Meet the world’s animals.

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• Javan Bulbul Ixos virescens

  

  The Javan Bulbul is a bulbul of Java's highland forests. Its long, slender bill and olive-colored back and wings are distinctive.

• Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

  A large reed warbler that lives in wetlands. In Britain, its loud song can help observers find birds arriving during spring passage.

• Grand Comoro Drongo Dicrurus fuscipennis

  The Grand Comoro Drongo is a black bird found only on Grand Comoro in the Comoros. It launches from high perches to catch large insects in the air.

• Striated Starling Aplonis striata

  The Striated Starling is endemic to New Caledonia. Males are black with red eyes, while females are grayish.

• Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli

  This shrike occurs in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. It moves in small groups and watches for prey from exposed perches.

• Clicking Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius intermedius

  The Clicking Shrike-Babbler occurs in southern China and mainland Southeast Asia. The bird account treats Pteruthius intermedius separately; it was formerly included in Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler.

• African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti

  The African Desert Warbler is a small warbler of North African deserts. It is treated as distinct from the Asian Desert Warbler.

• Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida

  The Western Hooded Pitta stands out for its green and blue plumage and dark head. It lives in forests and cultivated areas, where it forages on the ground.

• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus

  The Ancient Murrelet is a North Pacific seabird. Its breeding range extends from the Sea of Japan to the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, where it nests in burrows on islands.

• Rufous-fronted Parakeet Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons

  This small green parakeet lives in a restricted high-altitude range in central Colombia.

• Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis

  The Purple-throated Carib is a hummingbird with a dark body, green wings, and a throat and breast that can look purplish red as the light changes. The sexes share the same colors, but females have longer, more curved bills.

• Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani

  The sexes differ in the red on the head; this woodpecker feeds in humid lowland evergreen forest, including in the canopy.

• Variegated Fairywren Malurus lamberti

  This small bird is widespread across mainland Australia. Breeding males have blue heads and chestnut shoulders, while non-breeding males, females, and young birds are generally brownish gray.

• Pink Robin Petroica rodinogaster

  The Pink Robin differs in color between the sexes, and its habitat changes with the season. It breeds in deep gullies in damp forest and uses more open, drier places in winter.

• Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris

  A 19th-century Argentine bird account records it in Argentina and Uruguay. It describes glossy black-and-purple plumage and small winter groups.

• Fulvous-chinned Nunlet Nonnula sclateri

  This bird occurs in lowland Amazonia in Peru, with many records from Ucayali and Madre de Dios. It is brown to gray-brown, has red orbital skin, and may sit motionless on a branch for long periods.

• Sickle-winged Nightjar Eleothreptus anomalus

  The Sickle-winged Nightjar is a small nightjar found from central and southeastern Brazil through eastern Paraguay to northern Argentina. A Cotinga paper records regional differences in movement and reports that a male observed in southeastern Argentina could not be identified by wing shape in flight.

• African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus

  The African Golden Oriole breeds in tree-rich savannas south of the Sahara and moves seasonally between regions.

• New Caledonian Thicketbird Megalurulus mariei

  This 17–18 cm ground-dwelling bird is restricted to New Caledonia. It has olive-brown upperparts, a long pale eyebrow, and creamy underparts washed rusty. It walks through grass and scrub and feeds on small invertebrates.

• Orange-fronted Plushcrown Metopothrix aurantiaca

  This small bird has greenish-olive upperparts, a yellow throat, and orange legs. In Amazonian riverine forest, it searches foliage for food in pairs or small groups.

• Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

  The Violet-green Swallow breeds in western North America. Its green and violet sheen and white facial markings make it distinctive.

• Asian Blue Quail Synoicus chinensis

  This small quail shows a strong color contrast: males are blue-gray and chestnut, while females are brown. It walks through grass and scrub to find seeds and small insects on the ground.

• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

  A gull that searches for fish at sea and gathers to breed on UK cliffs in spring and summer.

• Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii

  This small toucanet lives in Amazonian forest canopy and foothill forest. Males have a golden collar against green and black plumage, while females are chestnut on the head and underparts.