Meet the world’s animals.

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• Mangrove Robin Peneoenanthe pulverulenta

  

  The Mangrove Robin is a grey robin known from coastal forests of New Guinea and northern Australia. A study in Australia's Northern Territory also reported a breeding population in wetland vegetation away from mangroves.

• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

  A dark-brown seabird of the open ocean, with silvery flashes under its wings. It nests on Southern Hemisphere islands and dives to catch fish and other marine prey.

• Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus

  A 2007 paper treated a Sierra Leone population as Chattering Cisticola, while noting it might represent a distinct local form. It describes grey-brown birds with plain backs recorded around wet rice fields.

• Tooth-billed Wren Odontorchilus cinereus

  This wren inhabits lowland forest south of the Amazon River in Brazil and eastern Bolivia.

• Sichuan Hill Partridge Arborophila rufipectus

  The Sichuan Hill Partridge is a pheasant that lives in forests of southwestern China. Its white throat and russet breast patch help distinguish it from related hill-partridges.

• Great Tinamou Tinamus major

  A large ground-dwelling bird of tropical lowland forest. It is hard to see but known for a haunting double whistle at dawn and dusk.

• Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvilliorum

  This seabird occurs along the Pacific coast from Peru to Chile. Adults have dark backs and white underparts, while juveniles are browner. It mainly eats anchoveta, but its diet varies with latitude.

• Swainson's Sparrow Passer swainsonii

  A small sparrow, about 16 cm long, found in highlands and near human settlements. It feeds mainly on plant seeds on the ground and is sedentary.

• Rhinoceros hornbill Buceros rhinoceros

  A black-and-white bird with a horn-like structure above its bill.

• Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis

  This ground-dwelling quail has a conspicuous black throat and white facial lines in the adult male. It rests in small groups among grass.

• Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides

  This African shrike has a black facial band and a long tail. It searches for insects and other small prey in open, shrubby savanna.

• Corsican Nuthatch Sitta whiteheadi

  The Corsican Nuthatch is endemic to Corsica and feeds on insects or pine seeds at different times of year.

• Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis

  The Taiwan Barbet lives in Taiwan’s broadleaf forest, parks, and gardens and mainly eats fruit. A historical account quoted by the museum says it can be hard to see among leaves, while its clear call can reveal it.

• Broad-billed Warbler Tickellia hodgsoni

  This small warbler occurs from the Himalayas to Indochina, using damp montane forest and bamboo undergrowth to find insects.

• Gray Falcon Falco hypoleucos

  A pale gray falcon with faint dark streaks on its white underside and feathered legs, it occurs in inland Australia.

• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

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

• Seychelles Bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris

  This bulbul is endemic to the Seychelles. It lives in forests and secondary growth, and young birds differ from adults in bill and leg color.

• Golden-capped Parakeet Aratinga auricapillus

  The Golden-capped Conure lives in forests and along forest edges in eastern Brazil, where it eats fruit and seeds.

• Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone bourbonnensis

  The Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher is a forest bird found only on Réunion and Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands. It feeds in the lower canopy and catches insects in flight.

• Marsh Babbler Pellorneum palustre

  An old field account records the Marsh Babbler in Assam, northeastern India. It describes a bird that skulks in grass and reeds, with olive-brown upperparts and streaked flanks.

• Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis

  The Dark-capped Yellow Warbler occurs in the Afrotropical region and uses scrub and open habitats near freshwater. It is listed at about 13 cm and 10–11 g, and gleans small invertebrates among foliage by day.

• Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus

  The Southern Emu-wren is a small bird of low scrub in southern Australia. Males have blue on the throat, and the fine tail feathers look loose and wispy.

• Blood-colored Woodpecker Veniliornis sanguineus

  The Blood-colored Woodpecker is a woodpecker of the Guianas. A 1953 account from Suriname recorded it in coastal coffee plantations and dry sandy country inland.

• Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps

  The Gray-headed Dove is a forest dove with a distinctive blue-gray head.