forms flocks in bamboo-rich mountain forest.

• Buff-bellied Puffbird Notharchus swainsoni

  The Buff-bellied Puffbird lives in Atlantic Forest from southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to northeastern Argentina, including forest and Cerrado edges.

• Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius comorensis

  The Comoro Blue Vanga is a blue bird of woodland in the Comoros. It was formerly grouped with the Madagascar Blue Vanga but is now a separate species. Its current status on Grand Comoro is uncertain.

• Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides

  The Fawn-colored Lark is about 14–16 cm long. It lives on the ground in dry scrub and grassland across southern Africa.

• Black-crowned Fulvetta Schoeniparus klossi

  This fulvetta occurs on the Dalat Plateau in the southern Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and is reported only at higher elevations in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park.

• White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis

  A barbet of the Western Ghats and nearby peninsular India. Kerala observations found a fruit-rich diet that also included flowers.

• Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata

  The Waved Albatross is a large seabird with a white head and neck, brown-to-gray body plumage, and bluish legs. It nests on the ground on its breeding island and searches the open ocean for fish, squid, and other prey.

• Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys

  A shrike-vireo of forests and scrub in Mexico and Guatemala. Males and females differ in the chestnut markings on the head and breast.

• Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus opacus

  This small tapaculo ranges from the central Andes of Colombia to central Ecuador. A Colombian male specimen shows fine barring near the base of the tail, on the flanks and thighs. Recordings document songs and calls made of rapidly repeated short notes.

• White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus

  The White-tailed Trogon lives in humid lowland forest and second growth. It eats fruit and insects caught in flight. The male's under-tail is white, and females differ in color and pattern.

• Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri

  The male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia has striking, narrow white tail feathers. The species lives in high mountain forests and eats fruit and small animals.

• Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons

  The Red-fronted Antpecker is a small bird that searches for ants in low forest-edge growth. Males have a red forehead, while females have a spotted underside.

• Long-crested Myna Basilornis corythaix

  This myna lives on Seram Island. Its long crest and green sheen on black plumage are distinctive.

• Ground Cuckooshrike Coracina maxima

  This large cuckooshrike lives in inland Australia. Two birds followed in the western Kimberley in 2025 repeatedly used the same roost and foraged on the ground in a recently burnt area.

• Great Egret Ardea alba

  A large white heron with a long neck and legs, often moving slowly in deeper water.

• Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler Locustella amnicola

  The Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler has olive-brown upperparts and a white throat and belly. It uses wetlands, shrubland, and other semi-open habitats, and the species is listed for Sakhalin Oblast.

• Slate-colored Fox Sparrow Passerella schistacea

  Passerella schistacea is also described as the Slate-colored group within Fox Sparrow. It breeds in dense riparian scrub in the western interior and moves toward the Pacific Coast in winter.

• Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs

  A large bird with a black crest and pale brow. In Saudi Arabia, small groups use rocky areas and wadis.