Meet the world’s animals.

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• Sao Tome Thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus

  

  The São Tomé Thrush lives in forests on São Tomé. It searches among leaf litter, where beetles, snails, worms, and fruit have been recorded in its diet.

• Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni

  A seabird that breeds in the Kaikōura mountains of New Zealand's South Island. It feeds at sea and moves to Australia in winter.

• Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris

  This small bird lives only on Norfolk Island. It probes bark crevices with its long, slender bill to find insects and also feeds on nectar.

• Yellow-rumped Siskin Spinus uropygialis

  The Yellow-rumped Siskin is a small finch of the high Andes. Its black head and back contrast with a bright yellow rump; females and young birds are duller.

• Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus

  The male has a black head and body, yellow underside, and wire-like flank plumes. It lives in lowland swamp forest and eats fruit and small animals.

• Bartlett's Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti

  Bartlett's Tinamou is a ground-dwelling bird with reddish-brown plumage and dark barring. It lives in lowland rainforest and thickets and gives a whistle-like call.

• Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

  A small plover that winters in Hong Kong. Breeding males show black markings on the head.

• Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus

  The Writhed Hornbill is a Philippine hornbill whose males and females differ in head and neck color. It feeds on fruit high in the canopy of lowland forest.

• Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin Neopelma chrysocephalum

  It occurs in scrub and open woodland on sandy soils from the Guianas to the northern Amazon. It is usually solitary and searches low vegetation for small fruits and insects.

• Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus

  A common sparrow of dry grassland and woodland in southern Africa. It mainly eats seeds, but also takes insects, fruit and nectar.

• Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus

  This skilled diver pursues fish in the Pacific waters of North America. In breeding plumage it shows a blue throat patch and wispy white head feathers.

• Magpie Tanager Cissopis leverianus

  This South American tanager has striking black-and-white plumage and broad white tips on its long tail. It is common in Amazonia, especially along forest edges and in secondary growth.

• Sandstone Shrikethrush Colluricincla woodwardi

  The Sandstone Shrike-thrush lives among sandstone rocks in northern Australia. It walks between rocks while searching for small lizards, grasshoppers, and spiders.

• Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius

  The Yucatan Nightjar lives in forests and at forest edges on the Yucatán Peninsula. Its camouflaged plumage helps it remain difficult to see as it hunts from perches.

• Spotted Bamboowren Psilorhamphus guttatus

  This tapaculo lives in bamboo and secondary forest in southeastern Brazil. Males are bluish grey, females browner, and both have white spots.

• Black-faced Friarbird Philemon moluccensis

  The Black-faced Friarbird is a honeyeater found on Buru Island, Indonesia. Its grey-brown body contrasts with pale cheeks, a dark facial mask, and red eyes.

• Black-polled Yellowthroat Geothlypis speciosa

  Males have a black face mask and yellow underparts; females have an olive face without the mask. A wetland survey documented the remaining populations in central Mexico.

• Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis

  The Oriental Cuckooshrike is a 28 cm cuckooshrike found discontinuously from the Himalayan foothills through parts of southern China and Southeast Asia, and also on Java and Bali.

• Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus

  This falcon is widespread in southern Africa. It hunts over open country and hilly terrain, often using rocks or roadside posts as perches.

• Grosbeak Starling Scissirostrum dubium

  This starling is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. It lives mostly in tropical lowlands and lightly wooded forest and excavates nest cavities in rotting or dying trunks.

• Trilling Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus

  This small bird lives on Java. The male has chestnut on the forehead and throat, yellow-green upperparts and bold black-and-white wing bars; the female is more rufous and has paler wing bars.

• Junin Antpitta Grallaria obscura

  The Junin Antpitta occurs on the eastern Andean slope in Junín, central Peru. Its description reports dark reddish-brown upperparts and two song types, a long and a short song.

• 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.

• Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis

  This South American parakeet is strikingly yellow with red-orange markings. It lives in pairs or flocks in savanna and places where fruit is abundant.