Meet the world’s animals.

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• St. Lucia Warbler Setophaga delicata

  

  The St. Lucia Warbler has a yellow face and underparts, blue-gray upperparts, and white wing bars. It searches leaves and branches for insects on Saint Lucia.

• Shelley's Rufous-sparrow Passer shelleyi

  This sparrow was documented in Ruma National Park, south-west Kenya, in 2017. Males show a white cheek and a black line behind the eye; the report also describes a nest in an acacia tree.

• Karoo Scrub Robin Erythropygia coryphoeus

  The Karoo Scrub Robin lives in dry shrubland in South Africa and southern Namibia. It searches for insects among low bushes and on the ground. The pool's older genus name is updated to Cercotrichas coryphaeus as used by the source.

• Sora Porzana carolina

  A secretive wetland bird with a yellow bill and short tail. It breeds in North America and moves south for winter.

• Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi

  A forest bushshrike of west and central Africa. Adults combine tawny-orange head and breast, a black face mask and a broad white wing stripe.

• Chestnut-crested Puffbird Malacoptila striata

  The Chestnut-crested Puffbird is endemic to Brazil. Its dark brown streaks and white crescent-shaped breast band stand out, and it searches in forest for insects and small animals.

• Rustic bunting Emberiza rustica

  A bird with a raised crown that visits river flats and farmland in winter flocks.

• Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea

  This small sunbird ranges from Indonesian islands through New Guinea. It uses forest edges and mangroves, feeding on nectar, fruit and small arthropods.

• Puno Antpitta Grallaria sinaensis

  The Puno Antpitta is recorded in the highlands of Peru’s Puno Department and at a few sites in western La Paz, Bolivia. It searches for insects close to the ground in dense vegetation.

• Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta

  The Atlantic Petrel breeds on South Atlantic islands and spends the non-breeding season at sea. A study of birds at sea found cephalopods such as squid among their main foods.

• Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus

  This small bird occurs in savannas and miombo woodland in central and eastern Africa. It has a dark gray head, barred underparts, and orange eyes.

• Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri

  This small swift is about 14 cm long. It catches insects in flight by day and uses the airspace over forest and woodland.

• African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis

  The African Snipe probes soft, wet mud with its long bill. Its striped plumage helps it blend into wetlands and flooded grassland, where it feeds on invertebrates and other small prey.

• New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae

  The New Holland Honeyeater is a small bird found in southern Australia’s forests and gardens. It feeds mainly on nectar, as well as insects and other foods.

• Spotted Grasshopper-warbler Locustella thoracica

  This warbler has dark brown upperparts, a white throat, and spotted breast markings. It breeds in high areas from the eastern and central Himalayas to central China; one winter record is reported from northern Thailand.

• Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii

  A large bustard that walks across dry plains while foraging. The male has dark coloring on the neck and breast, and some birds move in response to rain.

• Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor

  A uniformly gray turaco with a tall crest and long tail, it often perches in small groups in trees and bushes. It occurs in open woodland and scrub in southern Africa.

• American Goldfinch Spinus tristis

  A small finch of North America. Breeding males are bright yellow in spring, while females and winter birds are duller. It feeds mainly on plant seeds.

• Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias

  A large heron with a typical blue-gray plumage and long legs. It waits for prey near water and strikes quickly with its neck.

• Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota

  This diurnal nuthatch uses cliffs and rocky gorges and searches tree bark for invertebrates. Where it overlaps with the Western Rock Nuthatch, the black eye-stripe widening behind the eye is a useful clue.

• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila

  The Southern Nutcracker is a corvid of Himalayan forests. It has chestnut plumage with white spots on the head and neck. Gould’s 1831 species account places it in thick woods and lists insects, worms, and fruit as food.

• Steely-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia saucerottei

  This hummingbird ranges from Central America to Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It has a green body and a blue-black tail and feeds on flower nectar. It is recorded in secondary growth, scattered-tree savanna, coffee plantations, gardens, and edges of evergreen gallery forest.

• Yellow-browed Toucanet Aulacorhynchus huallagae

  The Yellow-browed Toucanet is a green toucanet of montane cloud forest in north-central Peru. Its narrow yellow eyebrow is a striking field mark.

• Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea

  The Blue Grosbeak is a bunting with a large, silvery bill. The breeding male is vivid blue, and the species uses scrubby habitats and old fields in the southern United States.