Meet the world’s animals.

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• Cook Reed Warbler Acrocephalus kerearako

  

  The Cook Reed Warbler is an island reed warbler of the Cook Islands. Bell’s comparative study covers populations on Mangaia and Mitiaro and records the species beside lakes, ponds, and rivers.

• White-chested Puffbird Malacoptila fusca

  This puffbird inhabits lowland evergreen forest in northwestern Amazonia and nearby regions. Its streaked plumage, small white collar, and orange bill base stand out; it feeds on spiders and caterpillars in the understory.

• Crested Argus Rheinardia ocellata

  The Crested Argus is a pheasant whose male has exceptionally long tail feathers. It lives in remaining evergreen forests along the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos.

• Sulawesi Pitta Erythropitta celebensis

  The Sulawesi Pitta inhabits forest and scrub on Sulawesi. Adults show vivid blue, green and red plumage, and search the forest floor for insects and earthworms.

• South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus

  This small bird is endemic to South Georgia and has thick plumage suited to the cold. It nests among tussock grass and feeds on insects along the shore.

• Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors

  A small duck of shallow ponds and wetlands in North America. Breeding males have blue-grey heads; females and nonbreeding males are patterned brown.

• River Tern Sterna aurantia

  A tern with a yellow bill and a deeply forked tail. It flies over rivers and lakes in South Asia and catches fish.

• Rusty-winged Barbtail Premnornis guttuliger

  An Andean forest bird that searches among foliage in the lower and middle forest layers.

• Grandala Grandala coelicolor

  This thrush ranges through high country from the Himalaya to Tibet and western China. Males are blue; females are brown with a bluish rump and white wing patches.

• Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

  This subtly patterned bird occurs in eastern and central North America in summer. It moves slowly through high deciduous branches to find caterpillars; its rolling song often gives it away.

• Brown Falcon Falco berigora

  This Australian falcon varies widely in the darkness of its plumage. It scans from a perch in grassland or farmland, then dives on prey when it spots an opportunity.

• Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni

  Von der Decken’s Hornbill lives in dry scrub and savanna in East Africa. Males have red and cream bills, while females have black bills.

• Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus

  The Three-banded Rosefinch is a long-tailed finch with white wing markings. The male is dark pink, while the female is mainly brown.

• Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria

  Horsfield's Babbler is a brown babbler that lives low in evergreen forests of Southeast Asia.

• Cape Bunting Emberiza capensis

  The Cape Bunting forages on the ground for seeds, fruit, and small animals. The male has a gray streaked head and reddish wings.

• Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa

  A flycatcher that walks on the ground near lakes, rivers and wetlands to find insects. Birds in north-western Patagonia spend summer there and move to central Argentina in winter.

• Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

  The Eastern Grey Plantain-eater is a large gray bird with finely patterned plumage. It lives in open African woodland and grassland and mainly eats fruit.

• Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

  The Kori Bustard is a large bird of grasslands and savannas in eastern and southern Africa. It spends much of its time on the ground and eats both animal and plant foods.

• Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri

  This bird ranges from Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. It has a black body, chestnut head, neck and rump, and a yellow tail with dark central feathers.

• Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps

  The Golden-headed Quetzal lives among trees in humid mountain forests. Its iridescent green plumage and red belly are striking.

• Grey-headed Batis Batis orientalis

  The Grey-headed Batis has a pale grey crown through much of its range. It lives in semi-arid savanna and gleans ants and other insects from leaves.

• Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano

  The Bearded Bellbird is noted for the male’s black, beard-like throat wattles and the different plumage of males and females. Males give loud bell-like calls and eat fruit.

• Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii

  This social African bird inhabits woodland and savanna. White arrow-shaped marks across the breast and belly are its distinctive feature.

• Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus

  This small plover lives around Australian coasts and wetlands. An adult male has a reddish-brown head and neck, and the species searches for small shellfish and crustaceans on mudflats and beaches.